Diary Archive

(All talks have taken place in the Church Hall, Shincliffe Village unless otherwise stated)

2024

January to June

•  Jan 15th - John Cook - Working in Durham City in the 1960s
  
  
• Feb 19th - Phil Wilson - Durham's Working-Class, Methodism and the Labour Party
  
  
• March 18th - Sandra Gold-Wood - The Canary Girls - Forgotten Heroines
  
  
• April 15th - Carolyn Ball - Starting the next Chapter: The Story of Mount Oswald
  
  
• May 20th - Towan Hancock - Accounts of the Roman Remains at Old Durham
  
  
• June 17th - Garry Stout - What Does the 1921 Census Tell Us About Shincliffe?

September to December

• 16th September - Anna Lawson - The life and work of Fenwick Lawson and AGM (note earlier start time of 7pm)
  
  
• 21st October - Keith Simpson - Tudhoe Village - Constancy and Change
  
  
• 18th November - Dorothy Nicholas - My Father's Great War
  
  
• 16th December - Jane Gulliford Lowes - Hobnobbing with Hitler - Lord Londonderry, Appeasement and the Prelude to War

2023

January to June

•   Jan 16th - Natasha Anson - Remaking the 1950s Town in Beamish
  
  
•   Feb 20th -  Phil Burton - Ormesby Hall

•   March 20th -  Gavin Wakefield - The Reverend Alexander Boddy

•   April 17th -  George Nairn - The River Wear from Source to Sea

•   May 15th -  Ross Forbes - The Refurbishment of Redhills

• June 19th - Garry Stout - Wood View - A Terrace Through Time
  

September to December

• Sept 11th - David Butler - The Development of Aykley Heads

• Oct 16th - Keith Simpson - Raby Castle
  
  
• Nov 20th - Jack Turton - Winterton Hospital
  
  
• Dec 18th - Vivienne Lowe - The Rising of the North

2022

January to June

• Jan 17th -  cancelled

• Feb 21st - Laura Littlefair - Railway Posters for the North East Region.
  
  
• Mar 21st - Richard Annis - “Much Altered Inside”: the Exchequer Building at Palace Green - An account of findings during recent refurbishment work at this 15th-century and later building by the gates of the castle.
  
  
• Apr 11th - Phil Judkins - Zeppelin! -  The struggle by the British to defend their island against the first major air assault by one major nation against another.

• May 16th - Margaret Hedley - Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century.
  "Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century (Hannah's Story)", Margaret Headley, The History Press, 2019
  ISBN 978-0750989886
  "Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century (Hannah's Daughter)", Margaret Headley, The History Press, 2021
  ISBN 978-0750995047

• June 20th - Garry Stout - The houses of Shincliffe and the people who lived in them.

September to December

• Sept 19th -  John Cook - Hetton Colliery Railway 200th Anniversary

• Oct 17th -  John and Dorothy Cornish - Norman Cornish
  
  
•  Nov 21st -  Towan Hancock - Shincliffe Bridges and Routes into the City

• Dec 12th -  Vivienne Lowe – Brancepeth Castle as a hospital in WW1. 

Contact Brancepeth Archive via email: brancepeth.archive@outlook.com

2021

 January to June                 

• Jan 18th - John and Dorothy Cornish - Norman Cornish (1919 - 2014) (Via Zoom)
  If you would like to read more about the life of Norman Cornish and see examples of his work visit the official website: Norman Cornish 
  
  
• Feb 15th - Gary Bankhead - Diving Into Durham (Via Zoom)
  If you would like to know more about Gary's fascinating work on the Durham River Wear Assemblage project visit the Dive Into Durham website.
  Gary also has a YouTube channel: Gary Bankhead - YouTube
  
  
• Mar 15th - Martin Roberts - Updating Pevsner (Via Zoom)
  "County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)", Martin Roberts, Yale University Press, March 2021
  ISBN ‎978-0300225044
  
  
• Apr 19th - Phil Judkins - 'Deadlier than the Male' - The Work of Women in WW2 (Via Zoom)
  Dr Phil Judkins is an internationally acknowledged expert on the history of radar, radio interception and electronic warfare. His work has featured in daily papers, film and television, and he is a well-known speaker on many aspects of WW2.
  

• May 17th - Dorothy Hall - North East War Memorials Project (Via Zoom)
  Visit the North East War Memorials Project (NEWMP)
  
  
• June 21st - John Heckels - Explosions, Strikes, Riots & Royalty: My Relative's Life in the Durham Coalfield. (Via Zoom)

  September to December                 

• Sept 13th - David Butler - Toll Roads of Durham (Via Zoom)

• Oct 18th - John Davison - Durham Men in the Great War (In the Church Hall)
   "Durham Men in the Great War", John Davison, History of Education Project, 2000. ISBN 1 870268 26 1
  
  
• Nov 15th - Jane Gibson  - Durham as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Via Zoom)
  
  
• Dec 13th - John Charters - A Miner's Story (In the Church Hall)
  

2020

January and February

•   Jan-20 Margaret Harvey    The Salvins and Recusancy in Croxdale Hall   

•    Feb-20 Michael Richardson    Durham Now and Then 

No further meetings until November 2020 due to restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

November and December

•    Nov-20 David Butler   Arrest on the High Seas - Edward Maltby but not the Bishop  (Via Zoom)

•    Dec-20 Rev Stephen Sandham  - Christmas Theme  (Via Zoom)