Oh What a Night
John and Carl were my favourite production carpenters. John was usually accompanied by his spaniel Ben and when he wasn't using the skill-saw, he was either rolling, relighting or smoking a fag. The pair used to turn up at venues in John's battered old Land-rover full of tools. He was once pulled at customs travelling back from Europe. The sniffer dogs were all over the car and drug enforcement officers virtually tore the vehicle apart in their search. It was after an hour or so that John pointed out that ropes which he always carried at least one shank of in the back of the land-rover was made from hemp and given that this was the same plant family, may explain why the sniffer dogs were going beserk! We were on stage at the Blackpool Opera House during the fit-up of 'Oh What a Night!'. Set in New York in the 70's, the show had been commissioned by Apollo Leisure to play the summer season in Blackpools permier venue. 70s icon David Soul and Take That's Jason...