Ferryhill History Society’s October meeting will take place at Ferryhill Station Working Mens club on Wednesday 28 October. The meeting starts at 7:30pm.

The speaker will be Tim Brown who will be giving the talk – ‘A Mining Miscellany: the life, thoughts and observations of Thomas Elwood’.

A member of a mining family in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Elwood traversed County Durham to remain in employment, ending his days in Ferryhill. A £2 cover charge applies.