Middridge History Society’s Autumn season begins on Thursday 12 October at 7.30pm in Middridge Village Hall Alastair Fraser will talk on Hadrian’s Wall: A journey through time, place and imagination. Alastair will examine the different remains to be seen along the wall and how they relate to its construction and history, as well as covering […]
Middridge History Society’s next talk will be given by Dr John Banham, Secretary of Durham County Local History Society. The talk, on Thursday 9th November at 7.30pm in Middridge Village Hall, will focus on the Backhouses of Darlington, 1774-1836. The Backhouses and their Quaker partners were important figures in financing the Stockton and Darlington Railway. […]
The next meeting of Tudhoe & Spennymoor History Society will have a talk from Mrs Sue Snowdon who is His Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant for County Durham. The talk is titled The Life and Role of The Lord Lieutenant. The meeting is to be held on Monday 27 November in St David’s Church Hall, Tudhoe Lane, […]
The next meeting of Tudhoe & Spennymoor History Society takes place on Monday 22nd January in St David’s Church Hall, Tudhoe Lane, starting at 7.30pm. Tea and Coffee now served before the meeting, so arrive earlier if requiring refreshments which carry a £1 charge, with biscuits included. The guest speaker is the Society’s own John […]
Dr Jonathan Bush, the latest guest of Middridge History Society, will present a talk entitled Ten facts you probably didn’t know about Durham University’s history’ on Thursday 8 February at 7.30pm at the village hall. Established by an Act of Parliament in 1832, the university holds the distinction of being the third oldest in England. […]
The next meeting of Tudhoe & Spennymoor Local History Society takes place on Monday 26th February where Christopher Gerrard is talking about the archaeology of earthquakes in the Middle Ages - what happens when disaster strikes? Meetings are held in St. David’s Church Hall, Tudhoe Lane, DL16 6LL. Refreshments are served from 7pm, talk to […]
The next meeting of the Ferryhill History Society will take place on Wednesday 28 February from 7:30pm at Ferryhill Station Club. The speaker will be Chris Nettleton, with his talk, Flying Scotsman – the locomotive. His talk covers the history of probably the most famous steam engine in the world, showing photographs and moving film […]
In its final meeting until the Autumn season, Middridge History Society will host a talk by Chris Lloyd on Secret Darlington on Thursday 14th March at the Village Hall from 7.30pm. Chris is already well known for his Memories supplement in the Northern Echo. He will share some secrets about Darlington from his new book, […]
This month’s meeting of the Ferryhill History Society will take place at Ferryhill Station Working Men's Club at 7:30pm on Wednesday 27 March. The speaker will be Dr Richard Pears with his talk Palatial Prelates: Houses of the Bishops of Durham. The Bishops of Durham ruled the Palatinate of Durham for nearly 1,000 years. They […]
The April meeting of Ferryhill History Society will take place on the 24th at the Ferryhill Station Workingmens Club. The speaker will be Chris Lloyd author, former Journalist of the Year and chief feature writer at the Northern Echo. Chris’s talk will be on: Attacking the Devil and Sinking the Unsinkable: WT Stead and the […]
The May meeting will be at the Ferryhill Station Club on Wednesday the 29th May, the meeting starts at 7:30pm. The speaker will be Frances Wilson, from the Cleveland Family History Society, with her talk “The History of Seaside Holidays in the Northeast”. Her talk covers most of our resorts down to Whitby and Scarborough, […]
Caroline Hardie, an archaeologist and trustee of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, will be the guest of honour at the next meeting of Tudhoe & Spennymoor History Society. Caroline’s talk will be titled, The Stockton & Darlington Railway of 1825 - the railway that got the world on track. The Bicentenary and beyond. As the […]
