Sunderland History Fair - An amazing day in a great city
Saturday 21 May was the day of Sunderland History Fair, held in the beautiful Bethany Church in Sunderland. There were over 70 stalls inside from heritage societies, history societies, writers, artists and many other organisations. There were battle re-enactments! A wooden ship in the car park!. There were Romans and Normans fighting with swords and shields! In short, it was a fantastic event, packed full of wonderful things. Right up my street. I was honoured and proud to be asked to officially open the event. I'm still on cloud nine after everything that happened yesterday and wanted to write it all down so that I didn't, wouldn't ever, forget what an amazing day it was. Here's the Bethany Church where the event was staged. Here I am giving my speech. Put me in front of a microphone and I either want to run away and hide, or sing karaoke. I wasn't sure what to do for the best, so I read my prepared speech instead! It was short and sweet as I knew everyone woul...