Marton Museum of Country Bygones

I am the Managing Trustee of the Marton Museum of Country Bygones. It was established in the 1960s by George Tims who came to the village in the 1950s. The talk gives a short presentation on the history of the museum and the work that is done today. This is followed up by a group quiz where the audience try to work out the function of a number of mystery objects selected from the museum

Early Photographs of Warwickshire

For many years I have been collecting old photographs of Warwickshire and have given many talks based on the most prominent local photographers operating throughout the county. With so many to choose from I tend to focus the talk on the locality of the group I am giving the talk to. I usually start off with a demonstration of how to use an original glass plate camera on a tripod – it shows how amazingly patient early photographers must have been when taking outside views.