Diary

2025

September to December

• 15th September - Gary Bankhead & Towan Hancock - Discovering more about River Crossings at Shincliffe

• 20th October - Margaret Ray - Thomas Croudace (1838-1906): 'Downunder' - From Shincliffe Grange to New South Wales

• 17th November - Geoff Harrison - Letters from WW2 in Brancepeth Archive

• 15th December - Richard Barber - The Shildon Railway

2026

January to June

• 19th January - Stephen Livingstone - The Life and Times of Bentley Beetham
• 16th February - David Williams - George Stephenson: Tribulations, Trials, and Triumphs
• 16th March - Peter Welsh - Working-Class Sports in the North-East
• 20th April - Chris Lloyd - The Wondrous Whiffy Waters of Croft, Dinsdale & Gainford
• 18th May TBC
• 15th June TBC