ART & LITERATURE Animals in Pastel demonstration and talk (practical workshops also available) Ian Risely 62 Welford Road, Wigston, Leics. LE18 3SL 0116 2888272 40+ 5 travel Available most afternoons & evenings (20 mile radius of Wigston) Wet on Wet Oil Painting Demonstration * Landscape- Seascape -Floral Jayne Good 40 Leicester Road, Broughton Astley, Leicester LE9 6QE 01455 282981 40 + 5 travel Available anytime 07968 495177 Poetry Readings - A variety from many aspects of life including some funny anecdotes Dot Hollingworth 92 Nottingham Rd, Gotham, Notts. NG11 0HG 0115 9141408 35 + 45p mileage 07890 007116 Available (within a 20 radius of Gotham only) daytime dot.hollingworth@hotmail.co.uk and possibly some evenings. COUNTRYSIDE & NATURE Helping People in the Rural Community Ian Bell 9 Barford Exchange, Wellesbourne Road, Barford, Warwick CV35 8AQ Addington Fund No charge Available morning afternoon & evening 01926 620135 Professional advisers and farmers enquiries@addingtonfund.org.uk Helping Hedgehogs Colleen Powell 228 Scraptoft Lane, Leicester LE5 1HX 0116 2207844 50 including travel Available between 1 Oct 31 March CRAFTS & HOBBIES The History of Knotting * The Art of Oriental Knotting Wendy Smith 3 Deerleap, Bretton, Peterborough PE3 9YA 01733 268951 45 + 40p per mile (neg) Distance 60 mile max www.wendyelizabeth.co.uk Available anytime and short notice. Both talks fun & interactive. Life in the Smallest County * A Camera in the Garden * A Seasonal Camera * What a Wonderful World * Memories are Made of This * More Travels with a Camera All talks illustrated with slides set to music. Other titles available Richard Adams 35 Trent Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HE 01572 756706 35 + 30p mileage Available anytime Patchwork for Pleasure * Make a Patchwork Christmas Tree ( 1 per tree materials) Carolyn Boulter 2 Greenhill Drive, Barwell, Leicester LE9 8BW 01455 843618 40 (+ travel at cost if over 10 miles) carolynboulter@ymail.com Available most times and at short notice Giftwrapping * Traditional Christmas Garlands * Decorating the Home for Christmas * An Introduction to Scrapbooking * Decorating the Christmas Table Tina Bax 8 Devon Close, Moira, Swadlincote, Derbys. DE12 6HT 01530 415858 35 inclusive up to 20 mile radius of Swadlincote 07970 261366 tinalbax@yahoo.co.uk
Creating a Woman s Collective in Uganda to Produce Recycled Paper Jewellery A lively and informative talk about the positives and challenges Creating Beautiful Jewellery from Rolled Recycled Paper Hands-on making session suitable for all abilities Alison Rockett 14 Smyth Close, Market Harborough, Leics. LE16 7NS 01858 468115 No fee for talk. 30p mileage. 10% donation of sales to WI. acholibeadcraft@yahoo.co.uk Hands on session charges vary depending on number in attendance (approx. 20 start from scratch or approx. 35 if paper prepared in advance). Indian Cookery Demonstration and Talk Veronica Hewins 28 Petridge Grove, Werrington, Peterborough PE4 5BA 07805 667804 65 incl. snacks + 20 travel for 15-20 people dahewins@yahoo.co.uk 75 incl. snacks + 20 travel for groups of 20-60 people Indian Cookery Demonstrations/Talks Indian Cookery Workshops Indian Theme Evenings Bhanu Mistry 42 Celandine Road, East Hamilton, Leicester LE5 1SW 07816 246103 Fund Raising Events to suit you bhanu.mistry@btinternet.com Fee dependent on what required 50p per mile Available morning, afternoon & evening, including weekends HEALTH & WELL BEING Crystal Healing * Stress and Aromatherapy * The Benefits of Aloe Vera Pamela Lenthall 2 Chadderton Close, West Knighton, Leicester LE2 6GZ 0116 2108730 20 + travel Available morning, afternoon and evening depending on the date Tai Chi Laraine Tucker 117 Leicester Road, Glen Parva, Leicester LE2 9HN 0116 2911720 40 per hour + 30p mileage Available anytime Monday - Friday 07779 434742 Relationship Counsellor & Psychosexual Therapist, Ex-Military Intelligence Officer Lewis Webb 71 The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, Leics. LE16 7HG 07951 120678 No fee. 45p mileage lewis.webb@talktalk.net Available evenings and some day-times Muscles, Movement and Self Help Tips Clair Andrews 17 Poplar Avenue, Birstall, Leicester LE4 3DW 07762 436697 30 + 25p mileage over 15 miles from Birstall c.andrews@working-in-harmony.co.uk for 30-40mins+ questions. www.working-in-harmony.co.uk Daring Greatly * The Dream Within * Increase that Confidence * Words are Powerful Joy Marsden 1 Lower Gladstone Street, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 1PJ 07799 012456 Fee 100 + 10-30 travel joy@jmtraining.co.uk www.jmtraining.co.uk Clinical Therapist and Mind Coach - informal & informative talk on how the mind works, how you can use mind therapies to change your life and short relaxation taster session. Louise Page 23 Main Street, Stathern, Melton Mowbray, Leics. LE14 4HW 07960 839122 30 No travel expenses valehypnotherapy@yahoo.co.uk Available morning, afternoon and evening (Monday- Saturday) www.vale-hypnotherapy.com
HISTORY & LOCAL INTEREST An Entertaining History of Nursery Rhymes, Riddles & Proverbs * The Life of Women in Victorian Times * Life in Tudor Leicester * A History of the Seaside Holiday * An Entertaining History of Toys and Games * The Story of the Music Hall * The Swinging Sixties * Life in Jane Austen s Times * The Edwardian Era including Leicester at the time * Life on the Home Front including the work of the WI Felicity Austin 1050 Melton Road, Syston, Leicester LE7 2NN 0116 2692543 45 + 40p per mile outside 5 mile radius of Syston Talks restricted to 15 mile radius of Syston Apr-Oct and 8 mile radius Nov-March evenings Available any day or evening The Story of Brooksby (Deserted village, famous families and 21 st century college) * Brooksby Tours on Summer Evenings - 3 per head Malcolm Britton 34 Hall Orchard Lane, Frisby on the Wreake, Leics. LE14 2NH 01664 434490 35 incl. travel Available anytime mr.britton@virgin.net Law & Order Series: Development of the Police * Brandy for the Parson * Yo Ho Ho * Warwickshire Crimes and Criminals * The Gunpowder Plot 1605 * Felons, Phantoms and Fiends * Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Rebellion * Midlands Murders * Stand & Deliver * Brief History of the Warks. Constabulary Fakes, Forgers and Frauds The Man in Black Series: A Haunting We Will Go * Wicked Women * Curious Clerics Dastardly Doctors * English Eccentrics * Feisty Females The Warwick Series: Warwick 1900-2010 * The Darker Side of Warwick Part 1 * The Darker Side of Warwick Part 11 Memories of Yesteryear: The Golden Age of Coaching * Man at Play * Inn Signs * Drainpipe Trousers to Rock n Roll * Yet More Inn Signs * A Taste of Ale Part 1 * A Taste of Ale Part 11 * Grave Tales and Memorials Curiosities * Cross Your Fingers * Women at Work * North to Alaska Miscellaneous: Have Bell, Will Travel * A Mixture of Mysteries * Eleanor s Way Graham Sutherland 123 Spring Pool, Warwick CV34 4UP 01926 495894 55 + 5 travel expenses Available any time 07801 962981 All talks illustrated or presented with slides graham.g.sutherland@btopenworld.com www.talksandwalks.co.uk Bess of Hardwick Hall an extraordinary lady * Queen Eleanor & King Edward I * Wonderful, Wily, Wicked Wallis Simpson Julie Ede 1 Swan Place, Barrow on Soar, Leics. LE12 8BT 07814 790463 60 inclusive Available anytime and at short notice A Librarian s Tale Janet Gilchrist 1 Kapelle Close, Melton Mowbray, Leics. LE13 1UX 01664 560961 20 + 5 travel expenses janetmgil@yahoo.co.uk The Venice Simplon Orient-Express, reputation and restoration * Bling in Gilded Age of 1880 s to 1920 s! * Marooned on the Skeleton Coast, Namibia * Top Gear on the Great Central Railway, Leicestershire * Scams, Dirty Tricks and Swindles! Bill Devitt 2 Briton Lodge Close, Moira, Swadlincote, Derby DE12 6DD 01283 819410 50 + travel by negotiation 07952 173724 bill.devitt@sky.com
Costumed Talk Titles Between stairs - The life of a Ladies Maid * Top to Toe - The price of Vanity * True Tales of a Tour Guide * 'A Design for Life' The Laura Ashley Story * Christmas - True Victorian Style * The Time Travelling Tourist Jo Carter National Trust, Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby, DE73 7LE C&E Team 35.00 plus 45p per mile (from Loughborough) 07867 893110 Available: Mornings, Afternoons, Evenings timetravellersuk@msn.com Over 40 Shows available covering all aspects of British History. Using comedy, props and interesting facts to make History come Alive! A fun, informative and entertaining time is guaranteed. Please check my website for a list of shows available. Mike Kennedy 120 Black-a-Tree Road, Nuneaton, Warks. CV10 8AG 07883 883852 55 including travel mike@mikeandrewkennedy.com www.mikeandrewkennedy.com Hey Diddle Diddle - The History & Meaning of Nursery Rhymes * Mad as a Hatter Origins & Meanings of Sayings * Black Cats, New Moons & Ladders the Origins of Superstitions * A Nice Cup Of Tea Potted History of Tea & Afternoon tea * Malaysia and My Chinese Family - from a Western Wife's Perspective Sandy Leong 54 William St, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3BZ 07914 082109 Fee 45-65 negotiable No mileage charge sandyleong1@hotmail.com Available morning, afternoon and evening. MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS An Evening of Laughter readings, poetry and song Family Fortunes an amusing presentation of the TV programme Pointless a group friendly version of the TV game Elisabeth Robinson College Farm, Main Street, Drayton, Leics. LE16 8SD 01858 565102 25 + 40p mileage 07710 603803 Able to attend at short notice timellouhan@aol.com The Life and Works of George Formby * From Music Hall to Variety a musical journey * From Variety to Rock & Roll another musical journey * The Birth of British Rock & Roll (1955-62) Kevin Barfield 9 Oakdale Road, Earl Shilton, Leicester LE9 7HX 01455 844888 35 + 20p mileage Available anytime kevinb1945@gmail.com The Jerusalem Jammers -Demonstration of Garland Dances (including introduction to background of dances) Sue Crockett 34 Falconers Green, Burbage, Leics. LE10 2SX 01455 458107 40 + 10 travel Available evenings and anytime at weekend Our Flossie Margarita Davis 238 Wigston Lane, Leicester LE2 8DH 0116 2835109 75 inclusive Available anytime 07866 191543 ( 100 in December) ourflossie@sky.com My Parade of Hits * Dougie and His Drums Dougie Wright 16 Sutton Lane, Sutton in the Elms, Leicester LE9 6QF 01455 282624 45 + travel Available anytime Brandywine Bridge Entertaining Folk Music duo performing songs, anecdotes and facts in mediaeval or Victorian costume
Sheila & Stuart Hague 6 Gumley Square, Enderby, Leics. LE19 4NR 0116 3194315 80 Inclusive www.brandywinebridge.co.uk 07803 129817/07734 885302 After Eight Quartet Light hearted songs in four part harmony Peter & Iris Sayer 7 Grey Crescent, Newtown Linford, Leicester LE6 0AA peterniris@tesco.net 75 incl. www.aftereightquartet.com OTHERS Help! My Leg has Fallen Off! Mr. D E Bolton 6 Chester Close, Blaby, Leicester LE8 4HD 0116 2771183 55 donated to charity Textiles, Fibres, Yarns, Fabrics and End Users Derek Farr 68 Latimer Road, Cropston, Leicester LE7 7GN 0116 2362082 30+ 15p mileage Available daytime and evening dereknfarr@hotmail.co.uk (Fee donated to Cystic Fibrosis Research Fund) Smile Please, Say Cheese * Poultry and Game with Turkey Carvery * Timeless Entertainment * Carvery & Timeless Entertainment Ian Rogerson 6 Althorpe Drive, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 4QU 01509 264292 daytime 50 for talk Evenings and can find time during the day 01509 263948 evening 50-70 for entertainment 2.50 per head for carvery + 60 for entertainment Fire Safety with a Smile Bill Wells 31 Lemontree Lane, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 2QS 01509 267123 Available morning, afternoon and evening bill@firemanbill.plus.com Donation to Haematology Dept. LRI Real CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) The stories behind real crimes Paul Taberner 115 Hinckley Road, Nuneaton CV11 6LJ 02476 383772 Donation to charity CLIC paultabs@hotmail.co.uk The Air Ambulance Service An insight into the work of the Air Ambulance Services for Derbys. Leics. & Rutland, Warks.& Northamptonshire and the new Children s Air Ambulance Service Sophie Stevens Hazell House, Burnthurst Lane, Princethorpe CV23 9QA The Air Ambulance Service 50 inclusive donated to the charity 0845 4130999 Available mornings, afternoon and evenings enquiries@theairambulanceservice.org.uk The Ultimate Companion of Honour, the Queen s Donkeys. John Stirling Michael Elliot Trust, Fresh Fields Farm, Peak Forest, Derbys. SK17 8EE 01298 79775 to arrange visit to sanctuary john.stirling3@virgin.net No charge promoting visit to sanctuary and donation The Road to Camelot Knight School Rutland Bob Wallace Knight School Rutland, 12 Harewood Close, Langham, LE15 7JZ 01572 756828 Rutland area only Evenings only robwallace.bob@gmail.com knightschoolrutland@hotmail.co.uk
Stilton Cheese Makers Association Represented by Janice Breedon/ Debra Spencer 01664 822332 Long Clawson Dairy Ltd, West End, Long Clawson, Leics. LE14 4PJ janice.breedon@clawson.co.uk No charge Available afternoons & evenings TRAVEL & THE WORLD Milk, Muck and Magnificent Mangoes the work of charity Send A Cow * Kilimanjaro to Kathmandu * Life in Maasai Villages * Ethiopia, the Roof of Africa * Feed the Soil and the Soil Will Feed You * Rwanda, Beyond the Genocide Wendy Martin 14 Tudor Road, Hinckley, Leics. LE10 0EQ 01455 613348 30 minimum + 25p mileage Available anytime wendytmartin@tiscali.co.uk wtmartin@live.co.uk Eyes in China * Baldwin Boat Trust * Funny Side of the Funeral Business * South Africa the Land of the Zulus * Sri Lankan Holiday * California, Here I Come * Egypt Ancient Land of the Pharaohs * Rails and Rockies of Canada Anne Halsey 29 Fern Crescent, Groby, Leicester, LE6 0BF 0116 2876966 40 + 40p mileage CHARITIES Age UK various talks available Mr. A.P. Donovan Age UK Leicestershire & Rutland, 0116 2992233 Lansdowne House, 113 Princess Road East, Leicester, LE1 7QA Fee at WI s discretion Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution Supporting Farming Families Milly Wastie 9 Styles Place, Yelvertoft, Northants. NN6 6LR RABI Regional Manager Donation 01788 823739 milly.wastie@rabi.org.uk Leicester & Leicestershire Animal Aid Lindsay Woodward Elmwood Farm, Forest Road, Huncote. Leicester LE9 3LE 01455 888257 Travel costs only Available anytime The Work of Save the Children * Save the Children - Then and Now Josephine Burgess 1A Hallam Avenue, Birstall, Leicester. LE4 3DN 0116 2674252 40 (donated to the charity) Available anytime All About LOROS Leics. & Rutland Hospice * Wainwright s Coast-to-Coast Walk for LOROS Adrian Walker LOROS Fundraising, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QE 0116 2318431/2 Donation to charity fundraising@loros.co.uk Available anytime Samaritans The Emotional Support Charity Samaritans 1a Elmfield Avenue, Leicester, LE2 1RB 0116 2705500 No fee, donation appreciated Available anytime (Mon/Wed) Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young People Jennifer Leach Lark Rise, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 2HS 01509 638006 Fee at WI s discretion Enquire for availability jennifer.leach@rainbows.co.uk
Hearing Dogs for the Deaf - Dogs trained to help deaf people * Canine Partners -Dogs trained to help disabled people * Medical Detection Dogs - Dogs trained to detect life threatening illnesses, cancer and even bedbugs! Denise Taylor Holly Tree Cottage, 17 Church Street, South Witham, Lincs. NG33 5PJ 01572 767515 Donation to the charity jd.taylor.mg@gmail.com Available at any time and short notice RNIB Talking Books Service * RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning * RNIB College Loughborough * RNIB Fundraising Groups Haidee Turner RNIB, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, PE2 6XU 01733 375372 Donation to RNIB Charity Haidee.Turner@rnib.org.uk Stroke Awareness Stuart Grange (The Stroke Association volunteer) 01536 764642 1 Cromwell Close, Desborough, Kettering NN14 2PJ 07840 195281 Talk 30mins to 1 hour stuart.grange@stroke.org.uk Donation to Association appreciated 25p mileage (max. 10) Dog s Trust Ella Tonge Dog s Trust Loughborough, Hill Farm, Wide Lane 01509 882966 Wymeswold, Leics. LE12 6SE 07833 050868 No fee donation to the charity ella.tonge@dogstrust.org.uk Available morning, afternoon and evening. One of my four legged best friends can accompany me if requested