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Topic Speaker Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Tel
Religious Art - Rome to Renaissance Philip Chase 8 Queens Ave, Shirley Solihull B90 2NS 0121 744 4617
Faberge Tony Crowe Hilgarth, Hazler Rd Church Stretton SY6 7AF 01694 723292
Social and Political Comment in Art Val Edwards 07876 613005
Painting Expeditions to Arctic and Patagonia Rosemary Hale Stafford 01785 226672
Touchwood House Peter Handley 0121 704 9323
My Life as an Artist Maggie Humphrey Broseley Shropshire 01952 881037
Toulouse Lautrec Irene Page 0121 704 1279
Canstable - A Warwickshire Painter David Patterson 106A Widney Manor Rd. Solihull B91 3JJ 0121 705 5870
William Blake Adam Pearce 0121706 2345
Frank Lloyd Wright David Reddish 7 Winthorpe Drive Solihull B91 3UW 0121 242 1432
The Theft of the Mona Lisa Douglas Sharp 47 St. Bernards Rd. Solihull B92 7AY
The Confessions of an Artist Geoff Tristram 19 Egginton Rd Wollaston, Stourbridge DY84QJ 01384 394316
01384 442881
Illuminated Manuscripts John Walker 01544 262896
Email Fee Other Topics Comments
Robett Schumann, Verdi. John
philochase@blueyonder.co.uk Donation McCormack
£35+15p per mile Tutankhamen
Book of Hours
Shropshire topics
£30
rosemary@rosemaryhale.co.uk £45 Working as an artist and tutor Academic but good
Working abroad
email@edpete.fsnet.co.uk
toirene.page@virgin.net £25 A History of Nursery Rhymes
£35 The Greswoldes of Knowle
adamandhel@hotmail.co.uk Stanley Spencer,Bob Dylan
dbredd@blueyonder.co.uk
douglasjsharp@btinternet.com
£80
john@roseandivycottage.co.uk £40 + expenses
Topic Speaker Address 1
The Woodland Trust Margaret Anderson
RSPB John Clews
You and your Rights Debbie Cooper Shropshire Trading Standards
Swan Rescue Jan Harrigan Walk Mills Farm
Warwks /Northants Air Ambulance Jo Payne Fire & Rescue Building
Witness Service Victim Support Flavia Pendleton
The Leprosy Mission Allister du Plessis 130 Church Rd
Radnor Wildlife Trust
RSPB Middleton Lakes
Address 2 Address 3 Tel Email Fee
Henley in Arden 01564 792138 margieanderson@btinternet.com £25
01295 253330 carolyn.tovell@rspb.org.uk Donation
Shrewsbury 01743 254155 public.protection@shropshire.gov.uk
Wychbold, Droitwich WR9 0DH 07786 434793 £35
Coventry Airport, Baginton CV8 3AZ 07795 027248 jo@wnaa.co.uk £50
Coventry 024 7622 1095 None
Erdington, Birmingham B24 9DB 0121 384 2402 Donation
01597 823298 info@radnorshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
Tamworth 01827 259454 middletonlakes@rspb.org.uk £50
Other Topics Comments
Topic Speaker Address 1 Address 2
Presteigne Tapestries Catherine Beale
There's More to a Needle than Meets the Eye Jo-Ann Gloger
Sundials Dr. John Lester
Old Swinford,
Amish Life - Plain not Fancy Dawn Nex 10 Rectory Close Stourbridge
The Craft of Thatching D Wood 54 Uttoxeter Rd Handsacre, Nr.Rugeley
Address 3 Tel Email Fee
01544 267263 £60 +
01527 62509 £30
01922 625862 None
DY8 2HD 01384 396425 £30+35p per mile
WS15 4DN 01543 490790 mrssharonwood@btinternet.com £30
Other Topics Comments
The Arkwrights of Hampton Court
Amish Quilts
Topic Speaker Address 1 Address 2 Address 3
30 years of BBC Costume Mrs J Hawkins
Mother of Pearl George Hook Pope St, Smethwick, W Midlands B66 2JP
Clothes-an Historical Perspective Patsie Jarman Kings Bromley Lichfield
Tel Email Fee Other Topics Comments
01789 266315 £50 Costumes on display
0121 5582186 george@motherofpearl.freeserve.co.uk £35 The Button Man
patsie@kingswellbromley.freeserve.co.uk
Topic Speaker Address 1 Address 2
My Sentence to Serve Monica Cardin Redditch
Fingerprints for Detection & Intrigue Sue Clegg 29 World's End Avenue Quinton Birmingham
The Role of the Probation Service Jane Connelly
Courtroom Capers Dennis Plant
Unsolved Victorian Crimes Bob Scott Droitwich
Curious Clerics & Dastardly Doctors Graham Sutherland 4 Eastgate Mews Warwick
Address 3 Tel Email Fee Other Topics
01527 401844 £30
B32 1JF 0121 4228914 sue@cleggxx.freeserve.co.uk £60 7 other talks
jane.connelly@swm.probation.gsi.gov.uk
01299 861550 £50
01905 799907 Ris69dil@aol.com £30+mileage
CV34 4BT 01926 495894 graham.g.sutherland@btopenworld.com £50+ travel Midlands Murderers
Comments
Former prison governor
Ex police officer
Excellent
Topic Speaker
Badgerwatch Eddie Amess
Autumn Glory Susan Benyon
100 Years of Hidcote Manor Garden Derek Bull
The Importance of Honeybees David Chandler
Bees & Bee Keeping Celia Davis
Waterways and Wildlife Brian Draper
River Severn Brian Draper
Botanical Gardens Simon Gulliver
Planthunter EH Wilson Simon Gulliver
Nurseyman Justin Harrison
Orchids in the Home Dick Hartley
The Working Countryside Robin Hill
The Land Army Robin Hill
Preparing for the Chelsea Flower Show Mike Hinton
A History of the English Countryside John Jarman
100 years of Johnsons Coaches John Jarman
Barn Owls of Shropshire John/Wendy Lightfoot
Wildlife in Gloucestershire Philip Mugridge
Gamekeepers Year Michael Oliver
Woodland Myth & Folklore Rod Pommery
Healing power of trees Rod Pommery
Historical Woodlands Rod Pommery
The Plant Detective Dr. Steve Reynolds
Otters in Warwickshire Peter Saunders
A Seasonal Look at Garden Birds David Tideswell
Our friendly Garden Robin David Tideswell
Blue Tit - Raising a Family David Tideswell
Various Subjects John Trinder
Vegetable Growing Graham Wagstaff
Wildlife Chris Wallace
Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Tel
01562 700595
Bagnall 01782 534713
01789 730363
Warwick HRI Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF 024 7657 5041
01676 533252
Barbers Cottage Martley, Worcs WR6 6QA 01886 821369
Barbers Cottage Martley, Worcs WR6 6QA 01886 821369
0121 454 1860
0121 454 1860
Stafford 07896 260844
Wetley Rocks 01782 550313
Worcestershire County Museum Hartlebury 01299 250416
Worcestershire County Museum Hartlebury 01299 250416
02476 421958
Liverage House, Liverage Hill Henley in Arden B95 5QS
Liverage House, Liverage Hill Henley in Arden B95 5QS
01939 261141
Glen Cottage, Church Walk Viney Hill, Lidney GL15 4NY
2 Pentwardine Cottages, Brampton Ryan Bucknell, Shrops SY7 0DW 01568 770044
07875 215070
07875 215070
07875 215070
Coach House Barn, Upper Aston Claverley, Wolverhampton WV5 7EE 01746 710101
1 Fairlands Park Coventry 02476
CV74 7DS012476 418781
2 Church Farm Close, Stramshall Uttoxeter ST14 5AL 01889 565942
2 Church Farm Close, Stramshall Uttoxeter ST14 5AL 01889 565942
2 Church Farm Close, Stramshall Uttoxeter ST14 5AL 01889 565942
Alsager 01270 874833
Swadlincote 01530 270413
Telford Shropshire 01952 616502
Mobile Email Website Fee
£35
£30
pyrrhula_01@btinternet.com
dave.chandler@warwick.ac.uk None
celia.davis1@btinternet.com £30
brian.draper@martley.org.uk
brian.draper@martley.org.uk
simon@briminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk £50 + travel
simon@briminghambotanicalgardens.org.uk £50 + travel
£40
orchidhartley@bigfoot.com £1 per head
rhill@worcestershire.gov.uk
rhill@worcestershire.gov.uk
hinton921@aol.com
john@johnsonscoaches.co.uk
john@johnsonscoaches.co.uk
07967 878147 john.lightfoot3@virgin.net £45
p.mugridge@virgin.net www.willridgeimages.co.uk £50
£25 + travel
£55
£55
£55
drstevereynolds@yahoo.co.uk £50
£30
07791 165486 £50 + exp
07791 165486 £50 + exp
07791 165486 £50 + exp
johntrinder@btinternet.com £45 + exp
£45
£35
Comments
A lifetime's work studying badgers
Brings lots of plants
Answers Gardening Questions
Radio & TV Contributor
Radio & TV Contributor
Radio & TV Contributor
Talks based on wildlife slides
Topic Speaker
Behind and in Front of the TV Camera Gillian Andrews
The History of our Calendar Mark Astley
Mystery of Magnets Phil Bamford
Joyce Grenfell Joy Beckett
A Humorous Look at Retirement David Berry
Christmas id Passe Dorothy Bishop
On Being a Triplet Mary & Margaret Bloxham
History of Punch & Judy Alix Booth
Watch your Language Patricia Boyd
Stories from the Auction Room Steve Bruce
Metal Detecting Bob Burton
An Unusual Job for a Lady Marion Canning
The Bournville Cavillon Arthur Casey
Wartime Memories of a Cockney Kid John Church
Are You Sure You're all Done? William Farmer
How to Survive an English Country Vicarage Jill Fraser
Amusing Talks Jen Green
Tales of a Reluctant Gardener Charles Hadwell
Not 'Arf a Life Andrew Gagg
Panic Paranoia and Secrecy Robbie Graham
Green Men and Uglies Dr Colin Harris
The History of Egg Cups Javad Hashemi
Citizen Redress Barbara Hedley
Webweaving Tom Holloway
English whose English David Howe
Adventures of a Physotherapist Angela Hugman
Optical Illusions Graham Ibbitson
What's in a Name John Jarman
Tthe Work of Trading Standards Gareth Jones
Freemasonry Victor Keane
From Vat to Vet Frances Kennedy
My Life in the Guards Derek Kimberley
Town Crier Ken Knowles
Bodyguard to the Queen Lt Col G Lesinski
Beginning of Time Andrew Lound
Drink from my Garden Ken Marshall
You can choose your Friends Susan Marshall
Names from the Past Nick Mason
Introspection-A look at the U3A Barbara Massey
A Modern Day Lady Pawnbroker Suzanne Morgan
Faces on a Postcard Jerry Murland
My Life as a male Model Bert Newsome
Crew Member Royal Yacht Britannia Tony Noble
Working as aTV Extra Christine Patterson
Barn Books Mary Perry
Wine, Health & Investment Rob Price
One Egg or Two Rosemary Prosser
Trouble in Store Carole Regan
What the Papers Said Colin & Mary Smith
Enigma Robert Skett
Those Old Radio Times John Sparry
30 Years on the Rostrum Colin Such
Another Man's Shoes Ellie Target
A Political Life John Taylor
A Day in the Life of a Seaside Hotelier Alan Thornton
The Famous Acme Whistle Simon Topman
What the Nose Knows Steve Von Toller
The Grenadier Guards Nick Ward
Confessions of a Pantomime Dame Richard Westcott
History of the Civil Register with Funnies John Yates
Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Tel
48 Beauchamp Rd. Warwick Cv43 5NU 01926 495261
8 Holme Mill, Fordhouse Wolverhampton WV10 6LZ 01902 783212
0121 444 2515
0121 550 1522
0121 703 0714
0121 744 6308
Stibb Green Farm, Burbago Marlborough SN83 3AE 01672 810352
16 The Broadway, Wombourne Wolverhampton WV5 0HY 01902 892725
Kineton Warwks 01789 490450
153 Lindsworth Rd Kings Norton B30 3RS 0121 459 3120
59 Woodchester Rd, Dorridge Solihull B93 8EL 01564 773984
07857 689419
137 Dawlish Rd. Bournebrook Birmingham B29 7AN 0121 472 1544
24 Cobden Ave. L/Spa CV31 1YF 01926 34738
Fieldings Auctioneers, Mill Race Lane Stourbridge DY8 1JN 01384 444140
The Vicarage, Aston Cantlow Henley in Arden B95 6JB 01564 792472
Wickets, 5 Thomas Court, Green Lane, Leominster HR6 8JQ 01568 616754
9 Millers Green, Abberley Worcs WR6 6NY 01299 896073
Town House Two, Fordbank Court Henwick Rd, Worcester WR2 5PF 01905 748515
Stafford Bristol 07530 344483
Solihull 0121 745 1803
22 Eastcote Lane, Hampton in Arden 01675 442175
9 Grovefield Crescent Balsall Common CV7 7RE
07739 609200
Warwick CV34 4PU 01926 491859
Xavier, Brotheridge Green, Hanley Castle, Worcs Wr8 0AU 01684 594379
81 Knowle Wood Rd. Dorridge Solihull B93 8JP 01564 775739
01564 774528
Trading Standards, Council House Solihull B91 3DZ 012 704 6807
Street Way House, Watling Street. Shenstone, Staffs WS14 0DL 01543 480146
Fox Glove, 13 Ibstock Close, Billing Lane Northampton NN3 5DL 01604 670182
Lichfield 01543 257458
Warwick
Birmingham 0121 356 5446
Burntwood 01543 686965
01454 773538
43 Greenhill Evesham WR114LX
54 Starbold Cres, Knowle Solihull B93 9JX 01564 773378
Eccleshall Staffs 01782 791665
Coventry 0247 650 6367
Windermere, Bourton Rd. Much Wenlock, Shrops
Bilton 01788 521622
01531 636325
01948 663742
Birmingham Wine School, Eagles Chapel Row 01295 679313
Broad Hill Farm, Defford Worcs WR8 9AE 01386 750336
Rowington Warwks 01564 783103
102 Tilehouse Green Lane, Knowle Solihull B93 8ER 01564 772981
Dudley 01384 359109
Warwick & Warwick Collectable Auctioneers,
Charlton House, Scar Bank, Millars Rd. Warwick CV34 5DB 01926 499031
Farcroft, Lucton Leominster HR6 9PG 01568 780925
Solihull 0121 604 8730
0121 554 2124
Kenilworth 01926 748327
24 Buckingham Rd. Castle Bromwich Birmingham B36 0JP 0121 770 3423
33 Rosslyn Close, Smethwick B66 3AR 0120 565 5182
Birmingham Register Office, Holliday Wharf, 0121 675 2904
Holliday Street. Birmingham B1 1TJ 0121 675 2920
Email Fee Other Topics
£60
Bamford9pl@btopenwprld.com
Expenses Music Hall
£40
dorothydove@btinternet.com
Donation
www.alixpartypuppets.co.uk £70
Donation Other talks
£50+exp
birminghambob@blueyonder.co.uk Bob's bottles
m.canning381@btinternet.com £45
£35+exp
£50 Antiques
jillsamuda@btinternet.com £60
jpen@talktalk.net £100
£40 A Fellowship with Flowers, Faberge Decorated Eggs, Abberley Cloc
gagg@gagg.f2s.com
rbbgraham@aol.com £50
£75
jhashemi@btinternet.com £75 The Destruction of Afghanistan
Islamic Religion & its Culture
bandihedley@btinternet.com
tom@worldu3a.org
davidmhowe@yahoo.co.uk £60 30 talks
£23 + travel
Knights Templar
Jewel in the Crown, Anglo Saxon Heritage
gajones@solihull.gov.uk
victorkeane@tesco.net
DFKStreetway@aol.com £50+exp 11 talks
derekandmyf@hotmail.co.uk £50
knowles49@btinternet.com £25
themaster
odyssey@dialpipex.com £55+exp Titanic,Planets,Birmingham
£40
barbaramassey@blueyonder.co.uk
suemorgan@lineone.net I was the Boatswain's mate
£40
£50+travel
£25
£60 Touring with the D'Oyley Carte
barnbooks@barnbooks.co.uk
rob_price@btinternet.com
rosemary@rosemaryprosser.wanadoo.co.uk £60 Police officer experiences. Other talks.
£50+travel
£40 Other talks about Bletchley Park
£70
info@warwickandwarwick.com
£40+travel
jmt@blossomfield.net
aptco@blueyonder.co.uk £40
simon.topman@acmewhistles.co.uk £100
£25
£50 Early Jazz
rwestcott@btinternet.com £1 per head
register_office@birmingham.gov.uk
Comments
Full of Humour
Photographs & memorabilia
Witty and funny
Recommended by many
Excellent
Former TV/Radio Journalist
Witty and amusing
rge Decorated Eggs, Abberley Clockmaker, Russian Visits
A History of UFOs
Role of the Local Government Ombudsman
An introduction to resources on the Web
Recommended by many
Does mad King Ludwig
Doorstep crime
Good at explaining origins. Answers Questions
Informative and entertaining
Town Crier
Brings wine samples
Very funny
Personal account of 17 years service
Brilliant
A country bookshop in S. Cheshire
Running a B&B.
Bletchley Park guide
Excellent reminiscences
One of our best speakers
Topic Speaker Address 1 Address 2 Address 3
Vitamins & Minerals David Barrie
A History of Tennis Sue Elkes 47 Three Oaks Rd. Wythall, Solihull B47 6HG
Healthy Eating Sylvie Jackson
A Sideways Look at Dentistry R Miller Yardley
Tel Email Fee Other Topics Comments
01684 310022
01564 824739
01630 620424 Expenses
07764 236976
01283 790187 Historic development of Dentistry
Very articulate. Retired dentist
Topic Speaker Address 1
Charles 11 - Merry Monarch Dixie Adams
A Glimpse of the Classic Maya Ray Aspden 6 Clee View
Thomas Anson of Shugborough Andrew Baker Stafford Library
and the Composer Anton Kammell
My Convict Australian Ancestors Ann Buxton
Building Medieval Cathedrals Keith Cattell 6 Grange Rd.
The Rise and Fall of the Incas Richard Costard 30 Blythe Way
Mespotamia Doug Cross 24 Marsden Close,
Ayo Gurkhali Margaret Cross
Civil Engineering Heritage Roger Cragg 8 Claverdon Rd. Mount Nod
Enigma; Cracking the Code Hugh Davies 70 high St. Repton
Social Implications of Victorian Railways Ian Dugdale
Coughton Court and the Throckmortons Anne Fox
Medieval Women Marie MacDonald Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust
The French Foreign Legion Brenda Middleton
Working Canal Boat Women Mike Miles 28 Dovecote Close
Canals, Bridges and Thomas Telford Geoff Mitchell 12 Burbage Close
The Resistance in WW11 Mrs Notburger Tilt 16 Amethyst Court, Chelmscote Rd.
A History of Nursery Rhymes Irene Page
The Story of the end of the Raj Adam Pearce
The Ancient Art of Heraldry Donald Portsmouth 12 Paddock Drive, Dorridge
The Art of the Apothecary Glo Pringle
Pompeii - The Nice and Naughty Jack Reedy
History of Chocolate Janette Rowlatt 16 Castle St.
Malvr's Memories & Marvels Ray Sturdy 129 Northwick Rd.
North to Alaska - the Klondyke Graham Sutherland 4 Eastgate Mews
Expansion of Democracy in Europe Roger Sutton
A Thousand years of Knowle Elaine Warner 17 Blackdown Rd. Knowle
James Buchan Esq. - an Apothecary Mr J. White 23A Wylde Green Rd.
Mary Queen of Scots Gillian White Woodpecker Cottage,
Hidcote Rd.
The Tower of London- 900 Years of History Joe White 8 Buckwell Rd. Sapcote
Idle women - Wartime Canal Workers Vince Williams
The "Revolution" in our Social History Roger Williams
African Colonial History David Wright 116 Dorridge Rd. Dorridge
Address 2 Address 3 Tel Email Fee
Kenilworth 01926 855143
Droitwich WR9 8BU 01905 796641 rayaspden@ukgateway.net
Stafford 01785 278585 akbakeresq@hotmail.com
0121 704 4452
Tettenhall 01902 753723 keithcattell@blueyonder.co.uk £30
Solihull B91 3EY 0120 705 4418 rcostard@aol.com £25
Solihull B92 7JR 01564 770755
Rugeley 01889 577721 margaretcross@crossimages.plus.com £40
Coventry CV5 7HP 0247 66582
Derbyshire DE65 6GF01283 704590
07876 613005
0121 704 0290
Alcester 01789 400182 £30
S-O-A 01789 204016 Donation
0121 705 3406
Solihull B91 2EP 0121 742 4949 mmiles28@googlemail.com £40
Lyonshall, Kington HR6 3NB 01544 340572 hugh@dynol.com £1 per head
Olton, Solihull B92 8BY 0121 707 2370
0121 704 1279 toirene.page@virgin.net £25
0121706 2345 adamandhel@hotmail.co.uk
Solihull B93 8BZ 01564 775032 £30
Worcester 01905 454`73 davidcadle@btinternet.com £50
Nr Warwick 01564 783129 £40-£60
Ludlow SY8 1AT 01584 879332 £70
Worcester WR3 7EG 01905 456624 ray.sturdy@talk21.com £40+exp
07831 422233
Warwick CV34 4BT 01926 495894 graham.g.sutherland@btopenworld.com £50+ travel
01564 795701
Solihull B93 9HR 01543 775887 £30
Sutton Coldfield B72 1HD 0121 240 9030 hw8691@blueyonder.co.uk £100
07956 611482 www.historyman.uk.net
Ebrington, GL55 6NA 01386 593404 gillian.m.white@btopenworld.com £35 +travel
Chipping Campden
Leics LE9 4FD daviddjo07@aol.com
Droitwich 01905 796270 £65
patandrogerilliams@walcotgreen.fsnet.co.uk
Solihull B93 8BN 01564 774041
Other Topics Comments
Many other historic subjects
Other Ancient History talks
ThomasWright Architect
of Shugborough
Australian opals & diamonds
Light Fantastic Excellent
T. E. Lawrence, Hitler
Nepal related
British canals
Bletchley Park
Propaganda, SOE
Wide Selection of Talks
Baron Ash - Restorer of Packwood
Beyond the Metropolis
Toulouse Lautrec
Stanley Spencer,Bob Dylan Personal Reminiscences
Other talks
6 - 8 other topics
Knowledgeable & Entertaining
Midlands Murderers
History of Knowle
20 characters Costumed interpretation
Bess of Hardwick Excellent
Personal reflections
Pilgrimage to K2 Base Camp WW11 National Service on Canals
UK Mountain Rescue
Topic Speaker Address 1
The Man who was Shakespeare Frieda Barker 9 Middlefield Gardens
George Eliot John Burton Barnacle
E M Forster David & Margaret Cadney
Conan Doyle Richard Goosey
What me?- Write a Book! Edna Handley
The not so Glamorous Side of Being a Writer Dianne Mannering
Who the Dickens Janet Perkins 10 Satchells Court
Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders:
Our career as a writing team aka Annie Sanders
Address 2 Address 3 Tel Email Fee
Hurst St. Halesowen B62 9QH 0121421 1482 peter.barker2009@hotmail.co.uk £30
Nr Coventry 024 766 1926 £35
0121 705 8255
0121 705 4459
0121 704 9323 email@edpete.fsnet.co.uk
01543 250251 dianne@diannemannering.co.uk £50+exp
Dunchurch Rd, RugbyCV22 6AR 01788 552167 janet.perkins@uwclub.net £40
Norm for
U3A
Stratford Upon Avon annie@wordright.co.uk speakers
Other Topics Comments
Recommended
Thomas Hardy, Vera Brittain
Bit too anecdotal
How to write to get published
– the creative process,
disciplines a writer needs, Website www.anniesanders.co.uk . I feel that the talks
how to plan your book, Annie and Meg offer would be a highly suitable and rich
submitting your manuscript addition to your list. Jill Fraser
etc.
Topic Speaker
Birmingham Assay Office Sally Baggott
Marie Corelli and the Resotration of S-O-A Robert Bearman
Played in Solihull and Birmingham Steve Beauchamp
Telford & Wrekin Then & Now Richard Bifield
Elegant Victorian Worcester Sandra Cale
The London & B'ham Railway Roger Cragg
The Importance of Restoring Whixall Moss Joan Daniels
Coventry Joe Davies
Birmingham Gun Trade David Grant
The Jewellery Quarter Ken Hughes
Simon Sutherland- Cutler of Birmingham John Jarman
The Birmingham Pen Trade Brian Jones
Behind the Scenes at the Safari Park Bob Lawrence
Titanic- the Midlands Connection Andrew Lound
Heart of England Dorothy Nicolle
Birmingham Town Hall's History & Rejuvenation Anthony Peers
Birmingham Conservation Trust Elizabeth Perkins
Half Timbered Herefordshire Penny Platts
Lady Godiva Pru Porretta
Woven in Kidderminster Melvyn Thompson
Josiah Mason -Birmingham Pen Manufacturer Jed Robertson
Brumroamin Ted Rudge
The Birmingham Quarters Russell Steel
Elgar Country George Wallace
Herefordshire Ponds & Newts Project Will Watson
Black Country Chapels Ned Williams
Little Known Warwickshire A W Winterbourn
Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Tel
Newhall St. Birmingham B3 1SB 0121 236 6961
Shakespeare's Birthplace Trust, Henley St. Stratford on Avon CV37 8EG 01789 2011816
87 Robin Hood Lane Birmingham B28 0JF 0121 744 2310
26 Main Rd. Ketley Bank Telford TF2 0DH 01952 614319
07976 1000087
6 Otley Close Worcester WR4 0BJ 01905 21286
8 Claverdon R, Mt Nod Coventry CV5 7HP 0247 66582
Whixall Moss Whitchurch 01948 880362
02476 422613
4 Alcott Close, Dorridge Solihull B93 8QJ 01564 772914
151 Gibbins Rd. Selly Oak Birmingham B92 6NH 0121 742 1061
01564 774528
The Pen Room, Unit 3, The Argent Centre 60 Frederick St. B'ham B1 3HS 0121 236 9834
Director Midlands Safari Park Bewdley 01299 402114
07831 323577
110 Sndringham Rd. Gt Barr Birmingham B42 1PQ 0121 356 5446
01939 235333
Bucknell Shrops 01926 881311
!2th Floor, Alpha Tower, Suffolk St., Queensway Birmingham B1 1TU 0121 303 2664
01987 550150
274 Radford Rd. Coventry CV6 3BU 02476 598901
Kidderminster 01562 67077
317 Quinton Rd. Harbourne Birmingham b17 0RB 0121 427 4146
118 Cropthorne Rd, Shirley Birmingham B90 3JJ 0121 744 5939
50 Francis Ave. Olton Solihull B91 1EB 0121 707 4720
12 Yoxhall Rd. Solihull B90 3SD 0121 744 1000
Herefordshire Amphibian & Reptile Team 01568 760500
01902 773376
Leamington 01926 424541
Email Fee Other Topics
£40 + exp Does visits to Assay Office
pam.bassi@hestiaservices .co.uk £30
sbeauchamp@waitrose.com £30 Other talks
richard.bifield@blueyonder.co.uk £35 Brief History of Telford
www.richardbifield.co.uk Ironbridge Gorge
The British Seaside Holiday
The Best of Shropshire
Coalbrokedale 1709 - 2009
sandycale@aol.com Elegant Georgian Walks
Elgar - his home, haunts and family
British canals
joan.daniels@naturalengland.org.uk £25 A year on Whixall Moss
History of Birmingham
Jewel in the Crown, Anglo Saxon Heritage
£30+exp No notes
£85
odyssey@dial.pipex.com £60+exp
www.nicolle.me.uk £35 Many
£75+exp
elizabeth.perkins@birmingham.org
£35 +exp
mel.thompson@sky.com £50+exp Mills & tall chimneys of Kidderminster
The Magic Carpet
£25
nedwilliams@toucansurf.com
£30 Monuments & Memorials
Comments
Excellent
Unmissable
Heart of England Blue Badge guide
Books 1 year ahead
Two parts
Topic Speaker Address 1
Strike up the Band Colin Bowden
Tudor Musical Instruments Terry Carter Eccleshall
Enrico Caruso Philip Chase 8 Queens Ave, Shirley
Sounds from the Orchestra Maggie Coton 57 Elmfield Crescent
Elgar his Music & Location Tony Cross 24 Marsden Close
John Newton & his Amazing Grace Prof David Crout 2 Chancellor's Close
Songs my Mother Taught Me Mike Hawkins 84 Bath Rd.
Crescendo- the Story of the CBSO Beresford King Smith Cantibile, 8 South Parade
Confessions of a Morris Man Mike & Pat Ledbury
Medieval & Tudor Music Sue Pope
Jazz - Excitement, Beauty, Passion, Surprise Fred Stone 1 St James Close, Littleworth
History of Whistles Simon Topman
So you think you don't Like Jazz RBJ Witham 8 Sedgemore Grove
The Singing Speaker Jeff Woods
Tuneful Tubes David Wornham
Address 2 Address 3 Tel Email Fee
Malvern 01684 562743 colinandjeanbowden@tiscali.co.uk £50+travel
Staffordshire 01785 245253 tcarter@tcarter.force9.co.uk £60
Solihull B90 2NS 0121 744 4617 philochase@blueyonder.co.uk Donation
Birmingham B13 9PL 0121 449 3196 £45+travel
Solihull B92 7JR 0121 706 9965 £30
Coventry CV4 7ED 0247 641 6549 davidsnr@btinternet.com £40
Worcester WR5 3EW 01905 769159 ezhawkins@live.com
Sutton Coldfield B72 7QY
01386 793048 £35+travel
07875 377243 www.merrienoyse.com £60
Worcester WR5 2QF 01905 820733 fred@jazz.mizen.co.uk
0121 554 2124 simon.topman@acmewhistles.co.uk £100
Balsall CommonCV37 7GP 01676 533569 £10
01443 43855 woodsjeff@aol.com £40+travel
Droitwich 01905 775840 david@flex.base.org.uk £40+travel
Other Topics Comments
Early Dances Re-enactment in costume
Robett Schumann, Verdi. John McCormack
Do Butterflies Sing?
Elgar country
The Magic of Audio Visual
The Four Seasons
Christmas is Coming
Traditional tunes
Robbie Burns - The Fringe
A Victorian Family's Musical Christmas
One of our best speakers
Doris Day Well presented
Comic Characters from Opera Stage and Screen Ex opera singer. Excellent
From conch shell to electronics
Topic Speaker Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Tel
The Sky at Night Alex Gibbon 01600 780452
History of Geology Adam Pearce 0121706 2345
Modern Medical Ethics Dr Donald Portsmouth 7 Winthorpe Drive Solihull B91 3UW 01564 775032
Forensic Archaelogy Barrie Simpson 07976 224488
Email Fee Other Topics Comments
2 parts
adamandhel@hotmail.co.uk Stanley Spencer,Bob Dylan
£30
£30
Topic Speaker Address 1
Energy Efficiency in the Home Pam Bassi Energy Advice Centre, Warstone Lane
Men & Women Blinded in the Services Terry Billingham
Recycling Alan Brown Solihull Council
Followed my Heart to Kenya Philippa Charlesworth Pine Lodge, Redland Drive
Global Warming Ken Ingamells Westbrook, Upper Oddington
Sustainability - Approaches to Different World C Jackson-Houlston 107 Wakeley Hill, Penn
Beneath the Dark Canopy Michael Leach Linden Cottage, Hayles Cross
Energy Beyond Oil Paul Mobbs Teme Valley Environmental Group
Feeding the World Prof Richard Napier
Visiting the Poorest Country in the World Laurie Read Pershore
Ifakara Bakery Project M & E Schellenberg Kings Norton
The Science of Armageddon Jonathan Tate The Spaceguard Centre, Llanshay Lane
Address 2 Address 3 Tel Email Fee
Birmingham B18 6NG 0121 236 6630 pam.bassi@hestiaservices.co.uk None
0121 429 2428
0121 704 8000 albrown@solihull.go.uk
Colwell, Worcs WR13 6ES 07967 711609 Travel
Moreton in Marsh GL56 0XL 01451 832114 kingamells@btinternet.com Expenses
Wolverhampton WV4 5RA 01902 337172 choulston@btinternet.com £35
Kingsley, Staffs ST10 2ER 01538 755945 mike.leach@lineone.net £130+exp
01544 267437 £50
01926 642112 richard.napier@warwick.ac.uk
01386 553891 £50 donation
0121 458 5488 £50
Knighton, Powys LD7 1LW 01547 520247 mail@spaceguarduk.com £25+exp
Other Topics Comments
Useful
Very positive, not heavy
Other talks Good and unbiased
Effects of climate change
12 other talks About the Rainforest
Stimulating about GM food
About Sierra Leane
Entertaining. Worthwhile cause.
,
Topic Speaker
A Journey through Indo China Janice Anderson
Monarch's Way Trevor Antill
Offa's Dyke Dr. Bob Bibby
Concorde Experience Roger Bricknell
Travel Stories Alistair Caldicott
Many fascinating travel talks Nicholas Clark
Narrowdog to Indian River Monica Darlington
The Grand Canyon Ken Ingamells
Many Talks Jacqui King
Climbing Everest Bronco Lane
The Pathless Trail from Fort William to
Cape Wrath Keith & John Linney
Travel talks Mrs Mason
A Trip Along the Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway David Mead
Galapagos Islands Gordon Morris
Around the World in 42 Days Lindsay MacDonald
Discovering the Western Isles Nick Martin
Bulgaria John Osbourne
The Hawaiian Islands Gareth Phillips
Car & Caravan to India Ed Shore
Why didn't you Fly? Chris Smith
Travels in Tibet Ray Sturdy
On Wings to the Falklands Jean Summers
Journey's in Syria, Mongolia, Turkistan Gill Suttle
Another Man's Shoes Ellie Target
A Journey on the Stourport to
Kidderminster 1898 - 1929 Melvyn Thompson
China Janice Thorpe
Cook's Tours - the Achievement of
Thomas Cook Danny Wells
Greenland John Williams
Personal Pilgrimage to K2 Vince Williams
Islands (Individual talks):- On wings to the
Falklands, Ramsey Island - a volunteer's
view (RSPB), Isle of Islay, Isle of Eigg,
Skokholm Island, Isles of Scilly Ms Jean Summers
Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Tel
78 Rodborough Rd, Dorridge Solihull B93 8EF 01564 770119
15 Alison Rd. Lapal, Halesowen B62 0AT 0121 602 2458
2 Southwell Riverside Bridgnorth WV16 4AS 01746 768956
Midhurst W. Sussex 01730 817852
Cross House, Beckford Tewkesbury GL20 7AA 01386 881318
Stone Staffs 01785 814120
Westbrook, Upper Oddington Moreton in Marsh GL56 0XL 01451 832114
4 Bethell Court, New Street Ledbury HR8 2HE 01631 633155
Stafford
01981 250903
Malvern 01684 5625710
The Flat, Bentley Heath Cottages Knowle B93 9EL 01564 779979
Tilehouse Green Road
0`564 230154
07810 863177
01672 514634
11 Washington Court, Finchfield Rd West Woverhampton WV3 8BA 01902 764500
23 Chapel St. Hagley DY9 0NL 01562 720405
01299 400881
129 Northwick Rd. Worcester WR3 7EG 01905 456624
07831 422233
10 Balaam's Wood Drive, Northland Birmingham B32 5HF 0121 453 2193
Little Mascot, The Doward Ross on Wye HR9 6DZ 01600 890730
Farcroft, Lucton Leominster HR6 9PG 01568 780925
Kidderminster 01562 67077
01675 442836
Ashbourne Derbyshire 01335 350536
6 Beaconsfield Close, Dorridge Solihull B92 8QZ 01564 774313
Droitwich 01905 796270
10 Balaam's Wood Drive, Northfield, B'ham B31 5HF 0121 453 2193
Email Fee Other Topics
janice.anderson@blueyonder.co.uk None Laos,Cambodia & Vietnam
£30 Cambodia
£30
£35+travel
alistaircaldicott@hotmail £25/£35 Neg Travels, writes books, gives talks
£70
monica@narrowdog.com £30+travel
kingamells@btinternet.com
jacquiking12@aol.com £60+exp
£30
keith@keithburton4.wanadoo.co.uk Donation Other long walks
£38
davidmead774@btinternet.com £30
gordon@talktalk.net £35+exp Other talks
LRMACDONALD@blueyonder.co.uk
nick@martinimages.co.uk £50
£40+exp
gareth@talktalk.net
eashores23@yahoo.co.uk £50 San Francisco to New York,
Russia, Mongolia & Tibet
£40
ray.sturdy@talk21.com £45 Peru, Saudi Arabia, China
jean.summers@fsmail.net £30 Other talks
www.gillsuttle.co.uk
£40+travel
Mills & tall chimneys of
mel.thompson@sky.com £50+exp Kidderminster
£25 janthorpe@supanet.com
danny.wells@history_talks.co.uk £60 Lord Curzon of Keddlestone
Other talks
Personal reflections, anecdotal
£40+travel Mountain Rescue
jean.summesr@fsmail.net Kenya
Comments
One of our best speakers
"The Destination Diva"
Ex SAS. Inspiring man.
Good Photographer
Cruise around the World
Classics teacher turned tourist guide
Good photography
Bewdley to Beijing by bike
Presenter & photographer
Father's escape from Nazis in Norway
the opening up of popular travel