08/02/2016 Inside Out South East

The next chapter in this remarkable tale.

Once you discover who your real mother is, especially the way in

which she was murdered and forgotten, I have had to just pursue

this until we get justice and the truth, really.

But what's the future for this iconic theme park?

Everyone admits this was an ambitious project, but was it too

ambitious and too big for a district councillor that is used to drawing

up contracts to collect our bins, rather than creating a building if

theme park? Every time I go past this in the

hallway, I can't resist kissing kit. I'm Natalie Graham with untold

stories, closer to home. From all round the South East,

this is Inside Out. He only wanted to know

who his mother was, but he ended up being part of the murder

mystery of the century. Neil Berriman discovered only eight

years ago that his mother was the nanny that Lord Lucan

is alleged to have murdered in 1974. This report contains flashing

images. In a Sussex Garden,

a builder is busy at work, But the builder has

a remarkable story. His name is Neil Berriman

and he was an adopted child. But when his adoptive mother died,

she left him a package. It all started with

the brown envelope. I was the secret son

of Sandra Rivett. She was the nanny murdered by Lord

Lucan. On the 7th of November 1974,

the nanny employed by Lord Lucan was found bludgeoned to death

at his home in London. Lucan drove to Sussex,

first to Uckfield and then to Newhaven where he and his

car were found abandoned. He disappeared, never

to be seen again. Is now commonly assumed that

Lord Lucan murdered Sandra Rivett, What do you think happened? A good

question. The truth is probably that Lord Lucan is guilty of organising

the crime, I'm not 100% sure he did it himself. He's definitely guilty,

because why would you run off for 41 years? What concerns Neil is that

the focus of attention is on the Lord Lucan. For decades, the nation

has been fascinated by the mystery and whether or not he is still

alive. Neil feels that people of lost sight of who is the victim in

this, his mother. Especially the way in which she was murdered and

forgotten about. I feel because of that that I have had to just pursue

this, until we get justice and the truth, really. Now, Lord Lucan's

son, George Bingham, has applied for his missing father to be declared

dead so he can inherit the title. Neil oppose the application offers,

but then withdrew his opposition. I wanted to be involved in the court

's case, because it may throw new light on and so obviously the

mystery. -- the court case. Neil's main concern is the documents

unearthed by Inside Out from 2012. It is this leaseback rapport from

2002, and even then they reveal that they suspect Lord Lucan may still be

alive and living in Africa. Neil's plan is to raise this document in

court. That could be enough for the judge to actually want to

investigate this document further with the police. So, it is Neil's

big day in court. Hopefully I can get my bit across, stir it up a bit

and see if it gets any closer to the truth. Neil is joined by his

partner, Kim. There's no turning back now. What do you make of it

all, Kim? I'm not sure! Somebody know something, don't they? Oh,

yeah, definitely. But as I don't understand, actually. Because he

loved his children so much, I don't understand, for whatever he did,

whether you murdered my mother or not, or even if he was involved in

it, which obviously he was, why did... I know there's the

embarrassment and all that is, but he could have done 20 years or even

less in prison and been out and then lift a life with his children. He

could be out by exactly. In court, Neil and Judy Judge's

attention to the 2002 Metropolitan Police macro report. Lucan's son

produced a statement saying they had not seen him for decades. The law

says it must be shown that Lord Lucan had not been known to be alive

for at least 70 years. So the judge ruled that Lord Lucan could be

declared dead. George Bingen and made a statement outside the court.

The court declared my father, known to most people as Lord Lucan, to be

dead for legal purposes from 1981. I want to take this time to applaud

the efforts of Mr Neil Berriman to secure justice for his mother, our

beloved family nanny. We extend our sympathy to him and his broader

family. That sympathy is well grounded in that neither their

family nor our family know about twos and this unfortunate and lovely

Lady died in 1974. Then it was Neil's turn to face the cameras.

Looe-macro I believe there is a Metropolitan Police internal

document that states Lucan's possibly alive in 2002 onwards. But

at the end, we have get to the truth and justice for Sandra. The horrible

death, a young woman, my mother, beaten. There is no getting away

from the fact that whatever happened that night, Lucan is guilty of

something in my eyes. So please remedy forgotten victims here, truth

will prevail. Thank you. So this all started when Neil opened that

envelope. He found to his mother was and then found himself at the Royal

Courts of Justice at the centre of the will's attention. -- the world's

attention. And is not over yet, because since the court case the

Metropolitan Police have asked Neil succumbed to a meeting. All this

began here. Do you regret opening that envelope? What a question! God.

No. Coming up on Inside Out,

the people of Kent and Sussex Now, Dreamland, Margate's Iconic

amusement park, has been brought But the journey has had

more ups and downs that its

famous wooden roller-coaster. But as the Heritage theme park

prepares to open for its second season, are the problems

now in the past? Revived and reverberating

with the sound of good The country's first heritage theme

park opened in Margate this summer, introducing the ipad generation

to thrill-seeking, 1950s-style. Dreamland closed nearly a decade ago

and bringing about a life shows that for many, this is more than a

funfair. When I was six years old first came here. Was amazing. A

Londoner wanted to sell off part of the site for housing to pay for it.

The council refused and after years of stalemate, the council compulsory

purchased the site, taking control of the whole project.

Creditors agree a five-year payment is doubly theme park's operators

going bust. Everyone admits this was an ambitious project, but was it too

ambitious and do big for a District Council that is used to growing

group -- drawing up contracts to collect our bins, rather than

creating a building a theme park. And the council's control, costs

increased from ?10 million to ?15 million. This was proof for that of

the developer that the Cathal never grasped the scale of the venture.

What this too big for a council to undertake? For this council, yes. If

it was so well at Manchester where have the resources intelligence, but

this council is neither of The without a chore I to 2003 to

understand the ins and outs of this project. The community launched a

campaign to save it. What will happen to Dreamland? That is the

question. The owner wanted to redevelop the fat housing and

retail, but there is this problem, this grade two listed scenic railway

which is at the heart of where everything would be built. A lot has

changed since then, and I certainly have. There are new Health Safety

precautions on the scenic Railway. But one thing has remained constant.

The owners back then and still maintain this park is only viable if

it is cross subsidised. They have not got the money to invest in

infrastructure, they have in the quality of rides that a new

generation of riders would expect and yes, obviously the heritage is a

great theme, but in a way, it isn't a cheap option. Heritage is a more

expensive option, because you have to shine at the brass, polish the

steel. They has to look even better, because people must be enthralled by

it. But the council always insisted its Budget was sufficient to deliver

a new park. It was very tight, and as you say, it is public money and

we have to watch every penny. But it has been costed for phase one and we

can get it done for the ?10 million that we have in place. And the

funding is in place to do what we have proposed to do for phase one.

Fast forward to the present day, a different council leader, but the

same question. Do the council have the expertise to carry out this

project? Did they count every penny, considering they overspent by ?5

million? It is a huge overspend and we are not particularly proud of it,

but you have to be in the context of where we were. That figure that is

being quoted comes from 2013. We have site access now and found that

the Margate town centre regeneration company on its seven years of

occupying the site tried to full fulsome of their projects. But they

told us it will more like a scorched earth policy. We have gone in there

and it is taken as two years together park up and running, it

took them seven to achieve nothing. But the developer says millions of

pounds of funding was granted in those years and claims the deadlock

was down to the council. Do you still believe you could have done a

better project than this? 100%, of course. We build a decent spacers

and I'm not being funny, and when you drive in and still see that I

saw which was posed to be tidied up at the Tesco's scheme which they

bundled, it still looks atrocious. At the moment, anyway. Hopefully

they will do something with it. You look at the car park, derelict

buildings, metal fencing, the backs of all the shops... There is a lot

better that could have been done and the money would have come through if

people had built houses. Money has also been a big issue for the

operator, Sands Heritage who actually run the park. There will

always be challenges when you're working between the public and

private sector. They work in different ways and the different

speeds. It is challenging. In addition to the council's ?5 million

overspent, they have racked up debts of nearly ?3 million and are on the

brink of going bust, until a Deal was done at an emergency credit's

meeting. They knew where we were and wanted to see Gene land as a

success. They see what is doing locally I want to supporters and

they did. So tapping into Dreamland's rich history and it

started as a Margate institution has helped the projects get this far.

The second phase to restore the tree-lined towel and rebuild the old

ballroom is now under way. This is all part of phase two, restoring the

cafe and the foyer of the 1930s cinema to its former glory. Anyone

who came here will remember buying your tickets here and then going up

those stairs to watch the film. Before the crowds return, millions

of pounds of private money is required. But with visitor numbers

expected to below and on forecast following the difficulties of

Dreamland's first season, our major cinema and restaurant chains likely

to invest? If they're interested in joining this renegotiation project

will be seen as being broadly successful and as such, I think we

will recover phase two rather than go backwards as you suggest. But

Toby Hunter still maintains that without the hard cash from housing

it will be difficult to finance the next phases. It needs another

15-20,000,000 of spare cash to go into it. It won't produce the

investment. Professionals working for the Council and is all agree

that an amusement park is not sustainable on this site. Everyone

act sets getting this far was a huge achievement. The listed scenic

Railway was saved by backing the project, the Council has defied the

odds, opening the first seaside theme park in more than 20 years.

And also creating a link with Margate's heyday, when the beach was

always packed and business was booming. A priceless heritage. The

council that use that are pulling millions of pounds? Thereby proving

that money from housing was never needed.

Now, many people say a genius like David Bowie must have come

from another planet, but his place of origin was a little

As part of the BBC's People's History Of Pop season,

those from the south east whose lives have been touched

On January 10th, 2016 the world was rocked by the death of David

There's been a huge public reaction to his death,

which just goes to show how much Bowie achieved in the 69 years

Bowie was a trailblazer across the music scene.

His work combined many different art forms to create a visual presence

We travel across the South East to meet the fans...

So every time I go past this gorgeous one in the hallway,

I didn't see his potential as the mega-star that he became.

The Ziggy guitar sound is a Wah-Wah pedal, switched

He had many personas, but before he was the Thin White Duke

or Ziggy Stardust, he was David Jones from Bromley.

# Ziggy really sank, screwed up I isn't screwed on hairdo, like some

cats from Japan #. In January 1947, David Robert Jones

was born in Brixton but grew And it was at the Bromley Technical

High School for Boys that a playground scuffle

would change his looks forever. The classic story of he had

the fight with a guy called George Underwood, who'd eventually

go on to be his sleeve designer But they had a fight over a girl

and George Underwood punched him in the eye and the pupil

permanently dilated, giving him the legendary look

of having different-coloured eyes. In 1963 Jones left school with just

one O Level in art and became a trainee commercial

artist at an ad agency, At this point, David

wanted to be a star, so joined several bands looking

for his elusive breakthrough. They sort of weren't going anywhere

for him quick enough, And there he has this ambition,

he had this vision he was going to be their Mick Jagger,

so you could see he was already aiming high and saw himself

amongst the greats. The Maidstone-based Manish Boys

were really going places, with TV When you think of his voice on that,

it hasn't changed that much, has it? Woolf Byrne, who still lives

in Maidstone, was a sax player in the band and remembers David's

audition, when they were introduced He bought this Davey Jones down

to Maidstone where We'd been expecting actually

the only Davie Jones we'd ever heard of, or so we thought,

was a black R'n'B singer, so we were quite keen

on seeing this guy. Anyway, door opens and in comes this

very thin, very pale youth So he sang a couple of numbers,

we were sort of, "Mmm, He was good and everything,

but didn't think he was going to get David was with the Mannish Boys

for the best part of a year, It was now the mid-sixties and music

tastes were changing so David joined the Margate Mod group

The Lower Third. By then he'd changed his name

to David Bowie, as there was a clash of interest to Davy Jones,

who would eventually become a member So he didn't want

to clash with that. And also, Davy Jones is a fairly

sort of ordinary name and if you've got these ideas of being

a supernatural pop star, # the blazing sun set in your

eyes... #. Bowie admired other art forms

and borrowed constantly from them. And in 1969 he co-founded his own

Arts Lab with his friend It was held every Sunday night

in Beckenham in the backroom of the Three Tuns pub

and was a place where artists And we discovered there were poets,

there were writers, there were puppeteers,

there were printmakers, and there were authors

and everything you could think of. And all these people had all this

artistic talent and the arts lab movement was just starting to happen

across the country, moving out from London

and so we asked our audience one night, "Would you like to turn

the folk club into an arts lab?" The late sixties saw man rocket

to the moon and Kubrick's 2001: Bowie experimented by taking

the current appetite for all things space and combining it

with a traditional folk ballad to conjure up his first

top-five hit, Space Oddity. David was determined not

to be a one hit wonder. So he and Mary organised a music

festival at the local By this point, the pair became

lovers, but David was soon to develop stronger

feelings for another. A young American woman

called Angie Barnett. When Angie came on the scene,

it all got a bit turbulent. I actually knew that something

was going on because I'd been in London for a couple of days

on my own and I came back And when I left David on his own,

normally I would come back to a fairly grungy kitchen and a lot

of mess and I would have to tidy up and clean up because he was not

at all domesticated. And so eventually I sort

of crept into his room, And there was a very strong

smell of Chanel No.5, there was a flowered Kimono hanging

over the chair and by his bed there was a notebook with a song

entitled Beautiful Angie. So I got the message.

Were you upset? The following year Angie and David

were married at the Bromley Register Office, and in 1971 their son

Zowie Bowie was born. The young family continued to live

in the area until Bowie created his ultimate persona Ziggy

Stardust. The messianic Martian helped to send

the singer's career stratospheric. # there's a storm on waiting in the

sky, you'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'll blow our minds.

There's a man... #. And with superstardom

comes superfans! Welcome to my Aladdin's cave,

this is my David Bowie shrine. And this photograph

was taken by Herb Ritts. Racheal's obsession with the rock

god began as an eight-year-old girl when she was growing up in Surrey

and she's been collecting rare and wonderful Bowie

memorabilia ever since. so when I was at school,

I was a day girl and there were lots of boarders so there had

to be a magnet to come And the magnet was my mum,

because she's a fabulous cook. So they'd all pile down to my house

and they'd all come Except they couldn't

quite come into my room. I had double wardrobes

and as you opened the double wardrobes, I would give the boarders

a marker pen, a red, a green, a black, a blue,

and the entrance fee was you had to write the lyrics of any

David Bowie song on my wardrobe and then you could come

into my cave. 1985, was the year

Bowie played Live Aid. An ensemble of the world's biggest

musical acts was assembled to raise With everyone's eyes on Bowie,

he needed the best band around. So he called on the services

of guitarist Kevin Armstrong, who now lives in St Leonard's

,and backing vocalist Tessa Niles from Chilham to perform

with him at Wembley. It wasn't Bowie's manager that

called me, but it was somebody close to him who said,

"How would you like to be in the biggest rock 'n' roll gig

of all time?" I got a phone call saying "Go

to Abbey Road and take your guitar and Mr X will do a session

with you and some other musicians will be there and it will be a big

day for you". Everybody was really geared up

and then Bowie arrived and it just sent the thing

into hyperspace, you know? He was just that electricity,

that energy kind of coming in. Just walking out and seeing that

many people in the audience just pumping and was never before,

never again really. The boy from Bromley

fulfilled his wildest dreams It is Monday the 11th of January.

David Bowie's funds heard the news they did not want to hear. David had

lost his 18 month battle with cancer. He never forgot who he

really was. When David received his diagnosis

in 2014, he made a secret trip to the UK from his home in New York,

to say goodbye to the places And if you've got any old tour

T-shirts, ticket stubs or other music memorabilia tucked away,

you can share your pictures and stories right now

at bbc.co.uk/peoplespop. And as usual, you can watch

the whole show again by clicking on our iPlayer at

bbc.co.uk/insideout. Coming up next week: We reveal how

mental health services are failing our most

vulnerable children. I do not want to breathe, live or

use oxygen anymore. I didn't want to eat, talk or anything. I don't want

life. It is difficult to suddenly see your

unborn child sniffing powered up their nose to make themselves happy.

That's it from us for tonight from Maidstone.

Thanks for watching and see you next week.

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