(31 Mar 2014, 5:09 pm)aureolin wrote It was originally said that they were chosen because they're "well known" voices from the region (nowt to do with the advertising of course). Funny, because I'd say a well known voice from the region would be someone like Tim Healy, Jimmy Nail, Alan Shearer, etc.
Still think my suggestion of Holly and Charlotte off Geordie Shore would have went down well with the younguns.
Tim Healy would have been EPIC - ''We are now approaching Solana Newcastle''. I pity Chester's Unit 1 drivers who have to do 21's all day listening to those daft voices. I think Steve does the ones over at Newcastle, and on the way to Chester the two of them mix then towards Durham Karen takes over. Those drivers will be glad whenever they get a run on the X25 or 71, just out of interest, and as technology is one of my worst enemies, can the drivers actually manually turn the announcements off?