Born in Redditch Worcestershire, I was brought up a Catholic, but remember first seeing Spirit at the age of about 7. As a child I always knew that Spirit people were around me, but I was discouraged from mentioning them as everyone thought that I just had a vivid imagination.
By the time I was a teenager I had been told by several people that I had the gift of clairvoyance; so I started attending Spiritualist churches watching mediums like Gaye Muir, Doris Stokes and Ivor James, and by the time I was 19 I had sat in my first circle.
After getting married and having two children I felt the urge to become more actively involved in Spiritualism. I had been told by various platform mediums that I should be standing platform, doing what they were doing, and it wasn't long before I was invited to sit in my local SNU church development circle.
As well as regularly sitting in circle for many years, I was very fortunate to be tutored by the fabulous Billy Cook and Gordon Smith. I also attended various Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) courses, and soon my mediumship skills became stronger as I developed to stand platform and to do private sittings.
I am currently working as an SNU medium serving at over 40 Spiritualist churches and centres with my cousin Jo Allen who is also an SNU medium. In 2010 I passed the SNU Platform Accreditation Scheme (PAS ds) for speakers and demonstrators, and then in 2011 I was awarded a Certificate of Recognition (CSNU) in demonstrating mediumship by the Spiritualists' National Union.
I also work alongside my cousin Jo, as one of the development circle leaders at Bromsgrove Spiritualist Church every Thursday evening, where we teach various aspects of mediumship.
Please visit our services page to see our 2011 schedule for demonstrations of clairvoyance, divine services, workshops and other mediumship events.
