A list of potential speakers and topics for Staffordshire Heritage Group member
societies was launched at the 2nd Staffordshire History Fair on 23rd September
2006. The list is available to members as a printed copy on payment of a small
charge to cover printing and postage costs, currently £2, or free as an
electronic version.
Below you will see a index of speakers. This list gives details of contributors
and the date of their last entry. All speakers will be responsible for updating
their page as necessary.
If you are a pontential speaker or know of a speaker that is interested in
giving a talk then please
click here to download a form which can be emailed to us or sent to us at
the email address or postage address provided on the contact us page.
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Contact Details |
Subects of Talks |
Chris Copp
Helen Johnson
Gemma Oakley |
Email address: Chris Copp chris.copp@staffordshire.gov.uk
Email address: Helen Johnson helen.johnson@staffordshire.gov.uk
Email address: Gemma Oakley gemma.oakley@staffordshire.gov.uk
Contact Number: 01889 881388
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The History of Shugborough - Bronze Age to the Present Daybr
The Walled Garden at Shugborough
The County Art Collection |
The County Museum Collection
Photography of every kind - Alfred and Gerald McCann of Uttoxeter
Staffordshire Past Track - history and heritage on the internet
The Shire Hall, Stafford - Courts, crime and punishment |
Lasting Impressions - Stafford's Boot and Shoe industry
Rural Crafts and Trades
Samplers from the County Museum Collection |
Three Centuries of Costume
A Victorian Christmas
Three Centuries of Shoes<
The Victorian Housekeeper |
Photographs from the County Museum Collection
Three Centuries of Hats |
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Alan Lewis
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Contact Number: 01785.823982 |
“Charles II and the Legacy of the Royal Oak” – it’s not just about a pub |
“What’s in a Word” – the origin of some everyday words and phrases |
“Sapper Norman” – one story amongst many from WWII |
“HMS Royal Oak” – 275 years of history |
"Staffordshire" the creative county and it's people. |
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Anne Andrews |
2, The Hanyards. Tixall, Stafford, ST18 0XY
Contact Number: 01785 246101 |
Recording a Churchyard
Stafford Area Brickworks & Quarries
Tixall’s History
Tixall Stone Quarries |
World War 1 (1914 -1915) in Ingestre & Tixall & the death of Viscount Ingestre
Tixall’s Churches & Chapels
Tixall’s Halls
Tixall Village & School |
Tixall’s Farms
The Chetwynd Talbot’s of Ingestre
Edward VII at Ingestre
The Great Wall of China & other tourist sites |
Extracts from the diaries of William Mynors, Private Secretary to the 20th Earl of
Shrewsbury
The commercial interests of the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury |
Ingestre landscapes including Ingestre Pavilion
Sandon Limekiln
Some interesting & strange events in the history of Tixall |
Some interesting & strange events in the history of Ingestre
Ingestre Church and its monuments
Tixall Icehouse |
Researching the history of your house using examples from Ingestre & Tixall
Landmark Trust properties in the West Midlands
More Landmark Trust properties
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Margaret George |
Waters Edge’ 3, Bridgewater Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire. WS15 1EG
Email address: Margaret George margaret-george@o2.co.uk
Contact Number: 01889 584600 |
The History of Chartley Castle and its related earthworks, including the important manorial village of Stowe.
The history of herbs from ancient times to modern day. Describing some of the culinary, medicinal, religious and magical uses of the past and unusual remedies |
Some illustrated historic views of Staffordshire including hidden gems and their individual histories.
The Butcher, the Baker and the Adulterator. Mealtimes of our ancestors. The difference between rich and poor diets and how food was often adulterated, sometimes with poisons, before sale. |
The County of Staffordshire, road, canal and rail development and some of the county’s history through an illustrated selection of historic buildings and sites.
Tracing your ancestors. A general introduction to the subject. |
Some magic, myths, mysteries and legends of Staffordshire.
Abbots Bromley showing clues in the street layout and landscape to its medieval origins with added general history. |
Essential oils and their uses. How to use this rapidly growing popular treatment for many day-to-day ailments. Aromatherapy demonstration if required. |
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Peter Brown |
34 Waterside Drive, Market Drayton TF9 1HU
Email address: Peter Brownp@peter-quita.demon.co.uk
Contact Number: 01630 652567 |
The Shropshire Union Canal |
Thomas Telford |
Sir William Cubitt |
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Danny Wells |
Thorpe View’, Mappleton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. DE6 2AB
Email address: Danny Wells danny,wells@history-talks.co.uk
Contact Number: 01335-350536 |
Over 20 talks available. They are of a social and cultural historical nature, |
some relating specifically to Staffordshire and Derbyshire. |
There is often a focus on Victorian England. Talks leaflets on request or see website |
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Dianne Mannering |
1 Pourbaix House Birmingham Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6PP
Email address: Dianne Mannering dianne@diannemannering.co.uk
Contact Number: 01543 250251 Mobile 07989 102 584 |
History talks; John Dudley and the Nine Day’s Queen; Henry Stafford and the Princes in the Tower; Thomas Plantaganet of Tutbury Castle; Born to Rule; |
General interest light hearted; The Not So Glamorous Side of Being a Writer; A 1960’s Business Woman in a Man’s World; The Reinvention of St Mary’s |
Please refer to my website for details of my talks www.diannemannering.co.uk You will also find details of many other speakers on my site which is completely free for you to use. |
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Museum of Cannock Chase |
Museum of Cannock Chase, Valley Road, Hednesford, Staffs. WS12 1TD
Email address: julieshires@cannockchasedc.gov.uk
Contact Number:01543 877666 |
Behind the Scenes’ (about the work of the museum on a day-to-day basis) |
‘Make Do’ (about the WW2 Homefront) |
‘Houses from History’ (domestic life through the ages) |
‘From Coal Face to Fire Place’ (the story of coal mining in our area) |
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Nicholas Corder |
Email address: nc@nicholas-corder.co.uk
web site Website: www.nicholas-corder.co.uk
Contact Number:01785 824064 |
Some Staffordshire Murders (based on my book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Staffordshire and the Potteries) |
The Bayeux Tapestry.
A Writer’s Life for me - the pleasures and pitfalls of attempting to make a living by writing |
Downshifting - Why having more makes you poorer (based on my Book Escape from the Rat Race) |
Two Men in a Barrel (A Whisky-tasting tour of Scotland in the style of Jerome K Jerome) |
The Ukulele - from Madeira to Morecambe - A history with songs.
Turned out nice again - the George Formby Story - with songs |
Writing a historical novel - where fact and fiction come together (based on my book The Bone Mill, set in Georgian Stoke-on-Trent) |
Life Story Writing Workshop (Based on my book Writing Your Own Life Story) |
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Richard Bifield PPTMI.FTS.(rtd) DipTP, MRTPI (rtd) |
26 Main Road, Ketley Bank, Telford. TF2 0DH.
Email address richard.bifield@blueyonder.co.uk
Contact number:- 01952 614319 Mobile 07976 1000087 |
The Life and Works of Thomas Telford.
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The Best of Shropshire's Heritage and Landscape.
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Telford and Wrekin: Then and Now.
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1709-2009: Celebrating the Birth of the Industrial Revolution in Coalbrookdale..
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A visitor's Guide to Telford and Wrekin..
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A Brief History of Telford. (2000 years in less than 6o minutes) |
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Peter Shilston. |
Email address pshil@tiscali.co.uk |
The History of Playing Cards
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American Gangster 1919-1941
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The History of Russia
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Egypt.
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Admiral Lord Anson and Shugborough.
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Staffordshire MP's in the 18th Century. |
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