Spilsby's new £126k play area

History is coming alive at a new £126,000 play area in Spilsby honouring the town's explorer Sir John Franklin. Video by Barry Robinson.

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00:00History is coming alive at a new £126,000 play area in Spillsbeak, honouring the town's explorer, Sir John Franklin.

00:13Oh, this is the story of my life.

00:20I'll just drink it.

00:24It's not great smashing glass in the play area.

00:27No, this is true. This is very true.

00:30It's very responsible.

00:31Yeah, we are.

00:33I'm with an heiress of Sporthy. I believe today is Franklin's birthday.

00:37It is indeed. I think he would have been about 250 years old by now.

00:43And he took, he discovered the North West Passage, and he took two ships with him, Erebus and Terror.

00:54What do you actually think of the play area, theming and everything else?

00:57Erm, I really like it.

01:01I really like it.

01:02It's good.

01:03I really like it.

01:04I really like it.

01:05I really like it.

01:06I'm telling you what it is.

01:07I really like it, and I'm not having to go for it, and, like, I'm not getting ready.

01:11It's good.

01:12I'm not getting ready, I'm getting ready for it, and here we are.

01:13All right, what do we have?

01:14What are we going for?