“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.
Christmas Lunch in the Hexham Golf Club restaurant
Do 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 […]
Here 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/
Members informal 'get-together' Word cafe at 1.30pm
Born 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.
Branch members are invited to share any new “finds” in their family history research
Every 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 […]
The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who worked in the coal-mining industry during the Victorian period. There has been very little written about the importance of the home life that supported the […]
