Salford-born guitarist and vocalist Paul Johnston joined the band in the late 1990s as they continued to perform, their final show being at the Grand Theatre in Lancaster around 2004. George Radcliffe ran the 'Star Inn' pub in Ashton-under-Lyne in the early 80's and died at the end of 2002, and Eddie Crotty, the band's only remaining original member, died of a heart attack in hospital on 11 April 2009, aged 67, after being ill for the previous nine years. Lynda Jane Meeks died from cancer on 22 January 2013, aged 67 years, at the Christie Hospital in Manchester. For a while in the 1970s the group had a weekly interlude spot on the BBC programme That's Life! with Esther Rantzen. Albums The Fivepenny Piece (1972) Columbia Songs We Like To Sing (1973) Columbia Making Tracks (1973) Columbia – UK No. 37 The Fivepenny Piece ... On Stage (1974) One-Up Wish You Were Here (1975) EMI King Cotton (1976) EMI UK No. 9 Telling Tales (1977) EMI On Stage Again (1977) One-Up Both Sides of Fivepenny Piece (1978) EMI Peddlers of Songs (1979) Columbia SCX 6607 Life Is A Game Of Chance (1979) Philips 9109 234 An Evening With The Fivepenny Piece (1980) Philips 6382 154 Lancashire, My Lancashire (1980) EMI compilation Here We Are Again (1982) BDA Records BDLP 001 57 Fivepenny Favourites (1996) Sound Waves SOW 525 Better Than Ever (exact date unknown) band self issue FP2501 Singles Running Free / Land of Half Past Nine (1969) Columbia Hang the Flag Out Mrs. Jones / Little Boy Little Girl (1969) Columbia There's A Great Deal of Difference / Ee By Gum (1972) Columbia A Gradely Prayer / Reflections of Emily (1972) Columbia The People Tree / Homemade Brew (1973) Columbia Gotta Get Away / I'm Powfagged (1973) Columbia Save Your Last Kiss for Me / Butterflies and Songbirds (1974) EMI Big Jim / Ee By Gum (1975) EMIWatercolour Morning / Old England (1976) EMII'll Still Be in Love With You / Flamingo (1978) ColumbiaIt's a Long Way / In a World of Three Foot Nothing (1982) Mike RecordsThe Christmas Story / Christmas Spirit'' (1982) Mike Records Songbooks Fivepenny Piece – songbook no. 1 Fivepenny Piece – songbook no. 2 References External links Fivepenny Piece official website English folk musical groups Musical groups established in 1969 Musical groups disestablished in 1985