 They also performed more contemporary folk material, such as "Once Lived In Service" (Peter Bellamy), "Soldier, Soldier" (Peter Bellamy, based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, "Bring Us A Barrel" (Keith Marsden).The Witches took their name from Elswick, Tyne and Wear, where they shared a flat, and is a play on "The Witches of Eastwick".Tolfrey (from Jarrow) and Stockwell became "drinking buddies", when Stockwell moved to Newcastle from Broadstairs
in Kent.