Derek Stephens on Seaside

My uncle, uncle Claude, who was my dad’s brother, he used to have a goat cart. He used to have a four-wheel cart with goats that used to run … I mean I’ve never seen one since but he used to have goats which used to be the transport and he used to go up and down the Front all day in the summer with rides.

Helen: But goats aren’t very big

No, but they used to take this cart (laughs). I mean I’ve not got a picture or anything of it, it’s a shame but yeah, he used to have a goat cart and I think he used to have four goats used to pull it and never heard of really. I’ve no idea where that idea came from but yeah, and that was his job.

In the summer he was just up and down the seafront all the time with his cart going up and down and we used to ride on it free of course when we were there.