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"One of the finest areas of entertainment in the world."
Philip Tibenham takes a coach tour around the County Durham town of Spennymoor, organised by local entrepreneur, John Wray. Mr Wray has ambitious plans to turn the town into a prime package holiday destination for Spanish tourists.
Attractions will include the allotments, the coalmine, the new housing estates, and a slap-up showcase of local cuisine - from stottie cakes and leek pudding to tripe and onions. Guests will be put up at the North Eastern Hotel - which unfortunately was built in anticipation of a railway station that never materialised.
Mr Wray reckons that the rugged industrial charm exuded by Spennymoor is precisely the side of Britain that Spanish tourists want to see.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 15 February, 1973.
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"One of the finest areas of entertainment in the world."
Philip Tibenham takes a coach tour around the County Durham town of Spennymoor, organised by local entrepreneur, John Wray. Mr Wray has ambitious plans to turn the town into a prime package holiday destination for Spanish tourists.
Attractions will include the allotments, the coalmine, the new housing estates, and a slap-up showcase of local cuisine - from stottie cakes and leek pudding to tripe and onions. Guests will be put up at the North Eastern Hotel - which unfortunately was built in anticipation of a railway station that never materialised.
Mr Wray reckons that the rugged industrial charm exuded by Spennymoor is precisely the side of Britain that Spanish tourists want to see.
Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 15 February, 1973.
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