Cute little boy recorded Blackpool Tower lift voiceover and has been to resort attraction 'thousands of times'
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Two years ago, Charlie Barratt was invited to record a professional voiceover so he could be the official voice of Blackpool Tower’s lift. Now, aged 8, Charlie is still as passionate about the seaside structure - saying he’s been ‘thousands of times’.
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Hide AdThe Tower-mad youngster joyfully recounts the time when he was invited to go to a professional recording studio, at Central Radio, and create the impressive sound clips with the help of local DJ, Ged Mills.
Charlie, who is a pupil at Breck Primary School, told Shots! TV: “I did a recording and played it to my SENCO, who sent it to her friend Kenny Mew [former manager at Blackpool Tower]. He was really impressed and said it was really fluent.”
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Hide AdAnd after appearing in the Blackpool Gazette, he was gifted a giant replica of his favourite attraction, which had been made out of lollipop sticks over 40 years ago - a gift that Charlie still cherishes today. He added: “I think I want to collect lots of lollipop sticks to make my own. I have looked after it, but the lift has stopped working because I use it a lot. That’s my favourite part of the tower.”
Charlie, who was just six when his professional voiceovers were broadcast to visitors who went in the lift, now says he can’t wait until he is old enough to work at the tower. But, for now, he just likes to visit his favourite structure as much as possible. “I’ve been loads of times, probably like a thousand times, and I got to know a lot of the staff in there.”
Watch Charlie the Tower Boy in Episode 9 of Unconventional Brits, available now on Shots! TV. https://www.shotstv.com/watch/vod/52636276
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