Wearside Echoes

Welcome to Wearside Echoes from Sunderland Echo, the podcast all about Sunderland and its wonderful past.

Wearside man Gary Craig once set a world record for pulling on 211 pairs of briefs. Impressive yes, but that's not all he has done with his life. He has appeared on Britain's Got Talent and competed in the World Gravy Wrestling Championship. Prepare to be amused!

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Welcome to Wearside Echoes from Sunderland Echo, the podcast all about Sunderland and its wonderful past.

Amanda Revell Walton is known to millions as the best-selling author of the Shipyard Girls novels. But we wanted to find out about her past. From playing in the fields near Alexandra Park to two consecutive nightmare health battles which hit her and her husband.

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Welcome to Wearside Echoes from Sunderland Echo, the podcast all about Sunderland and its wonderful past.

Keith Gregson's life has been well lived - and packed with amazing memories with plenty more to come. He is a a musician, historian, and retired teacher and has a unique take on May 5, 1973.

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Wearsider Evie Field - or Evie Meg as she is known to millions of TikTok followers - had the world at her feet before it all came crashing down.

She tells us how a tick bite destroyed her life.

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Roker-born Cheryl Archbold has gone through more in her life than most people should ever have to endure. Her daughter Isabel was stillborn. Four years later, her daughter Beatrix was confined to a hospital ward for 14 months because her heart stopped working. This is one mum's incredible story.

Thank you for joining us on Series 1 of Wearside Echoes, we'll be back with series 2 soon.

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Alun Lee Davies has packed a mammoth number of achievements into his life.

He's been a jockey, butcher, chef, college lecturer, award-winning gardener and catered for a Saudi prince. Oh, and he serves up a mean scone with strawberries and cream!

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Michael Ganley's love of football - and Sunderland AFC especially - may well have no equal. He's got so much Black Cats memorabilia that he filled an old train station with it! He told Wearside Echoes how it all started.

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ArtVenturers founder and Wearside native Fiona Simpson joins Chris to talk about her life growing up in Sunderland and how she came to build this business which is adored by kids and adults alike.

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Tara has cerebral palsy but it has not stopped her from becoming an award-winning business boss - or having a massive love of Take That. Tara shares her childhood passion for days at the beach. 

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In episode 3, Bill Barron recalls growing up behind the scenes at the Empire Theatre in Sunderland - the place where his dad was 'first trumpeter' in the resident orchestra and where his mam worked in the bar. He got to meet stars such as Stan Laurel and The Beatles - but what did he think of them?

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