Events
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First Floor Meeting Room, Whitley Bay Library Whitley Bay Library and Customer First Centre, York Road, Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, United Kingdom
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Xmas quiz, quiz and Mince Pies!
Stakeford and Bomarsund Social Welfare Centre Gordon Terrace West, Stakeford, Northumberland, United Kingdom -
Members Forum – Date to be confirmed
Belmont Community Centre Belmont Community Centre, Sunderland Road, Gilesgate, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom -
Wooden Boats And Iron Men by David Hastings
Online meeting via Zoom“Wooden Boats And Iron Men” How Tragedy, Bravery and Generosity have shaped the RNLI to what it is today! An inspirational history of lifesaving at sea and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from 1790 to the present day and how volunteers have braved all weathers and shown immense courage to save over 146,000 lives.
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Christmas Event
The Bates Room, Hexham Golf Club Hexham Golf Club, Spital Park, HEXHAM, Northumberland, United KingdomChristmas Lunch in the Hexham Golf Club restaurant
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Members Forum – Christmas memories / customs
Online meeting via ZoomDo you have any memories of Christmas past? Department Stores - Fenwicks, Callers, Binns, Shepherds of Gateshead (the biggest and the best store). The Granger Market? Going to see Santa? Going to see Lindisfarne at the City Hall? Snow? What about Family traditions. As members from the Southern Hemesphere will be joining us, how do […]
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“Merry Christmas” by Alison Thoburn
St Mary’s Hall, Blyth St Mary’s Hall, Wanley Street, Blyth, United KingdomHere is the link to take you to the Blyth Branch Page https://ndfhs.org.uk/branches/blyth/ To see the full list of events, click https://ndfhs.org.uk/events/
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INFORMAL ‘GET TOGETHER’
The Charles Dickens Room, The Word The Word, Market Place, SOUTH SHIELDS, South Tyneside, United KingdomMembers informal 'get-together' Word cafe at 1.30pm
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High Rochester Fort By Richard Carlton
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Gertrude Bell: ‘The Desert Queen’ By Anthony Atkinson
Room 3, Brunswick Chapel, Newcastle Brunswick Chapel, Northumberland Court, Newcastle, United KingdomBorn in Washington, Gertrude Bell was an adventurer, Archaeologist, cartographer, historian, linguistmountaineer, traveller and Writer. During WW1, she became an intelligence officer and then played a major role creating the modern Middle East.
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Members’ Forum: Recent Family History Discoveries
The Bates Room, Hexham Golf Club Hexham Golf Club, Spital Park, HEXHAM, Northumberland, United KingdomBranch members are invited to share any new “finds” in their family history research
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The Parish Chest By Joyce Jackman
Online meeting via ZoomEvery parish church used to hold its records, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, in a wooden chest. These therefore became known as parish chest records. In addition to the registers, the records collections could include minutes of meetings held by parish officials; rate books; accounts; maps; charity deeds; church seating plans; settlement and […]