169 Smith Street, Nelson, Lancashire,

England BB9 9HL

Member of the

Talking Newspaper Association

of the United Kingdom

Registered Charity No 504792

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- Pendle Voice celebrated 25 years of

  serving the community on 25 June 2000

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Pendle Voice was founded in June 1975

to provide visually impaired residents of

Pendle with a 90-minute audio version of

the local weekly press. With no money, no

experience and some borrowed equip-

ment from Nelson and Colne College, that

first 'Pendle Voice' served just three listen-

ers!

When the first fast cassette duplicator

arrived in December 1975, some forty

listeners had signed up. Since that mom-

ent, Pendle Voice has grown steadily

and its output has blossomed from three

to over two thousand tapes each week.

For some years, production was housed

in a variety of borrowed spaces until,

fifteen years or so ago, a four-roomed

terrace house in Nelson was purchased.

It has been the home of Pendle Voice

ever since.

Each year has seen a growth in the work-

load, but everything is still tackled by a

committed band of up to eighty volunteers.

Their efforts would be of little worth without

the Royal Mail's free post concession, the

vital link between the Talking Newspaper

and the listener.

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