I am a retired police officer, I am a "hobby speaker" I travel throughout Tyneside, Northumberland and Durham. I have my own equipment (laptop, data projector and screen) I hold a current DBS certificate. I enjoy researching new subjects. I can usually be available at short notice. I offer talks on; Local Murders, LS Lowry in the North East, The Cullercoats Artist's Colony, The Women's Land Army, Women at War, Notable North East Women, Growing up in the 1940s/50s, Stan Laurel on Tyneside, Jack and Bobby Charlton, Herring Lasses and Fish Wives, Heroes and Villains (Local VCs and men shot at dawn) The Catholic VCs of Stonyhurst College, North East Civilian Wartime Tragedies, The History of Saucy Seaside Postcards, Coldstream Guards VCs.