:00:08. > :00:12.While our war veterans being denied medals by our government? Cyril
:00:12. > :00:17.banks took part in some of the most dangerous convoys in the Second
:00:17. > :00:21.World War. Russia wants to give him a medal for his bravery but of
:00:21. > :00:26.foreign Office says know. Of the Russian government is generous
:00:26. > :00:34.enough to give us it, why can't we have it?
:00:34. > :00:39.Could the cows in our fields be replaced by this? Smaller farms
:00:39. > :00:45.can't compete. All they can look forward to his greater pressure
:00:45. > :00:50.until they are forced to give up. And we look back at the Country's
:00:50. > :01:00.first ever play park. They are the stories that matter here in the
:01:00. > :01:13.
:01:13. > :01:16.Hello. We were told about our first story tonight by a viewer in Essex
:01:16. > :01:19.who believes her father is one of hundreds of people in their 80s and
:01:19. > :01:22.90s being treated unfairly by the British Government. Fred Henley
:01:22. > :01:25.took part in the Arctic Convoys, described by Churchill as the "most
:01:25. > :01:33.dangerous run of the war". So why have the veterans who served on
:01:33. > :01:36.them not been given a medal for that service? Fred Henley from
:01:36. > :01:38.Clacton fought in the Second World War and has been decorated for
:01:38. > :01:42.service in North Africa and Italy. But there's something missing -
:01:42. > :01:49.he's been offered a medal to honour him for his most dangerous campaign,
:01:49. > :01:55.but the British Government say he can't have it because of red tape.
:01:55. > :02:03.The largest convoy ever taken to Russia, feeling its way... Fred
:02:03. > :02:07.served on the Arctic convoys, taking supplies to Russia. When we
:02:07. > :02:10.set off from Iceland it wasn't too bad, but as we got up into the
:02:10. > :02:13.Arctic Circle things got really bad. We had some attacks by German
:02:13. > :02:23.bombers from Norway, and there were U boats strung about the area, but
:02:23. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:36.the main thing was the cold. Ice was forming on the superstructure
:02:36. > :02:39.which we had to chip off to keep the ship stable. A few months ago,
:02:39. > :02:41.Fred received a letter from the Russian Embassy offering him the
:02:41. > :02:51.Ushakov medal for his courage in the Arctic.
:02:51. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :02:55.How did you feel when you got the letter? Well quite happy with it.
:02:55. > :03:02.Quite proud to think the Russians thought something of us for all the
:03:02. > :03:05.turmoil we went through. Then a few weeks later, that excitement turned
:03:05. > :03:07.to bitter disappointment when he received another letter from the
:03:07. > :03:14.Russians, saying the British Foreign Office had blocked the
:03:14. > :03:20.presentation of the medals. These boys up in Parliament, or the
:03:20. > :03:30.Foreign Office never knew what we went through. How did you feel when
:03:30. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:38.you read that letter? Well, quite angry. It was insulting, I thought.
:03:38. > :03:42.His daughter and grand-daughter can't understand why the government
:03:42. > :03:45.won't allow him to have the medal. The Australians and the Kiwis have
:03:45. > :03:48.got theirs but we're all part of the Commonwealth, aren't we? So how
:03:48. > :03:52.come the Aussies and the Kiwis have got theirs and the Americans and
:03:52. > :04:02.the Canadians and we haven't got ours? It's a bit embarrassing I
:04:02. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:05.think. Several RAF veterans of the convoys have contacted retired Air
:04:05. > :04:13.Commodore Philip Wilkinson after they received letters about the
:04:13. > :04:16.Ushakov medal. As a former air and defence attache in Moscow, he
:04:16. > :04:23.understands the Russian medal system. It is a significant medal
:04:23. > :04:27.to the Russians. It's a significant gesture they've made to open this
:04:27. > :04:31.one up to allies as they have, so clearly to those few who still
:04:31. > :04:34.remain it would be a most significant gesture. Let's not
:04:34. > :04:37.forget there have been years in the Cold War period when there have
:04:37. > :04:43.been difficulties and that sort of recognition was never going to be
:04:43. > :04:46.given. And in fact there was a certain unwillingness in the Stalin
:04:46. > :04:54.era to consider that such a thing had happened. How could mighty
:04:54. > :04:57.Russia have been needing assistance? That's all changed.
:04:57. > :05:00.This offer, this hopeful, fruitful offer of the Ushakov medal is the
:05:00. > :05:05.culmination of a rapid and now steadily continuing change of heart
:05:05. > :05:15.and opening up of relationship improvement. How important were the
:05:15. > :05:16.
:05:16. > :05:18.Arctic convoys? There is no question that throughout the war
:05:18. > :05:20.years entirely, the percentage of major supplies came into Russia by
:05:20. > :05:30.the convoys constantly delivering through the northern ports.
:05:30. > :05:31.
:05:32. > :05:35.Aviation, aviation fuel, armoured vehicles. Something in the order of
:05:35. > :05:38.3,200 Hurricanes were shipped towards Russia. Any number of
:05:38. > :05:45.different categories of equipment and items of vital supply were
:05:45. > :05:48.constantly being delivered. There are thought to be just over 800
:05:48. > :05:51.people in the same position as Fred and his daughter and grand-daughter
:05:51. > :05:54.can't believe what has happened. just gave him the letter and said
:05:54. > :05:57.read that. He said, "I can't believe that" and there didn't seem
:05:57. > :06:03.to be any justification for it. He's really upset which upsets us,
:06:03. > :06:08.you know, because he's 89 after all but, what can you do? So do you
:06:08. > :06:11.think it's important that your dad, your granddad gets this medal?
:06:11. > :06:14.earned it and they went through a lot on those convoys and they
:06:14. > :06:17.haven't had any recognition from the British Government. And the
:06:17. > :06:20.Russians were willing to give them a medal and they should be allowed
:06:20. > :06:30.to take it. It's the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who make
:06:30. > :06:33.decisions on foreign medals. No-one from the Foreign office was
:06:33. > :06:36.available for interview but they told us the rules on the acceptance
:06:36. > :06:39.of foreign awards clearly state that the service should have taken
:06:39. > :06:41.place within the previous five years. But we've found that that
:06:41. > :06:44.rule isn't always enforced. Cyril Banks from Bishop's Stortford
:06:44. > :06:47.served in the Arctic and has also been told he can't have the Ushakov
:06:47. > :06:52.medal from Russia. But last year he was allowed to receive another
:06:52. > :06:54.foreign award for his service in the Second World War. Have you ever
:06:54. > :06:59.received an award from a foreign country that you're actually
:06:59. > :07:03.allowed to wear? Yes. A French one. Well the French One is the Legion
:07:03. > :07:06.d'honneur as they call it. received the honour for clearing
:07:06. > :07:16.mines in the Channel before the Normandy landings almost 70 years
:07:16. > :07:17.
:07:17. > :07:20.ago. The majority of people, if you mention D-Day, you would think of
:07:20. > :07:23.landing craft coming in on the beaches and men running up there
:07:23. > :07:26.getting blown to pieces and shot and things like that. That's the
:07:26. > :07:29.typical scene you see, isn't it? We had to sweep that Channel before
:07:29. > :07:39.the landing craft could come in. And what did it feel like to get
:07:39. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:48.something of that calibre? Highly chuffed, very proud. How does it
:07:48. > :07:51.make you feel knowing you can wear one from France but not from
:07:51. > :08:01.Russia? If the Russian government is generous enough to give us it,
:08:01. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:07.why can't we have it? We asked the Government why the French medal was
:08:07. > :08:10.allowed when the Russian one is not. The Foreign Office told us "the
:08:10. > :08:13.fact that permission has been given in one case does not mean that it
:08:13. > :08:16.will be given in another". And the Foreign Office told us that the
:08:16. > :08:19.Russians should know the rules. They said "a general award has
:08:19. > :08:22.already been made by Russia and when this exception was made, it
:08:22. > :08:25.was announced that no further exceptions would be allowed." So
:08:25. > :08:28.are the veterans caught up in a diplomatic game? Sir Tony Brenton
:08:28. > :08:31.lives and works in Cambridge, he used to be the British Ambassador
:08:31. > :08:34.to Russia. For the Russians, victory in World War Two was a
:08:34. > :08:37.matter of huge national pride. And they have on various occasions
:08:37. > :08:40.wanted to give medals and other awards to the sailors and others
:08:40. > :08:44.who were involved in those conflicts. I mean the Russians
:08:44. > :08:48.didn't think about British rules about receiving medals. They
:08:48. > :08:51.thought, here is a very good way of honouring some old men who have
:08:51. > :08:54.been very helpful to our country and I personally think, my instinct
:08:54. > :09:04.is, this is a diminishing group of very brave men who deserve to be
:09:04. > :09:05.
:09:05. > :09:09.honoured. We've never had a specific Arctic medal ourselves and
:09:09. > :09:19.I rather hope we can find a way of enabling them to accept this
:09:19. > :09:20.
:09:20. > :09:26.Russian honour. We have been in touch with the Russian Embassy here
:09:26. > :09:29.in London. They didn't want to be interviewed but they did tell us
:09:29. > :09:31.this decision gives us grounds for deep regret. We hope that the
:09:31. > :09:34.British authorities will reconsider this bureaucratic formality and
:09:34. > :09:37.review their position. Just before Christmas, David Cameron announced
:09:37. > :09:40.that a new British medal to honour the Arctic Convoy veterans will be
:09:40. > :09:42.awarded in the spring, but the Government have told us the
:09:42. > :09:46.veterans still cannot receive the Russian Medals. Fred and Cyril are
:09:46. > :09:49.very happy about the new medal but say it doesn't alter their feelings
:09:49. > :09:58.about the Russian one. Meanwhile, Fred's family are still hoping for
:09:59. > :10:07.a change of mind. I've been pushing a petition around, which is of the
:10:07. > :10:10.Government e-petitions called the medal of Ushakov. Anybody that we
:10:10. > :10:14.see, we say "can you sign this for us" but we'll keep going, but as
:10:14. > :10:17.the next step comes up we'll have to think right what shall we do
:10:17. > :10:20.now? My instinct is that we're letting bureaucracy get in the way
:10:20. > :10:24.of doing what is obviously the right thing, and I very much hope -
:10:24. > :10:27.as I say, I know there are various moves afoot to try and get the
:10:27. > :10:30.rules waived or adjusted in this specific case - and I very much
:10:30. > :10:34.hope those moves succeed. Let's face it, numbers are decreasing,
:10:34. > :10:38.every year. So I mean, is it going to be that when they're all gone
:10:38. > :10:48.they won't have the trouble of giving a medal out then, will they?
:10:48. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:53.You know what I mean? Review would like to get in touch about anything
:10:53. > :11:00.you think we should be looking into, get in touch. You are watching
:11:00. > :11:05.Inside Out. Still to come - the man who became known as the inventor of
:11:05. > :11:09.children's playgrounds. This playground was in front of the
:11:09. > :11:19.catalogues showing the latest things he had brought out and the
:11:19. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:26.Dairy farms are vanishing fast and some predict that milk will come
:11:26. > :11:36.from vast industrial scale units housing thousands of cows that
:11:36. > :11:39.
:11:39. > :11:44.never roam freely outside. Richard Once there were thousands of dairy
:11:44. > :11:49.farms across the East of England. Now there are just a couple of
:11:49. > :11:56.hundred left. Unable to make their businesses pay, smaller dairy
:11:56. > :12:03.farmers are selling up. The memories flood back for me when
:12:03. > :12:08.I'm on a dairy farm. I grew up on one. I milked cows. I fed them. I
:12:08. > :12:17.mucked them out. The demise of so many herds is upsetting for those
:12:17. > :12:23.in the industry. Does it matter where our milk comes from? And is
:12:23. > :12:33.our countryside, as some claim, under threat as a result? And would
:12:33. > :12:34.
:12:34. > :12:38.we be happy getting our milk this way instead? The future lies with a
:12:38. > :12:45.large-scale supplier dairy farms, as we have seen in the United
:12:45. > :12:50.States, growing because they are low-cost producers, have our --
:12:50. > :12:55.have higher animal welfare standards and are sustainable.
:12:55. > :12:58.everyone sees it that way. It's milking time at the Strachan's 80-
:12:58. > :13:04.strong herd at Rendham in Suffolk. Like all dairy farms, they receive
:13:04. > :13:08.an EU subsidy. But to survive, they've had to diversify. Ten years
:13:08. > :13:11.ago, with the milk price falling, they founded Marybelle. Instead of
:13:11. > :13:19.selling their milk to a processor, they now make and market dairy
:13:19. > :13:24.products themselves. We source milk from six local farms in Norfolk and
:13:24. > :13:28.Suffolk. They are all delivered daily and to the processing plant
:13:28. > :13:36.at Marybelle. The process all that milk into various products from
:13:36. > :13:41.normal milk, cream, yoghurts, ice- cream. We also supply a lot of ice
:13:41. > :13:47.cream makers and have our own round where we deliver to hotels, shops
:13:47. > :13:50.and restaurants and doorstep delivery, businesses, fruit and
:13:50. > :13:55.vegetable companies and supermarkets as well.
:13:55. > :14:00.ultimately, this is a business like any other. Farms are already
:14:00. > :14:07.subsidised. But actually, shouldn't you be like any other business
:14:07. > :14:11.would in no subsidy, sink or swim? Yes, weaken the American as well,
:14:11. > :14:16.the city over there, big factory farm over there, that is how it can
:14:17. > :14:21.go. That is if people want that and they can vote with their feet. I do
:14:21. > :14:27.not think that is what people want. We an abyss has grown from nothing
:14:27. > :14:32.and we do 4 million litres a year. -- we are a business that has grown
:14:32. > :14:36.from nothing. We know where that business has come from and have a
:14:36. > :14:40.connection with the rural community. As a nation, we're still self-
:14:40. > :14:43.sufficient in the production of fresh milk and cream. The trouble
:14:43. > :14:48.is we're not when it comes to higher value products such as
:14:48. > :14:51.butter and cheese. We import far more than we export. Worldwide
:14:51. > :14:58.producers are becoming larger and more efficient. That's piling on
:14:58. > :15:04.the pressure for smaller producers. If this trend continues and we
:15:04. > :15:14.moved to farms with 500 cows plus, in 514 years, there will be a big
:15:14. > :15:14.
:15:14. > :15:20.impact, because rural areas like this will be affected. -- in five
:15:20. > :15:25.or ten years. But will the countryside suffer? Five years ago,
:15:25. > :15:31.we filmed Brian Hull as his dairy herd was sold. He feared this
:15:31. > :15:40.pastoral scene would be replaced with bland, arable fields. We are
:15:40. > :15:46.taking the fences down to open up the land for arable farming. Under
:15:46. > :15:50.landscape will be changed forever. But his worst fears didn't
:15:50. > :15:58.materialise. The farm became arable and he now has 11000 free range
:15:58. > :16:05.chickens. The farm didn't become a prairie. We started recruiting
:16:05. > :16:08.grass strips, nectar plants, planted trees. It is what we have
:16:08. > :16:13.done rather than what would have happened if we had carried on doing
:16:13. > :16:23.arable. So you have ended up with more hedgerows than when you had
:16:23. > :16:28.the cows? Yes. We were already planting does. Put yourself in
:16:28. > :16:35.someone who has a small herd and are struggling. What would you
:16:35. > :16:42.advise be? I think you have to try and take your heart out of the job
:16:42. > :16:47.and look at it on a financial basis. That is what it comes down to. That
:16:47. > :16:55.is what we made our decision on at the end. There was no point working
:16:55. > :17:01.seven days a week just to stay still or go backwards. But would
:17:01. > :17:04.all farmers do what Brian Hull did? This conservationist believes the
:17:04. > :17:10.loss of small dairy farms threatens biodiversity and could change the
:17:11. > :17:16.face of the countryside for good. am quite concerned about the demise
:17:16. > :17:20.of the small dairy farms. They are intrinsically linked to producing
:17:20. > :17:26.landscape benefits. It is nice to see cows and fields, rather than
:17:26. > :17:32.blankets of winter wheat. We used to see wheat alongside grazed
:17:32. > :17:38.pasture. That seems to be declining rapidly. One of the problems I have
:17:38. > :17:43.with these larger units is what is their environmental impact? Whether
:17:43. > :17:49.that is water coming off the farm or the biodiversity that could be
:17:49. > :17:52.held on the farm as well. So could super dairies like this one in the
:17:53. > :18:00.US soon become a feature of the East Anglian landscape? Herds
:18:00. > :18:03.thousands strong. Cows that may never get to roam or graze outdoors.
:18:03. > :18:07.Last year, a planning application for one in Lincolnshire was
:18:07. > :18:10.withdrawn. Sean Rickard, former chief economist to the National
:18:10. > :18:19.Farmers Union, believes it's just a matter of time before they arrive
:18:19. > :18:24.here. All my life, we have been losing dairy farmers. People are
:18:24. > :18:29.saying we mustn't go any farther. I am afraid that is not reality. Food
:18:29. > :18:35.is one of the most important things we spend money on. Any sensible
:18:35. > :18:40.Government, any sensible industry will try to ensure the industry is
:18:40. > :18:45.efficient, produce these at low- cost and provides affordable food.
:18:45. > :18:49.It is large farms that do far -- that do that. If you want to pay
:18:49. > :18:59.another 30% for your food, try to protect small farms and you would
:18:59. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:04.still waste your time. The dairy industry has always changed. The
:19:04. > :19:10.speed and direction it takes is next is largely down to want to
:19:10. > :19:17.what we, as customers, want. I was in California ten years ago
:19:17. > :19:20.and they had 18,000-20,000 cows then. They are managed in large
:19:20. > :19:25.groups and take a lot of resources. I do not know where we would put
:19:25. > :19:33.them in Britain and can do a better job currently. I am not saying big
:19:33. > :19:40.is available, but not a super dairy in Britain. I think I have been
:19:40. > :19:45.kind. I would like to see to a farmer the truth and that the trend
:19:45. > :19:51.is against them. The bigger units that the future, because they are
:19:51. > :19:55.lower cost, can afford to invest. Smaller farms cannot. They can only
:19:55. > :20:04.look forward to greater pressure until eventually they are forced to
:20:04. > :20:09.give up. 100 years ago, a man from Kettering
:20:09. > :20:13.what this patch of land with the dream of building a park or the
:20:13. > :20:17.people. Charles Wicksteed had revolutionary ideas about how
:20:17. > :20:23.important it was for ordinary children to have spaces to play in.
:20:23. > :20:33.His legacy was Britain's first play park which still claims to be the
:20:33. > :20:34.
:20:34. > :20:38.biggest free playground in Europe. What you probably did not realise
:20:38. > :20:45.is all of this equipment is stamped with the name of one man. He is
:20:45. > :20:49.from this neck of the woods. Who is Charles Wicksteed, born 1847, was a
:20:49. > :20:53.pioneer of the playground. He's been called the inventor of
:20:53. > :21:00.children's play. He has been credited with creating the first
:21:00. > :21:06.ever slide at his factory in the East Midlands. But is it true?
:21:06. > :21:11.It all started at Kettering, so I have come here. A pioneer of the
:21:11. > :21:17.Edwardian age. He started out with farm equipment then made their lead
:21:18. > :21:25.you boxes. But it was his hydraulic hacksaw that brought him instant
:21:26. > :21:29.success and some serious money. But his passion was always play. And
:21:29. > :21:33.that would be his legacy. Mr Wicksteed's former factory no
:21:33. > :21:37.longer makes hydraulic hacksaws. It makes much more exciting stuff like
:21:37. > :21:41.swings and seesaws. In fact, it's now Britain's biggest producer of
:21:41. > :21:49.playground equipment. And chances are, if you're under 80, you'll
:21:49. > :21:56.have had fun on something made here. It is incredible that factory is on
:21:56. > :22:02.the same site. Absolutely, it started in 1876, many jury
:22:02. > :22:05.narrations working here. -- many generations. I'm meeting Stuart
:22:06. > :22:11.Wetherell, who's going to show me around. He's got some classic early
:22:11. > :22:17.photos. Great photos, a little before my
:22:17. > :22:22.time. What is this contraption? That is one of the very first
:22:22. > :22:29.swings made by Charles Wicksteed. We do not have the drawings, but
:22:29. > :22:35.estimate its height was 25-30 feet. A child using it at full extension,
:22:35. > :22:41.standing on the seat. No seat for supper sing there. If he falls, he
:22:41. > :22:48.falls on to concrete. --Sappers thing. You would not get away with
:22:49. > :22:53.that now. Nor health and safety? Not a great deal. But fairly good
:22:53. > :22:58.engineering, sound engineering processes applied to the design.
:22:58. > :23:03.Charles Wicksteed revolutionised playing. There were no boundaries
:23:03. > :23:09.to his imagination? Absolutely not, quite a clear innovator, engineer,
:23:09. > :23:13.so when this started to appear locally, it was probably the game's
:23:13. > :23:20.computer explosion of the 90s, that was the equivalent of what these
:23:20. > :23:23.children were exposed to it. If you take into account those slides were
:23:23. > :23:33.first manufactured, there are hundreds of thousands of them in
:23:33. > :23:34.
:23:34. > :23:39.the UK. I have left they were shocked and
:23:39. > :23:45.moved down the road to book Wicksteed Park. I am sure it look
:23:45. > :23:50.different back then. When he first book plans in place a little over a
:23:50. > :23:55.century ago, this was one of the past Leisure Parks and Britain and
:23:55. > :24:00.the first to feature a playground, like the one over there. -- this
:24:00. > :24:06.was one of the first Leisure Parks in Britain. The classic silver
:24:06. > :24:09.slide still takes pride of place. And just like battlefields and
:24:09. > :24:17.historic houses, this park has been listed by English Heritage as a
:24:17. > :24:20.site of importance. In fact, it's a national gem.
:24:20. > :24:26.I'm meeting Charles's great grandson Oliver. He still helps to
:24:26. > :24:30.run the park. We're catching a lift on the Wicksteed Express.
:24:31. > :24:37.Oliver, Wicksteed Park, a great feel to it, people walking their
:24:37. > :24:44.dogs, a massive open spaces. It is a different kind of place, not like
:24:44. > :24:49.a normal Dean Park or park in the centre of town. This is centuries
:24:49. > :24:54.of people enjoying the parts together. Try to keep the spirit of
:24:54. > :24:58.Charles Wicksteed alive? Very much so. He was a very successful
:24:58. > :25:02.engineer and wanted to give something back and build the park
:25:02. > :25:07.for the people, his staff, and people on the streets, to give
:25:07. > :25:12.something healthy away from pollution, sports fields, a lake, a
:25:12. > :25:21.real way, a whole new wave of families enjoying themselves.
:25:21. > :25:25.Keeping his dream alive is our constant ambition. This really was
:25:25. > :25:31.his last legacy and was to become the biggest Little Light Railway in
:25:31. > :25:37.the country. Sadly, a week before it opened in 1941, Charles died of
:25:37. > :25:41.pneumonia. But that's not the end of his story. The park and the
:25:41. > :25:46.factory were passed onto his sons. Both were eventually sold, but kept
:25:46. > :25:50.the family name. The park still draws big crowds. And it's free to
:25:51. > :25:58.get in. Many return to relive their memories. People like 1940s
:25:58. > :26:05.sweethearts Roland and Joyce. They met here many moons ago. I can
:26:05. > :26:11.picture it now, beautiful summer's day, the boats get closer, you leap
:26:11. > :26:19.into her boat and give a massive kiss. Is that how you met? No. It
:26:19. > :26:23.was in a canoe. You celebrated year anniversary one week ago? Yes.
:26:23. > :26:29.six the first. If it was not for Charles Wicksteed, you would never
:26:29. > :26:33.have met. No, a lot to thank him for. There's no doubting Charles's
:26:33. > :26:37.generosity and his creativity. But was he really the inventor of the
:26:37. > :26:45.first children's slide? Remember those early photos? Play historian
:26:45. > :26:50.Linden Grove has been studying them. I want to ask her opinion.
:26:50. > :26:58.You can answer this burning question. Charles Wicksteed, the
:26:58. > :27:02.inventor of the children's slight? No, it must have been invented by a
:27:02. > :27:07.lip -- by a medieval child sliding down a tree trunk. But he made it
:27:07. > :27:12.so popular that you would not imagine a playground without one.
:27:12. > :27:17.He is a legend and it is amazing to think that parks around the world,
:27:17. > :27:23.this one we are in now, it was in the front of catalogues showing the
:27:23. > :27:31.latest things he had brought out. Across the world, children's
:27:31. > :27:35.fleeing was shaped by Charles Wicksteed. -- playing. Charles
:27:35. > :27:38.really was fanatical about fun. He went from mending farm equipment to
:27:38. > :27:42.manufacturing on a massive scale. Among his many crazy ideas it's
:27:42. > :27:49.said he can also take the credit for this. The water chute, as it
:27:49. > :27:53.was known back in his day. Wicksteed's park in Kettering and
:27:53. > :27:56.his swings and slides shipped all over the world. And have thrilled
:27:57. > :28:02.children for the best part of a century. And being a big kid myself,
:28:02. > :28:09.it's time to have some fun. The next time you visit up Leigh
:28:09. > :28:16.Park, give and not to local legend Charles Wicksteed. -- the next time
:28:16. > :28:20.you visit a playground. You would not want to go down that
:28:20. > :28:26.slide at this time of year. That is it from Wicksteed Park. If you
:28:26. > :28:32.think we should look at anything, send me some tweets. Or you can
:28:32. > :28:38.send me any meal. See you next week. -- you can send
:28:38. > :28:44.me an e-mail. In ten weeks, the NHS undergoes its biggest ever
:28:44. > :28:48.organisation. Find out what it will mean for you. We visit a successful
:28:48. > :28:53.free scheme will bring children lose weight and ask why so few