ECHO Memories has kindly been given its own radio slot by John Foster on his new early afternoon show on BBC Tees.

It's a few minutes long every Wednesday at about 1.40pm and I talk about what is in the following morning's Memories supplement.

Tomorrow I'm looking out for fire plates, an intriguing diversion that has been sparked by a house in Church Row, Hurworth.

But why am I writing all of this when I can ask you to press play and you can hear it all...

I hope to be able to post my chat with John every week on the Memories blog. Please if you know of any fire plates, leave a note below.