Say it quietly. We have a whole load of reminders of the sponsored silences you’ve done in Sunderland. Starting from 1975 at Hetton School to 2015 thrills at Thorney Close, it’s a super span of scenes. Who could forget the Sunderland High School event in 2003 when pupils did a silence with muted musical instruments. Or the golden silence at Grangetown Primary in 2011. Re-live it all in our Echo archive gallery. Read this story
