Talks

I deliver many of my local interest history talks to groups. From face to face to virtual presentations, I can deliver an engaging talk on a range of subjects including (this list is some of my talks):

• Grimsby Streets: the meaning behind the town’s street names
• Grimsby Streets: East Marsh streets
• Grimsby Streets: West Marsh streets
• Grimsby and its connection to the water
• Grimsby Streets: Religious houses
• Grimsby: Before the Bulldozer (story of Grimsby’s lost streets)
• Notable people from the area (John Whitgift, Sir George Doughty MP, Lady Eugenia Doughty, Sir Alex Black, Henri Josse MP, Earls of Yarborough, John M Richardson, et al)
• Who was Grim? (Legends of Grim and Havelok, founder of Grimsby)
• Healing Manor and the families who lived there
• Healing and Henry Marrows, Grimsby’s Edwardian builder
• Cleethorpes: The birth of a resort
• Waltham history of a village
• Scartho history of a village
• Barnoldby le Beck history of a village
• Lincolnshire customs and traditions
• History of the Barton Street (Prt 1 Ludborough to Riby)
• Wold Newton to Grimsby: The tale of the Turnpike

Contact me to discuss booking me as your next speaker live or virtual. Talks lasting 45 minutes to one hour (£40). Bookings being taken for 2027/28.