Through the Needles Eye By Barry Mead (Meeting Cancelled)
Unfortunately, due to electrical work at the venue, this branch meeting has had to be cancelled
Unfortunately, due to electrical work at the venue, this branch meeting has had to be cancelled
The talk focuses on various occupations of North East women whe were often thrust into an environment of heavy industry. It uses local accounts and includes the dangerous work of the 'munitionsettes' and the challenges of engineering and shipbuilding
The story of the partnership established in 1820 to develop a coal mine below the magnesian limestone escarpment in the east of County Durham and link it to the River Wear by George Stephenson's first steam hauled railway (three years before the Stockton & Darlington Railway). I will be looking at the family and business links […]
The Rise of the Beach Holiday
A short history of Denton Burn from the Romans via Montagus to the present day
Traditional portrait photographs and pictures taken at family occasions give us lessons in the history of fashion and may also reflect some social norms of the da