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As I Recall It: Living Beneath the Wings of Angels
	Author: Billy Roberts Foreword by: Dr. Ciarán O’Keeffe Classification: Autobiography/Spiritual Sorry this book is Out Of Print	Brief Description: After a somewhat lonely and inwardly focused childhood Billy Roberts entered adolescence finally understanding why he had always felt ‘diffferent’. As a sickly child his life expectancy had been poor but he had always known that he wouldn’t die young because he had an important gift that he needed to share with the world - he was psychic. As I Recall It is Billy’s own account of his journey from ‘odd’ child to successful musician and beyond, documenting how he was to emerge as one of the UK’s most successful, if unconventional, Stage Psychics. As a renowned authority on esoteric matters, Billy’s career has led him to many strange and sometimes scary places investigating the paranormal. He appeared on television long before programmes about haunted buildings became fashionable and has won the respect of experts on the paranormal across the globe. These days, Billy tries to lead a quieter life but as this fascinating autobiography explains, he has learnt to always expect one or two surprises. This is the extraordinary story of one man’s experience of a life spent unravelling the secrets of the dead.

Special Note: This book is now out of print.

About the Author: As well as being one of the UK’s leading stage psychics, Billy Roberts is also an authority on the paranormal and metaphysical subjects. He lectures and conducts his workshops and seminars all over the world, and his unconventional and, at times, extremely radical techniques attract the interest of esoteric students from many countries. He has been psychic since he was a child and is both clairvoyant and clairaudient. However, when he left school in 1962 at the age of 16, he was already living the dream of every other teenager, playing lead guitar in a rock band and touring with some of the biggest names of the sixties, such as Chuck Berry, The Moody Blues, The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, The Kinks, to name but a few. In 1970, after a long illness, Billy’s career as a musician came to an end. After returning to the UK, a series of what he calls ‘Mystical Experiences’, made him turn his attention to his own personal spiritual development. After serving spiritualist churches all over the UK for many years, in 1983 he founded The Thought Workshop, the northwest’s first Centre for Psychic and Spiritual Studies and Alternative therapies. The centre, established in Rodney Street, (the Harley Street of Liverpool,) was officially opened by Billy’s friend, the great Doris Stokes, and was also visited by some of the greatest veteran exponents of mediumship, such as author and spiritual teacher, Ursula Roberts and world-renowned psychic artist, Ivor James. The centre was an innovation but was opposed by many of the leading Spiritualist bodies, which prevented many of their mediums from working there. When the centre closed in the late eighties, Billy opened the Billy Roberts Paranormal Study Centre in Penny Lane, (of Beatles fame) and although this too has now closed, he still continues to travel with his work all over the world. In 2003 Billy was commissioned by Sony Games Empire to feature in a documentary to promote their new playstation 2 game Ghost Hunter, filmed on location in New Orleans.

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Publication Date:		15 May 2009
ISBN: ISBN 13:		1-906358-50-8 978-1-906358-50-1
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-- Reviews by the Famous and well Known

The world of the paranormal is saturated with claimants, those people who profess to have a special ability. Whether that ability is divining information from a personal item, or communing with departed loved ones, or even pointing out your current mood from the colour of your aura, all special claimants have a story to tell. And, boy, are there a lot of stories. When my interest in this field began as a teenager I was voraciously reading every story-filled psychic autobiography I could lay my hands on. Initially I read the stories by Estelle Roberts, Rita Rogers, Doris Stokes and Uri Geller but as the years progressed new claimants rose up through the ranks: Gordon Smith, John Edward, James Van Praagh, Sylvia Browne, Colin Fry, Tony Stockwell and even Derek Acorah. I found all these life stories absolutely fascinating. I became swept away by the convoluted rationale for an alleged ability, the insight into a family that, more often than not, showed a heritage of psychic ability whilst occasionally hinting at disdain elsewhere in the family tree. I marvelled at the often misinterpreted childhood personal experience (at least in my opinion) that, in hindsight, was the first indication that “I was different”. I was enthralled by the brief foray into an alternative career in which there was always the thought that something else was drawing them onto another path. I also smirked at the detail recounted in successful readings and the glowing testimonials and life-changing effect an encounter with this special claimant would have.
In picking up Billy’s autobiography I expected no less, and I wasn’t disappointed but also I was pleasantly surprised. Here we have a life story that begins with childhood confrontations with the medical profession and the influential figure Annie (both Billy’s mother and a life-changing meeting at age 2). We have various colourful characters from the family who either accept and support or become intriguing skeletons stepping out of the closet. We even have the archetypal retelling of an encounter with spirits, an encounter which becomes highly accurate when confirmed by a flamboyant “parapsychologist”. But here, instead of the usual settings found in psychic biographies, we are treated to an adventure in a graveyard deep in the Louisiana swamps, and the symbolic appearance of a white owl!
It is occasional nuggets of excitement like this that pepper the background and give a context that really makes this autobiography stand out. It would be so easy to get bogged down in psychic re-telling and evidence for yet another ability, but Billy doesn’t. We have a story here which takes us on a vivid journey through the 1950s, 60s, and on to present day. A journey which is littered with passing references to key historical figures, culture and places: Bert Weedon, Dick Barton (Special Agent), Frankie Vaughan, Penny Lane, Mick Jagger, The Yardbirds, The Locomotive Club, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Dunkirk, Ken Dodd, Doris Stokes, Screaming Lord Sutch, Big Breakfast, Russell Grant, etc, etc, etc. For Billy is a rare commodity – an unhealthy child who doctors insisted wouldn’t live, a 1960s music career in which he really lived the decade, and survived. So these are no mere passing references that I list above, often they are personal encounters that enthral and sometimes amuse.
So whether you are fascinated by the spirit encounters of a psychic and medium, or whether you love hearing treasured anecdotes of encounters with equally colourful characters, this is the story for you. As Billy recalls it, your reading eyes widen first in disbelief but then in gratitude at being immersed in the retelling of a colourful past, present and, as Billy would have it, future.
Dr. Ciarán O’Keeffe, TV Paranormal Investigator - Written the Foreword

-- Newspaper and Website Reviews

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Two Worlds: The Monthly Magazine for Spiritualists

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Daily Star Sunday (Take 5 Magazine)

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Take a Break's Fate & Fortune Magazine

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Eternal Spirit Magazine

Every book that Billy Roberts writes just gets better and better. All of his works bar one, to my knowledge, have a strong autobiographical bent, and this one is probably the most fascinating of all.
As I Recall It is a gritty account of how Billy first realised he had mediumistic talents - and how he went on to develop them. Anyone who reads this book cannot fail to be impressed by the author's ability to overcome hard knocks and turn them into positive experiences.
Health problems, drug addiction ... Billy Roberts has dealt with them all. He is brutally candid about his past failings, but through it all an intense belief in the afterlife helped him survive. Billy Roberts also has a wicked sense of humour. In one chapter he details how, during filming a documentary on paranormal research, he fell into a mound of cow dung. You just know that someone who can see the funny side of something like that doesn't take himself too seriously.
As I Recall It is an inspirational account of how to survive; not just this workaday life here on earth, but into another world to come. Don't miss it.
Mike Hallowell, The Shields Gazette

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Two Worlds: The Monthly Magazine for Spiritualists

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Psychic News

Although the author tells us that As I Recall It isn’t an autobiography, this book describes a huge chunk of the life of Billy Roberts, one of the UK’s leading stage psychics. And whilst there are chapters about Billy’s mediumship, his Spirit guide, ghosts and psychic experiences (so it does have a place on the mind, body and soul shelves), it’s more about his life in general and the people he met along the way.
He takes us back to the era of the late 50s and early 60s when he was an up-and-coming rock musician keeping company with the likes of the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix.
You can sense Billy’s burning ambition – the struggles, the fun, the excitement – as well as the depths of despair and the hurt he at times experienced. In the course of one day (that’s how long it took to read it), we were taken on a journey of mixed emotions. I totally forgot I was reading for the purpose of review; it was simply too enjoyable. It wasn’t possible to put this book down. You just had to keep reading to see what was going to happen next in the life of Billy Roberts, wondering where his musicianship would lead him, who he’d meet next, whether he’d survive, even.
At 182 pages (hardback), including photos, it’s wonderful value at the price. Nothing is hidden here. It’s written with honesty and passion. A very easy read. Superb.
Paul Salmon, Eternal Spirit Magazine (Editor)

-- Radio and TV

20 April 2010 - Billy Roberts was interviewed on Controversial Television. Billy answered questions about his books 'As I Recall It' and 'The Magic of the Aura' on the Gardiner's World programme. Billy was interviewed vy Philip Gardiner.
Controversial Television

4 September 2009 - Billy Roberts was interviewed on Controversial Television. Billy answered questions about his books 'As I Recall It', 'The Magic of the Aura' and 'The Great Paranormal Clash'. Billy was interviewed on 'The Phil Gardiner Show'.
Controversial Television

Billy Roberts was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM. Billy answered questions about his book 'As I Recall It' on 'The Linda Mcdermott Show'.
BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8 FM

-- Readers Comments

I think this book is very well written and easy to understand, a good read.
Janette Lesley Ruddock
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-- Book Signings and Events

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'As I Recall It' at Waterstone’s, Warrington (Starbucks, Warrington).
Waterstone’s, Warrington (Starbucks, Warrington)

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'As I Recall It' at Waterstone's, Bolton.
Waterstone's, Bolton

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'As I Recall It' at Waterstone's, Wrexham.
Waterstone's, Wrexham

Billy Roberts signed copies of his book 'As I Recall It' at Waterstone's, Liverpool.
Waterstone's, Liverpool

-- Libraries that stock this book
The Library of Trinity College, Dublin
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The University Library, Cambridge
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The National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
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The British Library, Boston Spa
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