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Branch Meetings

Click on the link to the branch to find out more information about the time, location and future meetings

Date Subject of Talk Speaker Branch
Tue 3rd Dec 2024 @ 1:30pm Christmas Lunch – North Tyneside
Wed 4th Dec 2024 @ 1:30pm A brief history of Bingo & buffet Phyllis McGraw Wansbeck
Wed 4th Dec 2024 @ 2pm No Meeting – Newcastle
Wed 11th Dec 2024 **TBC @ 1pm Members Forum – Belmont Durham
Wed 11th Dec 2024 @ 1:30pm Members Get-together – South Tyneside
Wed 11th Dec 2024 @ 7pm Members Forum – Christmas memories / customs – NE Roots(PM)
Thu 12th Dec 2024 @ 2:30pm Christmas Event – Tynedale
Mon 16th Dec 2024 @ 10am Members Forum – What are your experiences of DNA Testing – NE Roots(AM)
Tue 17th Dec 2024 @ 1pm Christmas Cheer Alison Thorburn Blyth
Wed 25th Dec 2024 @ 1pm No Meeting – Consett
Wed 1st Jan 2025 @ 2pm TBC – Newcastle
Tue 7th Jan 2025 @ 1:30pm No Meeting – North Tyneside
Wed 8th Jan 2025**Note Date Change @ 1:30pm AGM & Members’ Forum ‘The Street Where We Lived’ – my Street, my village, my community. A world lost. – Wansbeck
Wed 8th Jan 2025 @ 7pm TBC – NE Roots(PM)
Thu 9th Jan 2025 @ 2:30pm John Harrison: DNA Workshop Members’ Forum Tynedale
Mon 13th Jan 2025 @ 10am Eliza Sibbett (1896-1973) Geoff Barry NE Roots(AM)
Wed 15th Jan 2025 @ 1:30pm CATHERINE COOKSON CHRIS KILLEN South Tyneside
Wed 15th Jan 2025 @ 1pm AGM + Family History & the Life Boats David Hastings Belmont Durham
Tue 21st Jan 2025 @ 1pm AGM + The Newbiggin Genealogy Project Hilton Dawson Blyth
Wed 22nd Jan 2025 @ 1pm The Parish Chest Joyce Jackman via Zoom Consett
Sat 8th Mar 2025 @ 1:15pm Members’ Session – London

50th Anniversary

Date Location Talk Details
Saturday 14th June 2025 @ 10am Brunswick Church, Newcastle upon Tyne To be confirmed Address – Brunswick Methodist Church, Brunswick Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne. NE1 7BJ

The Church is a few minutes walk from Monument Metro.

See here for more information on how to get to the Church

Places are limited to 100 people, so booking is essential. Booking form

Annual General Meeting

The meeting will start at 11am.

Date Location Talk Details
TO BE CONFIRMED
Saturday late 2025 @ 11am		 To be confirmed To be confirmed To be confirmed

Regional Events

This is a list of events that are happening in Northumberland or Durham, or that the Society is attending. They have not been organised by the Society and the Society is unable to provide further information about them. Anyone seeking further information should contact the organisers direct.

Date Location Event Details
Online Exhibition Durham University Library Website Prince Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall Durham University Library has asked the Society to share this link to their new online exhibition about Prince Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall:
See here for more details
22nd – 24th March 2024 Hawick, Scottish Borders Hawick Reivers Festival See here for more details
Saturday
25th May 2024
10.30am to 3pm		 Newcastle City Library Local History Month See here for more details
There is no need to book for this event

Zoom Presentation by County Durham Forum for History and Heritage

Our Society is affiliated with the CDFHH, and members of our Society can attend their zoom presentations.
See CDFHH Website for more information on the group.

Details on how to connect to the meeting will be emailed to members.
If you have not received instructions before the day of the meeting, please email membership@ndfhs.org.uk with your name and membership number.

Date Subject of Talk Speaker
17th Sep The Woman in Question Tony Nicholson
1st Oct Durham County & its Turnpike Roads David Butler
19th Nov Tony Blair Anthony Atkinson

Last updated: 6th December 2024