News about Dick Taylor

How China is killing Blackpool rock: Only thirty people in the world know how to make it - now factories are shutting as cheap foreign imports flood the market. Is this the end?

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 23, 2024
Any mention of Blackpool will conjure up images of red-faced men with knotted handkerchiefs on their heads, children enjoying donkey rides on the beach and novelty shops selling 'Kiss Me Quick' hats. But if you're a Lancashire lass like me, you'll also link it with the sticks of rock you savoured as a child.

Now that's what I call trivia!Charting the development of pop music from the 1950s to the present, with a fascinating event for every day of the new year, a diverting new book reveals the strange twists and quirks of musical history

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 25, 2023
Charting the development of pop music from the 1950s to the present, with a fascinating event for every day of the year, a diverting new book reveals the strange twists and quirks of musical history…