| Date | Subject of Talk - Speaker |
|---|---|
| Tue 21st October 2025 | A Yankee in North Shields by Ann Franklin |
| Tue 18th November 2025 | TBC |
| Tue 16th December 2025 | TBC |
Our first meeting back after the summer break. We had 13 present and 3 apologies.
We had to announce the sad passing of our previous treasurer Ron Lisle who died in August. He will be greatly missed.
Our speaker Malcolm Scott gave an excellent presentation with the life and times of Joseph Skipsey known as the Pitman Poet. A very interesting insight into the hardships he faced and his wonderful poetry.
Report for meeting held on Tuesday 17th June. We had 10 members present, with 5 apologies.
We welcomed two special speakers this month. Ed Waugh well known author, screen writer and playwright, with his wife Jane. They both gave a brilliant presentation on Mary Lyons. Mary was a Jarrow Palmers and Blyth Spartans hero and in 1918 was England’s youngest ever player. Very interesting and questions followed.
We have no meetings in July or August.
Report of the meeting held on Tue 20th May 2025. 13 present and 2 apologies.
A very interesting talk was given by Prof John Heckels on a Street through Time . This was enjoyed by everyone present. It’s amazing what you can find out.
Our next speaker is Ed Waugh who will give a talk on Mary Lyons a Jarrow Palmers and Blyth Spartans Hero. This is on Tuesday 17th June.
Report from meeting held on Tuesday 15th April. We had 14 members and 2 apologies.
Once again David Hastings gave a wonderful presentation on the ‘Sea is in my Blood’. Very interesting talk about his life at sea, including his work with the RNLI. Followed by Q&A.
Blyth branch report from our meeting on Tuesday 18th March. We had 12 members present.
Chris Killen gave an interesting presentation on the life of Emily Davison. There was some old postcards and other artefacts on display. Which everyone enjoyed looking over.
Suggestions for the journal, go back to earlier editions and reprint some of the stories, information as they may be of interest to new and old members alike.
Our meeting on Tuesday 19th November had 12 members attending and two apologies. We had Malcolm Scott giving a presentation on the Forgotten Airfield.
The airfield still exists at Tranwell in Morpeth.
It was an excellent talk with information about pilots who where based there and what happened to them and the planes that they flew in. They now have car boot sales there.
We had 15 members and guests at our meeting on Tuesday 17th September. Ed Waugh came to give a very interesting talk and presentation on The Cramlington Train Wreckers. This has also been made into a stage play which will start it’s tour in Cramlington. Everyone enjoyed this meeting.
