July 2013 - Ken Pye spoke about Liverpool local history August 2013 – Herbalist John Taylor: Herbs, Nettles and Nerves September 2013 - Tony Butler: Classical Singers with Popular Songs October 2013 – Richard Baker (Richie the Ranger) Adventure of a Victorian Millionaire. Talk linked with the Palm House in Sefton Park. November 2013 – Gill Russell: Stranger in a Strange Land. This was a talk with photos etc relating to the time Gill and her family were living in Japan. NOT a holiday blog! December 2013 – Music and Carols from The Red Rose Band. 2014January 2014 – Roger Blaxell led 50 quirky quiz questions relating to 2013. A unique prize given to the winning team!!! February 2014 - Jenny Carley- North West Trustee U3A April 2014 – Neil Smith: Have guitar- Will travel. Highly entertaining talk of exploits when playing for many famous celebrities across the world. May 2014 – The highly acclaimed local historian Ken Pye making a welcome return: Scousers and Scouse: the people, the dialect and the dish June 2014 – Martin Jones: Wills of the Rich and Famous July 2014 - Ged Corcoran Former Consultant in Palliative Care: Care at Life's End- Medical and Ethical Issues in the Care of the Dying Person August 2014 – Gordon Bartley: Welsh Rare Bits: pictorial delights of North Wales, Portmerion and Anglesey October 2014 - Neil Smith: Behind The Iron Curtain November 2014 - Our own member Mike Formby speaking of his experiences when he competed in BBC TV's Mastermind. 2015January 2015 - Bruce Hubbard: 1915 The Forgotten Year February 2015 - Jane Higgins - Age Concern March 2015 - Bill Kermode: Diary of a Norris Green Drug Dealer April 2015 - Gordon Medilott: The Last Lighthouse Keeper 2017January 2017 - Michael Murphy - British Humour February 2017 - Dianne Cox - Sefton Park & its Magical Palm House March 2017- Les Dundon - The Effect of 18th Century Technology on Sefton April 2017- Mike Chitty - Wavertree Garden Suburb June 2017- Roger Hull - History of Rainhill Asylum July 2017- Diana Goodier - Vikings in Merseyside August 2017- George Sephton - The Voice of Anfield September 2017- Pat Ascroft - Wild Argyll October 2017- Elaine Allen - Ghosts and Ghouls November 2017- Mike Kelly - Kitty Wilkinson 2018January 2018 - Chris Tynan - Sefton Coastline February 2018 - Michael Murphy - British Humour March 2018 - David Oliver - Guide Dogs for the Blind April 2018 - David Hearn - Unsung Heroes of WWI May 2018 - AGM June 2018 - John Stoddern - Liverpool Anglican Cathedral July 2018 - Clare Moorhead - The Williamson Tunnels August 2018 - Dianne Cox - Dickens in Liverpool September 2018 - Philip Caine - Barrow to Baghdad and Back October 2018 - John Quirk - The Shrimp Line pt 1 November 2018 - Mike Kelly - Kitty Wilkinson 2019January 2019 - Peter Purlan - The Panama Canal February 2019 - John Quirk - The Shrimp Line pt 1 March 2019- Roisin Stoddern - The Metropolitan Cathedral April 2019 - Jim Flynn - The Life of Frankie Vaughan May 2019 - AGM June 2019 - Pat Ascroft - Trekking in Croatia July 2019- Derek Arnold - The True Story of the Marie Celeste August 2019 - Ray O’Brien - Story of the Sit-Com September 2019- David Hearn - Liverpool & the Slave Trade October 2019 - Andy Johnson -The Giants November 2019- Gordon Bartley - Fish & Chips, Little Ships etc |
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