Marathon Broadcast 2007

At 8pm on the 26th October 2007, Craig Simpson started a fifty one hour long programme to mark last year's 50th Anniversary of HRST (and the extra hour was because the clocks went back).

Photo courtesy of Shields Gazette

During the weekend, Craig kept a blog. Check out Craig's blog here

The Mayor of South Tyneside, Cllr Tracey Dixon officially launched the marathon broadcast.

Some of the hours were sponsored, a big thank you to the following businesses who offered sponsorship:

STC Fasteners - Washington
Flowers of Enchantment, Boldon Lane, South Shields
S Walton Eye Care, Stanhope Road, South Shields
Paul's Pet & Garden, Stanhope Road, South Shields
Secret Fantasy Lounge, Boldon Lane, South Shields
David Hodgson Butchers, Viking Centre, Jarrow

We also received donations of vouchers and gifts from the following:

STC Fasteners
Flora Budder, South Shields
Cuts Hair Salon, Boldon Lane, South Shields
L'Amour Bridal Shop, Boldon Lane, South Shields
Aspirations Beauty Salon, Stanhope Road, South Shields
Shaggy Dog Grooming, Stanhope Road, South Shields
Faulkner's the Butcher, Stanhope Road, South Shields
Woolworths, South Shields
Asda, South Shields
Grey Hen Pub, South Shields
Green Lane Fish Shop, South Shields
M&S, South Shields

And thank you to the following:

Jimmy, Catering Manager STDH
Catering Staff, STDH
Cancer Connections
Pets as Therapy (South Tyneside)
Everyone who contributed over the weekend

Once again a big thank you from everyone at HRST

The Weekend in Pictures

We'll be adding some audio from the weekend here soon.

Best Bits of The Blog

One thing I have learnt so far, listening to Il Divo’s version of My Way, which was in Italian.  The Italian for “I did it my way” seems to be, erm, “I did it my way”.

Saturday’s lunch, after much debate, is orange juice to start with pork goulash and mash potato for main, with fruit crumble and custard.  Worrying they haven’t identified the fruit in advance…

27 hours and counting…. how does one do it? You need  good back-up team, who bring you Lucozade and Red Bull

The 30th and 31st hours of this broadcast marathon will appear to sound very similar.  Due to the clocks going back to Greenwich Mean Team at 2.00am BST, the only way to accomplish this was to switch over to a CD while I changed the PC clock back to 1am. Then the system has just replayed the 1-2am hour again!

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