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Wearside Echoes - the podcast filled with memories
Sunderland Echo
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19/11/2024
A fantastic line-up of guests are still to come on the nostalgia-filled Wearside Echoes podcast.
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Have you heard it yet? We're talking about the brand new Wearside Echoes podcast sponsored by Tony Clark Funeral Directors.
00:09
It's packed with people's memories of growing up in the Sunderland area and what story they have to tell.
00:16
We are three episodes in and still to come is all of the following.
00:22
Tara Mackings, whose cerebral palsy has not stopped her from becoming an award-winning business boss
00:29
or having a massive love of Take That.
00:33
Fiona Simpson, who gave up a career in law to set up a business where children get messy with art.
00:40
She spent her childhood on roller skates.
00:44
Michael Ganley, founder of the Sunderland Fans Museum and whose love of SAFC stretches back to his school days.
00:54
Alan Lee Davis, born in Neath, grew up in Sunderland, a one-time jockey, award-winning chef and caterer to a Saudi prince.
01:05
Cheryl Archbold, a huge advocate of organ donation.
01:10
She grew up in Roka, tragically lost one child and had another who successfully had a heart transplant.
01:18
It's all coming soon.
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