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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.

Speaker Index

Name	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	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
Alan Lewis	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.

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
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.
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
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

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.
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)
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)
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.	The Best of Shropshire's Heritage and Landscape.	Telford and Wrekin: Then and Now.	1709-2009: Celebrating the Birth of the Industrial Revolution in Coalbrookdale..	A visitor's Guide to Telford and Wrekin..	A Brief History of Telford. (2000 years in less than 6o minutes)
Peter Shilston.	Email address pshil@tiscali.co.uk	The History of Playing Cards	American Gangster 1919-1941	The History of Russia	Egypt.	Admiral Lord Anson and Shugborough.	Staffordshire MP's in the 18th Century.