Judith and Charlotte Corney will star in a Q and A on Saturday (March 19) to raise funds for Sandown's Wildheart Animal Sanctuary's new Primate Rescue Facility.

Organisers of An Evening With The Corneys say we should expect personal insights into their extraordinary family history.

Maybe you remember their strolls along Yaverland beach, with a tiger in tow?

Perhaps you have heard about the times lemurs went with them on the school run, or saw Jack Corney milk venomous snakes?

Isle of Wight County Press: Tigers were once a familiar site at Yaverland beach!Tigers were once a familiar site at Yaverland beach!

Isle of Wight County Press: Jack and Judith Corney.Jack and Judith Corney.

Isle of Wight broadcaster Tom Stroud will compere An Evening With The Corneys on Saturday March 19.

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How did the Corney family end up buying the zoo on the Isle of Wight?

In 1976, Jack Corney bought what was then dubbed "Britain’s Slum Zoo" and set about nursing the animals and the site back to health.

Nestled in Sandown's historic fort, it is now one of the Isle of Wight’s most popular attractions.

Isle of Wight County Press: Charlotte Corney, unphased by a boa constrictor.Charlotte Corney, unphased by a boa constrictor.

The fundraising evening, from 6.30pm (talk at 7.30pm), will be a chance to discover more about the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary’s past, present and future.

All proceeds from the evening will go to its planned new Primate Rescue Facility.

Read more: Isle of Wight sanctuary fundraising for bamboo primate centre

A crowdfunder appeal was launched last year in the bid to build two bamboo domes at the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.

Tickets for An Evening With The Corneys are priced £25 (£20 for Wildheart members) and can be booked HERE.