Wilf Lunn is best known for his regular appearances on the 1960s and 1970s UK children's television show Vision On.
13 Facts About Wilf Lunn
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Wilf Lunn's upbringing was to later allow him to teach lip-reading as well as religious education at Odsal House School for the Deaf in Bradford.
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The parents of actor James Mason lived on the same street as Wilf Lunn who met Mason when he was visiting them.
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Wilf Lunn had already written a television play entitled Benny Rolly which, unusually for the time, was without dialogue and Marvin thought it would be of interest to the deaf.
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Wilf Lunn arranged an interview with Patrick Dowling the producer of BBC's Vision On and Lunn took along some of his models to demonstrate.
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Dowling was unable to employ Wilf Lunn but suggested an exhibition of his cycles.
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Wilf Lunn was later invited to appear on the children's TV show Magpie on which he spoke on a variety of subjects including bottles and the history of the domestic smoothing iron.
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Wilf Lunn constructed the device and appeared with it on Vision On.
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Wilf Lunn would go to appear on the programme for many years, with Tony Hart and Sylvester McCoy, demonstrating his latest inventions.
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Wilf Lunn later appeared in several other series, including Jigsaw and Eureka.
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Wilf Lunn is a prolific constructor of novelty bicycles and an inventor of strange devices, amongst which was a collection formerly to be found in the Inventions Bar, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Wilf Lunn has appeared as an after-dinner speaker for many functions including the Edinburgh School of Architecture Winter School, and the Society of Industrial Artists Golden Jubilee.
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Wilf Lunn has been a member of the panel of judges for the World Disco Championship.