Tributes have been paid following the death of a Blackpool businessman and charity volunteer. Keith Gledhill MBE, 86, passed away at his home on October 7, only a few weeks after his wife Margaret passed away. The businessman from Marton founded the cylinder manufacturing company Gledhill in 1972, along with his brother Houghton and was [...]
Blackpool’s Talking Newspaper, now in its 41st year at the charity, and one of the biggest in the country, is to start regular podcasts, presented by our own resident anchorman/producer Johnny Gardener - who is severely sight impaired - and the society’s audio engineer and IT specialist Chris Carter. It's a great way of featuring a 'taster', [...]
Our veteran volunteer and Talking Newspaper Reader Joy Killip, 93 years young, not only hit the headlines in her own right – but became a BBC North West Tonight ‘anchor-woman’ for the primetime regional news programme. Joy and other Talking News regulars. – and listeners – featured in a lovely report from the charity’s [...]
