North West Speaker List

This list has been collated from all the branches in the North West in order to help with the organising of speakers at meetings.

As far as I am aware the entire list of speakers below are still available to book, but this may change in time.

If you obtain any new information relating to any changes in circumstances with this information please contact your local Regional Representative.

Stephen 01772622218 Hands on Origami £45 Watson Alan 01253 859662 Hidden Treasures £30 Stamford RSPB Penny Elgar 01204 853449 House of Colour Fee on enquiry Vanessa 01253 829280 Hotter Shoes – £25 Cooke History of shoe making Judith 01253 3557251 Fun with Flowers £40 Harpam Roy 01253 697162 Track Records On £33 Mathews the Railway Robert 01484648757 Gemstones & Fee on Wood www.rosewood.gifts.co.uk Crystals enquiry Joe Boe 07894080119 Singer/guitarist Donation [email protected] Jennifer [email protected] Aspect of Fee on Ray Lancashire enquiry History Nostalgic Christmas Suffragettes Alan Banes 07525193170 Too young to Donation [email protected] remember the Coronation. Too young to remember school milk. Hollywood Musicals Too young to remember Skiffle Stephen 07519265637 Ghosts of Fee on Mercer Blackpool enquiry

Joyce Holden 07708539079 Amnesty Donation International

Peter Watson 01706878340 Folk Magic £30

Jim Dorham 01772813895 History of Donation to surnames local help the homeless John Ball 01772324129 Work of the Donation Wildlife trust

Jimmy O’Donnell 07761071696 Lancashire £50 Memories

Pat Ashcroft 01995604139 Challenges in life £38 Jean Finney 0151 424 3671 Various Talks £65 [email protected] Very funny Lady Alex Fisher [email protected] Clog Dancing £55 but may have increased Paul Brooks 01772 698191 / 07906951159 NW Blood Bikes Donation [email protected] David Tomlinson 01204304193 Warburtons bread £55 [email protected] Paul Williams 07884430001 Handmade £55 [email protected] Belgian chocolate Suzie Hughes 01282 771120 A Golden Hand £25 + travel. [email protected] Peter Charnock 01204 852965 RNLI Donation Norman Harris 01772 683827 Sailing the Fee on Atlantic with enquiry Jubilee Trust Brian Jones 01257 232937 Chorley Street Fee on Pastors enquiry Raymond Smith 01257277633 Stones to Roses Fee on talk about enquiry development of his garden Budz 01257475100 The life of flowers Fee on and flower enquiry arranging Jean Finney 0151 4243672 Joyce Grenfell Fee on enquiry Peyte Turner 01925 456443 Through the eyes Fee on of a magician enquiry Paul Brooks 01772698191 N W Blood Bikes Fee on Lancs & Lakes enquiry

Mrs Shirley 0161 976 1612 The Mitford Girls £35.00 Dowson 29 Goodwood Avenue Brooklands, Sale M23 9JQ

Mary Eastwood Ikebana £25 35 Heyes Lane, Japanese art of Timperley Flower arranging

Diane Elliott 07821932103 The Blue No charge, moonstone sells product. Mr Kevin 43 Armit Road, BBC Reporter £40 Fitzpatrick Greenfield Oldham OL3 7LN Mr Colin Forsyth Swan Building Age Concern No fee 20 Swan St Manchester M4 5TW Mr Greenwood, 0161 427 3530 Amish People £35 19 Marina Drive, Stockport

Mr Brian Hallworth 0161 456 5328 Illustrated talks, £30 69 Talbot Street Various Topics Hazel Grove, Stockport SK7 4Bj Mr D Haslam 01257 232258 A Mediterranean £25 1 Duxbury Hall Cruise , plus Road many others Chorley PR7 4AT 01257 232258 Mr C Rotherham Lofthouse of Fleetwood Ltd Fisherman’s Free Maritime Street Friend Fleetwood FY7 7LP Hazel Roy 20 Alan Road Life after 50 Donation Withington Manchester M20 4WG

Mr Sampson 01282 619612 Antiques – £55 19 Marsden members Crescent treasures for Nelson, Lancs valuation BB9 9NT

Mr Geoff Scargill 0161 432 6992 Historical, Music, £25 43 Fullerton Road, Entertaining Stockport SK4 Talks, Leonard 4EN Bernstein – Beyond West Side Story Mr Shaw 0161 280 2960 History of George Fee on Formby enquiry Mrs M Wilson 01772 686800 Lighter side of Fee on De- Cluttering enquiry Miss J Popley 07730 859441 My life at Fee on Granada TV enquiry Mr Graham Stirrup 012 7643709 Various Talks Fee on enquiry Peter Stafford 0161 483 1400 Holidays that can Fee on go wrong and enquiry various other talks Mr Sambrook 0161 256 3767 Market Trader Fee on enquiry Natalie Kirkham 01925 860 287 Herbs for Health Fee on enquiry Mrs Fraser 0161 495 7394 Jewish Life Fee on enquiry Mrs S Gaunt 01606 852162 Oriental Dancing Fee on enquiry Mr Williams 01204 305808 Across Canada Fee on by Train enquiry Mr Peter Friend 01625584033 Gorton Monastery Fee on enquiry Rob Mason 0161 799 2748 Lancashire Fee on Humour enquiry Elaine Cuzner 01257 452534 Gift wrapping with Fee on a difference enquiry Sheila Walsh 01925 823166 Various Talks Fee on enquiry Mrs Higgins 0161 285 0089 Terracotta Fee on Warriors enquiry Louise Danson 0161 337 3605 Dogs Trust Fee on Manchester enquiry Dr Eccleston Tel 01625 520792 The Captive Fee on Queen, Mary enquiry Queen of Scots Victor Crawford Tel 01625 424 727 mobile NW Air Fee on 07835 055 122 Ambulance enquiry Women Pilots Concorde Peter Levy 0161 439 9023 Retired journalist Fee on number of topics enquiry

Kevin Hartley Tel 01457831 140 Good raconteur Fee on on general enquiry quirks of life Justine [email protected] Bridgewater No charge Kennedy Community Health Trust Title: “Cancer Prevention” Mrs A Corner 0151 632 3051 Snippets and £55 Stories from the 1920s”` George 01925 452819 Feeding Wild £40 Pilkington [email protected] Birds

Alison Gabbott 01606 363862 Crime No charge alison.gabbot@.pnn.police.uk Reduction Advisor –Title: Homes Security Dave Duckett – 0151 423 2742 Tales out of £55 [email protected] School

Eric Newton – 01270 977885 Title: Life and £60 [email protected] Times of a Busker – Part 1 Title: Life and Times of a £60 Busker – Part 2

Rev Bob Janis- 07986 826601 Title: Rev Philip donation to Dillon – [email protected] Pearsall Cairo chapel Unitarian Street Chapel Minister Warrington

Carole Codd – 0151 531 6171/07788 681147 Registrar fee £35 [email protected]

Eric Newton 01270 977885 Title: Life and £60 [email protected] Times of a Busker – Part 1 Title: Life and Times of a Busker – Part 2

Rev Bob Janis- 07986 826601 Title: Rev Philip donation to Dillon – [email protected] Pearsall Cairo chapel Unitarian Street Chapel Minister Warrington

Terry & Chris 0151 548 0644/07813 153490 Town Crier and fee £50 Stubbings [email protected] Consort

George 01928 565538/07762 620259 – Private fee £60 Hughes [email protected] Investigator

George 01925 45289 Wildlife expert Fee on Pilkington [email protected] enquiry

Michael 0151 678 9931 – British Women fee £45 Murphy who ought to be better know

Peter Braun 0161 494 9218 Dunham Massey £60 donation National Trust [email protected] Monarchy and to National Volunteer Durham, the Grey Trust + £20 area expenses Gareth Parry 07983 816704 & £40 donation [email protected] Cheshire Blood Bikes Barry 0151 691 2151/07450 243674 Title: Great British Fee £65 Humphries [email protected] Christmas Great British Holidays 1930 - 1960

Mr Glyn Parry 0151 342 4762 Old £35 24 Terminus Rd , Wirral CH62 3LN Mr David 0151 608 3039 History of £35 Casement Woods 5, Cornwall Drive, , Wirral CH43 0RW Mrs Linda 0151 691 2854 Women of the £40 Raee Viking Age 42 Serpentine in School Road, , , Wirral CH44 0AY Mr Ken Pye, 31 0151 733 9231 Curious Tales of £50-£75 Halkyn Ave, [email protected] Merseyside Sefton Park, Many Different Liverpool L17 tales 2AH

Mrs Gillies, 21 0151 638 2040 Life with £30 Claremount Road, Grandparents Wallasey, Wirral Mr Gavin Hunter, 0151 336 2761 Underground £40 Redgates, Wirral, Lord of the Liverpool Rd, Isles, Neston, S Wirral, CH64 7TN Mr Michael 0151 678 9931 The £40 Murphy, 18 Underground Meadway, Manor Many Various Drive, Upton, Talks on Wirral CH49 6JG numerous topics Mr Derek Arnold Mobile 07970869838 Ferry Boats £30-£40 0151 644 8954 Royal Iris and Daffodil Mr Bill Johnston, 0151 327 6501 The History of the £35 114 Plymyard Ave, Postcard Eastam, Wirral CH62 8HF Mrs Carol 0151 342 4122 Brush up your Donations to Greenwood, 326A Shakespeare NYAS Telegraph Road, (humorous) (Youth) , Wirral, Requires Screen CH60 6RW Dr Andrew 0151 708 9088 The Hungarian Fee on Zsigmond [email protected] Uprising and my enquiry escape to Freedom Dr Ged Corcoran [email protected] Care at Life’s end, Fee on Former Consultant medical and enquiry in Palliative Care ethical issues in the care of the dying person Dr George George- The Young Fee on Eccleston [email protected] Queen Elisabeth enquiry 1st Edith Burnley 01257 253761 La Vie en France Fee on enquiry Eric Jennings 01928 733209 On the Fiddle- Fee on playing the violin enquiry Fiona Martin 0151 487 5220 Behind the Fee on scenes in Theatre enquiry and Television Fran Sandham 0781 546 7206 Walks Across Fee on Africa and other enquiry Talks

Gary Hart 07917488305 Parliamentary Fee on [email protected] Officer for NW. enquiry offering interactive workshops and presentations covering a number of topics. George Barnes 0151 520 1028 Life after Libraries Fee on 3 Willow Hey, Be it ever so enquiry Maghull. L313DI humble Gill Russell 0151 633 2796 Stranger in a Fee on [email protected] Strange Land (an enquiry Expat in Japan) John Richards 0161 643 1960 Mission Aviation Fee on Fellowship enquiry John Taylor 07939828527 Medical Herbalist Fee on enquiry Kathy Lewis [email protected] High C’s on the Fee on High Seas enquiry Ken Dagger 01253 838321 My Entertaining Fee on Life Gilbert & enquiry Sullivan Kevin Fitzpatrick 07801 741070 My Life as a BBC Fee on Reporter enquiry Marianne Welsh 01704 383 503 Backstage Nights Fee on enquiry Marjorie Holt 114 Have you been Fee on Miles Lane served enquiry Shevington, Wigan Michael Corfe 0151 625 7538 Lord Fee on enquiry Mr & Mrs Oliver 01722 745070 Guide Dogs for Fee on the Blind enquiry Mrs Ascroft 117 01995 604139 World Adventurer Fee on Dorchester Rd, (amusing enquiry Garstang, Speaker) Lancashire, PR3 1FE Neil Smith [email protected] Have guitar, will Fee on travel and other enquiry talks Norman Harris 01772 683827 Trekking to Fee on Machu Picchu enquiry and other talks Pam King 01924 490833 Quality of Life – Fee on for Life enquiry Paul Cross 017727193941 Lancs stories Fee on from old stuff enquiry Penny Dean 0161 355 5399 Small in a Tall Fee on Penny has Person’s World enquiry Dwarfism Pete Wolstencroft [email protected] E-Publishing Fee on Enquiry Ray O’Brien 0151 512 8398 More Merseyside Fee on Entertainers enquiry Magical Mystery Tour and other talks Roger Blaxall 07543955841 ring after 6pm Should I stay or Fee on Roger spent 18 01695 574 019 should I go enquiry years working in evacuee reunion 2NW forces as PR on Ormskirk with Officer and 65 evacuees journalist Lancashire County Council will test your knowledge of the Red Rose County A Police Spokesman said Asks who your favourite detective and the best ever TV cop show Hold the Front Page what was life like working on a small weekly newspaper in the 70’s and 80’s Corned Beef and Crooners A humorous look at life of a ???? Michael Swerdlow 0151 707 1002 History of Jewish Fee on Community in enquiry Liverpool Bill Johnstone 0151 327 6501 List of Talks Fee on enquiry Derek Slater 0161 4392225 Theatre and the Fee on Pulpit enquiry Steve Pearse 07789 057294 RNLI (South Fee on [email protected] Liverpool Branch) enquiry Dr Frank Nicolson 01704 816847 Several Talks Fee on [email protected] enquiry

Gary Conley ex 07515652172 The Dream at Fee on miner Sutton manor enquiry Colliery Bill Sergeant 0151 724 3171 Liverpool Fee on Heroes enquiry Mary Foley 01744 820744 Several Talks Fee on enquiry Carole Banks 01942 246810 Haigh Hall, Fee on Wigan enquiry City of Bath, The way we were Chris Tynan 0151 934 2967 Birds in the Fee on He speaks on 07974668490 Garden enquiry Radio Merseyside Christina 0151 724 2475 Bibby Line. Fee on Spencer 18 How to be a enquiry Rangemore Rd true Brit. L,pool L18 4PN Living with 60 million Foreigners Cledwyn 0151 334 2816 A Wander Fee on Thomas [email protected] Through enquiry Liverpool Past and present Colin Ratcliffe 0151 648 6171 The Walls Of Fee on 135 Chester enquiry Rd Irby CH61 3UD Const David [email protected] Safe driving for Fee on Murray the Older Driver enquiry Dame Lorna Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside. PO How to become Donation Muirhead DBE Box 144, RSA, The capital Building, Lord Lieutenant New Hall Place, Old Hall Street, without really Liverpool l69 3EN. Dame Lorna has trying now stepped down and I am not sure if she is still lecturing but you could ask or get the present LL to visit. David 01244 332410 All year round Fee on Cummings in the Lake enquiry 25 Croft Rowton, District Chester, Gives a slide kCH3 7QQ show and has a very long list of topics. David Fisher 01423 887 459 Arthritis Fee on [email protected] Research enquiry

Gordon Bartley 01704 228825 Fish and Chips Fee on and other talks enquiry Gordon Linnell [email protected] The Great Fee on American enquiry Songbook Huw Jenkins [email protected] The House on the Fee on om Black Hill and enquiry other talks Ian Barclay 0151 342 3927 A Variety of topics Fee on 07940 526315 enquiry [email protected] Ian Cheeseman [email protected] Life of a BBC Fee on Sports Reporter enquiry Ian May 01745853152 Fifty and a Half Fee on Cheshire enquiry Curiosities Jane Finney 0151 424 3672 The origins of Fee on Nursery Rhymes enquiry Jane Shepherd 0161 4444 26592 My Life as a Fee on [email protected] Cabbage. From enquiry Polio to TV presenting and beyond Jean Shepherd 01704 537 386 The Old School Fee on House enquiry Joan Corner 0151 632 3051 9 Roman Naughty but Nice- Fee on Road, , Wirral, CH47 history of ladies enquiry 6AG underwear. Curiosity Corner John Elwood 01254 735320 07710 473104 The influence of Fee on Railways on Art enquiry Culture John Hinde 0151 355 0032 County organiser Fee on for National enquiry Garden Scheme Brian Hallworth 0161 456 5328 07821 163302 Various Talks Fee on 69 Talbot Street [email protected] enquiry Hazel Grove Stockport SK7 4BJ Linda Sawley 01282 770248 Growing Old Fee on Disgracefully enquiry Shoes Jane Bradshaw 01925 755741 Tatton Park – Fee on 01244310604 three talks Tatton enquiry [email protected] Parks 9 Lives, The gilt on the Ginger Bread, Sweet memories

Peter Turner 01925 456443 Through the eyes £45 plus of a Magician, travel heads I win –Tails apparently you Lose, slight very good of Mind, Curiosity that Killed the Cat Tribute to Tommy Cooper Margaret Wilson 01772 686800 The Lighter side Fee on of Decluttering enquiry Dennis Lee 01942 386709 The Life of Fee on George Formby enquiry Paul Cook 01204 844229 Cocaine, Fee on Columbia & Cash enquiry Heather Slater 01282 432775 The Life as a Fee on Nanny Saudi enquiry Arabia Brian Hetherington 01942211434 Wood to Like Fee on enquiry Andrea Denny 01257 481969 Herbal Medicine Fee on enquiry Joanne Halliwell 01772 712453 What Betsy Did Fee on Next enquiry John Ambrose, 0800 1105221 Tax, Care & Toy Fee on Collective legal Boys enquiry Solutions Eunice Walsh 01254830507 Keeping fit- sitting Fee on down enquiry Trish & Alice 01257 262929 Forget-me-not- Fee on crafts, Victorian enquiry Workshop Michael Clarke [email protected] Various Topics Fee on enquiry Peter Friend 01625 584033 Gorton Monastery Fee on Could be followed enquiry up by a visit to the Monastery Derian House 01257 2333300 Fee on Children’s Hospice enquiry Hedgehog Rescue 01706 860904 Speaker will bring Fee on Rochdale a Barn owl and a enquiry Hedgehog Millstream Animal 0161 683 4194 Fee on Shelter enquiry Allan Stuttard 01422844850 Many Talks and Fee on [email protected] Cricket Talks enquiry Terence McNicholls 0161 861 9602 Toastmaster Fee on enquiry

Pat Osborne 01484 715528 The Brontes Fee on [email protected] behind closed enquiry doors (all the scandal) Beatrix Potter, Anne Lister of Shibden Hall, Clarice Cliff, Evita, Lady Randy, the Secret Life of Charles Dickens, Norman Wisdom’s Life Story Les Hardy 01244 350991 North West Air Fee on Ambulance enquiry Richard Baker 47 07739834430 Henry Yates Fee on Arundel Avenue, Thompson, enquiry Liverpool L17 3BY Victorian Gentleman and other topics Fay Robinson 0151 638 2101 My Sixteen £60 07824197288 Sisters, Dancing with the Stars, My Life as a Tiller Girl, Life and history of John Tiller. Children ‘s Air Clifton House, Butlers Leap, Cannot find any Fee on Ambulance Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 local contacts enquiry 3QR Enquiries@childrenairambula nce.org.uk Childrenairambulance.org.uk Sian Falder Plastic 07935310707 Treating burns in Donation Surgeon at Alder Suan.falder@alderhey Napal Booked Hey Mr Ron Hutchinson 07969292042 Lord Leverhulmes £50 [email protected] Chauffer Christine Hill [email protected] Tour of St Nicolas Fee on in Liverpool enquiry Caroline Fogel [email protected] Project Linus Fee on 0151 724 4724 enquiry Charles Southern 07873138438 Talks given on all Fee on 104 Southport Rd 0151 526 1595 speakers enquiry Lydiate, L31 2JR Charleswesley1944@hotmail. com

Brain Halliwell B A 01772 493881 Historical Fee on 19, Oaktree Close 07879053820 Researcher Talks enquiry Ingol Preston, PR2 and Lectures 3UZ Lancs Jean Finney 13 0151 424 3672 The origin of Fee on Claremont Avenue [email protected] Nursery Rhymes enquiry Widnes WA8 9NB Joyce Grenfell Witches & Superstitions the Mystery of Clothing Amanda Storey www.creativechocolates.co.u Creative Fee on k chocolates enquiry Chris O’Brien 7th 0151 255 2577 Waste Education Fee on Floor no 1 Mann www.merseysidewda.gov.uk Co-ordinator enquiry Island, Liverpool L3 chris.Obrien@merseysidewd 1BP a.gov.uk John Hatfield 11 0151 721 7681 See, Hear Fee on Boxmoor Rd 07787700673 Presentations enquiry Mossley Hill L18 [email protected] 4QH Eric Murphy 737 1665 ring 5 ish Magistrates in the Fee on community enquiry Sargent Francis [email protected] Crime prevention Donation Stott olice.co.uk 0151 777 8137 Dennis Moore www.relaxmoore.co.uk Laughter the best Fee on medicine enquiry Andy Ireland 0151 728 8874 Dementia & Fee on [email protected] Exercise enquiry www.healthinessltd.co.uk Development although this gentleman Active Bingo works in the Liverpool area , he may know of similar companies in your area. Dr Frank Gannon Experiences of Donation to “Round the RNLI World” Yacht racing

There are also other organisations who will willingly give talks free of charge such as The Police, Fire Brigade, Ambulance, Trading Standard, and The Body Shop.

If you know of any more please let your Regional Reprehensive know so they can be added to this list.