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Behind the scenes at the Sunderland Echo in 1980
Sunderland Echo
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19/12/2023
Inside the Pennywell offices of the Sunderland Echo: A film from 43 years ago, courtesy of the North East Film Archive
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Behind every edition there is a feat of organisation that repeats itself every 24 hours.
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And behind that feat there are all the men and women that are the organisation.
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The tradition of the paper creates its own loyalties and a sense of teamwork.
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It runs through every department. Some people you meet, others you don't.
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Some you know as voices.
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"The photograph of the spaceman in the shop, which means that the following week in the future you can have the actual picture..."
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The headquarters office is three miles from the centre of Sunderland, its third home in its long history.
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The library still houses the first edition, published on December 22nd 1873.
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The echoes reverberate through to the modern paper.
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