How We
StartedIn 1979 a blind Salford
resident, Marjorie Husband, was on holiday in Torquay when
she heard about the Talking Newspaper movement - it was
just starting in various parts of the country. She came
home to ask: why doesn’t Salford have its own Talking
Newspaper?
So discussions began, a committee was elected, and pretty
soon the first edition of Salford’s own Talking News was
produced. This first issue was recorded in the back bedroom
of a committee member's home in Seedley and was sent out to
twenty visually disabled citizens. The rest is history –
Salford Talking News has never looked back!
The story has been of continuous expansion. Now we send out
well over 250 recordings each week, as well as a monthly
magazine version. We soon outgrew the back bedroom! But
thanks to the support of the City of Salford we have found
a home with enough space for the scale of our activities.
See ‘More About
Us’ on the
linked page.