Steve Welsh - "Life as a Roman Legionary" Read more

The guest speaker was Steve Welsh, with ‘Life as a Roman Legionary’. Steve had visited Hadrian’s Wall as a youngster many times and has walked the whole distance of it, wearing the full armour and clothing that legionaries would have worn. He began his presentation wearing what looked like an oversized t-shirt and shorts, quite bravely given the time Read more

Tim Forman - Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing Read more

The guest speaker was Tim Forman who presented ‘Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing’. Tim qualified as a teacher in 1982 but subsequently began his sales career with Endsleigh Insurance. He gave his first talk about today’s subject in 1992 and passed on a tip to any budding public speaker, perhaps mainly men. This was ABC Read more

Bob Hayter - The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person Read more

The guest speaker was one of our members, Bob Hayter, who presented ‘The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person’. Before the Industrial Revolution, clothing was primarily made from natural, animal, and plant fibres like wool, linen, and silk. People used hand-powered methods like spinning wheels and looms to create textiles, often through a domestic system where Read more

Chris Freeman - Jungle Look - The Birds and the Bees and The Kapok Tree Read more

The October guest speaker was Chris Freeman with: “Jungle Look – The Birds and the Bees and the Kapok Tree’. Chris has been a speaker for over forty years and regularly visits groups and other audiences on behalf of the charity ‘Water Aid’. On one of his recent talks to a number of schools online, Read more