It was July 1972, and a new BBC television comedy series was in the offing.
Called Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? it would be set on Tyneside and pick up from the original series (simply titled The Likely Lads) which had been a hit in the mid 1960s. Starring James Bolam and Rodney Bewes as lifelong pals Terry Collier and Bob Ferris, the rebooted, all-colour '70s sequel would chart the humorous scrapes of the two best friends, now slightly older and more careworn, as they dealt with life in a new rapidly changing decade.
Our two photographs taken this month 50 years ago show Bewes and one of the show's two creators and writers, Whitley Bay -born Ian La Frenais, standing on the Gallowgate End terraces at St James' Park. The pair were checking out a number of potential outside locations for the new show.
