Jimmy Nail 2008, Nail created and starred as Phil Parker in "Parents of the Band", a 6 x 30 mins series on BBC1, broadcast between November 2008 and January 2009. The series revolves around a group of teenagers who form a band just for their own enjoyment, and their parents, who fully expect them to be the next Led Zeppelin. Ratings were disappointing, around three million, and there was no second series. Although he made a living through acting, his first love was music. He had pop hits with "Ain't No Doubt", written by Charlie Dore, "Crocodile Shoes", and "Love Don't Live
Kaufman Footwear Kaufman Footwear Kaufman Footwear was a Kitchener, Ontario-based shoe company. It was known for its Sorel brand. Kaufman Rubber Company was founded by Jacob Ratz Kaufman in 1907 in what is now Kitchener, Ontario. It became Kaufman Footwear in 1964. Jacob's son, Arthur Ratz Kaufman, took over the company in 1920. A. R. Kaufman was a leading Canadian eugenicist who encouraged sterilization of his workers; when Kaufman Rubber laid off workers during the Great Depression, Kaufman's proposed solution to their financial woes was sterilization. Kaufman would later take credit for over 1000 male sterilizations performed at Kaufman factories between 1930