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1964: The WRIGGLY WORMS vs the SLAG HEAPS | Tonight | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive
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7:02Now PlayingIf you're of the opinion that slag heaps are unsightly and infertile eyesores ruining the countryside of Britain, then you may just have a new hero - a man with a fairly ambitious and unconventional scheme for a remedy.
Frank Lynham owns the Wriggly Worm Farm, and has hired a slag heap from the National Coal Board. His plan? To cover the heap in waste material and let the worms go to work. He's confident the place with be sprouting plants and verdant flora within months, if not weeks.
Clip originally from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC Television, Tuesday 16 June, 1964.
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