A famous folk group from the Seventies are set to play a homecoming gig to launch their first album after more than four decades of hiatus.

The Settlers, best remembered for their 1971 hit The Lightning Tree – the theme to TV show Folly Foot Farm – are coming to Burnham Village Hall in April.

Burnham band members Steve Somers and Patty Vetta are responsible for the special gig.

Steve said: “It’s such a thrill to be playing this music again.

“We were worried that everyone would have forgotten our music by now, but it’s going down a storm.

“When past fans asked us to make a new album, we wanted it to be special.

“We decided to reject bigger venues for the album launch and do it in Burnham because the town holds the best memories from that time in our lives.”

The group, who got in the top 40, disbanded in the early 1980s, but Steve and Patty continued to play together for several years, working with such stars as Glen Campbell, Lonnie Donegan, Don Everly and Lulu on TV shows and studio recordings.

Steve grew up in the marshes outside Tillingham and moved to Burnham when he got married.

Patty was a well-known face and voice on the British folk circuit in the 1970s and took over when original Settlers singer Cindy Kent decided to go forward for ordination as a priest.

After many years apart, a chance meeting led the pair to discover they lived ten minutes apart and still loved the music which had made them famous in the 1970s.

Sadly, bandleader Mike Jones died a few years ago.

In his place, the Settlers have recruited Patty’s husband Tony Harris, and Lincolnshire folk musician Dave Smith to complete the group’s original sound.

New album Resettled was recorded last year after the band’s revival.

The gig in Arcadia Road will be on April 27.

Tickets cost £13.20 for adults and £11 for those aged 60 and older.

For details, visit wegottickets.com/thesettlers.