CDFHH Previous Online Talks

2024

• 9th Jan - Cramlington Train Wreckers - Ed Waugh
• 20th Feb - Secret Darlington - Chris Lloyd
• 12th Mar - The Tyne Brewery Site - Richard Annis
• 17th Sep - The Demoniacs: A Northern Hellfire Club? - Tony Nicholson
• 1st Oct - Durham County & its Turnpike Roads - David Butler

2023

• 10th January 2023 - Death Dirt & Disease in Durham - David Butler
• 16th February 2023 - Family History & the Media: behind the scenes of 'Who do You Think You Are?' - Nick Barratt
• 22nd March 2023 - Gertrude Bell 'The Desert Queen' - Anthony Atkinson
• 20th April 2023 - History of the NE in Maps - Mike Barke
• 17th May 2023 - Necessary History of the British Toilet - Richard Pears
• 13th June 2023 - Battle of Stockton - Martin Peagam
• 1st Aug 2023 - 152 Years of the Durham Miners Gala - Ross Forbes
• 17th Aug 2023 - The life and works of Norman Cornish - John & Dorothy Cornish
• 12th Sep 2023 - Life and death in early Cleveland mining settlements - Tony Nicholson
• 10th Oct 2023 - Pits, Pockmarks & Haggerleases: the story of Cockfield Fell - Chris Lloyd.
• 15th Nov 2023 - People’s History of Gibside - Val Scully

2022

• 11th January 2022 - Pitmans Parliament - Ross Forbes
• 15th February 2022 - The Town of Rampant Sin - Martin Peagam
• 15th March 2022 - Secrets of the Attic part 3 - Tony Nicholson
• 5th April 2022 - The Langworthy Mystery - Tony Nicholson
• 11th May 2022 - Gertrude Bell - the "Desert Queen" - Anthony Atkinson
• 8th June 2022 - Building Belles - Lady Anne Clifford, Elizabeth Percy and Sarah Losh - Richard Pears
• 19th July 2022 - Old Durham Gardens - Martin Roberts
• 16th August 2022 - The significance of the Hetton Colliery Railway in railway history - Les Turnbull
• 14th September 2022 - Lord Gort—His Life and Times - Dave Griffiths
• 11th October 2022 - Elisabethville - a little piece of Belgium on British soil - Anthea Lang
• 15th November 2022 - Meet me at the Maison - Martin Peagam
• 6th December 2022 - A Victorian Christmas - Margaret Hedley

2021

• 12th January 2021 - The Secrets of the Attic Part 1 - Tony Nicholson
• 9th February 2021 - The Secrets of the Attic Part 2 - Tony Nicholson
• 8th March 2021 - The Caped Crusaders - Anthea Lang
• 20th April 2021 - Georgian Geordies: Society, Politics and Industry 1714 – 1837 - Richard Pears
• 18th May 2021 - Durham and Dunbar. Identifying Scottish soldiers at Palace Green - Richard Annis
• 15th June 2021 - The Hetton Coal Company and Mr George Stephenson's patent travelling engines. - John Banham
• 6th July 2021 - DNA in Family History: an introduction & personal experience - John Heckles
• 25th August 2021 - Social Care in Almshouses and Aged Miners Homes - Christine Seal
• 29th September 2021 - T Dan Smith - Anthony Atkinson
• 19th October 2021 - Fat Cows and Railway Lines
• 9th November 2021 - The Great North Road—Scotch Corner to Lamberton Toll
• 14th December 2021 - Lewis Carroll: The Croft Connection - Chris Lloyd