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The following is a list of the talks and lectures that we have delivered over several years (most recent at the top). Please note that a talk or lecture is only added to this list after it has been delivered. In general we are typically holding bookings that extend 12 to 18 months into the future from the most recently delivered talk.
| Date | Organisation | Lecture/Talk Title | Attend. |
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| 2024 | |||
| Wed 17 April 2024 | Macclesfield Probus Club | 5G and beyond | 40 |
| Tue 9 Apr 2024 | East Cheshire National Trust Association | The Red Box | 84 |
| Thu 4 Apr 2024 | Cheadle Hulme U3A | The Red Box | 60 |
| Thu 28 Mar 2024 | Poynton Worth Probus Club | The Red Box | 26 |
| Wed 27 Mar 2024 | Burnley Luncheon Club | The British Phonebox | 33 |
| Thu 15 Feb 2024 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network | Telecom Towers, Masts, and Poles | 22 |
| Wed 7 Feb 2024 | Turton & District Probus Club | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 40 |
| Thu 1 Feb 2024 | Didsbury Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 43 |
| Mon 15 Jan 2024 | St Thomas’ Wives Group | The Red Box | 25 |
| Tue 9 Jan 2024 | Bollington Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 30 |
| Thu 4 Jan 2024 | Lymm Dingle Probus Club | The Winged Messenger | 36 |
| 2023 | |||
| Thu 14 Dec 2023 | Knutsford U3A | The Internet of Things | 45 |
| Thu 9 Nov 2023 | Chester Probus Club | Landline (PSTN) switch-over and 5G | 32 |
| Thu 2 Nov 2023 | Ramsbottom and Tottington Probus Club | The call what he made | 16 |
| Tue 17 Oct 2023 | Autumn Club | The Red Box | 42 |
| Mon 25 Sep 2023 | Tarporley Probus Club | Superfast broadband and 5G - improviing connectivity | 21 |
| Thu 21 Sep 2023 | Royal Signals Institution (Blandford Camp) | From Telstar to Starlink - evolution of satellite communications | 110 |
| Tue 19 Sep 2023 | Salford Probus Club | The call what he made | 22 |
| Thu 14 Sep 2023 | Goostrey Probus Club | The Winged Messenger | 21 |
| Wed 13 Sep 2023 | Glazebury Women’s Institute | Telstar - evolution of the telecommunications satellite | 30 |
| Wed 13 Sep 2023 | High Lane U3A | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 120 |
| Wed 6 Sep 2023 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 40 |
| Wed 2 Aug 2023 | West Pennine Villages U3A | The Winged Messenger | 46 |
| Thu 6 Jul 2023 | Prestwich and Whitefield Probus Club | The Red Box | 18 |
| Thu 22 Jun 2023 | Worth Probus Club | From Bricks to Smartphones - evolution of the mobile phone | 35 |
| Thu 22 Jun 2023 | Knutsford Rex Probus Club | Telstar - evolution of the telecommunications satellite | 24 |
| Tue 6 Jun 2023 | Prestbury ’93 Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired the World | 38 |
| Tue 23 May 2023 | Northwich Probus Club | The first and last mile - superfast broadband | 18 |
| Wed 17 May 2023 | Stockton Heath Probus Club | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 25 |
| Thu 11 May 2023 | Sumerseat Phoenix Club | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 20 |
| Thu 4 May 2023 | Ramsbottom and Tottington Probus Club | The Red Box | 13 |
| Wed 3 May 2023 | Hale U3A | The Winged Messenger | 75 |
| Wed 19 Apr 2023 | Read and Whalley Luncheon Club | The British Phonebox | 35 |
| Wed 5 Apr 2023 | Pendleside Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired the World | 18 |
| Mon 3 Apr 2023 | Congleton Dane Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired the World | 20 |
| Fri 31 Mar 2023 | Altrincham Probus Club | 5G -the next step for mobile phones | 36 |
| Wed 1 Feb 2023 | Tottington Ladies Luncheon Club | The Red Box | 31 |
| Wed 11 Jan 2023 | Prestbury Ladies Probus Club | The call what he made | 54 |
| Mon 9 Jan 2023 | Weaver Probus Club (Northwich) | The Internet of Things | 17 |
| Thu 5 Jan 2023 | Lymm Dingle Probus Club | 5G and beyond | 32 |
| 2022 - the aftermath of the Covid pandemic continued to impact the number of talks delivered | |||
| Thu 8 Dec 2022 | Goostrey Probus Club | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 33 |
| Mon 17 Oct 2022 | Marple Local History Society | The Red Box | 85 |
| Tue 27 Sep 2022 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network | The Red Box | 17 |
| Wed 14 Sep 2022 | Glazebury Women’s Institute | From spoken word to broadband | 24 |
| Thu 19 Jul 2022 | Salford Probus Club | The Landline (PSTN) switch-over and its implications | 22 |
| Thu 23 Jun 2022 | Worth Probus Club | The Winged Messenger | 32 |
| Tue 21 Jun 2022 | Northwich Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to life in Cyberspace | 25 |
| Wed 15 Jun 2022 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | The Red Box | 30 |
| Tue 7 Jun 2022 | Heywood Probus Club | The Winged Messenger | 15 |
| Thu 26 May 2022 | Phoenix Club, Summerseat | The Red Box | 15 |
| Thu 12 May 2022 | Audlem and District Probus Club | Superfast Broadband - from copper to fibre and 5G | 30 |
| Tue 5 Apr 2022 | Cheadle Hulme U3A - Technology Group | When the line goes dead - preparing for the PSTN switch-off | 16 |
| Wed 16 Mar 2022 | Northwich U3A | The Winged Messenger | 53 |
| Thu 20 Jan 2022 | Pendle Ladies Luncheon Club | The British Phonebox | 62 |
| 2021 - this year’s series of talks was impacted by the Covid pandemic with several delivered online | |||
| Tue 14 Dec 2021 | Prestbury Probus 2000 Club | 5G - the next step for mobile communications | 30 |
| Wed 8 Dec 2021 | Marple Probus Club | How Manchester cotton wired the world | 37 |
| Tue 21 Sep 2021 | Salford Probus Club | The Red Box | 22 |
| Fri 10 Sep 2021 | Lytham St Anne’s U3A | The call what he made | 60 |
| Thu 9 Sep 2021 | Goostrey Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 23 |
| Wed 16 Jun 2021 | Northwich U3A (online) | The Internet of Things | 23 |
| Mon 12 Apr 2021 | Knutsford SciBar (online) | 5G - the need, challenges and impact | 40 |
| Thu 25 Mar 2021 | Knutsford Rex Probus (online) | The Winged Messenger | 23 |
| Thu 11 Mar 2021 | Kendal Engineering Society (online) | The Internet of Things | 167 |
| Fri 29 Jan 2021 | Altrincham Probus Club (online) | How Manchester cotton wired the world | 33 |
| Tue 26 Jan 2021 | IET, Suffolk Network (online) | Nobody saw it coming - the rise and rise of the camera phone | 277 |
| Tue 19 Jan 2021 | Knutsford Tatton Probus Club (online) | The Internet of Things | 36 |
| 2020 - from March 2020 onwards talks were impacted by the Covid pandemic and delivered online | |||
| Thu 12 Nov 2020 | IET (Ireland) (online) | Nobody saw it coming - the rise and rise of the camera phone | 100 |
| Mon 5 Oct 2020 | Altrincham Rotary Club (online) | Building the world's firt global network | 18 |
| Thu 10 Sep 2020 | Wyre U3A (online) | How Manchester cotton wired the world | 30 |
| Wed 27 May 2020 | Bramhall and Wodford Rotary Club (online) | Our Wireless World | 25 |
| Tue 4 Feb 2020 | Manchester Lit. and Phil. Society | The Internet of Things | 100 |
| Wed 22 Jan 2020 | Pewterspear Probus Club | The Red Box | 32 |
| Tue 21 Jan 2020 | Knutsford Tatton Probus Club | 5G - the next step for mobile phones | 45 |
| Thu 16 Jan 2020 | The First Congleton Ladies Probus Club | The Red Box | 24 |
| Mon 13 Jan 2020 | Weaver Probus Club (Nantwich) | Our Wireless World | 23 |
| 2019 | |||
| Wed 13 Nov 2019 | IET Lancashire and Cumbria Network | The Internet of Things | 30 |
| Tue 22 Oct 2019 | Worsley and Roe Green Townwomen’s Guild | How Manchester cotton wired the word | 50 |
| Fri 13 Sep 2019 | Lytham St Annes U3A | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 150 |
| Thu 12 Sep 2019 | Goostrey Probus Club | 5G – the next step for mobile phones | 25 |
| Thu 12 Sep 2019 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network (Retired) | 5G – the next step for mobile phones | 28 |
| Tue 10 Sep 2019 | Urmston Park Probus Club | 5G – the next step for mobile phones | 19 |
| Thu 5 Sep 2019 | Overton Hill Probus Club | Superfast Broadband - from copper to fibre and/or radio | 50 |
| Wed 4 Sep 2019 | Macclesfield and District Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired the world | 25 |
| Tue 2 Jul 2019 | Heywood Probus Club | The call what he made | 36 |
| Wed 26 Jun 2019 | Timperley Probus Club | The call what he made | 30 |
| Tue 18 Jun 2019 | Up Holland U3A | The call what he made | 127 |
| Thu 13 Jun 2019 | Knutsford Rex Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 41 |
| Thu 6 June 2019 | IET Suffolk Network | Evolution of the Telecommunication Satellite | 50 |
| Tue 4 Jun 2019 | Weaver Probus Club (Nantwich) | Superfast Broadband | 37 |
| Thu 30 May 2019 | Turton Rotary Club | How Manchester Cotton wired the World | 20 |
| Thu 16 May 2019 | Stretford Local History Society | The Red Box | 10 |
| Thu 18 Apr 2019 | Turton & District Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 32 |
| Tue 16 Apr 2019 | Heald Green and District Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 20 |
| Fri 12 Apr 2019 | Altrincham Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 63 |
| Thu 11 Apr 2019 | Worth Probus Club | Superfast broadband - from copper to fibre | 40 |
| Thu 4 Apr 2019 | Worsley Probus Club | Optical fibre - the technology that keeps us connected | 22 |
| Mon 11 Feb 2019 | Appleton Park Women’s Institute | The what he made | 50 |
| Thu 24 Jan 2019 | Glossop Guild | The Internet of Things and 5G | 17 |
| Tue 15 Jan 2019 | Salford Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 21 |
| Mon 14 Jan 2019 | Weaver Probus Club (Northwich) | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 26 |
| 2018 | |||
| Tue 18 Dec 2018 | Urmston Park Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 19 |
| Mon 10 Dec 2018 | Latchford Methodist Ladies Group | The Winged Messenger | 24 |
| Tue 30 Oct 2018 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 38 |
| Thu 13 Sep 2018 | Goostrey Probus Club | The Internet of Things | 15 |
| Thu 13 Sep 2018 | Kelsall Probus Club | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 41 |
| Mon 10 Sep 2018 | Mainwaring Probus Club | The call what he made | 25 |
| Tue 4 Sep 2018 | Knutsford Tatton Probus Club | The first and last mile - your route to superfast broadband | 39 |
| Thu 12 Jul 2018 | Knutsford and District U3A | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 75 |
| Tue 10 Jul 2018 | Flintshire U3A, Sciene Group | From Man on the Moon to life in cyberspace | 40 |
| Tue 19 Jun 2018 | Heywood Probus Club | The Red Box | 35 |
| Wed 13 Jun 2018 | High Lane U3A | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 90 |
| Fri 8 Jun 2018 | Lytham St Annes U3A | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 102 |
| Tue 5 Jun 2018 | Prestbury ’93 Probus Club | Telstar: 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 35 |
| Tue 22 May 2018 | Worsley and Roe Green Townwomen’s Guild | The Red Box | 37 |
| Thu 26 Apr 2018 | Alderley Edge and Bollin Valley Inner Wheel | The Winged Messenger | 24 |
| Thu 5 Apr 2018 | Worsley Probus Club | 5G - the next step for mobile phones | 22 |
| Wed 28 Mar 2018 | Worsley Women’s Luncheon Club | The call what he made | 80 |
| Mon 26 Mar 2018 | Heatons Reddish U3A (Science & Technology Group) | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 32 |
| Wed 21 Mar 2018 | Jubilee Probus Club of Bramhall | The Winged Messenger | 30 |
| Mon 19 Mar 2018 | Congleton Dane Probus Club | From spoken word to broadband | 30 |
| Thu 15 Mar 2018 | IET Manchester Network - Annual Dinner | After dinner presentation: Onwards to 5G | 140 |
| Wed 14 Feb 2018 | Wilmslow Historical Society | How Manchester Cotton wired the world | 80 |
| Thu 25 Jan 2018 | Timbersbrook Women’s Institute | The online world explained | 22 |
| Wed 24 Jan 2018 | Pewterspear Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Heritage | 31 |
| Wed 10 Jan 2018 | St Helens U3A | The call what he made | 155 |
| Thu 4 Jan 2018 | Lymm Dingle Probus Club | The Red Box | 41 |
| 2017 | |||
| Tue 21 Nov 2017 | Rotary Club of Wilmslow Dean | The Smartphone Society | 40 |
| Wed 18 Oct 2017 | Kendal &District Engineering Society | Undersea optical cables - the technology that powers the Internet | 36 |
| Sat 14 Oct 2017 | Cumbria Industrial History Society | Radio Masts and Towers | 56 |
| Thu 12 Oct 2017 | Chorlton Townswomen’s Guild | The Red Box | 13 |
| Wed 20 Sep 2017 | Stockton Heath Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 24 |
| Tue 19 Sep 2017 | Salford Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 20 |
| Thu 14 Sep 2017 | Goostrey Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 24 |
| Thu 14 Sep 2017 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network (Retired) | History and Development of Mobile Phones | 38 |
| Tue 12 Sep 2017 | Urmston Park Probus Club | Our Wireless World | 20 |
| Thu 27 Jul 2017 | Audlem & District Probus Club | The first and last mile - your route to superfast broadband | 55 |
| Mon 24 Jul 2017 | Mainwaring Probus Club | The Red Box | 24 |
| Wed 5 Jul 2017 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 44 |
| Tue 27 Jun 2017 | Plumley Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 22 |
| Thu 22 Jun 2017 | Worth Probus Club | The Internet | 40 |
| Tue 6 Jun 2017 | Runcorn Probus Club | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 40 |
| Thu 1 Jun 2017 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network | From modems to G.Fast | 26 |
| Thu 1 June 2017 | Didsbury Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 25 |
| Tue 16 May 2017 | Wilmslow U3A Science and Technology Group | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 40 |
| Tue 25 Apr 2017 | Worsley and Roe Green Townswomen’s Guild | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 46 |
| Thu 20 Apr 2017 | Ramsbottom and Tottington Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 36 |
| Tue 18 Apr 2017 | Knutsford Tatton Probus Club | Via Eastern – building the world’s first global network | 47 |
| Tue 11 Apr 2017 | Horizons Social Group, Timperley | The call what he made | 18 |
| Tue 4 Apr 2017 | Prestbury ’93 Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 40 |
| Thu 16 Mar 2017 | Worsley Probus Club | The Internet of Things (IoT) | 21 |
| Wed 8 Mar 2017 | Glazebury Women’s Institute | The Red Box | 40 |
| Thu 9 Feb 2017 | Timbersbrook Women’s Institute | From Spoken Word to Broadband | 50 |
| Tue 24 Jan 2017 | Prestbury 2000 Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 40 |
| Tue 17 Jan 2017 | Probus Club of Salford | The Winged Messenger | 19 |
| Thu 5 Jan 2017 | Lymm Dingle Probus Club | The first and last mile - Your route to superfast broadband | 45 |
| Wed 4 Jan 2017 | Ormskirk & District Association of National Trust Members | The call what he made - 30 years of the mobile phone in the UK | 60 |
| Wed 4 Jan 2017 | Macclesfield & District Probus Club | The First and Last Mile - Your route to superfast broadband | 26 |
| 2016 | |||
| Tue 20 Dec 2016 | Heald Green and District Probus Club | The call what he made | 26 |
| Thu 27 Oct 2016 | East Cheshire Association of National Trust Members | The Winged Messenger | 44 |
| Tue 11 Oct 2016 | Rotary Club of Cheadle & District | Charter Night - Smartphone Society | 50 |
| Thu 22 Sep 2016 | Ashton-on-Mersey Townswomen’s Guild | The Red Box | 20 |
| Wed 21 Sep 2016 | Macclesfield 2nd Probus Club | Telstar – 50+ Years of the Communications Satellite | 45 |
| Wed 14 Sep 2016 | Pownall Probex Club | The first and last mile – your route to super-fast broadband | 35 |
| Tue 13 Sep 2016 | Bollington Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 45 |
| Thu 8 Sep 2016 | Goostrey Probus Club | The first and last mile – your route to super-fast broadband | 20 |
| Thu 8 Sep 2016 | Stockport U3A Science & Technology Group | Our Wireless World | 40 |
| Tue 6 Sep 2016 | Chester U3A | From Man on the Moon to life in Cyberspace | 200 |
| Tue 2 Aug 2016 | Heywood Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 34 |
| Thu 28 Jul 2016 | Knutsford Rex Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 42 |
| Mon 25 Jul 2016 | Vale Royal Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 40 |
| Wed 6 Jul 2016 | Padgate Probus Club | The call what he made | 16 |
| Thu 23 Jun 2016 | IET East Anglia Network | The call what he made – celebrating 30 years of the mobile phone in the UK | 29 |
| Mon 13 Jun 2016 | Mainwaring Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Heritage | 20 |
| Thu 9 Jun 2016 | Settle U3A | The call what he made | 60 |
| Wed 8 Jun 2016 | U3A North West Regional AGM, Liverpool | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 60 |
| Wed 1 Jun 2016 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | Our Wireless World | 40 |
| Thu 14 Apr 2016 | IET (Ireland) Cork | The call what he made | 25 |
| Thu 17 Mar 2016 | Worsley Probus Club | Telecom Towers | 27 |
| Tue 1 Mar 2016 | Tuesday Club, Flixton | The Red Box | 40 |
| Tue 2 Feb 2016 | Gatley Inner Wheel Club | The Winged Messenger | 38 |
| Mon 11 Jan 2016 | Appleton Park Women’s Institute | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 44 |
| Tue 5 Jan 2016 | Urmston Park Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 26 |
| Mon 4 Jan 2016 | Prestbury 91 Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 36 |
| 2015 | |||
| Fri 11 Dec 2015 | Velocette Owners Club | The Red Box | 35 |
| Sat 5 Dec 2015 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, Salford | Ultra High Definition TV - the quest for reality | 26 |
| Tue 17 Nov 2015 | Knutsford Rotary Club | The call what he made | 28 |
| Thu 12 Nov 2015 | IET Lancashire and Cumbria Network | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 26 |
| Wed 23 Sep 2015 | Goostrey Guild | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 32 |
| Wed 16 Sep 2015 | Sale Ladies Social Club | The Internet | 31 |
| Tue 15 Sep 2015 | Frodsham Foxhill Probus Club | The Red Box | 31 |
| Thu 10 Sep 2015 | Goostrey Probus Club | The call what he made | 25 |
| Tue 8 Sep 2015 | Bollington Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 40 |
| Tue 21 Jul 2015 | Probus Club of Salford | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 24 |
| Tue 14 Jul 2015 | Clitheroe U3A | The Winged Messenger | 142 |
| Thu 2 Jul 2015 | Ludworth and Mellor Women’s Institute | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 30 |
| Thu 25 Jun 2015 | Worth Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 22 |
| Thu 18 Jun 2015 | Glossop Guild | Development of the Internet | 12 |
| Thu 11 Jun 2015 | Settle U3A | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 75 |
| Mon 13 Apr 2015 | Weaver Probus Club (Northwich) | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 33 |
| Wed 1 Apr 2015 | Ormskirk & District Association of National Trust Members | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 85 |
| Wed 1 Apr 2015 | Pownall Probex Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 33 |
| Mon 30 Mar 2015 | Probus Club of Stretford | The Winged Messenger | 23 |
| Thu 19 Mar 2015 | Worsley Probus Club | Our Wireless World | 20 |
| Tue 17 Mar 2015 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network | The Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable - The birth of Global Communications | 40 |
| Wed 11 Feb 2015 | Woodsend Community Group, Flixton, Manchester | The Red Box | 14 |
| Thu 29 Jan 2015 | IET Ireland (Dublin) | The call what he made. From bricks to 4G! | 30 |
| Tue 20 Jan 2015 | Poynton U3A | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 180 |
| Thu 15 Jan 2015 | Heald Green and District Ladies Probus | The Winged Messenger | 29 |
| Tue 6 Jan 2015 | Heald Green and District Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 27 |
| Mon 5 Jan 2015 | Prestbury 91 Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 50 |
| 2014 | |||
| Sat 13 Dec 2014 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, Salford | The web at 25 | 42 |
| Thu 11 Dec 2014 | Stockport U3A, Science and Technology Group | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 38 |
| Sat 6 Dec 2014 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, Birmingham | The web at 25 | 45 |
| Tue 18 Nov 2014 | BCS Computer Conservation Society (Manchester) | History and Development of the Internet | 35 |
| Thu 9 Oct 2014 | Goostrey Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 27 |
| Mon 22 Sep 2014 | Wilmslow Guild | The web at 25 | 72 |
| Thu 18 Sep 2014 | Lymm Dingle Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 38 |
| Tue 16 Sep 2014 | Marple Bridge and Mellor U3A | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 154 |
| Tue 9 Sep 2014 | Bollington Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 56 |
| Tue 15 Jul 2014 | Up Holland U3A | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 171 |
| Tue 8 Jul 2014 | Prestbury Probus Club 2000 | The call what he made | 30 |
| Thu 26 Jun 2014 | Tarporley and District Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 42 |
| Tue 24 Jun 2014 | Urmston Probus Club | The Red Box | 25 |
| Wed 18 Jun 2014 | Stockport Parkinson's Support Group | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 30 |
| Tue 17 Jun 2014 | Probus Club of Salford | Via Eastern – building the world's first global network | 22 |
| Thu 12 Jun 2014 | Rex Probus Knutsford | The first and last mile – your route to superfast broadband | 32 |
| Tue 10 Jun 2014 | Probus Club of Bramhall | The first and last mile – your route to superfast broadband | 43 |
| Wed 30 Apr 2014 | Eccles Probus Club | Via Eastern– building the world’s first global network | 17 |
| Wed 16 Apr 2014 | Goyt Valley Probus Club, New Mills | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 17 |
| Mon 14 Apr 2014 | Probus Club of Stretford | The call what he made | 30 |
| Fri 11 Apr 2014 | Altrincham Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 40 |
| Thu 10 Apr 2014 | IET Manchester Retired Members | Broadband and Mobile Data Communication to be deployed in the UK | 30 |
| Wed 9 Apr 2014 | Glazebury Women’s Institute | The call what he made | 40 |
| Wed 9 Apr 2014 | Culcheth Probus Club | The call what he made | 30 |
| Thu 20 Mar 2014 | Worsley Probus Club | The Red Box | 28 |
| Wed 19 Mar 2014 | Stockton Heath Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 30 |
| Thu 6 Mar 2014 | Rotary Club of Turton | The Call what he made | 15 |
| Thu 27 Feb 2014 | IET Lancashire and Cumbria Network, Whitehaven | The Call what he made – our journey to 4G | 50 |
| Wed 19 Feb 2014 | Macclesfield 2nd Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 55 |
| Wed 12 Feb 2014 | IET Lancashire and Cumbria Network (Retired) | The call what be made | 82 |
| Mon 10 Feb 2014 | Ormskirk Historical Society | Via Eastern – building the world’s first global network | 39 |
| Tue 21 Jan 2014 | Frodsham Foxhill Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 25 |
| Mon 20 Jan 2014 | Prestbury 91 Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 32 |
| Wed 8 Jan 2014 | Oldham Probus Club | The call what he made | 17 |
| 2013 | |||
| Sat 14 Dec 2013 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, Glasgow | Your world in your hand | 55 |
| Wed 11 Dec 2013 | Pownall Probex Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 37 |
| Sat 7 Dec 2013 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, Salford | Your world in your hand | 76 |
| Tue 3 Dec 2013 | IET Merseyside and Western Cheshire Network | The call what he made | 20 |
| Sat 23 Nov 2013 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, Birmingham | Your world in your hand | 62 |
| Sat 16 Nov 2013 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, London | Your world in your hand | 75 |
| Fri 15 Nov 2013 | ITP Family Christmas Presentation, BT Labs | Your world in your hand | 84 |
| Mon 23 Sep 2013 | Alderley Edge and District Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 30 |
| Tue 17 Sep 2013 | Knutsford Tatton Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to life in cyberspace | 37 |
| Thu 5 Sep 2013 | Romiley and District Probus Club | The call what he made | 32 |
| Wed 4 Sep 2013 | Padgate Probus, Warrington | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 21 |
| Thu 8 Aug 2013 | Worth Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 32 |
| Wed 7 Aug 2013 | Timperly Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 32 |
| Thu 11 Jul 2013 | IET Gloucester Network, Cheltenham | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 40 |
| Tue 2 Jul 2013 | Prestbury Probus 93 Club | The call what he made | 32 |
| Thu 27 Jun 2013 | Didsbury Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 32 |
| Tue 18 Jun 2013 | Marple Bridge and Mellor U3A | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 130 |
| Mon 17 Jun 2013 | Prestbury 91 Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 30 |
| Thu 23 May 2013 | North West U3A Regional Festival | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 75 |
| Mon 20 May 2013 | Didsbury SciBar | How much bandwidth do you need? | 30 |
| Wed 17 Apr 2013 | Chester Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to life in Cyberspace | 44 |
| Thu 21 Mar 2013 | Worsley Probus Club | Telstar - 50+ years of the telecommunications satellite | 27 |
| Tue 5 Mar 2013 | Urmston Park Probus Club | The First and Last Mile: Your route to superfast broadband | 27 |
| Wed 13 Feb 2013 | Glazebury Women’s Institute | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 34 |
| Thu 24 Jan 2013 | Hazel Grove and District Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 19 |
| Wed 23 Jan 2013 | Lytham St Annes Forum | First and Last mile: Your route to superfast Broadband | 35 |
| Wed 16 Jan 2013 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 35 |
| Wed 9 Jan 2013 | New Mills Probus Club | From man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 25 |
| 2012 | |||
| Tue 16 Oct 2012 | BCS Computer Conservation Society (Manchester) | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 34 |
| Wed 10 Oct 2012 | Birchwood Women’s Institute | From Man on the Moon to life in cyberspace | 20 |
| Mon 24 Sep 2012 | IET 175 years of telecommunications colloquium | From packet switching to the cloud | 119 |
| Tue 18 Sep 2012 | Sale Probus Club | The call what he made | 32 |
| Wed 12 Sep 2012 | Fulshaw Probus Club | The call what he made | 50 |
| Tue 11 Sep 2012 | East Cheshire Association of National Trust Members | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 100 |
| Thu 28 Jun 2012 | Worth Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 38 |
| Wed 16 May 2012 | St Michael’s Ladies Guild | The call what he made | 18 |
| Wed 9 May 2012 | Eccles Probus Club | Telstar – 50 years of the telecommunications satellite | 18 |
| Wed 2 May 2012 | Church Hulme Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 46 |
| Thu 26 Apr 2012 | IET Devon and Cornwall, Exeter | Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable | 22 |
| Wed 25 Apr 2012 | IET Devon and Cornwall, Plymouth | Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable | 36 |
| Thu 19 Apr 2012 | Newton-le-Willows Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 34 |
| Thu 5 Apr 2012 | Cheadle Hulme U3A | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 102 |
| Tue 3 Apr 2012 | Heald Green and District Probex Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 23 |
| Thu 15 Mar 2012 | Worsley Probus Club | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 35 |
| Wed 7 Mar 2012 | Manchester Friendship Centre | The call what he made | 18 |
| Tue 28 Feb 2012 | Manchester Histories Festival | Manchester’s Telecommunications Firsts | 9 |
| Mon 30 Jan 2012 | Northwich Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 42 |
| Wed 25 Jan 2012 | New Mills Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 29 |
| Thu 19 Jan 2012 | Heald Green and District Ladies Probex Club | The call what be made | 34 |
| Wed 18 Jan 2012 | Eccles Probus Club | Broadband Connections | 22 |
| Thu 12 Jan 2012 | Stockport U3A, Science and Technology Group | The call what he made | 42 |
| Tue 10 Jan 2012 | Urmston Park Probus Club | The call what he made | 24 |
| 2011 | |||
| Wed 23 Nov 2011 | Culcheth Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 38 |
| Wed 26 Oct 2011 | Professional Engineers South Cumbria (PESC) | The trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable | 80 |
| Tue 4 Oct 2011 | Cheadle Hulme U3A (Technical) | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 30 |
| Thu 22 Sep 2011 | Burnley and District U3A | The call what he made | 72 |
| Tue 13 Sep 2011 | Bramhall and District Probus Club | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 41 |
| Wed 7 Sep 2011 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | The Call what he made | 40 |
| Wed 15 Jun 2011 | St Michael’s Ladies Guild | The Internet | 25 |
| Wed 4 May 2011 | Church Hulme Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 43 |
| Thu 7 Apr 2011 | Manchester Luncheon Club | From the telephone to super fast broadband – our interconnected homes | 53 |
| Thu 3 Mar 2011 | Worsley Probus Club | The first and last mile – your route to a faster internet | 30 |
| Thu 24 Feb 2011 | IET Lancashire and Cumbria Network | From modems to super fast broadband | 80 |
| Tue 25 Jan 2011 | Urmston Park Probus Club | Man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 26 |
| Tue 18 Jan 2011 | Probus Club of Salford | How Manchester cotton wired up the world | 37 |
| 2010 | |||
| Tue 14 Dec 2010 | Probus Club of Bramhall and District | The call what he made | 43 |
| Tue 2 Nov 2010 | Cheadle Hulme U3A (Technical) | The call what he made | 28 |
| Wed 27 Oct 2010 | Culcheth Probus Club | Man on the moon to life in cyberspace | 40 |
| Wed 13 Oct 2010 | Eccles Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the World | 25 |
| Wed 5 May 2010 | St Michael’s Ladies Guild | Telephones, Broadband and Digital Television | 16 |
| Tue 13 Apr 2010 | IET Swindon Network | The Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable | 48 |
| Wed 31 Mar 2010 | Eccles Probus Club | The call what he made | 29 |
| Thu 25 Mar 2010 | IET Lancashire and Cumbria Network | The Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable | 90 |
| Thu 4 Mar 2010 | Worsley Probus Club | The call what he made | 35 |
| Tue 26 Jan 2010 | Urmston Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 22 |
| 2009 | |||
| Fri 30 Oct 2009 | Altrincham Probus Club | Telephones, Broadband and Digital Television | 47 |
| Tue 20 Oct 2009 | Sale Probus Club | Manchester and the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable | 35 |
| Wed 3 Jun 2009 | Pownall Probex Club | 1837 to 2009: Ringing the changes | 30 |
| Wed 27 May 2009 | Fulshaw Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 40 |
| Thu 5 Mar 2009 | Worsley Probus Club | How Manchester Cotton wired up the world | 35 |
| Tue 17 Feb 2009 | BCS Computer Conservation Society (Manchester) | Computers and Telephony | 22 |
| Tue 17 Feb 2009 | Friends of the Museum of Science and Industry | The first Trans-Atlantic Cable - Manchester's Contribution | 19 |
| Thu 12 Feb 2009 | Stockport Heart Club | Telephones, Broadband and Television | 30 |
| Thu 22 Jan 2009 | IET and Manchester Lit. and Phil. Society | The Internet at 40 - has life just begun | 100 |
| 2008 | |||
| Tue 28 Oct 2008 | Institution of Engineering and Technology | The Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable - birth of global communications | 85 |
| Mon 28 Apr 2008 | The Celebration Probus Club of Bramhall | The Broadband Revolution | 30 |
| Thu 17 Apr 2008 | IET (Manchester Network) Retired Members | The broadband revolution | 40 |
| Tue 8 Apr 2008 | Institute of Physics | Data to the home - the broadband revolution | 8 |
| Thu 6 Mar 2008 | Worsley Probus Club | Broadband – the life story of a piece of twisted pair wire | 40 |
| Thu 14 Feb 2008 | Lymm Dingle Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | 40 |
| 2007 | |||
| Wed 28 Mar 2007 | IET (Hereford and Worcester Network) | From talking 2 txtng | 17 |
| Thu 15 Mar 2007 | Worsley Probus Club | The Winged Messenger | 47 |
| 2006 | |||
| Mon 20 Nov 2006 | IET (Manchester Network) Christmas Lecture | From Talking 2 txtng | 250 |
| Thu 19 Oct 2006 | Probus Club of Tyldesley | The Internet and trends in modern communications | 34 |
| Wed 18 Oct 2006 | Walkden Congregational Church | From Wheatstone to the web and beyond | 14 |
| Tue 19 Sep 2006 | Probus Club of Salford | You're never alone with a mobile phone | 38 |
| Tue 12 Sep 2006 | Friends of the Museum of Science and Industry | From Wheatstone to the web and beyond | 10 |
| Wed 7 Jun 2006 | Probus Club of Chorley | Telecommunications - shaping society | 40 |
| Thu 16 Mar 2006 | Worsley Probus Club | Keep on Tracking | 42 |
| 2005 | |||
| Tue 11 Oct 2005 | St Paul’s Church Men’s Guild, Astley Bridge | The Internet and trends in modern communications | ** |
| Thu 3 Mar 2005 | Worsley Probus Club | The Internet - How it works and how it has changed lives | ** |
| 2004 | |||
| Tue 19 Oct 2004 | Probus Club of Salford | Trends in modern communications | ** |
| Mon 9 Aug 2004 | The Celebration Probus Club of Bramhall | Trends in modern communications | ** |
| Thu 19 Feb 2004 | Worsley Probus Club | Academic Life in the 21st Century | ** |
| Wed 4 Feb 2004 | Bramhall ’79 Probus Club | Trends in modern communications | ** |
| 2003 | |||
| Thu 20 Feb 2003 | Worsley Probus Club | You're never alone with a mobile phone | ** |
| 2002 | |||
| Thu 7 Feb 2002 | Worsley Probus Club | Telecommunications and its impact on society | ** |
| 2001 | |||
| Thu 18 Jan 2001 | Worsley Probus Club | From Man on the Moon to Life in Cyberspace | ** |
** Attendance figures were not recorded
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