Jean Hooper
Regional Qualification(s):
East of England
Language(s):
English
Phone Number(s):
01733-267961
Website:
Contact guide
Introduction:
Graduate in French and Italian, with a lifelong love of languages and history. Former teacher, civil servant and editorial assistant working in several European languages. Qualified as a Blue Badge Guide in 1991 and through the years have expanded my range of tours. As a Cathedral Guide I have a particular interest in this special place. I have an enthusiastic interest in the history of city and villages, enjoy meeting locals and visitors alike and enabling them to appreciate our local heritage.
Personal Interests:
| Greater Peterborough,Cambs & Lincs borders |
| Peterborough,city & cathedral |
Special Interests:
| Churches & Cathedrals | Peterborough's magnificent Norman cathedral and quiet precincts, or wonderful Saxon and Norman churches in the stone villages of Greater Peterborough await your visit. |
| Literature | John Clare "Peasant Poet",local farm labourer. Coach/walking tour of villages and countryside of his tragic life and work and death in an asylum. |
| Education | Enjoy taking school/student groups from Britain and abroad, including aspects of National Curriculum where appropriate. |
| Walking Tours | Various tours of Historic Peterborough, including Cathedral. "Women in Peterborough" - lives of townswomen through the ages & of famous women who lived here. |
| History & Prehistory | From Bronze Age, Saxon Abbey,Normans,Tudors,market to railway town to modern city,I aim to make our history live again. |
Driver Guide:
No
