In episode 7, we're talking about the decline of flapping - how those lively community hubs succumbed one by one, til no flapping tracks were left - and the devastating effect it had on the Dogpeople. How could a sport which meant so much to so many die out so quickly?

Dogpeople: It Nearly Broke My Heart is written and narrated by Dr Louise Powell, and audio edited and produced by Bridget Hamilton. It features clips from interviews with John Davison, Kenny Metcalfe, Trev and Iris Liddle, Kieran Carter and Peter Richardson. It also draws upon off-record interviews with multiple Dogpeople who wished to remain anonymous. This episode is the seventh 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.