After the success our recent meetings over Zoom, we're continuing in May. The talk will be entitled:
"Philately Will Get You Everywhere"
and will be delivered by Arthur Jennion. For a bit more about Arthur, please click on the link below:
https://histsocsth.blogspot.com/2021/05/introducing-mays-speaker-arthur-jennion.html
The talk will start at 7:30pm. For a Zoom invitation, please send a request by e-mail to:
sthelenshistsoc@gmail.com
We can't wait!
Arthur was born in Huyton Quarry on New years day in 1938.
The event took place in a large house (Rose Vale) behind St.Gabriels Church.
At 6 months his Mother moved back to Bold Road, in Sutton, where he lived until his entry into the Royal Navy as a boy at 16 1/2 years old.
Having served 10 years in Submarines he left the RN and became Police Constable 97 in St.Helens Borough Police later Lancashire and finally Merseyside. 17 years of police service were as the Coroner’s Officer for Knowsley til his retirement, his office was in the Smoke Room at Knowsley Hall and it was there he took a great interest in the history of both Prescot and Knowsley.
Arthur Collected Stamps at about 11 years of age and now at 83 is still actively collecting, Philately for the last 50 years has been his preferred area of the hobby.
He is a member of several Philatelic Societies, principally, The Scandinavia Society; The Faroe Islands Study Circle; The Royal Philatelic Society London; and many more,
He has a very fine collection of postal history of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. having given talks all over the country to Philatelic & none Philatelic societies and organisations.
The purpose of the talk is to share the joy and pleasure of discovering what history can be found by the opening of old letters and researching the contents.
