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Mary Bodfish
Keith Cheetham
Sylvia M Everitt MBE
Andrew Lounds
Alan Mannering
Dianne Mannering

Steve Short

Clive M Smith
Brian Teall
Angelica Sheldon-Fentem
Dan Thomas
Anne Wilkins
Val Wiseman

 

 

 

 

 
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PAT testing

What's PAT testing and do we speakers need it?

In a nutshell - if its portable and it has a plug on it, it has to be tested. So, unless you're a standalone speaker, you are going to find that, in the next couple of years, venues will be asking to see proof that your equipment has been tested. So far, I've only been asked once - that was in June 2009 at The Terrace Restaurant in Brownhills which is a rather upmarket place and hot on health and safety issues. It isn't a big deal, getting it done, you'll need to take all of your electrical equipment along for testing and certification - don't forget your extension lead - I did, so I had to make a second trip to the tester. It took about an hour and he made me a cup of tea while I waited. He charged a tenner for the lot, so ring around and find yourself a small local one-man operation, otherwise, you can end up doing a talk just to pay to get your equipment tested!

 



Books by Dianne Mannering - click on a book to find out more

 
Staffordshire Millennium Embroideries book
 
Staffordshire Crown
   

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Chadsmoor-project
 
 
Sylvia M Everitt's Staffordshire Millennium Embroideries
 
A Crown for Staffordshire
   
Silver Jubilee
 
Chadsmoor Tapestrey Group Creation Project
 
   

 


 
 

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Staffordshire history
books by
Dianne Mannering

Sylvia M Everitt's Staffordshire
Millennium
Embroideries

A history of
Staffordshire

Staffordshire Millennium Embroideries book cover
A Crown
for Staffordshire

A history of medieval Staffordshire barons
book cover A Crown for Staffordshire