Dr Alan Crosby - Freelance local and regional historian, writer, editor and lecturer, working mainly in North West England. Has taught and lectured for many universities during the past 30 years, including Oxford, Liverpool, Manchester, Central Lancashire and Keele, but has always maintained a strong connection with the wider world of local and family history. Currently a Council member of the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire and of the Chetham Society and has been an honorary research fellow at the universities of Lancaster and Liverpool.