Derek Stephens on Seaside

But the leisure time with the artists at the Theatre, you know the dancers and the comedians and all that, it used to be a wonderful time. We used to socialise like mad there.

We used to join together in the Pier Pub afterwards or we’d go back to have a house party, or we’d have a bar-b-que on the beach and all this sort of thing.

Wonderful growing up times, you know, and in those days you used to have a bar-b-que on the beach and you used to invite the Police as well and they used to come and have a drink and something to eat as well and there was never any trouble because they were all in their pocket you know.