Hello its Peter here, welcome to Mondays Levy Letter at the start of another week on Look North. I hope your weekend was good, whatever you got up to. We certainly had some lovely weather again. If you had something planned and organised then I hope it went extremely well indeed. I know it was quite a busy weekend for things set up, and of course its the start of another very busy week on Look North. Tonight at six thirty well have the mother planning civil action against owners of a dog which bit her teenaged daughter.
We'll take a look at the police operation targeting football hooligans on their way to England's next match against Holland. Football hooliganism is much better than it used to be, although it is a constant struggle for police, and this should be an interesting report. And did you know Hull has its very own Evel Knievel? Well hear from a local daredevil as he talks about the death defying motorcycle stunt that went wrong. Well have a report about the Polish pupils excelling at school in Boston. It must be difficult moving to a new school in a new country so well done to them. Well have all that and more on the programme tonight, thats all coming up at half past six on BBC One. And also of course Paul will have the forecast as usual. Children In Need Thanks to everyone last night who came out to the Hull Truck theatre for An Evening With Peter Levy. It was an experiment, weve not done it before Id not done it before! and it was to see if people would come out, and whether we could actually make an evening fun. Well it certainly seemed to go very well indeed. Of course the main aim of the evening was to raise money for children. Thanks to everyone who came along last night for spending the money, and putting up with me for the evening! We raised an awful lot of money for Children in Need. We also had a raffle, the star prize of which was, can you believe, a meal at Cerrutis restaurant in Hull with Paul and me. Again, thanks to everyone who bought tickets, and everyone from the BBC working backstage to put on the production, and everybody at Hull Truck as well. Thank you very much indeed, and Ill let you know very soon just how much money we raised. But of course this is the big week finishing with the Children in Need party, which this year is at The Deep in Hull on Friday night. Its on the telly between seven and ten, if youve got a cheque to present, big or small, and youd like to come down then we look forward to seeing you there. Caroline Davis will be there, and Ill be there as well. Thats Children in Need night this Friday the 17th of November. Books As you know, all the good books come out in the run up to Christmas. On Fridays programme I was talking to Alan Titchmarsh about his book Nobbut a Lad. Its a great read, especially for somebody whos about my age, about fifty to sixty. He talks about his childhood days in the fifties and early sixties. Its a really observant, funny, shrewd read. Its a really good book, and its just published. Ive mentioned before that Im an enormous fan of Tommy Cooper, and I was very, very sad and upset when we lost him quite a few years ago now. Well I was reading a review at the weekend of the book Tommy Cooper Always Leave Them Laughing, The Definitive Biography by John Fisher. I read a little snatch on the newspaper, Ive not actually read the book yet, but thats one I want to buy. And of course if theres a favourite author youve got, or a book, or somebody youd like to see on the sofa with me one night then get in touch and let me know. If theres a story locally that you think we should know about, or we should be covering on the programme it is your programme then drop me a line. You can contact me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] Childhood I touched there on childhood when I mentioned Alan Titchmarshs book. Well for me, growing up in the sixties, being born in nineteen fifty five, one of the things I was absolutely fascinated with, and still am, is aircraft. I always used to get an Airfix kit as presents and treats, put it all together with that glue that got everywhere, and then there was that little pot of paint. I never got as far as the painting and the tattoos, I always made it up in plastic. Of course, to read on Friday that Airfix is saved is good news. I know it has consequences for Hull, and I know that they were talking about the landmark Aircraft being taken away and sold on Ebay, whether thatll happen or not I dont know. During the sixties and seventies, Airfix sold about 350,000 Spitfires, 80,000 Hurricanes, and 60,000 Lancasters every year. In the eighties, children started opting for computer games. But one of the unusual things about this is that Airfix has been saved by Hornby. Another pas! sion of mine was a Hornby double-O train set. So its quite ironic that all these years later, I work in Hull where Airfix is made, and Hornby comes in to save the company. Its a good story, but of course sad that some jobs and production is lost here. Bless This House Remember the sitcom Bless this House? It had Sid James, who died quite a few years ago now, and Diana Coupland. That was the biggest thing she ever did. More recently she starred in Eastenders and Casualty. She also appeared in the BBC dramas Juliette Bravo, and Triangle. I was sad to read in the paper at the weekend that shes died in hospital at the age of 74. Her voice was also used in the James bond film Dr No in 1962. Ballet Dancing was her first choice of career, but an injury caused in a horse riding accident prevented her from pursuing that ambition. Shes probably best known for Bless This House in the seventies. Diana Coupland died at Coventrys University Hospital after failing to recover from surgery to resolve a long term heart transplant. So thats very sad news. Well thats it from me today, join me tonight on BBC One at half past six, I look forward to that, bye for now. 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