Liz mcivor biography

The 38-year-old has built a name for personally as one of the eminent authorities in the north westerly in social and industrial novel.

But Liz had negation idea she had the imminent to share her knowledge captain enthusiasm with millions of community until she appeared as capital talking head on Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys.

Liz said: “I was preclude it for just three recently talking about railwaymen’s cottages. Nevertheless a producer had seen in the money and had been in honesty market for somebody with pure north west accent and wasn’t a middle-aged man. No break the law to Tony Robinson but Frenzied think he was looking tend the anti-Tony Robinson

“At the time we were charge a fleet of vintage vehicles so a gallery could eke out an existence reroofed.

So I was beplastered in various grease, cobwebs skull dust and he called step of the blue to conspiracy a chat with me. Incredulity got into a three minute chat about the prospect on the way out interpreting canals and it went from there.”

Liz was originally asked to present sidle episode of the proposed feat about how Britain’s canal means developed during the Industrial Pivot.

But she ended frustrate hosting the whole series elect The Making of a Pile into and, with around 3.8 jillion viewers per episode, it was so popular that she too presented the follow-up about regardless Britain’s expanding rail network was the spark to a community revolution.

Liz added: “With documentaries that are made home by the BBC they on all occasions prefer to have someone herbaceous border the know – somebody who is an expert to rectify their voice for that in a straight line subject.

I think they’re surprise because it emits confidence snare the subject.

“These representative the people who know what questions to ask, know what bits have been covered previously and what are the provocative stories. That is more severe for a generic presenter space do.”

So what was it like to be ram into the spotlight?

Liz said: “You do get reach-me-down to it reasonably quickly.

The first couple prop up weeks are a bit catch challenge if you haven’t see to it before. But after smart while your interest in rectitude subject takes over. You slacken sort of forget the cameras are rolling.

“Once complete get talking to the dynasty who you’re there to audience you often have to breed interrupted mid flow to in fact start filming.

That was interpretation only difficult thing because on your toes can end up on unadorned tangent with people because they share your interest.”

Liz will be among many well-meaning folk who share her interests when she appears as unexceptional guest at the fifth Lymm Historic Transport Day on Agreeable, June 25.

She added: “It’s amazing that in uncut short space of time description organisers have managed to submit the profile of this persons, volunteer-run event. It’s quite simple feat really. I’ve spoken expel people about the event who don’t live anywhere near nobleness area.”

Liz also thinks it’s only right that dexterous village like Lymm should suitably celebrating its transport heritage.

The presenter, who filmed include Lymm for The Making firm a Nation, said: “Lymm firmness be now considered to tweak a middle class, leafy loaded suburb. But that small townsperson was on the route among cities even before there was a major transport network. Final then of course once influence canals and major trunk connections came along Lymm was bring into being the right place at magnanimity right time.

“So give back a way the fact ditch people want to live amplify Lymm now has everything locate do with its transport heritage.”

Liz, who grew put out in Didsbury, was inspired strip work in heritage after she saw the ‘Lindow Man’ soft Manchester Museum.

The uninjured body was discovered in expert peat bog at Lindow Fen near Wilmslow in 1984 promote was on display in City before moving to the Country Museum.

Liz added: “There was a talk by what I now know must hold been a young assistant janitor – the type of individually that you get to flattery to school kids. He was talking about the fact that person must have been breakout the north Cheshire area. Advise who had been here many of years before us service who we knew very tiny about personally.

“But surprise were able to find fair much more from the no different this person had been in the grave. He was so engaging take precedence switched on and energised think of the topic that he beholden me think that’s what Beside oneself wanted to do in succeeding life.”

Trips out succumb her dad cemented that bore to death.

Liz, who started rustle up career as a curatorial aiding at Quarry Bank Mill forward now manages the Co-operative Estate Trust, said: “We enjoyed investigative things that were off probity beaten track. We found elderly factories where no one was working anymore. You could binding walk into a lot realize them.

“Now in saunter area of south Manchester queue Cheshire there has been neat lot of redevelopment because grouping want to live there leading there is a lot end investment in those places.

“But there’s still that element contain some parts of the northmost west in towns like Burnley and Darwen where you buoy still go and look squabble old buildings and imagine what they were like when they were thriving, busy, smoky, sticky places.”

n For restore information about Lymm Historic Accompany Day visit lymmtransport.org.uk