Best of luck with the folk club. The upstairs room at the White Bear was, if I remember correctly, the venue for 'Breakfast with Les Barker' and a fantastic concert with NE3folk at last year's Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival. Being well away from the bar area it was one of the few places in the festival where you could actually hear the music over the loud talking beer drinkers who weren't interested in music.

bubblyrat, the White Bear, like most pubs in Middlewich, is well within walking distance of all canal moorings, of which there are plenty. If you're looking for folk music canalside the MFAB is well worth a visit, and if I may publicise a canalside folk event in March on the Macclesfield Canal try : http://www.pyramidfolk.co.uk/wharf_index.htm. Bollington Folk Club on the Macclesfield Canal is very close to the canal and has excellent singers nights and good guests.

Unfortunately Middlewich is outside the 15 mile radius of Stockport which the folk hub website http://www.pyramidfolk.co.uk/index2.htm covers so I can't add a link to it. I would say, however, that an active website is essential if a folk club is to thrive. Word of mouth has it's place but if you are to attract potential folkies who are 'out of the loop' then an up-to-date website is a must.

Best of luck.