This year's programme (2007-2008)

Monday 17 September 2007
MORAG HORSEMAN
Whitley Bay - The Lost Resort
Rescheduled from 18 June 2007

Monday 15 October 2007
Update on Spital Tongues Conservation Area proposal followed by
GRAHAM SOULT
Details and Detours: Hidden Features of the North East's Architecture and Landscape

Monday 19 November 2007
DAVID WILLIAMS (author and playwright)
We Never Had It So Good
Stories from the book of the same name, set in the late 1950s, about childhood and growing up in a northern mining town

Monday 17 December 2007
CHRISTMAS EVENT
Party for members [no speaker]

Monday 21 January 2008
JOHN ARMSTRONG
The Royal Town of Pandon

Monday 18 February 2008
KEN HUTCHINSON
Roman Wallsend

Monday 17 March 2008
SHIRLEY LENDERYOU
Two Northumbrian Women

Monday 21 April 2008
MARION ANDERSON (Newcastle City Guide)
The Story of Lord Eldon

Monday 19 May 2008
JOE PETTY
Newcastle Silver
Rescheduled from 15 January 2007

Monday 16 June 2008
FREDA THOMPSON
Art of the Streetwalker
Public art in Newcastle

Monday 21 July 2008
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

Unless otherwise stated, our meetings take place at 7.30pm in the Apostolic Church, Ancrum Street, Spital Tongues, Newcastle - next door to the Belle Grove pub [view map]. They are normally on the third Monday of every month, but with no meeting in August.

There is no annual membership fee for joining the Society, but a charge of £1.00 is made for admission to any of our meetings. This helps cover the costs of refreshments and room hire.

Inevitably, the speaker programme may be subject to change; where possible, we will publicise any changes via this website. Please feel free to contact us for the latest information on the programme.

Last year's programme (2006-2007)

Monday 18 September 2006
GRAHAM SOULT
From Newcastle to Hungary - Budapest and the Bükk

Monday 16 October 2006
JOHN ARMSTRONG
The Ouseburn 1600 to 1928 - The Tunnels and Bridges

Monday 20 November 2006
SHIRLEY LENDERYOU
Ragged and Industrial Schools of Northumberland, Durham and Tyneside

Monday 18 December 2006
CHRISTMAS EVENT
Party for members [no speaker]

Monday 19 February 2007
KENNETH BANKS
Police History

Monday 19 March 2007
DR WINIFRED STOKES
Victorian Women and Their Money

Monday 16 April 2007
FREDA THOMPSON
Wasteland to Wonderland - The transformation and re-use of Newcastle's old buildings

Monday 21 May 2007
ALAN DUFFY
Laughter-in-Law - a lighthearted look at 43 years of law enforcement

Monday 9 July 2007
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Note that this will take place on the 2nd Monday of July, in the Spital Tongues Community Centre, Morpeth Street.