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I originally trained as a nurse then went as a nanny to Berlin for a year. On my return I retrained in secretarial skills working firstly as a secretary and then moving into teaching at night classes. Then I retrained again as a teacher/lecturer and worked for most of my career in Further and Higher Education culminating in being the Head of Faculty of Business and Management Studies in a large College of Further and Higher Education. I have had what might be called a portfolio career having worked in many different fields. We have been amateur property developers ie buying a house to do up, living in it at the same time and then selling it on. We then moved to Brittany to start up and run our own holiday business for 9 years before returning to the UK and subsequently retiring, but we travel a great deal and have had some brilliant travel experiences – we never call them holidays.
About Their Talks...
My talks are about different aspects of my life and what I have done. So one is about the highs and lows of being a town councillor and chairman of a town council; and the other is about moving lock stock and barrel to Brittany to start up and run a holiday business for 9 years – it was sink or swim as we had to earn our daily crust having no pensions to fall back on at that time..
Fee:
£50 within 10 miles of home and no travel costs
£80 within 30 miles of home including travel costs