It soon became apparent that our listeners wanted to know about the many and various activities in and around the area. They wanted to know more about the towns local history and most Important of all, they wanted information for the blind. This included news about the latest talking book releases from the RNIB as well as from commercial publishers. But it was not long before our listeners made known their enjoyment of what they soon voted as the most popular part of the 90 minute magazine, It's unashamed delve into pure nostalgia. With it's "do you remember" slots devoted to pre-war musicians and their activities. In this the magazine was lucky in being able to make use of a vast record library of pre war jazz and big band music held by a team member Alex Smith who had build it up over a number of years. Unfortunately Alex recently died, but his library was left to the Talking Newspaper group as part of his will.
The magazine has also been lucky in that since it's establishment it has always had the services of devoted volunteer producers. First to establish Sounds of Brentwood was Dave Strange, who brought to his first team of fellow volunteers his wealth of Hospital broadcasting experience. At the same time as a skilled electronics engineer he was able to oversee many of the early technical innovations that improved the quality of both the weekly newspaper and the monthly magazine. But after a number of years he was forced to leave the group when his job took him away from the area.
Dave was followed by George Lloyd who put his own very personal stamp on the productions. Sadly George passed away in 1999, but it's nice to report that his wife is still very much with us as a presenter. George was very much a hard act to follow, and for a tine it almost seemed as if the magazine would die with George's passing. But rescue was at hand as taking over the production at short notice were Ken Pope as producer with the help of Dennis Hensman along with Alan Haward and Dennis Rookard.