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Talks and events in 2024

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January 9

County Durham Forum for History and Heritage (webinar presentation)

 

February 12

Wallsend Local History Society, St Luke's Church, Wallsend

 

February 19

Wessington u3a, North Biddick Social Club, Washington 

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February 20

South Tyneside u3a, Pier Pavilion, South Shields

 

February 23

Morpeth Antiquarian Society, St. James Community Centre, Morpeth 

 

March 1

SLS Teesside, Langdon Square Community Centre, Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough

 

March 5

Cramlington 1926 General Strike exhibition, The Community Hub at Cramlington

 

March 10

The Word, National Centre for the Written Word, South Shields

Day school celebrating International Women's Day. The role of women in the 1926 General Strike and the 1984/85 Miners' Strike.

 

March 21

Sunderland u3a, Mill View Social Club, Fulwell, Sunderland

1 pm

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April 2

u3a Tynedale, Great Hall, Hexham Abbey

2 pm

 

April 10

Gateshead Local History Society, Caedmon Hall at Gateshead Central Library

2 pm

 

April 11

Boldon Blossoms, Boldon Community Association

6.45 pm 

 

May 10

Carlisle WI

7.30 pm 

 

May 11

Local History Month, Newcastle City Library, Newcastle upon Tyne

1 pm 

 

August 5

Corbridge WI, Corbridge Parish Hall

1.30 pm 

 

August 19

South Shields Local History Group, Cleadon Park Library (Room A), South Shields

5 pm

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September 12

Gosforth Civic Theatre, Gosforth

2 pm & 6 pm

 

September 24

Killingworth Local History Society

7.30 pm

 

October 8

Chilton Moor WI, Dubmire Workmens Club, Houghton-le-Spring

6 pm

 

October 17

Ponteland Local History Society

7.30 pm

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October 22

Alnwick Local History Society, Alnwick Cricket Club

7.30 pm 

 

October 29

Morpeth u3a, St. James Community Centre, Morpeth

2 pm 

 

November 12

Hexham Local History Society, Hexham Trinity Methodist Church

7.30 pm

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November 27

Heaton Library Group, St. George's Church, High Heaton

7.30 pm

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Talks and events in 2023

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March 30

The Community Hub at Cramlington

Public talks

2 pm & 6.30 pm

 

July 26

The Community Hub at Cramlington

Public talks and screening of the 1969 BBC film Yesterday's Witness

2 pm & 6 pm

 

August 16

Whitey Bay u3a, Linskill Centre, North Shields

Public talk and screening of the 1969 BBC film Yesterday's Witness

2 pm 

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September 7

Gateshead Railway Club, Gateshead Bowls Club

Public talk and screening of the 1969 BBC film Yesterday's Witness

1.30 pm

 

September 21

Belford Film Club, Northumberland

Public talk and screening of the 1969 BBC film Yesterday's Witness

7 pm

 

September 29

Harton Westoe Miners Welfare, South Shields

Public talk and screening of the 1969 BBC film Yesterday's Witness

6.30 pm

 

October 24

Irish Festival 2023, Tyneside Irish Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne

Public talks and screening of the 1969 BBC film Yesterday's Witness

2 pm & 7 pm 

 

November 1

Workers' Education Association (WEA), Armstrong Hall Social Club, South Shields

Public talk

10 am

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