Tudhoe Village

Tudhoe & Spennymoor Local History Society

Spennymoor High Street

Previous Programmes

2024 Programme
22nd Jan 2024Keith SimpsonDurham Castles.
26th Feb 2024Prof. Christopher GerrardThe archaeology of earthquakes in the Middle Ages. What happens when disaster strikes?
25th Mar 2024Dr Frederick SmithThe Tudhoe Colliery Explosion of 1882.
22nd Apr 2024David Butler"A Plan so replete with advantages...." - The Building of Durham's North Road.
20th May 2024Carolyn BallThe Story - moving 900 years of archives.
12th Jun 2024Auckland Park - Afternoon Site Visit to view most recent archaeological investigations.
24th Jun 2024Caroline HardieThe Stockton & Darlington Railway, 199 years and counting.
22nd Jul 2024Gordon HendersonEvening Site Visit to Binchester Roman Fort to view most recent archaeological investigations.
23rd Sep 2024Martin RobertsHistoric Bridges of Durham.
28th Oct 2024AGM + Dr John Banham Our Waterloo. - 1815 Durham had its own crisis to deal with - a banking collapse.
25th Nov 2024George NairnA postcard trip down the River Wear - from source to sea.
9th Dec 2024Christmas SocialBlack Horse, Tudhoe.
2023 Programme
23rd Jan 2023Bob FlemingMemories of growing up in Spennymoor.
27th Feb 2023Prof. Christopher GerrardArchaeological discoveries at Auckland Castle.
27th Mar 2023Dr Tony NicholsonCleveland's C18th Hellfire Club.
24th Apr 2023Keith SimpsonRaby through the Ages.
22nd May 2023Richard PearsBuilding Belles.
20th Jun 2023Keith Simpson (senior guide)Raby Castle & Gardens.
24th Jul 2023Dr David PettsLindisfarne - an archaeological treasure house.
25th Sep 2023Gordon HendersonProgress at Binchester Roman Fort.
23rd Oct 2023AGMAGM + Professor Sarah Semple report and Yeavering.
27th Nov 2023Sue Snowdon His Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for County Durham - The Life and Role of the Lord Lieutenant.
18th Dec 2023Christmas SocialBlack Horse, Tudhoe.
2022 Programme
24th Jan 2022Michael RichardsonDurham City from Old Photographs.
28th Feb 2022John YeomansThe Old County Durham Coastline Today
28th Mar 2022Martin RobertsSecond Revision of Pevsner’s ‘The Buildings of County Durham’
25th Apr 2022Miles HamiltonTudhoe's Pat Tunney - A rugby career & life.
23rd May 2022Philip CurtisNorth East Life in the 1950s.
27th Jun 2022Peter WoodsThe Salty History of NE Yorkshire - starting in Co. Durham.
25th Jul 2022Summer OutingA Guided Walk along the Newcastle Quayside with Freda Thompson starting at 5.30pm.
26th Sep 2022Freda ThompsonTales of the River Tyne.
24th Oct 2022AGMAGM + Mike Thornton - Cornish, Lowry and the Stone Gallery.
28th Nov 2022Chris LloydLewis Carroll - The Croft Connection.
12th Dec 2022Christmas SocialBlack Horse 7.30pm.
2021 Programme
14th Aug 2021Walk at 2pmTo examine selected sites of potential historic landscape &/or archaeological interest around Tudhoe.
27th Sep 2021Tony SmithCounty Hall archives.
25th Oct 2021AGMAGM + Talk by Prof. Sarah Semple, introducing the proposed joint project with Durham University's Dept. of Archaeology.
22nd Nov 2021Dr Tony NicholsonSecrets of the Attic Part 2 - The Vile Woman.
20th Dec 2021Christmas SocialThe Black Horse Tudhoe, 7pm for 7.30pm.
2020 Programme
27th Jan 2020Michael RichardsonLost Durham.
24th Feb 2020Robin MacKayThe History of Durham Carpets.
2019 Programme
28th Jan 2019Peter BarronDad at Large.
25th Feb 2019Angela Thomas (Curator)Bishop Auckland's Mining Art Gallery.
25th Mar 2019Martin RobertsKynff & Kip in Cleveland.
29th Apr 2019Gary BankheadThe Durham River Wear Assemblage .
20th May 2019John BanhamBehind the Lines - The Peace. Looking again at our film in the context of Spennymoor in 1919.
24th Jun 2019Evening VisitOld Park, Byers Green with Martin Roberts.
22nd Jul 2019Dr Tony NicholsonSecrets of the Attic - Brotton House, near Saltburn.
23rd Sep 2019Dr Andrew MillardThe Scottish Prisoners from the Battle of Dunbar 1650.
28th Oct 2019AGM & David ButlerTurnpike Roads round Spennymoor.
25th Nov 2019Mike ThorntonNorman Cornish's Centenary.
9th Dec 2019Christmas SocialBlack Horse, Tudhoe7.00pm for 7.30
2018 Programme
22nd Jan 2018John YeomansBishop Auckland in Photographs.
26th Feb 2018Gemma StevensonBeamish's 1950s Projects.
26th Mar 2018Martin RobertsOld Park.
23rd Apr 2018Naomi Beeley & Brian LaverickThe DLI Collection at Spennymoor.
21st May 2018Chris LloydA Year in Darlo.
9th Jun 2018Summer VisitScarborough : St Martin’s Church & the Castle.
25th Jun 2018Gordon HendersonA Roman Update.
23rd Jul 2018Evening VisitBiddick Hall & Gardens.
24th Sep 2018Christopher WrightHave you seen the Mona Lisa?
22nd Oct 2018AGM & Alison HodgsonSedgefield in Victorian Times.
26th Nov 2018Alastair FraserThe Germans on the Somme 1914-1916.
17th Dec 2018Christmas SocialVenue & Time to be confirmed.
2017 Programme
23rd Jan 2017Jack InchScratching the Earth's Crust.
27th Feb 2017Mike ThorntonPeople & Places, The Norman Cornish sketch books.
27th Mar 2017Arthur DoddsA History of Espionage.
24th Apr 2017Peter BarronCloudy, Rain Later.
22nd May 2017Chris RuskinThe Lost Farms of Weardale.
14th Jun 2017Summer VisitHolker Hall and Carmel Priory, Cumbria.
26th Jun 2017John GrundyStones and Saints - the tangible and intangible pleasures of Durham.
24th Jul 2017Margaret HedleyNineteenth Century Pit Women of Durham.
25th Sep 2017John BanhamBehind the Lines: A Great War Nurse and the Fight for Survival.
23rd Oct 2017AGM & Alison HodgsonPoverty in Britain through the ages.
27th Nov 2017Alastair Fraser"Hopping the Bags" 33 Battalion Australian Imperial Force - an Australian battalion in the battle of the Messines, 1917.
18th Dec 2017Christmas SocialWhitworth Hall
2016 Programme
25th Jan 2016Arthur DoddsSanctuary in the Cathedral.
29th Feb 2016John MoreelsNostalgic Views of the North (PhotoPlate Archive).
21st Mar 2016Martin RobertsPevsner's County Durham travels.
25th Apr 2016John AskwithBishop Auckland Station & The Weardale Railway.
23rd May 2016Robin DanielsEvening Visit - The mediaeval town of Hartlepool.
18th Jun 2016Summer VisitThe Herriott Museum, Thirsk and Richmond Castle.
27th Jun 2016Gordon HendersonBinchester Roman Fort – 2016 update.
25th Jul 2016Abigail GouldingEva’s Story – a Film and Talk on Eva Vickerstaff.
26th Sep 2016Alastair Fraser“The Battle of the Somme” – the famous film released in 1916.
24th Oct 2016AGM & John BanhamMedomsley to Mirimachi: the career of General Sir Martin Hunter (1757-1846).
28th Nov 2016David BeattieThe Eden Family.
19th Dec 2016Christmas SocialTudhoe Cricket Club
2015 Programme
26th Jan 2015Paul GreenPolice Tales
23rd Feb 2015Jenny GarnettThe history of Burn Hall
23rd Mar 2015Arthur DoddsHistory of aerial surveillance.
27th Apr 2015Jo BathTales of the Tyne etc.
18th May 2015Peter WoodsNE Geological History
13th Jun 2015Summer VisitEden Camp, Malton.
29th Jun 2015Gordon HendersonBinchester visit and update.
27th Jul 2015Tony SmithThe Four Flemings - Williams I - IV, 1844 - 2014.
28th Sep 2015Alastair FraserA Battalion on the Learning Curve: W.D.Lowe & 18 DLI in the Great War
26th Oct 2015Michael RichardsonDurham City in Colour 1960-70.
23rd Nov 2015George NairnPost Cards from World War I.
14th Dec 2015Christmas SocialWhitworth Hall.
2014 Programme
27th Jan 2014Dr Craig BarclayA little bucket of ducatoons.
24th Feb 2014Michael RuddVisitors to Teesdale through the centuries.
24th Mar 2014Steve GibbsA history of brewing.
28th Apr 2014Dr Ian BoultonIron, steel, carbon and fire.
19th May 2014John RuffleVisit to St John's Church, Kirk Merrington, meet at the west gate at 7pm.
14th Jun 2014Summer VisitAbbotsford (nr Melrose) the home of Sir Walter Scott.
23rd Jun 2014Arthur DoddsThe Gunpowder Plot.
28th Jul 2014Michael RichardsonDurham in photographs 1936-1960.
22nd Sep 2014Chris LloydAttacking the Devil and sinking the unsinkable: W T Stead and the Titanic.
27th Oct 2014AGM and Mike OrdMore history from an armchair.
24th Nov 2014David ButlerChristina's Bridge.
15th Dec 2014Christmas SocialWhitworth Hall.
2013 Programme
28th Jan 2013Olly BurtonHeraldry & Local Families.
25th Feb 2013Rowena HackwoodThe Auckland Castle Project.
25th Mar 2013Jennifer GillThe Londonderry Family.
22nd Apr 2013Winifred ColmanThe life, times and travels of Peter Lee.
18th May 2013Yesterday Belongs to You County Hall Durham.
20th May 2013John RuffleThe 4th Viscount Castlereagh.
24th Jun 2013Mike AmosRamblings about Spennymoor - Recollections of a local journalist.
13th Jul 2013Summer VisitPaxton House (on the north bank of the Tweed near Berwick).
22nd Jul 2013Arthur DoddsThe Spy from County Durham.
23rd Sep 2013George NairnThe Great North Road - Scotch Corner to Lamberton Toll.
28th Oct 2013AGM and Mike OrdA 15th Armchair Expose.
25th Nov 2013Martin RobertsVanishing Vernacular.
16th Dec 2013Christmas SocialHonest Lawyer.
2012 Programme
23rd Jan 2012PicturesPictures of Tudhoe & Spennymoor.
27th Feb 2012Olly BurtonStained Glass Windows.
26th Mar 2012Julian HarropVisit to Beamish Archive.
23rd Apr 2012Janet ThackrayOur Northern Heritage.
21st May 2012David MasonNew excavations at Binchester.
25th Jun 2012John Ruffle40 years in 50 pictures
14th Jul 2012Summer VisitWallington Hall.
23rd Jul 2012Jack InchVisit to Durham Mining Museum at Town Hall.
15th Sep 2012BinchesterVisit to Binchester.
24th Sep 2012Chris LloydDarlington Civic Theatre.
22nd Oct 2012AGM and Mike OrdA 14th Armchair stroll
26th Nov 2012Martin RobertsSlipping down the ladder: the decline of Weardale's great Elizabethan Houses.
17th Dec 2012Christmas SocialHonest Lawyer.
2011 Programme
24th Jan 2011John BygateThe Birtley Belgians.
28th Feb 2011David ButlerRambles with Rosa : travels in Europe & Asia Minor in 1871.
28th Mar 2011Jo BathWitchcraft in North East England.
18th Apr 2011Andrew UrwinThe life and times of Fred Urwin.
23rd May 2011Spring VisitWitton Castle Estate.
27th Jun 2011Heather MounseyWho killed Lucy.
16th Jul 2011Summer VisitThe Scottish Borders. Floors Castle and Kelso.
25th Jul 2011Bob AbleySpennymoor in film.
26th Sep 2011Members' EveningPersonal artefacts to be discussed.
24th Oct 2011AGM and Mike OrdArmchair walk no.13.
28th Nov 2011Sheila ForsterVoices from the past: oral history.
19th Dec 2011Christmas SocialHonest Lawyer.
2010 Programme
25th Jan 2010Chris LloydCockfield Fell.
22nd Feb 2010John BanhamWotton in Werdale: the Eures and their castle.
14th Mar 2010Sprimg VisitNewcastle and Gateshead Waterfront and the Great North Museum(formerly Hancock Museum).
22nd Mar 2010Trevor CarrollThe History of Fairs.
26th Apr 2010Tony SmithFrom Catterick and back via India and Dunkirk: a retrospective of Ted Smith's talk in November 1991.
24th May 2010Ted ShawWilliam Shaw and Dotheboys Hall.
28th Jun 2010David ButlerDurham Town Hall Tour. Meet outside the Town Hall at 6.30 pm.
July 2010Settle and Carlisle Railway.Summer visit.
26th Jul 2010Rosemary AllenNorthern things.
27th Sep 2010Niall HammondScargill Castle.
25th Oct 2010AGM and Mike OrdAn armchair stroll along the North Yorkshire coast.
22nd Nov 2010John RuffleThe alternative to growing turnips: Myrtle Bloom in Egypt in the 1930s.
20th Dec 2010Christmas SocialWhitworth Hall
2009 Programme
26th Jan 2009Bob AbleyThe Byers Green branch line-part 2.
15th Feb 2009BradfordNational Media Museum, Bradford.
23rd Mar 2009Spennymoor Settlement.Spennymoor Settlement.
27th Apr 2009William SalvinThe challenges in running an historic country estate.
16th May 2009Yesterday belongs to you.County Hall. The society will have a stand at this bi-annual event.
18th May 2009Gordon HendersonRoman medicine and Binchester update
29th Jun 2009Naill BensonDurham's Magical Coast
June/July Castle Howard Depart by Community Bus from St.David's Church, Tudhoe,at 9.00 a.m
27th Jul 2009Raby CastleMeet at the car park within the grounds (entrance fees payable) at 2.00 p.m.
28th Sep 2009Jennifer GillRecipes and meals through the ages.
25th Oct 2009AGM and Mike OrdCoast in an armchair.
23rd Nov 2009David MasonNew evidence for Roman County Durham.
14th Dec 2009Christmas SocialWhitworth Hall

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