The News That Was

What would the local news sound like over 200 years ago...?

This is a short package for #WearHere, a show about local news and current affairs, broadcast on Spark Sunderland. Can you guess what year this historical news bulletin came from? (Scroll down for the answer!)

Research, script, voiceover and production by Peff Soulsby.

Music from www.bedsandbeats.com

Image accreditation: http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/Pages/images/heritage/bridge1.jpg as displayed by Heritage Gallery - Wearmouth Bridge at http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/pages/DispHeritage.asp?picid=30, Copyrighted free use, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2380822

(The first Wearmouth bridge opened in 1796! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearmouth_Bridge)