Talking Newspaper

The setting up of the Knutsford and District Talking Newspaper is a good example of the way Lions work within the community. The initial creation of the recording facilities and funding was provided largely by the Knutsford and District Lions Club - with significant participation by some of the early members of the Lions Club.

The first edition went out on 27th June 1979 - and it has been continually issued every week since then without a break.

In February 1980 the Knutsford and District Talking Newspaper became a registered Charity number 509745 and is run by an independent committee. Many of the volunteers have also been with the Paper since it's inception - true dedication to a very worthwhile cause.

The Talking Newspaper operates in the following way:

On Wednesday mornings articles are cut out of copies of the Knutsford Guardian and arranged into different categories.
Early evening an Editor selects and plans the material for four readers to record - a technician being responsible for recording the master tape.
This master tape is used to produce typically 60 tapes for posting to the listeners that evening.
After the listeners have heard the tape they post it back to the studio - for re-use the following week.

Members of the Lions still normally help with production of the tape when there is a fifth Wednesday in the month - the first four Wednesdays each having a regular weekly team of local volunteers.