List of Talk Reports
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2023
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January 2023
The History of Lindisfarne Castle Speaker: Nick Lewis February 2023
The life and times of Admiral Robert Roddam, Admiral of the Red (1719–1808) Speaker: Dr Tony Barrow March 2023
The life and times of a GP practising in Wooler << Audio of the talk >> Speaker: Dr Noel Roy September 2023
Plants through geological time – how the underlying geology influenced the flora in Glendale Speaker: Elizabeth Devon |
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2022
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February 2022
The Barony of Wooler and the Feudal Estates in North Northumberland in the 12th & 13th Centuries Speaker: Derek Sharman April 2022
Iron Age Northumberland and the Excavations at Hunting Hall Lowick Speaker: Kristian Pedersen November 2022
A Berwick Boyhood between the Wars: The Memoirs of Jock Wilson Speaker: Dr Elizabeth Wilson |
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2021
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February 2021
Geology and Industrial Archaeology of the coast of North Northumberland from Berwick to Holy Island Elizabeth Devon March 2021
(GLHS Talk via Zoom) Royal Mail Coach Routes through Northumberland and the Borders 1790-1840 Speaker: Ian Rawles April 2021
(GLHS Talk via Zoom) ‘Holidays in the Cheviots: 1910-1915’ - the story behind the story Speaker: Pam Ratcliffe October 2021
GLHS Walk to Kirknewton Speaker: Sue Rogers |
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2020
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2019 |
January 2019 Deserted Medieval Villages Allan Colman February 2019 Wallington Hall and its Residents Elizabeth Finch, a volunteer speaker from the National Trust. March 2019 The Northern Pre-Raphaelite: William Bell-Scott and his Art Michael Thomson March 2019 Deserted medieval villages outing A group of 12 members and visitors went on a tour of four villages in the Glendale area, lead by Allan Colman as a follow-up to his talk on deserted medieval villages in January. April 2019 The King's Shilling: Old English folk musicians May 29th 2019 Wooler’s new oak tree ─ commemorating sacrifices made by many during WW1 July 4th 2019 College Valley Memorial Event September 11th 2019 The Prehistory of the Breamish Valley September 21st 2019 Outing to the Breamish Valley October 2019 Cross Border Crime in 18th and 19th centuries November 2019 POW CAMP 105 (WOOLER), including murder, music and reconciliation December 2019 Climate Change: past and future |
2018
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January 2018
Archaeology in the North-East by Richard Carlton February 2018 The university at Alnwick castle by Wade Sherman March 2018 The Alnwick and Cornhill Railway Reverend Dr Stephen Plattern April 2018 Outing to the Aln Valley Railway April 2018 The last of the wandering minstrels: the life and work of Robert Gray, the Yetholm Poet by Dr Graeme Watson October 2018 The Home Front in World War I – What we in the North East would have experienced by Anthea Lang October 2018 Northumberland Place Names by Dr Jonathan West November 2018 Trench Art in the North East by Dr Andrew Marriott December 2018 The History of Sugar & the Social Changes it has Influenced Presented by Jean Findlay |
2017
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January 2017
Can she bait a line? Fisher Women in Northumberland by Katrina Porteous February 2017 The Fortifications of Berwick upon Tweed + Outing Derek Sharman March 2017 ‘Hens that want to crow’: Suffragists & Suffragettes of the North-east 1866–1918. Women’s struggle for votes and other campaigns in the 19th century. Liz O’Donnell April 2017 Mary Eleanor Bowes by Mr Antony Atkinson September 2017 Farming in Glendale: 1800 to the present Dr Ian Roberts October 2017 Glendale in the 7th century by Max Adams November 2017 Providing timber in World War 1: the role of North Northumberland by Roger Jermy December 2017 Mills, milling and bread making by David Harris-Jones |
2016
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January 2016
Zoo-archaeological material in Anglo-Saxon society: products of daily life Animals bone discoveries and what they can tell us about daily life in that era. David Constantine February 2016 The Greys' Tomb at Chillingham Derek Cutts April 2016 The Ancient Craft of Laying a Hedge Mike Wade 14th September 2016 Freemen of Berwick Captain Jim Evans October 2016 Outing to the Ouseburn Valley and the Victoria Tunnel October 2016 The Romantic North: picturesque landscape before photography Peter Regan November 2016 The Origins of the Post Office and the Hobby of Philately Tony Walker December 2016 Wooler Weather – Past, Present and in the Future Allan Colman |
2015
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January 2015
Anecdotes from the Napoleonic Wars Bob Harrison February 2015 Visit to RAF Boulmer February 2015 Sir Edward Grey and the "War to end all Wars" Mike Fraser April 2015 Street names of Newcastle Neil Munro October 2015 Biddlestone Chapel & the Selby family Speaker: Tony Henfry 11th November 2015 War time laws in Northumberland Philip Rowett December 2015 Vita vinum est: life is wine. Romans and their wine. |
2014
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List of Archive Material held in Society Archives
January 2014 Clothing & History: An Anglo-Saxon and Viking perspective Paula Constantine February 2014 North East War Memorials Janet Brown March 2014 From Barrow to Bunker Philip Abramson April 2014 Press Gangs April 2014 Visit to Barmoor Estate April 2014 Visit to MoD Otterburn Ranges June 2014 Round County Day 21st June 2014 Farming and the Railways in Glendale 18th to 20th Centuries September 2014 North-East airfields – aviation history 1910–2003 Alan Fendley A predilection for steep banks - the Morpeth to Coldstream turnpike road Derek Cutts November 2014 The Lindisfarne Gospels: their making and meaning Ross Wilkinson December 2014 History of Northumbrian Music A talk illustrated with music by Alistair Anderson December 2014 Equal on the turf Charlie Brown December 2014 The Alnwick Freemen & The Dukes - 1757 to date A talk by Cliff Pettit |
2013
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September 2013
Barmoor Estates John Nolan October 2013 England's Rough Wooing Isabel Gordon November 2013 Old Alnwick Adrian Ions December 2013 Rights of Way in Northumberland Sue Rodgers December 2012 A history of bee-keeping & tales from Chain Bridge Honey A talk by William Robson |