Anyone know him? He features in a book called 'Engel's England', which is a bit of a Bill Bryson type journey round all the counties in England.

In the chapter on Durham, Tommy White crops up at Wheatley Hill dog track. There's also a bit about a trainer from Stockton who was up at Hartlepool magistrates court for cruelty to his dogs. Apparently fed them boiled cannabis when he wanted them to lose, and viagra when he wanted them to win.

It's a good book, well worth a read. Written only a couple of years ago, seems really distant now as it was pre-Brexit bollocks and all the hate and division it has stirred up.

Bloody Hell, sounds off the scale, I shall definitely seek it out.

All I can say is my old man once worked with a bloke who sent his dog up to Ayr to lose, yes my dad couldn't understand it at the time, something to do with increasing the price.

I was conscious of the demise of dog tracks in the North East, so I visited Easington in 2011. The girl I was with thought it was a laugh. I thought it was sad , only Fosters and Guinness on sale amongst attendance of 40