A Pocketful Of Tickets

Region:

Yorkshire & Humber

Notice Period:

Short (maybe less than one month's notice)

Type:

retirement occupation

Fee:

Paid: Thirty five pounds plus expenses

Category:

Travel

Updated:

15^th April 2022

Tagged:

Speaker: Marjorie

My solo 5 week journey around Britain by public transport Possibly the first person to have recorded this trip. QV: speaker's book: 'A Pocketful of Tickets'

Marjorie Kirke: - Personal Assistant to a stockbroker, Vineyard owner, Royal Observer Corps Instructor, Illustrator, New Accounts Manager, Special Constable, Holistic Therapist, Traveller and Author.

Michael Kirke:- Farm hand, school master, terrier chef, traveller, heritage tourism consultant & writer/publisher, (clients incl: Bass, BFSS, Birmingham, City of London, Leeds, Letchworth Garden City, stately homes et al, Sealink Ferries, Tallyllyn Railway, open farms , independent schools &c). Assoc BIAC. Traveller. lifelong volunteer (Scouts, National Trust, Outward Bound Trust, charities for those with disabilities) Vol ICV with West Yorks Police.
Writer: contributor to: 'Music Making in West Riding of Yorkshire' , Author: 'The Small Herd & Milk Products', 'Around Britain with Royalty & Rebels.. often related' & a score of field studies booklets for children of different age/ability groups published by Beagle Ed'n Services.

NB travel limit approx 20 miles, each way, from Redcar (N Yorks) into Cleveland & Teesside

Other Talks on SpeakerNet by KIRKE Marjorie and Michael Kirke, two separate speakers

• an eccentric little tourism business,
• C19th History at sea, at war, at home & pioneering in NZ & Fiji
• travel in the south pacific
• Royalty and....
• When students worked to survive
• The Beasts that lurk in your rivers
• The Life and Times of Fanny Bell
• The Secret Language of Fans and Flowers
• The History of the Royal Observer Corps
• Hidden Histories of Cleveland Villages