A TEAM of market traders are swotting up to boost their general knowledge for a popular TV quiz show.
Seven traders from Stanley Indoor Market are taking part in a Christmas special of the BBC programme, Test the Nation.
Market manager Michael Smith said: "They told us the questions will be general knowledge, all about things that happened in 2004, so we have been reading the local press to buff up."
They will by flying the flag for the region as part of a 40-strong group of market traders, who will be up against six celebrities and five other teams of professionals.
The rest of the Stanley team consits of his wife, Seineade of Ace Values make-up; Joe and Alison Keeler, who run the Media Mart computer stall and mobile phone outlet Phone Zone; hairdresser Tracey Proctor and nail technician Kim Smith of Clean Cutz; and Lee Stratton, of Stanley Angling Supplies. The show will be broadcast on December 19.
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