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    A wheeltapper is a railway worker employed to check the structural integrity of train wheels and that axle boxes are not overheating. Typically employed...
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  • The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club was a British television variety show produced by Granada Television from 1974 to 1977. It was set in a fictional...
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    Reign in 2012 the band went on a seven year break before returning with Wheeltappers and Shunters, the first album written solely by Blackburn and Hartley...
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  • 1977 he was also the "club chairman" in another Granada programme, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. An attempt by producer Johnnie Hamp to reproduce...
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    television during the 1970s, appearing on shows such as The Comedians and The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. His act became controversial as attitudes changed...
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    continued to make television appearances, and her 1975 appearance on The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, (where she sang 'You Won't Find Another Fool...
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    appeared as a solo singer in an episode of the UK TV variety programme The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. The Champions theme tune was used as his walk-on...
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  • cabaret venues.[citation needed] His first TV appearances were on the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. His big break in TV earned him appearances...
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    Comedy Hour Himself Episode: "The Twentieth Century Follies" 1974 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club Himself Episode #1.11 1975 Dinah! Himself Episode...
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    Last of the Summer Wine as a library attendant, and on Granada's The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. He also starred alongside Ray Burdis, John...
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    Granada Television's The Comedians led to similar shows, such as The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, which was an attempt to bring the northern...
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  • carried sand dispensing gear to increase traction at the start of motion. Wheeltapper An historical railway occupation; people employed to tap train wheels...
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    appeared on The Morecambe and Wise Show, the 29 May 1975 episode of The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, in the 1976 Royal Variety Show and performed...
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  • for Best On-Screen Partnership (shared with Bill Tarmey) 1975–1976 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club Waitress 7 episodes 1975 Sunset Across the Bay...
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    appearance on the first episode of the Granada Television production The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club singing "Try a Little Kindness" and "Good Morning...
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  • his performances on the Granada Television show The Comedians and The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. He was cast in the lead role in the BBC's The...
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    1966–69. On 31 December 1974, she appeared on UK television singing on the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, introduced by Bernard Manning. Her stage name...
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  • Crazy Larry, which she sang during her appearance the same year on the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club TV show. From 1983 to 1988 she appeared in various...
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    show Opportunity Knocks. In 1974 they appeared in variety series The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club before, in 1978, landing slots on Bruce Forsyth's...
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  • Boardman—eventually made their way to television via such shows as The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. The "alternative" comedy scene also began to...
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  • www.myheritage.com. "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club – 15th February 1975". archivetvmusings.blog. "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club...
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  • chairman' character later popularised by Colin Crompton in the ITV series Wheeltappers and Shunters Club. The 'soundbite' demands of television work never reflected...
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  • Yarmouth and Clacton. Continuing in the Northern club tradition, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974–1976), a variety series set in a makeshift...
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    later gave him a regular spot on a show compèred by Bernard Manning, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, for Granada Television. In 1978, ITV gave Daniels...
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  • 1972–1984 Sam 1973–1975 Hickory House 1973–1977 The Nearly Man 1974 The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club 1974–1977 Shang-a-Lang 1975 The Cuckoo Waltz...
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  • Summer Wine (1973–2010) That's Life! (1973–1994) Porridge (1974–1977) The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1974–1977) Happy Ever After (1974–1978) Rising...
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    Joe's TV appearances included Tonight at the London Palladium and the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, and he was often at the top or near the top...
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  • Scott's Jazz Club. From 1974 onwards she was a regular guest on TV on The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. She also appeared on BBC TV's long running...
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  • later made a number of notable television appearances including The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, Celebrity Squares, At Long Last, This and The...
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  • performed his strongman act on Granada TV's much-loved variety show, The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club in 1974. According to a 2003 article, Wynter...
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