Just a few of our many on air voices
JOANNE
BROOKES...
joined on
Work
Experience,
Radiothon '87
...and stayed
for six years!
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...
however, this one
was taken by a
Tameside Reporter
photographer
HOW many Mikes in this Tameside Advertiser photo 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!
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.
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