2024 Programme |
22nd Jan 2024 | Keith Simpson | Durham Castles. |
26th Feb 2024 | Prof. Christopher Gerrard | The archaeology of earthquakes in the Middle Ages. What happens when disaster strikes? |
25th Mar 2024 | Dr Frederick Smith | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion of 1882. |
22nd Apr 2024 | David Butler | "A Plan so replete with advantages...." - The Building of Durham's North Road. |
20th May 2024 | Carolyn Ball | The Story - moving 900 years of archives. |
12th Jun 2024 | | Auckland Park - Afternoon Site Visit to view most recent archaeological investigations. |
24th Jun 2024 | Caroline Hardie | The Stockton & Darlington Railway, 199 years and counting. |
22nd Jul 2024 | Gordon Henderson | Evening Site Visit to Binchester Roman Fort to view most recent archaeological investigations. |
23rd Sep 2024 | Martin Roberts | Historic Bridges of Durham. |
28th Oct 2024 | AGM + Dr John Banham | Our Waterloo. - 1815 Durham had its own crisis to deal with - a banking collapse. |
25th Nov 2024 | George Nairn | A postcard trip down the River Wear - from source to sea. |
9th Dec 2024 | Christmas Social | Black Horse, Tudhoe. |
2023 Programme |
23rd Jan 2023 | Bob Fleming | Memories of growing up in Spennymoor. |
27th Feb 2023 | Prof. Christopher Gerrard | Archaeological discoveries at Auckland Castle. |
27th Mar 2023 | Dr Tony Nicholson | Cleveland's C18th Hellfire Club. |
24th Apr 2023 | Keith Simpson | Raby through the Ages. |
22nd May 2023 | Richard Pears | Building Belles. |
20th Jun 2023 | Keith Simpson (senior guide) | Raby Castle & Gardens. |
24th Jul 2023 | Dr David Petts | Lindisfarne - an archaeological treasure house. |
25th Sep 2023 | Gordon Henderson | Progress at Binchester Roman Fort. |
23rd Oct 2023 | AGM | AGM + Professor Sarah Semple report and Yeavering. |
27th Nov 2023 | Sue Snowdon | His Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for County Durham - The Life and Role of the Lord Lieutenant. |
18th Dec 2023 | Christmas Social | Black Horse, Tudhoe. |
2022 Programme |
24th Jan 2022 | Michael Richardson | Durham City from Old Photographs. |
28th Feb 2022 | John Yeomans | The Old County Durham Coastline Today |
28th Mar 2022 | Martin Roberts | Second Revision of Pevsner’s ‘The Buildings of County Durham’ |
25th Apr 2022 | Miles Hamilton | Tudhoe's Pat Tunney - A rugby career & life. |
23rd May 2022 | Philip Curtis | North East Life in the 1950s. |
27th Jun 2022 | Peter Woods | The Salty History of NE Yorkshire - starting in Co. Durham. |
25th Jul 2022 | Summer Outing | A Guided Walk along the Newcastle Quayside with Freda Thompson starting at 5.30pm. |
26th Sep 2022 | Freda Thompson | Tales of the River Tyne. |
24th Oct 2022 | AGM | AGM + Mike Thornton - Cornish, Lowry and the Stone Gallery. |
28th Nov 2022 | Chris Lloyd | Lewis Carroll - The Croft Connection. |
12th Dec 2022 | Christmas Social | Black Horse 7.30pm. |
2021 Programme |
14th Aug 2021 | Walk at 2pm | To examine selected sites of potential historic landscape &/or archaeological interest around Tudhoe. |
27th Sep 2021 | Tony Smith | County Hall archives. |
25th Oct 2021 | AGM | AGM + Talk by Prof. Sarah Semple, introducing the proposed joint project with Durham University's Dept. of Archaeology. |
22nd Nov 2021 | Dr Tony Nicholson | Secrets of the Attic Part 2 - The Vile Woman. |
20th Dec 2021 | Christmas Social | The Black Horse Tudhoe, 7pm for 7.30pm. |
2020 Programme |
27th Jan 2020 | Michael Richardson | Lost Durham. |
24th Feb 2020 | Robin MacKay | The History of Durham Carpets. |
2019 Programme |
28th Jan 2019 | Peter Barron | Dad at Large. |
25th Feb 2019 | Angela Thomas (Curator) | Bishop Auckland's Mining Art Gallery. |
25th Mar 2019 | Martin Roberts | Kynff & Kip in Cleveland. |
29th Apr 2019 | Gary Bankhead | The Durham River Wear Assemblage . |
20th May 2019 | John Banham | Behind the Lines - The Peace. Looking again at our film in the context of Spennymoor in 1919. |
24th Jun 2019 | Evening Visit | Old Park, Byers Green with Martin Roberts. |
22nd Jul 2019 | Dr Tony Nicholson | Secrets of the Attic - Brotton House, near Saltburn. |
23rd Sep 2019 | Dr Andrew Millard | The Scottish Prisoners from the Battle of Dunbar 1650. |
28th Oct 2019 | AGM & David Butler | Turnpike Roads round Spennymoor. |
25th Nov 2019 | Mike Thornton | Norman Cornish's Centenary. |
9th Dec 2019 | Christmas Social | Black Horse, Tudhoe7.00pm for 7.30 |
2018 Programme |
22nd Jan 2018 | John Yeomans | Bishop Auckland in Photographs. |
26th Feb 2018 | Gemma Stevenson | Beamish's 1950s Projects. |
26th Mar 2018 | Martin Roberts | Old Park. |
23rd Apr 2018 | Naomi Beeley & Brian Laverick | The DLI Collection at Spennymoor. |
21st May 2018 | Chris Lloyd | A Year in Darlo. |
9th Jun 2018 | Summer Visit | Scarborough : St Martin’s Church & the Castle. |
25th Jun 2018 | Gordon Henderson | A Roman Update. |
23rd Jul 2018 | Evening Visit | Biddick Hall & Gardens. |
24th Sep 2018 | Christopher Wright | Have you seen the Mona Lisa? |
22nd Oct 2018 | AGM & Alison Hodgson | Sedgefield in Victorian Times. |
26th Nov 2018 | Alastair Fraser | The Germans on the Somme 1914-1916. |
17th Dec 2018 | Christmas Social | Venue & Time to be confirmed. |
2017 Programme |
23rd Jan 2017 | Jack Inch | Scratching the Earth's Crust. |
27th Feb 2017 | Mike Thornton | People & Places, The Norman Cornish sketch books. |
27th Mar 2017 | Arthur Dodds | A History of Espionage. |
24th Apr 2017 | Peter Barron | Cloudy, Rain Later. |
22nd May 2017 | Chris Ruskin | The Lost Farms of Weardale. |
14th Jun 2017 | Summer Visit | Holker Hall and Carmel Priory, Cumbria. |
26th Jun 2017 | John Grundy | Stones and Saints - the tangible and intangible pleasures of Durham. |
24th Jul 2017 | Margaret Hedley | Nineteenth Century Pit Women of Durham. |
25th Sep 2017 | John Banham | Behind the Lines: A Great War Nurse and the Fight for Survival. |
23rd Oct 2017 | AGM & Alison Hodgson | Poverty in Britain through the ages. |
27th Nov 2017 | Alastair Fraser | "Hopping the Bags" 33 Battalion Australian Imperial Force - an Australian battalion in the battle of the Messines, 1917. |
18th Dec 2017 | Christmas Social | Whitworth Hall |
2016 Programme |
25th Jan 2016 | Arthur Dodds | Sanctuary in the Cathedral. |
29th Feb 2016 | John Moreels | Nostalgic Views of the North (PhotoPlate Archive). |
21st Mar 2016 | Martin Roberts | Pevsner's County Durham travels. |
25th Apr 2016 | John Askwith | Bishop Auckland Station & The Weardale Railway. |
23rd May 2016 | Robin Daniels | Evening Visit - The mediaeval town of Hartlepool. |
18th Jun 2016 | Summer Visit | The Herriott Museum, Thirsk and Richmond Castle.
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27th Jun 2016 | Gordon Henderson | Binchester Roman Fort – 2016 update. |
25th Jul 2016 | Abigail Goulding | Eva’s Story – a Film and Talk on Eva Vickerstaff. |
26th Sep 2016 | Alastair Fraser | “The Battle of the Somme” – the famous film released in 1916. |
24th Oct 2016 | AGM & John Banham | Medomsley to Mirimachi: the career of General Sir Martin Hunter (1757-1846). |
28th Nov 2016 | David Beattie | The Eden Family. |
19th Dec 2016 | Christmas Social | Tudhoe Cricket Club |
2015 Programme |
26th Jan 2015 | Paul Green | Police Tales |
23rd Feb 2015 | Jenny Garnett | The history of Burn Hall |
23rd Mar 2015 | Arthur Dodds | History of aerial surveillance. |
27th Apr 2015 | Jo Bath | Tales of the Tyne etc. |
18th May 2015 | Peter Woods | NE Geological History |
13th Jun 2015 | Summer Visit | Eden Camp, Malton. |
29th Jun 2015 | Gordon Henderson | Binchester visit and update. |
27th Jul 2015 | Tony Smith | The Four Flemings - Williams I - IV, 1844 - 2014. |
28th Sep 2015 | Alastair Fraser | A Battalion on the Learning Curve: W.D.Lowe & 18 DLI in the Great War |
26th Oct 2015 | Michael Richardson | Durham City in Colour 1960-70. |
23rd Nov 2015 | George Nairn | Post Cards from World War I. |
14th Dec 2015 | Christmas Social | Whitworth Hall. |
2014 Programme |
27th Jan 2014 | Dr Craig Barclay | A little bucket of ducatoons. |
24th Feb 2014 | Michael Rudd | Visitors to Teesdale through the centuries. |
24th Mar 2014 | Steve Gibbs | A history of brewing. |
28th Apr 2014 | Dr Ian Boulton | Iron, steel, carbon and fire. |
19th May 2014 | John Ruffle | Visit to St John's Church, Kirk Merrington, meet at the west gate at 7pm. |
14th Jun 2014 | Summer Visit | Abbotsford (nr Melrose) the home of Sir Walter Scott. |
23rd Jun 2014 | Arthur Dodds | The Gunpowder Plot. |
28th Jul 2014 | Michael Richardson | Durham in photographs 1936-1960. |
22nd Sep 2014 | Chris Lloyd | Attacking the Devil and sinking the unsinkable: W T Stead and the Titanic. |
27th Oct 2014 | AGM and Mike Ord | More history from an armchair. |
24th Nov 2014 | David Butler | Christina's Bridge. |
15th Dec 2014 | Christmas Social | Whitworth Hall. |
2013 Programme |
28th Jan 2013 | Olly Burton | Heraldry & Local Families. |
25th Feb 2013 | Rowena Hackwood | The Auckland Castle Project. |
25th Mar 2013 | Jennifer Gill | The Londonderry Family. |
22nd Apr 2013 | Winifred Colman | The life, times and travels of Peter Lee. |
18th May 2013 | Yesterday Belongs to You | County Hall Durham. |
20th May 2013 | John Ruffle | The 4th Viscount Castlereagh. |
24th Jun 2013 | Mike Amos | Ramblings about Spennymoor - Recollections of a local journalist. |
13th Jul 2013 | Summer Visit | Paxton House (on the north bank of the Tweed near Berwick). |
22nd Jul 2013 | Arthur Dodds | The Spy from County Durham. |
23rd Sep 2013 | George Nairn | The Great North Road - Scotch Corner to Lamberton Toll. |
28th Oct 2013 | AGM and Mike Ord | A 15th Armchair Expose. |
25th Nov 2013 | Martin Roberts | Vanishing Vernacular. |
16th Dec 2013 | Christmas Social | Honest Lawyer. |
2012 Programme |
23rd Jan 2012 | Pictures | Pictures of Tudhoe & Spennymoor. |
27th Feb 2012 | Olly Burton | Stained Glass Windows. |
26th Mar 2012 | Julian Harrop | Visit to Beamish Archive. |
23rd Apr 2012 | Janet Thackray | Our Northern Heritage. |
21st May 2012 | David Mason | New excavations at Binchester. |
25th Jun 2012 | John Ruffle | 40 years in 50 pictures |
14th Jul 2012 | Summer Visit | Wallington Hall. |
23rd Jul 2012 | Jack Inch | Visit to Durham Mining Museum at Town Hall. |
15th Sep 2012 | Binchester | Visit to Binchester. |
24th Sep 2012 | Chris Lloyd | Darlington Civic Theatre. |
22nd Oct 2012 | AGM and Mike Ord | A 14th Armchair stroll |
26th Nov 2012 | Martin Roberts | Slipping down the ladder: the decline of Weardale's great Elizabethan Houses. |
17th Dec 2012 | Christmas Social | Honest Lawyer. |
2011 Programme |
24th Jan 2011 | John Bygate | The Birtley Belgians. |
28th Feb 2011 | David Butler | Rambles with Rosa : travels in Europe & Asia Minor in 1871. |
28th Mar 2011 | Jo Bath | Witchcraft in North East England. |
18th Apr 2011 | Andrew Urwin | The life and times of Fred Urwin. |
23rd May 2011 | Spring Visit | Witton Castle Estate. |
27th Jun 2011 | Heather Mounsey | Who killed Lucy. |
16th Jul 2011 | Summer Visit | The Scottish Borders. Floors Castle and Kelso. |
25th Jul 2011 | Bob Abley | Spennymoor in film. |
26th Sep 2011 | Members' Evening | Personal artefacts to be discussed. |
24th Oct 2011 | AGM and Mike Ord | Armchair walk no.13. |
28th Nov 2011 | Sheila Forster | Voices from the past: oral history. |
19th Dec 2011 | Christmas Social | Honest Lawyer. |
2010 Programme |
25th Jan 2010 | Chris Lloyd | Cockfield Fell. |
22nd Feb 2010 | John Banham | Wotton in Werdale: the Eures and their castle. |
14th Mar 2010 | Sprimg Visit | Newcastle and Gateshead Waterfront and the Great North Museum(formerly Hancock Museum). |
22nd Mar 2010 | Trevor Carroll | The History of Fairs. |
26th Apr 2010 | Tony Smith | From Catterick and back via India and Dunkirk: a retrospective of Ted Smith's talk in November 1991. |
24th May 2010 | Ted Shaw | William Shaw and Dotheboys Hall. |
28th Jun 2010 | David Butler | Durham Town Hall Tour. Meet outside the Town Hall at 6.30 pm. |
July 2010 | Settle and Carlisle Railway. | Summer visit. |
26th Jul 2010 | Rosemary Allen | Northern things. |
27th Sep 2010 | Niall Hammond | Scargill Castle. |
25th Oct 2010 | AGM and Mike Ord | An armchair stroll along the North Yorkshire coast. |
22nd Nov 2010 | John Ruffle | The alternative to growing turnips: Myrtle Bloom in Egypt in the 1930s. |
20th Dec 2010 | Christmas Social | Whitworth Hall |
2009 Programme |
26th Jan 2009 | Bob Abley | The Byers Green branch line-part 2. |
15th Feb 2009 | Bradford | National Media Museum, Bradford. |
23rd Mar 2009 | Spennymoor Settlement. | Spennymoor Settlement. |
27th Apr 2009 | William Salvin | The challenges in running an historic country estate. |
16th May 2009 | Yesterday belongs to you. | County Hall. The society will have a stand at this bi-annual event. |
18th May 2009 | Gordon Henderson | Roman medicine and Binchester update |
29th Jun 2009 | Naill Benson | Durham's Magical Coast |
June/July | Castle Howard | Depart by Community Bus from St.David's Church, Tudhoe,at 9.00 a.m |
27th Jul 2009 | Raby Castle | Meet at the car park within the grounds (entrance fees payable) at 2.00 p.m. |
28th Sep 2009 | Jennifer Gill | Recipes and meals through the ages. |
25th Oct 2009 | AGM and Mike Ord | Coast in an armchair. |
23rd Nov 2009 | David Mason | New evidence for Roman County Durham. |
14th Dec 2009 | Christmas Social | Whitworth Hall |