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Childhood holidays - we all love them, don't we? | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
Fun in the sun, sand castles, swimming in the sea. | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
Can't beat them! | 0:00:07 | 0:00:08 | |
'So in this series, I'm going | 0:00:09 | 0:00:11 | |
'to be reliving those wonderful times | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
'with some much-loved famous faces.' | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
Everyone a winner! Come on! Hook a duck! | 0:00:16 | 0:00:20 | |
And some of the most surprising guests had the most | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
fascinating holidays. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
-You could do a night here. -You could. -Yeah. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
However, I think that's long enough for me! | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
'We'll relive the fun...' | 0:00:33 | 0:00:34 | |
TRAIN HOOTS | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
Oh! No! No! | 0:00:36 | 0:00:37 | |
'..the games...' | 0:00:37 | 0:00:38 | |
Aargh! | 0:00:38 | 0:00:39 | |
'..and the food of years gone by...' | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
That is a little taste of childhood right there. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
'..to find out how those holidays around the UK helped shape | 0:00:45 | 0:00:49 | |
'the people we know so well today.' | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
I'm giving you a standing ovation. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
'So buckle up for Holiday Of My Lifetime.' | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
Can you come on ALL my holidays? | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
On today's journey through time, I'm picking up our mystery | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
holiday-maker in a 1970s classic coupe. Ho-ho! | 0:01:07 | 0:01:12 | |
They'd have stood out from the crowd in this one! | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
I'm on my way to meet a man who, like me, | 0:01:17 | 0:01:20 | |
is really good with his feet. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
He was born in Leicester in 1969. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:28 | |
Look at that cheeky grin! | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
Ah, bless him! | 0:01:31 | 0:01:32 | |
He started his professional football career for Norwich City | 0:01:32 | 0:01:35 | |
before getting signed by Man U for a million quid. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:41 | |
He went on to play on the hallowed turf of Wembley for England. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
Come on! On me head, son! Go on! Get it in there! | 0:01:47 | 0:01:50 | |
And after hanging up his boots, | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
he turned his hand to TV on a well-known property show. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:57 | |
Come on! Do I have to HAMMER it home? | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
You must have it by now, surely! | 0:02:06 | 0:02:08 | |
Today's guest is former footballer-turned-TV | 0:02:08 | 0:02:12 | |
presenter Dion Dublin. Oh! | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
We're going to play football together. Well, I hope so. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
And I'm on my way to pick him up | 0:02:18 | 0:02:20 | |
in this marvellous Morris Marina coupe, starting his holiday | 0:02:20 | 0:02:25 | |
just like he and his family did all those years ago. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
Dion, come on, son! | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
Why don't we play a bit of football? Oh, yes! I've got talent, you know. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Dion was born and bred in Leicester. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
With three big brothers and an older sister, | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
he was the baby of the family. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
His dad, Eddie, worked in hosiery and mum Rose was a nurse. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:52 | |
He grew up in a house practically next door to Leicester City | 0:02:52 | 0:02:56 | |
football ground. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:57 | |
Perhaps it's no surprise that he was kicking | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
a football as soon as he could walk. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
From humble beginnings at fourth division Cambridge United, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
it wasn't long before the Premier League came calling. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
Later, he swapped pitches for presenting, becoming | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
a regular sports commentator and panellist on the telly. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
I'll be getting onside with Dion today after | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
I've surprised him with his old family motor. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
Shame about the Great British weather, though! | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
That is brilliant! | 0:03:30 | 0:03:31 | |
Oh, my word! | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
-It's the same car! -Yes! -Oh, my gosh! -Good to see you. -How are you? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:44 | |
-I'm well. -Very nice to see you. -So you recognise it? -My gosh! | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
-Look at that! -Eh? | 0:03:48 | 0:03:49 | |
-And we squeezed about four of us in the back of that! -No! -We did! | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
-Yes, we did! Look at that! -So where are we going? | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
I'd like you to take me to Great Yarmouth, please. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
-We can do that. -Can we do that? -Yeah. What's the year? | 0:04:01 | 0:04:04 | |
19...79. 1979. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:10 | |
-The year Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. -There you go. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
-You know what the big hit was? -Go on, then. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
# YMCA! # | 0:04:15 | 0:04:16 | |
Was it really? | 0:04:16 | 0:04:17 | |
-Was it really? -Yes! -And you've still got the moves! | 0:04:17 | 0:04:19 | |
-Well, I wouldn't go that far! -Oh, wow. -Look, your chariot awaits. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:24 | |
-Let's do it. -Great Yarmouth is beckoning. -Look at this beauty! | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
Oh, Great Yarmouth, famous for its golden sands. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
It's been a seaside resort since the 18th century. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
On the East Norfolk coast, 20 miles from Norwich, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
it's the gateway to the Norfolk Broads and the North Sea. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
There's 15 miles of beaches here, as well as six museums, two piers | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
and countless arcades, rides and attractions lining the promenade. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:02 | |
Great Yarmouth has been a family favourite for generations | 0:05:04 | 0:05:08 | |
and more than a million people come here every summer to | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
enjoy its good old-fashioned charm. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
'Today, I'm taking Dion back to relive those glorious family | 0:05:17 | 0:05:22 | |
'trips here when he was a nipper, | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
'sampling some fine local delicacies...' | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
Ooh-hoo! | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
'..feeling the need for speed and kicking about on the same | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
'beach that inspired the budding football star, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:39 | |
'and showing him how it's done..' | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
HE CHEERS | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
'..discovering how the holiday here in Yarmouth helped shape him | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
'into the top football and TV personality we know today.' | 0:05:47 | 0:05:52 | |
But before any holiday can begin, you have to get there first. | 0:05:55 | 0:06:00 | |
Whether by plane, train or automobile, | 0:06:00 | 0:06:03 | |
the journey is a big part of the excitement. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
Austin Marina in orange. Outstanding! | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
And for Dion, in 1979, it was the one time of the year when the whole | 0:06:13 | 0:06:18 | |
family got together, all piling into Dad's car | 0:06:18 | 0:06:22 | |
and setting off for a week of fun at the seaside. Ho-ho, what larks! | 0:06:22 | 0:06:27 | |
-Dion, let's set the scene. -Go on, then. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:29 | |
-How many of you were in this car? -Well, there's five... | 0:06:29 | 0:06:34 | |
I've got three brothers and a sister, Mum and Dad. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:37 | |
And we all used to try and cram in here, you know. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:39 | |
Just cram it all in and off you go. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
And that's all we could afford at the time. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
-Everybody did those holidays, didn't they? -Yeah. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
-And I suppose you were a bit of a cheeky lad? -Er... | 0:06:45 | 0:06:50 | |
-Were you all squabbling and that... -Yes, yes! -..or was it all sedate? | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
Nah, none of that sedate rubbish. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:56 | |
You get the odd jab in with your brother, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:58 | |
just in case he kicked off, put your sister in the middle as the referee. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:02 | |
We were, you know, four lads and your sister. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
-Sister used to get the brunt of it all the time. -Of course. | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
-She'd get the blame for everything! -Yeah. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:10 | |
And if there was any food to be had, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
you had to eat it very quickly otherwise it'd be gone. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
-All gone. -Biscuits and stuff, crisps. Yeah. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
So your mum sorted out... You had a bit of a packed lunch sort of thing? | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
Yeah. Mum sorted everything out. Mum was the boss. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
-Some sandwiches? -Yeah, sandwiches. -Bit of lemonade? -Yeah, exactly. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
Oh, lemonade. I don't know about lemonade. We'd have squash. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
-Couldn't afford lemonade. -Oh, right. So where were you living? | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
We were living in Leicester at the time, right by the football | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
ground, Leicester City football ground. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:38 | |
So were you a Leicester City supporter? | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
Yeah, I used to go and watch Leicester City play. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
My sister, Carmen, used to take me down to Leicester. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
-Three quid it was to get in. -Right, yeah. -£3 back in the day. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
-Bit different now. -Yeah, it is. -So how long was the journey? | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
-Must have been a few hours. -Yeah, it was. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
From Leicester, it's about 2½ hours. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:55 | |
So what made you come down to Great Yarmouth? | 0:07:55 | 0:07:58 | |
Well, we used to come and see my eldest brother. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
He used to be down here. It was good to see him. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:03 | |
That's why we went there, | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
that's why we went there for so many years, actually. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
It was just such a nice place to go. They have summers down there. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
Of course you did, unlike today. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Yes. Our summer is like a couple of days now? | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
Yeah, if you're lucky! | 0:08:17 | 0:08:18 | |
I can't believe there were so many of you in this tiny car. | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
I just can't believe it. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
-Can you see this sign here, Great Yarmouth? -Great Yarmouth. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
-Here we go. -We're in. -Come on, lad. -We're in. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
It was all... | 0:08:31 | 0:08:32 | |
GEARS CRUNCH | 0:08:32 | 0:08:34 | |
Oh, you sound like my mum's driving! | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
Do you know what I'm going to do in a moment, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
-I'm going to pull over and let you have a go. -No, no, please, no. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
No, please. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
In the summer of 1979, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:47 | |
everyone needed a holiday after a winter of discontent. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:52 | |
Months of industrial disputes and some terrible weather | 0:08:52 | 0:08:55 | |
brought the country to a standstill. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
It was bad news for milk drinkers too, as the price of a pint went | 0:08:58 | 0:09:03 | |
up to 15p. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
Scandalous! | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
And a low turnout for the first referendum in Scotland meant | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
the vote was defeated but certainly not forgotten. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
And the soundtrack to all of this, well, it wasn't the most | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
cheerful of years but for the Bee Gees at least, '79 wasn't a... | 0:09:18 | 0:09:23 | |
# Tragedy | 0:09:23 | 0:09:24 | |
# When the feeling's gone and you can't go on | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
# It's tragedy... # | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
The legendary band of the Gibb brothers made their way up | 0:09:28 | 0:09:32 | |
the charts, all the way to number one in the UK and America. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:37 | |
This is the start of Dion's holiday of his lifetime. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
With beaches extending for miles along the coast | 0:09:42 | 0:09:44 | |
from Great Yarmouth, | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
one of the best stretches of sand is just down the road at Hemsby, | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
which is where Dion and his family were based for their week away. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:55 | |
Hemsby beach. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
-These are the places where you went to get a brand-new... -Beachball. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:02 | |
A beachball and a bucket and spade. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:04 | |
-Because the sands here, as I remember... -Yes. -..are lovely. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
Beautiful, really well-kept. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
We've just arrived, the rain's stopped and it's lovely. | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
It is. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:15 | |
Quick! While the sun's out, let's get on the beach. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
The young Dion back in '79 would have been bursting with | 0:10:18 | 0:10:22 | |
excitement by now. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:24 | |
-So, here it is. -This is it? | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
-Is it as you remember? -Exactly the same. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:28 | |
We wouldn't be walking this slow, | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
we would be sprinting as fast as we could to get to that beach. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
-You know what, Len, everybody's on the beach. -Yeah. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
People that you didn't know that are coming from Leicester are on the beach. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
-Really? -Honestly. This is just... | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
-It's just as it was. -And did you go in? Did you go in the water? | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
All the time. When you're a young lad... | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
-You don't... -You don't feel the cold. -No! -Get your gear off... | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
-Straight in. -Straight in. -Yeah. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
Not ALL your gear, of course. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
-No, no, you keep your cossie. -You keep your... | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:10:57 | 0:10:58 | |
-You keep your cossie on. -You keep your cossie on. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
Look how long it goes for. That's incredible. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:03 | |
It goes as far as the eye can see in both directions. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
It is a most wonderful, wonderful beach. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
-We have these beaches all over Britain. -Yeah, of course we do. | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
Beautiful beaches like this, all over Britain. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
-And then, I suppose, you bump into a few other kids... -That's it. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
-And you're all having a laugh. -That's it. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Then you think, come on, get a couple... | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
Either a pullover or something - football. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
Jumpers for goalposts, there you go. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
You get a couple of these stones... | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
-And you're off. -I'm in goal. -Yeah. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
-That's how it works, isn't it? -Of course it does! | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
Oh, it's fantastic. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
In 1979, Great Yarmouth was a popular seaside town but it | 0:11:43 | 0:11:48 | |
had been a bustling resort since the arrival of the railway in 1844. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:53 | |
Victorian tourists came in their thousands, building two grand piers | 0:11:53 | 0:11:58 | |
and a mile-long esplanade to enjoy the benefit of fresh, sea air. | 0:11:58 | 0:12:04 | |
The town continued to grow into the 20th-century, becoming thronged | 0:12:04 | 0:12:09 | |
every summer season with factory workers from the Midlands. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:13 | |
Theatres, arcades, hotels | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
and holiday parks transformed the seafront. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
By the time Dion's family started coming here in the '70s, | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
Yarmouth was at its prime, | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
enjoying mass tourism on a scale rarely seen since. | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
Local fisherman-turned-potter Ernie Childs grew up on the quayside | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
and he remembers the good times. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
In 1979, it was sort of a busy year, things were happening. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:42 | |
It was a real moving-on town. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
The shows in the evenings, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
everyone was after the shows in the evenings | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
and we had The Windmill, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
the Regent, the Regal. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:54 | |
Visitors to Great Yarmouth were used to seeing proper big names. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:59 | |
We had Engelbert Humperdinck, we had all the fancy groups, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
The Kinks, Morecambe and Wise, all them sort of people. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
They were all down here, you know. I think there was Blackpool and us. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
Well, the rain's back but it's time to drive further down memory lane. | 0:13:12 | 0:13:16 | |
I've got more surprises in store. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
Even as an excited kid, starting out on his holiday, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
young Dion already had his heart set on one thing. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:27 | |
So even at the age of ten, were you keen on football? | 0:13:27 | 0:13:30 | |
Yeah, I played a lot of football. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
I played football when I was nine years old, | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
is when I started to turn the corner and thought to myself, | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
-"Hold on a minute, I might be all right here." -Yeah. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
And my brothers and my dad all pushing me, "Go on, son. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
"You'll be all right. Go on." There was a passion. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:43 | |
I couldn't get away from it. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
It's lovely if you find something that you're really good at, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
and you want to do, at such an early age. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
I know, it is. I do. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
If it's something that doesn't feel like work, you know. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
I was lucky, my dad was a good footballer, my brothers were | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
good footballers and I just followed in their footsteps. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:04 | |
That's what's wonderful. I had a bit of the same sort of career. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
I started dancing as a hobby. | 0:14:08 | 0:14:12 | |
-Did you really? -Yeah, it was only a hobby. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
I only went because there were girls there. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:18 | |
DION LAUGHS | 0:14:18 | 0:14:20 | |
And then I found that was my living for 50 years. | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
-Wow! -It's a bit the same for you, I guess. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
It's something that you would have done anyway, | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
you ended up having a profession. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
-That's right, absolutely spot-on. -How good is that? | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
It's lucky. I think it's very lucky. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
You've got to have something in order to back it up. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
Now, because Dion's brother worked at a caravan park in Hemsby, | 0:14:39 | 0:14:44 | |
all the family would stay there for a budget week's break. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
-Look, you're here. -Is this it? | 0:14:49 | 0:14:51 | |
Newport Caravan Park. | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
This is you! | 0:14:54 | 0:14:56 | |
I didn't realise it was so close. | 0:14:56 | 0:14:58 | |
-This is it. -Oh, my gosh. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
I'm chatting away there, thinking... | 0:15:01 | 0:15:03 | |
This is a posh place and it's your place! | 0:15:03 | 0:15:06 | |
It wasn't this posh before, mate! | 0:15:06 | 0:15:08 | |
-Oh, my gosh. -Here you are. -Look at this. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
DION LAUGHS | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
Part of the magic of any childhood holiday is | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
the excitement of staying somewhere new. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
The sights, sounds and smells of those hotels, motels and campsites. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:27 | |
For Dion, home for the week was here at the caravan park. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
Static caravans were first introduced straight after | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
the war, but they really became popular in the '60s. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:39 | |
By the end of the decade, | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
they were being mass-produced with sturdy aluminium panels | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
and came as long as 28 feet. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:48 | |
For the millions of travellers coming to Great Yarmouth in 1979, | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
around two-thirds of the accommodation | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
available was holiday camps, just like Dion's. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
Ho-ho! What fun! | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
So do you recognise any of this? | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
In this area here, I know we were in this area here, on this patch | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
-because it's, like, sectioned off, isn't it? -Yeah. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
We were definitely in this section. I'm not quite sure where. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
It's a while ago now, I'm getting old now. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
Well, I was hoping that it might all come back to you. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
Yes, the place has come back to me. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
This is definitely the section. A big section here. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
I'll tell you what, why don't we have a look in one of the caravans? | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
-Keep it local. -There might be a few people...I don't know. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:27 | |
Is that you, Hilda? | 0:16:29 | 0:16:30 | |
-We're all right. Oh! -This is different now. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
It's a bit different. It's got carpeting for one. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
This... | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
You can stand up straight. | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
-Yeah. -Is it a bit similar to how it was? | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
It is, the layout's the same. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
There was a little bit more space in these kind of caravans | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
but it does bring it back. It does bring it back. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
-As soon as you get up those few steps you think... -Hello. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:54 | |
-Holiday, it's holiday. -Yeah. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:56 | |
It comes straight to holiday again. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
I suppose you had to sort out who was sleeping where? | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
As long as Mum and Dad got their space, they were happy. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:04 | |
-Fight it out for yourselves. -Right. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
Because some of my mates were nearby, | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
-you'd do little sleepovers and stuff. -Oh, did you? | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Mum and dad might have a night on their own | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
and we would be all out and the boys would come in here. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
This is, honestly... | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
I must say, let's have a look along. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
It's a proper sink, look. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:22 | |
-Yeah. -A proper sink. | 0:17:22 | 0:17:24 | |
-Proper gas stove. -Microwave. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
-Microwave? -Well... -Not in '79. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
Not in '79, Len. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
It's very different now, though. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
Oh! Oh, hello. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:35 | |
-Three beds. -Three beds in there. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
It used to have bedrooms then, but this might not have been here. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
-It's all sectioned off now. -It was open-plan. -Yeah. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
-Oh... -It's gone round. -Yes! -It's gone round full circle. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
You didn't spend that much time in bed, anyway. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
As soon as you went to bed, you wanted to get up. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
Of course you did. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
And not forgetting my dad snoring, by the way. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
-That was terrible. -Right. | 0:17:57 | 0:17:59 | |
Great Yarmouth's Golden Mile was a paradise for family fun. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
No wonder Dion couldn't wait to get out of his caravan. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
With so many things to do, | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
I've picked out seven attractions I think you'll like. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:18 | |
There were 22 model villages around the UK and the one on the seafront | 0:18:20 | 0:18:25 | |
here has been loved by the kiddies and grown-ups since 1961. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:30 | |
The teeny-tiny town of Merrivale is set in more than an acre | 0:18:32 | 0:18:37 | |
of gardens. And afterwards, have a go in the Old Penny Arcade. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:41 | |
I'll tell you what, I've had some larks in some of these. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:44 | |
British piers have been a traditional | 0:18:48 | 0:18:51 | |
part of the seaside landscape since Victorian times. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:55 | |
They're a real testament to the engineering skills of those | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
early entrepreneurs. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
At either end of the promenade in Yarmouth are the Wellington | 0:19:01 | 0:19:05 | |
and the Britannia piers. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
And they thrill visitors to this very day. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
The Britannia even has a busy theatre, | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
entertaining the crowds every season. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:17 | |
The pier itself was built in 1857 | 0:19:17 | 0:19:20 | |
and then it was damaged quite badly by bad storms. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:23 | |
The pier we're standing on today was built around the early 1900s. | 0:19:23 | 0:19:28 | |
Oh, yes, there's plenty of life in the old pier yet! | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
Well, I know Dion's quite the sportsman but I reckon I can | 0:19:36 | 0:19:40 | |
take him at one of his favourite childhood holiday arcade games. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:44 | |
Watch out, Dublin, I've got a mean right arm. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:48 | |
-Oh, this is it. -This is the one. This is the one. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
-Now, this is what you played with your brother, right? -This is it. | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
This is a bit of air hockey, pal. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:58 | |
-Wow! -Do you want to have a go? -It's a bit smart. I'd love a... | 0:19:58 | 0:20:01 | |
Do you fancy a game, do you? | 0:20:01 | 0:20:03 | |
-I'm very dextrous. -Do you fancy a game? Are you sure? | 0:20:03 | 0:20:05 | |
-Come on. -If you're sure. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
-The best-of-three. -Go on, then. Come on, Leonard. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:11 | |
What have you got in your locker, kid? | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
That's not bad. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
Keep it flat on the surface. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Oh! | 0:20:17 | 0:20:18 | |
-Come to me. -No! | 0:20:18 | 0:20:20 | |
That's a beauty. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
-If I get one... -Oh! | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
Lucky. What a lucky man. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
-Yes! -That's why... | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
That's why I was number one. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
Go! | 0:20:40 | 0:20:42 | |
-Oh, no! -It was an own goal. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
-It was an own goal. -Right, next one, next one. | 0:20:44 | 0:20:46 | |
This is the one. Here we go. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
-Oh! -And he does. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
He takes the win. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
Oh. Shut up. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
I thought it was going to be a whitewash. 3-2, I'll take it. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:03 | |
Great fun. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:04 | |
I'm down, Dion, but not defeated. | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
Let me try and even the score on sand. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
Come on, let's hit the beach. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
Now, I've heard that Dion scored | 0:21:12 | 0:21:14 | |
more than 100 goals during his Premiership career. | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
'45 of them with his loaf. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:20 | |
'That puts him into the UK's top three scorers of all time | 0:21:20 | 0:21:25 | |
'with headed goals.' | 0:21:25 | 0:21:26 | |
-Get it, Len. -Hey-hey! | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
That's not bad, that, you know. That's not bad at all. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
-That's a new record. -There you are. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:34 | |
Were you scouted as a kid? | 0:21:34 | 0:21:36 | |
Did someone see you playing in a little, local game | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
and they said, "Oi, we could do with you"? | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
I was sort of eight, nine years old. All my mates were saying to me, | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
"Listen, come down the youth club Friday night, | 0:21:46 | 0:21:49 | |
"game of table tennis, game of table football." | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
I said, "I can't, I've got to play football in the morning." | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
"Rubbish. I better not go." | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
I went on Saturday, scored, and Leicester seen me play. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:58 | |
-It was just... -You could have gone to that... -Could have gone. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:02 | |
And then you would have been a bit cream crackered the next morning | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
and nothing would have happened. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
No, that's what it is all about. Choosing the right things. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
How long were you at Leicester for? | 0:22:10 | 0:22:11 | |
I was at Leicester from the age of 9 to the age of 15. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
I did a year's work and then I had trials all over the country. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
My dad, he wrote one letter, photocopied it 92 times | 0:22:19 | 0:22:25 | |
-and sent it to every professional football club. -Right. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:29 | |
I got about ten replies, I got about three trials. It's incredible, Len. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
Right, I'll tell you what, | 0:22:33 | 0:22:35 | |
-I'll find some stones for goalposts up here, you do it up there. -OK. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
-Yeah? -All right, you go left post, I'll go right post. -OK. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
OK, here we go. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
And were you, you know... | 0:22:43 | 0:22:45 | |
I imagine you must have been very competitive, even at that age? | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
Yeah, always wanting to win. I also wanted to score the most goals. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:52 | |
I always wanted to take the throw-ins. I was like Billy Whizz. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
You know, I wanted to do everything. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:57 | |
-You wanted to do the lot. -I wanted to do the lot. | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
But that's just the nature of a sportsman, I suppose. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
-It ain't a very long pitch, is it? -No, no, it's... | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
I'm going down a bit. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:07 | |
Two there. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
I'll tell you what, it's not bad, that, Len. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
We'll have another goal 20 yards, 30 yards away. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
The kids would be bouncing about. The ball would go miles. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
Nobody cared. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
Did you continue to play, even if it went in the sea, | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
-or was that a throw-in? -No, just carry on. Kick it. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:27 | |
Pushing each other. It was just genius. | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
-It was on this beach. -Yeah. -It was right on this beach. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
I'll tell you what we'll do. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:34 | |
We'll have a three-kick penalty shoot-out. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
-Go on, then. -OK. | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
Give us your best kick. Give us your best. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
Here we go. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
-Oh! -Good save, sir. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
'Go on, son.' | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
-I tried to get it through the legs. -Safe hands. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
Argh! | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
Go on! | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
Oh, thank you. | 0:23:57 | 0:23:59 | |
It's all in the footwork! | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
Oh! | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
'Oh, keep up, Dublin. | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
'Well, nine-year-old Dion could never have dreamt that the | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
'beaches of Yarmouth would lead to the pitches of the Premier League.' | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
So, listen, you started off at Norwich and Cambridge. | 0:24:17 | 0:24:20 | |
Yes, that's right. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:22 | |
Then, of course, came the £1 million transfer... | 0:24:22 | 0:24:26 | |
-Yeah. -To Man U. | 0:24:26 | 0:24:27 | |
The fact that it's £1 million must make you think, | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
"I've got to really perform here," you know. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
-Yeah, a bit of pressure. -Yeah. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
For somebody to go from the fourth to the first division was huge, | 0:24:36 | 0:24:39 | |
and Sir Alex Ferguson got in touch with John Beck, | 0:24:39 | 0:24:41 | |
the manager, and said, "Listen, £1 million for Dion Dublin." | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
I think Cambridge United were like that. "Come on! | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
-"We've had enough of him anyway!" -Yeah. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
And then, of course, the worst possible thing. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
-I know. -You break your leg. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:54 | |
Yes, I scored on my debut for Man United, | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
away at Southampton on a Monday night. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
Then I played my home debut for Man United at Old Trafford | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
and I was thinking, "Here we go, 50,000 people. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
"I've got the Man United shirt on." | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
I break my leg. Out for eight months. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
-Then they sign, you might have heard of him... -Cantona. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
Yeah, you might have heard of him, Len. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
Then as soon as he signed, | 0:25:14 | 0:25:16 | |
-Man United went from strength to strength. -Yeah. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
That, to be fair, mate, makes me the catalyst for Man United's success. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
-Yeah. -I break my leg, they get Cantona. -Yeah! | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
-Looking back on it, you wouldn't change it? -No, I wouldn't change it. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
You know, it was a bad break, eight months out | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
but getting a chance to play for Man United! | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
-Under Sir Alex, the best in the world, no chance. -Yeah. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
Good lad. | 0:25:41 | 0:25:43 | |
Now, while Great Yarmouth has been a top holiday | 0:25:43 | 0:25:46 | |
destination for years, it also has a fascinating maritime heritage. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:51 | |
Its port was once the largest herring port in the world with | 0:25:51 | 0:25:56 | |
boats hauling in more than 350 million herring | 0:25:56 | 0:26:00 | |
a season in the early 20th century. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:02 | |
Which leads me on to the next of my top days out in the area. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:07 | |
The Potteries on the quayside is an old smokehouse where | 0:26:07 | 0:26:12 | |
they used to make kippers with the millions of herrings | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
arriving off the boats every morning. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
Open to tourists today as a museum and working art studio, | 0:26:18 | 0:26:23 | |
it was built 350 years ago, almost entirely from timbers | 0:26:23 | 0:26:28 | |
taken from shipwrecks after a devastating storm. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:32 | |
After sailing ships came steamboats. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:35 | |
Now a floating museum, visitors can step on board the Lydia Eva, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
the last steam drifter built here in 1930. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
The hull was made in King's Lynn. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
It was the last ship actually built in King's Lynn. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
The engine is the original one which was built across here, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
and that is still operational. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
The fish come here, locally out in the North Sea, | 0:26:56 | 0:27:00 | |
usually on a one-day turnaround. | 0:27:00 | 0:27:02 | |
They went out and they hoped to be at the fishing grounds about dusk, | 0:27:02 | 0:27:06 | |
when the fish started to rise from the bed, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:09 | |
and they laid out nets in a straight line because they were drifting. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:14 | |
They would put out a net something in the region of two miles long. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
No holiday experience is complete without sampling the local food. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
Holiday-makers back when Dion was in Great Yarmouth | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
would've had a chance to visit the market in town | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
to get the freshest fish for their fish and chips | 0:27:35 | 0:27:39 | |
and maybe a cheeky jellied eel. | 0:27:39 | 0:27:41 | |
Oh, tasty. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:44 | |
My family have been working at this market since 1946, | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
which is 69 years. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
My grandad used to get the jellied eels, my dad used to go | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
and fish them from the local river and they would prepare them | 0:27:53 | 0:27:58 | |
and sell them up here. | 0:27:58 | 0:27:59 | |
It was a lot busier. | 0:27:59 | 0:28:01 | |
I remember my parents would stand up here till 12 o'clock at night | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
because there was a lot of theatres open | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
and when the theatres turned out, | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
they would come to the market again for the chips, peas and seafood. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:13 | |
There's been a market here selling fish since the 1200s. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:18 | |
Now, cockles, winkles and whelks might not be everybody's | 0:28:18 | 0:28:21 | |
fancy any more, but some classics never go out of fashion. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:26 | |
-So, now, tell me... -Yeah, go on. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:28 | |
..what was the sort of food you'd be eating back then, '79? | 0:28:28 | 0:28:32 | |
It was all sausages and chips and... | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
Did like me mushy peas. I liked mushy peas. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:39 | |
Little bit of a nip of mint sauce. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:41 | |
Bit of a strange delicacy, but, yeah... | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
Mint...? Mushy peas and mint sauce? | 0:28:43 | 0:28:45 | |
-Little bit of mint sauce and mix it up there. -Never! | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
Yeah, that's what we used to have back in the day. | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
Some people say mushy peas descend from one of Britain's | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
oldest meals - pease pottage. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
Either way, every town has its own take on the dish, | 0:28:56 | 0:28:59 | |
and 1979 Great Yarmouth was no different. | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
To take Dion back in time, I've brought him to Gary's pie | 0:29:02 | 0:29:06 | |
and pea stall, and we're going to serve up his beloved Norfolk-style mushy peas. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:11 | |
Mint sauce an' all! Well, I'll give anything a try once. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:14 | |
Oh, here we are! | 0:29:14 | 0:29:15 | |
This is it. Tradesman's entrance. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
-Lovely to see you, Len, old friend. -Lovely to see you. -And you, Dion. | 0:29:17 | 0:29:20 | |
-Hello, pal. You OK? -Lovely to see you. -Right, now... | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
-Peas. -Yes. -Where do they come from? | 0:29:23 | 0:29:27 | |
These are the ones what are grown in Lincolnshire. | 0:29:27 | 0:29:29 | |
They're a special variety, what we do for mushy peas. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:32 | |
-They're called beluga. -Are they? | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
Yeah. They're about the best peas you can get for mushy peas. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
This is where they're cooked, all freshly cooked. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:41 | |
Look at how many you've got in there! | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
Without further ado, come on... Stop teasing us, Gaz. Come on! | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
Come on, we'll go for it. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
-What we got, what we got? -Here you are, you try these, me old son. | 0:29:49 | 0:29:52 | |
-Look at that. -Get yourself a spoon. -Cheers, pal. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
There's some mint, there, look, if you need it. | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
I'll be banging in the mint sauce in two secs. When Len gets his. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
-Just try it without mint first. -That's nice. -There you are, Len. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
-Try it without mint first. -I'll try it without the mint and I'll... -OK? | 0:30:05 | 0:30:10 | |
You've got to eat them all up, you know... | 0:30:10 | 0:30:12 | |
-Oh! They're unbelievable. -They are lovely. -They are. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
Because they've got... | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
-They are lovely. -Do you know what I think? -Go on. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
I don't think you could improve on this, mint sauce or not. | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
-But I'm going to see. -Got to give it a go. -Yeah! | 0:30:23 | 0:30:26 | |
You'll know the difference, then. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:27 | |
Here we go. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:28 | |
I'm going to get a little bit of the old mint... | 0:30:28 | 0:30:32 | |
and put it there. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
Don't be shy with the mint sauce. Get yourself involved. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
Go on, Len, go for it. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:38 | |
Yeah, I'm giving myself an ample proportion. There. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:41 | |
Here we go... | 0:30:43 | 0:30:44 | |
There you go. You try first. Then... | 0:30:48 | 0:30:52 | |
It's a nice little collaboration. | 0:30:57 | 0:30:59 | |
-It is. -It's a nice little collaboration. -It is. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:01 | |
It's one of those lovely little... | 0:31:01 | 0:31:03 | |
-You know, yeah, like Mills & Boon, or... -There you go. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
-Go on. -Taking me back, this is. -Oh, go on, Dion! | 0:31:06 | 0:31:08 | |
-Hoo-hoo! -Eh?! | 0:31:11 | 0:31:14 | |
You know what? | 0:31:16 | 0:31:17 | |
I can't fault you. Can't fault you. It's got to be a ten, Gaz. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:20 | |
Got to be a ten. That's unbelievable. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
I'm nine years old again. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:25 | |
-Yeah! -60 years on, we must be doing something right. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:28 | |
So, what do you give it out of ten? | 0:31:28 | 0:31:29 | |
-Let me give it one more go and I'll tell you. -Go on, then. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
Just a mark out of ten. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
-It's a ten from Len. -It's a ten from Len, Gaz! | 0:31:37 | 0:31:39 | |
Oh, yes! Oh-ho-ho, yes! | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
There you are! | 0:31:42 | 0:31:43 | |
'OK, we're refuelled and ready to go, | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
'and with the score at 1-1 after our games on the beach | 0:31:46 | 0:31:50 | |
'and in the arcade, I think it's time for another match. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
'Now, let's see how Dion takes corners here.' | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
Oh, hello. | 0:31:57 | 0:31:58 | |
'Oh, yes, this is serious business.' | 0:31:58 | 0:32:00 | |
Body armour! I tell you what... | 0:32:00 | 0:32:03 | |
You look serious. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:04 | |
'Time to kit up, Dion.' | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
Where's the ball? Where's the ball?! | 0:32:07 | 0:32:10 | |
'No, it's not football! | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
'And we're not getting in the showers either! Leave it out!' | 0:32:12 | 0:32:17 | |
Now we dance! | 0:32:21 | 0:32:22 | |
'On me 'ead, son! | 0:32:24 | 0:32:25 | |
'Two lookers like me and you, we've got to protect our noggins. | 0:32:25 | 0:32:28 | |
'Prepare for a high-speed showdown.' | 0:32:28 | 0:32:32 | |
Heh-heh-heh-heh! | 0:32:32 | 0:32:34 | |
'It's Segway racing.' | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
Never been on one of these. How does it work? | 0:32:36 | 0:32:39 | |
-You get on... -Yeah, if you like, step on. -Whoa! | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
-Oi, I know you did that! -What, what, what? | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
'Of course, these weren't here back in Dion's day but, | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
'after a quick talk, he's mastered the basics. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
'Not too much, I hope. We're under starters orders.' | 0:32:52 | 0:32:56 | |
Now, this is a rolling start. So as we get to that start, we're off. | 0:32:56 | 0:33:02 | |
Go on, then. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
Three, two, one... | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
Woohoo! Ha-ha! | 0:33:06 | 0:33:09 | |
Come on, Len. I'll give you the inside track. | 0:33:09 | 0:33:12 | |
'Hold on a minute, he's leaving me in the dirt!' | 0:33:12 | 0:33:14 | |
Here I come. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:15 | |
-I'm sort of getting the gist of it a bit now. -Here we go. | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
Whoa! | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
'I've got this whippersnapper in me sights. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:25 | |
'I tell you what, he's going down!' | 0:33:25 | 0:33:26 | |
I do like these. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:30 | |
-Come on! -Come on, son! -Come on! | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
Oh, yes, now, now we're on it! | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
-We're on the straight, we're on the straight. -I can see the finish. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
We're on the straight, we're on the straight! Come on, come on, son! | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
I tell you what, I'm better at it than I ever dreamt. It's a tie! | 0:33:41 | 0:33:46 | |
Oh, no! Come on! | 0:33:46 | 0:33:49 | |
-Ohhh! -Photo finish! | 0:33:49 | 0:33:51 | |
I tell you... | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
-Did you see me, lady? -They are brilliant. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:57 | |
-I was wonderful, wasn't I? -Well done, sir. -Love it! | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
-Team photo. -Yeah! | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
Whoa-ho! All this winning makes thirsty work, | 0:34:05 | 0:34:08 | |
so it's back to the caravan park clubhouse, where Dion and his family | 0:34:08 | 0:34:13 | |
would have headed for a spot of entertainment at the end of the day. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:17 | |
It's big, ain't it? It is big. | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
-It was bigger when you were younger. -Oh, of course! | 0:34:20 | 0:34:23 | |
Talking of that, were you allowed to come in here? | 0:34:23 | 0:34:25 | |
There were certain areas that you were allowed to come in. | 0:34:25 | 0:34:28 | |
See, there's a big sign up there | 0:34:28 | 0:34:30 | |
-that says no under-18s in here... -In this bit. -Not allowed. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:33 | |
But, in there, you could get yourself a Coke and some crisps. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:38 | |
You'd probably be sat on the dance floor, Len, you know, | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
-legs crossed, watching a magician or something. -Yeah. Yeah, the cabaret. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:45 | |
Because there'd be a show on. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:47 | |
Dion loved all the entertainment and music here when he was a boy, | 0:34:47 | 0:34:50 | |
but I think he's still fond of a tune or two now. | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
Going to bring up something now, because I'm very observant | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
and I've noticed a couple of times in the car and even now | 0:34:57 | 0:35:01 | |
and again at this bar, you've got a bit of a... | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
-..a percussive sort of vibe going. -A tendency to tap all the time. -Yeah! | 0:35:05 | 0:35:09 | |
Just always tapping. Always doing little bits and bobs. Doorframes... | 0:35:09 | 0:35:14 | |
Sending my mum crazy when she says, "Empty the bins." | 0:35:14 | 0:35:16 | |
I empty the bin and I'm playing it when I come back in the house. | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
-Yeah, yeah. -So that's just been my passion for years, Len. Always. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
-And then, of course, you invented... -Yeah! -Tell me about... | 0:35:22 | 0:35:26 | |
-Remind me what it's... -It's called The Dube. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
How did you get the name "Dube"? | 0:35:29 | 0:35:30 | |
-Well, it's in the shape of a cube... -Oh, right. -..and Dublin. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:34 | |
I made it, invented it nine years ago, and I thought it sounded OK. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:39 | |
It's just been a passion of mine for years and years. | 0:35:39 | 0:35:41 | |
While I've been playing the game of football, | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
my musical passions have sort of been lying stagnant. | 0:35:43 | 0:35:46 | |
-Now I'm retired, I'm an old man, I can try the other stuff. -Yeah. | 0:35:46 | 0:35:49 | |
Give us a little... | 0:35:49 | 0:35:51 | |
-Yeah... -Come on! | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
HE TAPS A SAMBA BEAT | 0:35:54 | 0:35:57 | |
Ohhhh! | 0:35:57 | 0:35:58 | |
-A little bit of samba there for you. A bit of samba there for you. -Yeah. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:01 | |
-And I was gyrating! I truly... -I could see the movement! | 0:36:01 | 0:36:04 | |
Yeah, I was absolutely gyrating. My buttocks were clenched. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:08 | |
-That's enough information. -OK, I'm just telling you. | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
Yeah, moving on swiftly... | 0:36:13 | 0:36:15 | |
If you travel inland from the port of Great Yarmouth, you'll find | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
the huge network of rivers and lakes that make up the Norfolk Broads. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:25 | |
The Broads were originally peat diggings. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:29 | |
They were dug out in medieval times and, over the years, | 0:36:30 | 0:36:37 | |
they've obviously filled with water. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:39 | |
The Broads cover an area of approximately 303 square kilometres. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
Out of that, 125 miles of the waterway is navigable by boat. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:48 | |
And we have within it nine national nature reserves | 0:36:50 | 0:36:56 | |
and 28 Sites of Special Scientific Interest. | 0:36:56 | 0:37:00 | |
There's more wildlife to be found at Thrigby Hall, | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
where you can get up close and personal with Asian tigers, | 0:37:04 | 0:37:08 | |
monkeys and other exotic animals in the landscaped grounds | 0:37:08 | 0:37:12 | |
of the 250-year-old garden. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
And finally, a Norfolk man and a national hero, Horatio Nelson, | 0:37:16 | 0:37:23 | |
who sailed victoriously into Yarmouth Harbour many times. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:28 | |
He's commemorated in the town museum. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:31 | |
Well, Nelson famously lost his arm, but our Dion very nearly | 0:37:35 | 0:37:40 | |
lost his head during his own legendary career. | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
-Now, I've got to ask you this. -Go on, then. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
-I know you broke your leg... -Yes. -..but you also broke your neck. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:51 | |
Yeah, I did. In '99, playing for football for Villa, I crushed C5 | 0:37:51 | 0:37:57 | |
in the front of my neck. | 0:37:57 | 0:37:58 | |
-So I've got a big plate in my neck now. -How did that happen? | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
I collided with a Sheffield Wednesday player | 0:38:02 | 0:38:05 | |
and just crushed C5. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
I've got bolts in 4, two bolts in 6 | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
and a plate that holds it all up now. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
-So, it's still in there. It's made of titanium. -Right. | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
-So, I don't beep... -When you go through the...? | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
I don't beep at the airport, so I'm all right with that. | 0:38:19 | 0:38:21 | |
I wondered why you kept nodding your head a bit funny! | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
-Yeah, exactly. Nodding to people, saying hello to people. -"Hello!" | 0:38:23 | 0:38:27 | |
In a life of two halves, | 0:38:29 | 0:38:30 | |
Dion's started his second career now as a TV personality. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:35 | |
He's a regular sports commentator and recently started presenting | 0:38:35 | 0:38:40 | |
the BBC property series Homes Under The Hammer. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
When I was a player, Len, I put a lot of my money into houses. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
Oh, so you've got a bit of background in property? | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
Yeah, yeah, I put a lot of my money into houses and did OK, | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
sold at the right time, rented. Had a few in Spain. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
So, yeah, I've got a little bit of knowledge. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:57 | |
I'm no expert, don't get me wrong, but it's just... | 0:38:57 | 0:39:00 | |
It's learning a new trade. It's learning what you do. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:02 | |
And I think it's... | 0:39:02 | 0:39:03 | |
There's longevity in it, so, thanks to them for giving me a chance. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
Yeah, I'm a big fan of the show, I can tell you. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
-Are you still a fan now I'm on it? -Oh, yes, indeed! | 0:39:09 | 0:39:12 | |
-You haven't switched off, no? -No, no, no. I really like it. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:15 | |
Have you got any sort of ambitions or things that, you know, "I'd like | 0:39:15 | 0:39:20 | |
"to have a dabble at that," | 0:39:20 | 0:39:21 | |
or do you want to just see how things pan out? | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
Yeah, I love my music. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:25 | |
I love my music, I love my percussion, I love my rhythms. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:28 | |
I wouldn't mind playing a few live gigs. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:31 | |
Playing percussion with some of the big boys. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:34 | |
I've got to know, you know, a lot of big names in the musical world | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
and stuff, so that would be nice. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
-I played with Ocean Colour Scene once, on stage. -Really? -Yeah. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
Played with Ocean Colour Scene on stage at the UEA. | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
That was incredible. Toploader, as well, at a festival. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:47 | |
Yeah, I've never heard of any of them, if I'm honest. | 0:39:47 | 0:39:50 | |
-Never you mind! -Don't matter. I'm sure they're big bands! Yeah. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:55 | |
Do you think, you know, your experiences here | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
and playing football with your mates and your mum and dad, | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
do you think that in any way sort of helped to form your future? | 0:40:01 | 0:40:06 | |
Yeah, I do, I do, Len. It's about your personality. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
If I can come here and play on the beach with my mates at 19 years old, | 0:40:10 | 0:40:14 | |
then you get to... | 0:40:14 | 0:40:15 | |
You do that for six or seven years and then you get to... | 0:40:15 | 0:40:18 | |
somebody says about signing pro forms. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
"Pro forms? What, me being a professional?" | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
It grounds you. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:25 | |
Honestly, Len, doing these kind of things, coming to Yarmouth, | 0:40:25 | 0:40:28 | |
it was the making of me as a person. | 0:40:28 | 0:40:31 | |
And the way I was brought up by my parents and stuff. | 0:40:31 | 0:40:34 | |
So, yeah, it does... | 0:40:34 | 0:40:35 | |
It's great to come back, mate, so thank you for that. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
'It's been wonderful to come back with Dion and relive | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
'his personal memories of family holidays here in Great Yarmouth. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:48 | |
'Learning you mustn't judge food until you've tried it.' | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
-It's a ten from Len. -It's a ten from Len! | 0:40:51 | 0:40:54 | |
Oh, yes! Oh-ho-ho, yes! | 0:40:54 | 0:40:56 | |
-'We certainly had a ball.' -Ohh! | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
Ohhhh, ho-ho-ho! Ha! | 0:40:59 | 0:41:03 | |
Ohh! | 0:41:03 | 0:41:04 | |
'And he's been the perfect partner.' | 0:41:04 | 0:41:07 | |
'After spending the day with Dion, | 0:41:10 | 0:41:11 | |
'it's easy to see just how much Great Yarmouth means to him.' | 0:41:11 | 0:41:16 | |
It's a tie! Photo! | 0:41:16 | 0:41:17 | |
Well, Dion, look, obviously I'm hoping you'll remember this day. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:23 | |
-Oh, gosh, yeah. -And I want... | 0:41:23 | 0:41:25 | |
Occasionally, in 20 years' time, you'll be going through | 0:41:25 | 0:41:29 | |
and you'll think, "Oh, what's this?" | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
And what it is... | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
what it is... | 0:41:33 | 0:41:35 | |
There you are. | 0:41:35 | 0:41:36 | |
A Holiday Of My Lifetime scrapbook full of all the photographs | 0:41:36 | 0:41:41 | |
and things that we've done. | 0:41:41 | 0:41:42 | |
A picture book of memories from our fabulous time here together. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:48 | |
But I've also got another souvenir for him. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:52 | |
-So, that's for you. -Thank you very much, sir. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
Now, I've got to be honest... | 0:41:55 | 0:41:57 | |
-You are very competitive. -Oh, yes. -I'm very competitive. | 0:41:57 | 0:42:00 | |
-I am very competitive. -I've noticed, I've noticed. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:03 | |
-And when I think about, you know, the football... -Yeah, yeah. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:09 | |
..the air hockey, the Segway things, I've got to say, I think... | 0:42:09 | 0:42:15 | |
-..you are the winner overall. I'm going to give it to you. -Awww! | 0:42:16 | 0:42:20 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:21 | |
Now, I know you've got cup-winner's medals and this and that, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:25 | |
but I think this will go somewhere. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:29 | |
You're going to get the official | 0:42:29 | 0:42:32 | |
Holiday Of My Lifetime trophy, Dion Dublin. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:35 | |
It's engraved. Look at that beauty! | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
-Thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much. -We had a great day. -That is amazing. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:41 | |
It's been great. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:43 | |
And, you know... | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
to the millions of people out there who voted for me, | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
I'd just like to say thank you very much to Len | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
for putting me through a bit of nostalgia. | 0:42:50 | 0:42:53 | |
Len, we all love you. We all love you, Len. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:55 | |
Thank you very much, mate. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
This is going to go right next to the Premier League trophy. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:00 | |
Yeah, go on! | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
Look at that! | 0:43:02 | 0:43:04 | |
'So it's goodbye to Great Yarmouth, a great seaside town.' | 0:43:04 | 0:43:07 | |
For Dion, the beaches here will always be home | 0:43:07 | 0:43:11 | |
to some very special memories. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:14 |