JOANNE
BROOKES...
joined on
Work
Experience,
Radiothon '87
...and stayed
for six years!
Behind the mic...
A CHEERY smile from
long-serving volunteer
Gwen Vickers, one of the original Heartbeat Radio team who launched the station in '83. Gwen presented several different shows including
'GBGB' - The Great Big Getting Better Club (GB GB) for the young patients of what were then Wards 6 & 10. She was a ward helper on the show, originally presented by
Sara Dolman, and took over as the main presenter when Sara moved on to pastures new.
KEVIN TAYLOR...presenting
Sounds Familiar - TV themes,
nostalgia and trivia, giving
patients the opportunity
to win great prizes.
Kevin, our fundraising
co-ordinator and public
relations chief during
the late '80s and early
'90s has supplied many
of the photos on the site.
HOW many Mikes in this Tameside Advertiser photo
(below) from February 1985? Answer - EIGHT! To quote the paper's merry quip 'Four Mikes and... four mics!'
From left: Mike Hadfield, Mike Thorpe, Mike Wallbank
and Mike Phillips, who presented consecutive shows
on Saturday nights. What brilliant scheduling!
