Charles Wallace

Oundle, East of England

The speaker is a retired Chartered Accountant, originally from Birmingham, but now a resident of Oundle (near Peterborough) for 40 years. His interests are history, and British and American movies from the 1940s and 1950s.

Available talks by Charles Wallace

Romney painting of Emma Hamilton as Circe

"That Hamilton Woman"; The Story of Nelson’s Mistress, Emma Hamilton

Emma Hamilton was England’s first superstar. She fought her way out of dire poverty to become a fashion icon, an Ambassador’s wife, a confidant of both Queen Marie Antoinette and the Queen of Naples, and the mistress of England’s greatest military hero, Lord Nelson.

History

Delivery: In person

Red and white slide with black and white photos from old films

British B Films & Going to the Pictures in the 1950s & 1960s

The rise and fall of British B films, with examples of both the best and worst, and the stars who inhabited them; and a nostalgic reminder of the whole experience of ‘going to the pictures’ in the 1950s and 1960s, the heyday of the British B film.

Pastimes

Delivery: In person

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