A series made specially for the BBC regions and now seen for the first time throughout the country. Tonight from BBC North West The Landau Lads
The candy flossers and kiss-mequickers flood the Golden Mile at Blackpool. They ebb and flow around a collection of old-fashioned carriages drawn by horses who can step a yard high. The lads who drive the Landaus bring a refreshingly varied style into a world where people are often drearily pigeon-holed.
JACKIE DOLAN explains why he is a reluctant hairdresser and an enthusiastic John Wayne. BRUCE DOLAN tells how he became a master farrier and a pig farmer. BOBBY JACKSON explains the finer points of tatting and delivers sentimental SOngS. JOHNNY GALLIMORE recounts his experiences as a lion-tamer, clown and connoisseur of horse-flesh.
Producer SID WADDELL
Series co-ordinator FRANK GILLARD