It’s betting that we’re going to be hearing more about in Episode 5. There are tales of money lost and won; people who could make a living out of betting on their dogs. What was it like to land a gamble at a flapping track?

Dogpeople: Flapping Lads Liked A Bet is written and narrated by Dr Louise Powell, and audio edited and produced by Bridget Hamilton. It features clips from interviews with Peter McLaughlin, Willie, Tony and Marilyn McDowell, Kenny Metcalfe, Colin Watson and Trev and Iris Liddle. It also draws on off-record interviews with Peter Wilkinson, two former bookies who stood at County Durham’s flapping tracks, and eight Wheatley Hill men who wished to remain anonymous. This episode is the fifth in a podcast series which forms part of a broader Combined Arts project called Dogpeople. The Dogpeople project is supported using public funding from Arts Council England, and commissioned by No More Nowt’s ‘Untold Stories’ strand. It is delivered in partnership with No More Nowt, Redhills Durham, New Writing North, The Story at Mount Oswald and Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre. Special thanks must also go to Gary Philipson and Lyndsey Mack at BBC Radio Tees, Anna Disley, Lucie and Joe of Sunderland Greyhound Stadium, and Jeff McKenna and Dave Gray of Pelaw Grange Greyhound Stadium.