Another selection of tunes from Sunderland's very own Rosslyn Babes - and it was last heard 40 years ago

And here are some more excerpts of the Rosslyn Babes in full flow during recordings made between 1969 and 1979.

It has been shared with the Sunderland Echo by Richard Geere, the man who was the Babes’ accompanist and arranger from 1974 to 1980.

The group was formed by Sunderland-born Mary Harbord of Rosslyn Street who was Richard’s aunt.

He said the tapes were recorded by Mary’s sister Norah who also made all the costumes.

The high-kicking Babes had been a big part of the Wearside entertainment scene from the late 1940s, all through the 1960s and 1970s and well into the 1980s.

Their first professional appearance was in Bernard Delfont’s production of Dick Whittington at the Lewisham Hippodrome in 1944.

In 1957, they featured in Hop O My Thumb, at the Palace Theatre, Newcastle. That same year, they were in Cinderella at the Sunderland Empire Theatre.

In 1967, the Babes second in the Hughie Green TV programme Opportunity Knocks.

In 1980, the Rosslyn Babes had two troupes made up of teams of 12. By 1982, the Babes were performing in the Sunderland Empire production of Cinderella.

The Babes eventually folded in the late 1980s.

Richard told us: “These tapes were recorded in 1969-79 by Mary's sister Norah who also made all the costumes. They were kept in the family archives all this time, so they haven't been heard for 40 years!"

So here is your chance to re-live the magic of the Rosslyn Babes once more.

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