A B&B owner in Blackpool is delighting guests by showing off his collection of more than 1,000 puppets.
Martin Scott Price has been collecting puppets since he was just five years old.
The 67-year-old now travels the country giving outdoor shows, entertaining children and adults with his collection.
Martin Scott Price has been collecting puppets since he was just five years old.
The 67-year-old now travels the country giving outdoor shows, entertaining children and adults with his collection.
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00:00Hi everybody, welcome to Pelham Lodge Puppet Museum. Do come in have a look. My name's Martin. Let's see what we can see
00:12Here we are, this is a vast array of puppets the children go wow
00:17There's so many puppets here, but I'd like to have a little look yourself. These are my performing monkeys
00:23They've actually performed at the Blackpool Town Circus
00:28Here they go
00:30And this is Jacko, the performing somersaulting monkey. These were used many years ago on the fairgrounds and they actually
00:59Excited children to have a go on the fairgrounds. So that's the Jacko and his performing monkeys
01:29I'm ready
01:59Well Macboozle is one of the most popular puppets that Bob Pelham put out, but I do have a 20-inch
02:19Pelham Puppet Macboozle, which is a very rare one and
02:23That came from my very special friend Roger Stevenson in Southport
02:29There's a tiny mini one that's Trug which I had when I was a little boy
02:33And I gave all my puppets away in my early teens to two adopted children
02:39Since now I've been buying them back quite a lot more expensive than when they first started
02:45Now the Father Christmas band, which you've seen a lovely collection
02:48they came from the Christmas shop, which was the old Woolworths shop in Blackpool and
02:55The shop was just about to close down and I did a little
02:59Deal with the owner and they've now housed here at the Puppet Museum
03:04Yeah, Pelham Puppet Museum here is located at the Pelham Lodge Hotel
03:10That's General Street Blackpool
03:12And if you want to come and visit the puppets and have a little performance
03:16Give me a private call. We'll set up a little exhibition for you
03:21So you can run around hearts content now for schools
03:25I do workshops so they can come along sit down
03:28We play with the puppets and they can see a Punch and Judy show as well
03:33Or if you've got a private birthday party
03:35What better than come to the Pelham Lodge Puppet Museum or if you're wanting something different for a meeting?
03:41Why not visit me? It's different and it's very unique
03:52Enjoyed the tour of the Pelham Puppet Museum. I've enjoyed myself and I hope you enjoyed looking at the puppets
03:59It's very exciting
04:02Lots and lots of puppets to see I hope you'll come along and see them