Samuel Storey was a British politician born in County Durham. He became a Member of Parliament for Sunderland and the main founder of the Sunderland Echo newspaper.
The Echo is placed into delivery vans at the old base in Bridge Street, Sunderland, in the 1930s.
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The Sunderland Echo is a daily newspaper serving the Sunderland, South Tyneside and East Durham areas of North East England. The newspaper was founded by Samuel Storey, Edward Backhouse, Edward Temper
Samuel Storey (Liberal politician)
…1841 – 18 January 1925) was a British politician born in County Durham. He became a Member of Parliament for Sunderland and the main founder of the Sunderland Echo newspaper. Samuel Storey was born in Sherburn, near Durham, on 13 January 1841. He was the sixth son of County Durham farmer Robert Storey. When Robert…
The first edition of the Echo, 22 December 1873
Sub-editors checking facts and news stories at the Bridge Street office in the 1960s
The pre-war days of hot metal newspaper production at the Echo