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Tynemouth Antiquarian and Historical Society

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Welcome to Tynemouth Historical Society

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Meeting dates and Speakers Subject

8th- October 2025  AGM followed by "The Pow Burn and North Shields *800"

                                                       By Mike Coates

12th November           "Recent Archaeological discoveries at Bamburgh Castle"

                                                      By Graeme Young

10th December           "A History of the River Tyne and its three Conservators"

                                                      By Philip Collinson

14th January 2026      "Commotion in the Ocean"

                                                      By Steve Lowe

11th February               "Life and times of Geordie Ridley"

                                                     By Pat Stevens

11th March                     "The Tudor Tyne"

                                                     By Nina Brown

8th April               "North Shields other Haswell - The Life and Contribution of Francis Robert Newton Haswell (1834 - 1912)"  By Stuart Barlow


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9th October    2024   AGM followed by "The Entertaining Delavals"  by Elspeth Gould.

13th November 2024  "Harriet Martineau, 57, Front Street, Tynemouth's illustrious                      Victorian resident"                                                                                 by Andy Griffin.

11th December 2024  "An evening with Bob Olley" (Westoe Netty artist) 

08th January  2025   "The Net and the Old Low Light Heritage Centre"  by Guy Moody

12th February 2025  "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy of Cullercoats"    by Keiran Ann Keilty

12th  March     2025   "Sir James Knott, Tyneside's most charitable shipowner"  by Mike Coates

09th April       2025   "Arbeia and Hadrian's Wall"                            by Jim Fraser



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10th April 2024    "Northumberland in Postcards from Tyne to Tweed"  by George Nairn.

13th March 2024    "William Schaw Lindsay. Tynemouth MP and Shipping Magnate"               by Bill Lindsay.

14th February 2024  "John Rook's 1827 map of North Shields"    by Mike Scott

10th January 2024   "Cresswell Pele Tower - from Reivers to Ruin"  by Barry Mead

13th December 2023  "Fiddlers Green and other sculptures"   by Ray Lonsdale

8th November 2023   "Victorian Women" by Dr Winifred Stokes

11th October 2023    Annual General Meeting followed by "Cobles and Keelboats from Tweed to Humber"  by Colin Robinson


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12th April 2023    "Pictures of the old Borough"  by Stan Bewick, Tynemouth Photographic Society

 8th March 2023        "Shipyard Voices"         by Cath Smith

8th February 2023    "Richard Irvin - Fisher King"    by David Young

11th January 2023   "Centenary Talk"  to celebrate our Society's Centenary   by Mike Coates

7th December 2022  "Hartley Pit Disaster"     by Ken Hutchinson

 9th November 2022 "North Shields Quayside through artists eyes"   by David Hurst

12th October 2022    Annual General Meeting followed by "Songs of the North East" by Old English Folk Group

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 13th April  2022        William Linskill  first Mayor of Tynemouth   by Mike Coates

 9th March  2022      "Port of Tyne - Imports and Exports"    by Martin Kenny

 9th February 2022    "The Big Freeze"  Winters of 1941, 1947 and 1963   by Andrew Clarke

12th January  2022      "Press Gangs"                               by Alan Giles

 8th December  2021     "Arbeia Roman Fort, recent archaeological discoveries"  by Nick Hodgson

10th November 2021     "Wilkinsons Air Raid Disaster"                   by Peter Bolger 

13th October 2021         Annual General Meeting followed by  "Life on the Tyne from 1950's to                         1960's"    by John Sturmey



14th April  2021         To be advised.

10th March  2021      "Port of Tyne - Imports and Exports"    by Martin Kenny

10th February 2021    "The Big Freeze"  Winters of 1941, 1947 and 1963   by Andrew Clarke

13th January  2021      "Press Gangs"                               by Alan Giles

9th December 2020     "Arbeia Roman Fort, recent archaeological discoveries"  by Nick Hodgson

11th November 2020   "Wilkinsons Air Raid Disaster"                   by Peter Bolger

14th October 2020       "Will Ye Buy Ma Fresh Fish"                      by Hazel Graham

  8th April   2020           "Life on the Tyne from 1950's to 1960's"    by John Sturmey

11th March 2020         "Seven Bridges - the crossing of the Tyne Gorge"     by Michael Taylor

12th February 2020     "John Dobson  famous North Shields Architect"       by Stuart Barlow

 8th January 2020        "Saints Sinners and Kings at Tynemouth"   by Michael Scott

 

11th December 2019    "Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle"   by Richard Stevenson 

13th November 2019   "Men from the North history of North Shields Football"    by Trudi Thompson

9th October 2019         Annual General Meeting followed by "Victor Noble Rainbird" by David Young

10th April 2019             "Ada Lovelace and Family"  by Anthony Atkins

13th March 2019          "Johannes Vermeer"  by Rob Cunningham

13th February 2019      "Spital Tongue Village"  by Graham Soult

9th January 2019          "Doctors Experience on the Western Front"  by Ian McArdle

12th December 2018     "Clifford's Fort and the Lifeboat"  by Dorothy Brownlee

14th November 2018      "St Leonards Hospital, North Shields"  by Mike Coates

10th October 2018           "Lost Newcastle"  by Ken Hutchinson

11th April 2018                 "The Bainbridges"

14th March 2018               "Bring Back the Banner"  by Kath Smith

8th February 2018            "Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Bamburgh"  by Graeme Young

10th January 2018            "John Singer Sargent"  by Robert Cunningham

13th December 2017        "A night at the pictures"   by Freda Thompson

8th November 2017          "The extraordinary family history of Stan Laurel"  by Jed Parker

11th October 2017             Annual General Meeting. Followed by "Mary Eleanor Bowes"  by Anthony Atkinson


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