Seven radio producers – all based in the north of England – have joined forces to launch a new co-operative venture – ‘Radio Wizards’. It’s equally remarkable that their aim now is to work together on every kind of sound production... except radio! "It’s taken over a year to get to this point," says ‘wizard’ Mike Thornton, "but now we’ve got a viable business plan, we’ve launched our website and we’re already starting to attract commissions. As a facilities provider we decided to facilitate this partnership and set them up with a web site to help kickstart this excellent partnership." Janet Graves of Pennine Productions adds: “We’ve all done a variety of work in the commercial sector – for example, I’ve made oral history projects, Peter has produced coach-tour commentaries, and Mike has done infotainment podcasts for the drug company Pfizer. Combining our efforts will let us offer a one-stop shop for any kind of commercial audio production.”

"The Imperial War Museums sound archive was used both to reference from and also to produce what really made the book all the more unique and special for me, an audio CD of almost 70 minutes of the women's stories in their own words and voices. It is one thing to read of these stories, words on print no matter how moving the stories may be, but quite another to hear the women tell the tales themselves." "Authentic voices of the people who lived through Britain's fight for survival... a remarkable work of oral history."