The Fosters (1976 TV series) The Fosters (1976 TV series) The Fosters is a British television programme, produced by London Weekend Television which aired on ITV from 9 April 1976, until 9 July 1977. It was created and developed by Jon Watkins, who adapted the American sitcom, "Good Times", developed by Norman Lear, and created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans. It was one of the first British television programmes to have an entirely black cast. It was the predecessor to many future British television programmes that featured a predominantly black cast: ("The Real McCoy", "No Problem!", "Desmond's", "The Lenny Henry Show" and its subsequent
Beaton, British Columbia remaining major town in the area, which had at one time been busy with galena mining prospects. The original name Thomson's Landing was from that of the owner of the townsite, James William Thomson, who was the local Notary Public in 1901. Thomson's partner was Malcolm Beaton, publisher of the "Nelson Miner" in Nelson. Beaton took over the townsite from Thomson in 1907, though the name Beaton was already in use by 1902. Beaton, British Columbia Beaton, formerly Thomson's Landing and also formerly known as Evansport, is a locality and former townsite and steamboat landing at the head of Beaton