- Regions:
- North West, Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Emergency (maybe less than one week's notice)
- Type:
- Experienced raconteur, storyteller. Stately Homes, Hotels, Probus, W.I. etc..
- Online Talks:
- No, in-person only
- Biography:
I am experienced in providing various talks that are being extremely well received.
I am able to provide PA set and projector.
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Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
45 minutes
*Fascinating tales of my time as a daring stuntman in a Flying Circus including 'stand-on-wing' with a 6-shooter revolver.
*Near misses including a close mid-air collision.
*The first person to achieve a loop-the-loop on the top wing of a Tiger Moth
*A near calamity being filmed live on TV at a display in Germany
*Awarded a prestigious trophy for aerobatic performance
*Dodging petrol bombs and low flying aeroplanes as a red nosed clown
*The Tiger Moth crash into the River Trent
......... and more.... accompanied by music and photographs
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A Christmas Carol
*A 90 minute recitation (plus interval), of Charles Dickens famous festive story.
*Scrooge, the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future,
*Marley, and of course Tiny Tim.
"Listening to this recitation gets our Christmas off to a great start"
I have performed this talk at Stately Homes, hotels and other venues for the last 9 years, it has always 'sold out' An excellent opportunity for organisations to raise funds by selling tickets for this talk
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Three Men in a Boat
*A 90 minute recitation, plus interval, of Jerome K Jerome's delightful story of three 'chaps' on a boating trip up the Thames.
*First published in 1889 full of benign humour and English eccentricty.
*Hear how a tin of pineapples causes insurmountable problems.
"I was delighted to hear this story again with all the anecdotes"
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Are you sitting comfortably? A mixture of anecdotes and stories
45/90 mins ++
*Fascinating tales including childhood in The Lake District;
*Extracts from the Flying Circus; Jerome K Jerome; Charles Dickens;
*My experience with famous gangsters and show-biz personalities;
*Murder at the Cottage;
*Shop-lifters and dancers; ghosts;
*‘The Lion and Albert’; ‘The Return of Albert’;
*Being a Magistrate;
*And lots more.
“Hugely entertaining” “A delight”
Please contact me with your enquiries or queries, I will be pleased to hear from you