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Can you tell us more about the people, the places, the action in these photos? Do you have stories of Radio Stoke during these years?

MR Jon Wooton
Jack ward program was one of the best on the air he had such a good sense of houmor

rufus ruffcut
started on mix fm, now own international record label ! thanks bbc radio stoke !!!!

Tim Havenhand
Hi, A very happy birthday to Radio Stoke, and to all there. I used to answer the phones on Sportsround Saturday in about 1984 to 86, and remember the place and people with fond memories. Wish there was a way to hear the old Sue Manning Music and the later Chris Ellis jingles.
I also remember during the National Garden Festival, BBC World Service's Outlook programme came from the festival studio, which I'd encouraged as my Dad was working at World Service. Radio Stoke were to provide a "news about stoke" insert, which had to be recorded in 1A, and the tape whisked to the festival for broadcast as lines were hard to set up. The lead story was a bomb scare at Crewe station, however as we were going down in the lift, we heard it had been a hoax, and the station was open, a very quick edit was made to the end to say it was a hoax, as there was no time to re-record, so Radio Stoke speaking to the world was a little out of date!
I also remember helping the engineering team under Simon Penfold, and an engineer whose name I can't remember, designing the SODIT (Studio Operated Device for Insert Timing) which was a BBC Micro, bar code reader, and a bit of magic on a Mark III desk. I remember assisting with a little bit of computer program debugging on that very clever device, and widely adopted within Local Radio (I think).
Regards to all who might remember me.
Tim Havenhand, Technical Director JFA Systems Ltd

Verity Hilton
I had the wonderful opportunity to work with the late Bill Humphreys at the National Garden Festival for the BBC. Bill was a great professional. This was office next to the Festival Halls where I spent 6 happy and long cold months. We had visits from BBC Television and radio programmes including Noel Edmonds late late breakfast show and of course the Queens Visit.

jamila azam
I was the reporter/producer of the Asian programme in the Eighties.I had a great time.was involved with fund raising activities,especialy a fashion show at the Grand Hotel in Hanley.quite a few members of the staff were dressed in fantastic Pakistani outfits. Beverly Halfpenny looked stunning as Pakistani bride while Dominic Green was quite a handsome bride groom.June very elegant in a saree.Mark Stewart in shalwar suit was unmistakeable

Verity Hilton
Carol is the girl in the oatcakes costume... she was one of Sam Planks promotional girls. This was a promotion for Children in Need to raise money... they paid to buy oatcakes at the Queens Hotel pub at basford - and they were taken off her!!!!

Andy Conroy
in the staff-shot from 1989, I am second from the right next to Mervyn Gamage. This was a wonderful team of people - Roy Hill, Ivan Gaskell, Bill Humphreys, Sam Plank, Glyn Johnson. A great generation of programme makers.

Stephen Lynas
Jason Dean, the voice of sport!