Meet The Team
Who is The Lancashire Witch and the rest of the amazingly magical team.
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Sally Earthwood – The Witch
Hi, my name is Sally and I am a traditional witch and author (you can visit my author page here) based in Lancashire, just around the corner from the famous Pendle Hill which was the site of the Lancashire Witch Trials. I am a barefoot in the grass, foraging, natural living, homesteading, nature-loving, folk magic practitioner & traditional witch and was born and raised as a traditional witch over 45 years ago. I have had the honour and pleasure of writing for, being interviewed for, or working with some amazing companies, brands, and media over the years such as The BBC, The Daily Mail, Fox News, USA Today, Reuters, The Walt Disney Corporation, Spirit & Destiny Magazine, Fate & Fortune Magazine and many, many more. I love collaborating with brands and businesses and love working with the media because I feel that traditional witches and folk witches are often overshadowed by Wicca. I have been teaching traditional witchcraft since 1995 and have taught over 400 workshops and courses. With traditional witchcraft, the way we all learn is to be taught by another as back in the days of old, we didn’t have instruction books like we do now, and let’s face it, the books on traditional witchcraft you can buy these days are actually just Wicca books disguised as trad, because they wouldn’t mention worshipping deities if they were true traditional witchcraft now would they? 😉 Although raised as a traditional witch, I am also fully trained in Conjure (also known as rootwork/hoodoo) and New Orleans Vodou and have been pretty much all my life due to my family being Creole. I was the founder and former owner of The Village Witch Shop, which is the UK’s largest witchcraft shop of its type and has been since 1995. However, in 2019, I handed the shop down to my eldest daughter Amy, who now then closed The Village Witch to work with me here at The Lancashire Witch instead, the 2 shops merged as we moved from South to North yet our traditions stayed the same. To bring folk magic, that we love, respect and cherish to you with care, attention to detail and knowledge.
I am an urban micro-homesteader, forager, and qualified complementary therapist. I am a qualified life coach, business coach, nutritionist, flower remedy practitioner, and many other natural therapies, and am married, with gorgeous children, just like I was and all the children before me in my family, they were raised as witches too. They are, by far, my biggest achievement, and being a Mum is my favourite job in the world. I am also a Grandma to a bonny wee bairn!
I love to paint, work on mixed media art, digital art, and other art and craft pieces. I run a web development company and I used to be a primary school teacher and SENCO but left that behind when I moved back home, ‘up North’. I also write music (under the name Serasola and have done since the early 90’s. And last but not least, I am a huge gamer!
Magic to me, isn’t a hobby, it’s my entire way of life, my being, and it is held deep in my core. I work with all sides of magic and am equally happy to heal as I am to hex (when needed).
Amy Walker – The Tarot Queen
Amy is The Lancashire Witch’s resident Tarot Queen. Reading both Tarot and Oracle cards since she was 5 years old and professionally for the past 7 years, Amy has an amazing reputation within the tarot world. We are privileged to have her here every day at the shop. But I am even more proud of her, as she is my daughter. As Amy was raised her witch, you will often see here about the shop popping herbs in vials or running around after her gorgeous little boy, who has become quite the shop mascot since he was born 😉 She has a real natural talent when it comes to reading the cards. I never taught her tarot as reading cards was and still is, not my thing, but she has an amazing flare for them and often leaves her reading clients astonished at her accuracy. You can visit her website here: www.empoweredmagic.co.uk
The Rest of The Lancashire Witch Family
Dave Nicholas
What is a witch shop without a lad in eyeliner? Yup, you guessed it, that’s our Dave! Often tagged on Facebook as ‘the baby brother’ Dave is the bringer of tarantula sheds, snakeskin, and other goodies (very tasty food!) to the shop and we will be stocking his gorgeous handmade grimoires and vervain poppets very soon. Dave is also the ‘calmer downer’ if I get panicky at 2 am, I mean who doesn’t want a little brother like that eh? He is also The Witch’s anchor during workshops and retreat days as well as being very protective over the shop and all it’s team, Dave is our guardian angel.
Leanne Hanson
Not only is Leanne only my big sister, but you’ll also often find Leanne in the shop as she gets stuck in answering customers questions or eating cake, (apparently the purple finger cakes are her favourite!). She is awesome and we all love a Leanne hug! A Leanne hug makes everything right with the world. As a guardian she is there to protect our lovely workshop and group members when we do group meditations, past life regressions or pathwalking sessions.
Emma Dixon
Emma has been part of our shop team for almost 17 years, from being one of the original mods on our original Facebook group to being family. Emma is not only a TLW brand ambassador but also trained in conjure and New Orleans Vodou along with Sally. She also is the supplier of all the lovely resin goodies you can find in the shop too! Emma is our greatest fan and we are her greatest fan in return! As a guardian she is there to protect our lovely workshop and group members when we do group meditations, past life regressions or pathwalking sessions.
Ann Langley
Ann comes in for her Wednesday morning cuppa and chat and we often see her on Saturdays and we wouldn’t have it any other way! A TLW cheerleader from the very first day, a sister, mum, best mate all wrapped up in one is our Ann and we love her! As a guardian she is there to protect our lovely workshop and group members when we do group meditations, past life regressions or pathwalking sessions.
Nicole Blake
Nicknamed ‘Tigger’ by the rest of the shop team due to her excitedness over anything ‘The Lancashire Witch’, you can’t help but love Nicole’s enthusiasm. Whether you need someone to point you in the right direction with products or just to squeal in your ear as she gets hyped over our latest makes, Nicole is very much part of our team.
Chez Edwards
Not only does Chez supply The Lancashire Witch Shop with her many, many crystals (she is a crystal addict!) and run her own crystal shop but also helps out on my live streams and you will often see her own live streams from her shop too. When she is ‘up North’ you will see her milling around the shop and helping out. She affectionately calls me ‘the wife’ as some days we talk to each other more than we talk to our own husbands 😉 You can visit her website here: www.crystalcharged.co.uk
Nikki Colmer
At certain times of the year, you will see the small but mighty Nikki float about the shop. Whilst we live over 5 hours apart, when she comes up to visit she always comes and helps at the shop (and rearranges my shelves!) and our customers love chatting with her. I couldn’t leave her off the team page, especially as she carves the best pumpkins in the world! If you are at the shop at Samhain, you will see 😉 Nikki and I grew up together and whilst I miss her now I have moved away, her helping out at the shop when she is up is quality time together, although I do spend the next few weeks trying to find everything she has rearranged! 😉