Type | Date | Speaker | Comments |
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AGM | November 21st | Various | Contributions from:- Peter Colley, David Yeadon and Colin Dunnighan |
Monthly Meeting | October 17th | Catherine Gillie | Fantastic Fungi: Science, Fiction, Facts, Forays and Fun. |
Monthly Meeting | September 19th | Marilyn Anderson | Life in Elizabethan England |
Monthly Meeting | 15th August | Keith Simpson | Castles in Durham |
Monthly Meeting | July 18th | Claire Williams | Bee Keeping and Swarms |
Monthly Meeting | June 20th | Chris Foote-Wood | Baghdad Trucker |
Monthly Meeting | May 16th | Phil Johnson | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones etc) |
Monthly Meeting | April 18th | David Carter | Women of WWII |
Monthly Meeting | March 21st | Peter Webb | The importance of Moths and Butterflies in monitoring Changes to our Environment |
Monthly Meeting | February 15th | Annie Clouson | Swimming in lovely places at home and abroad-a life long obsession. |
Monthly Meeting | January 18th | Norman McBain | A family Sword – Robert 0f Trewn |
Type | Date | Speaker | Comments |
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Monthly Meeting | October 19th | Richard Witham | Richard Witham Georgian Barnard Castle – a shoppers Guide |
Monthly Meeting | September 21st | Gerald Blake | Gerald Blake “The history and geography of Durham Regatta”. I will touch on the history of competitive sport in England as background to the start of the second oldest rowing regatta in Britain. I look at the geography of the river Wear and its importance to Durham. I retell some remarkable stories and mention some key social and technical changes over the regatta’s 190 years of history. ABOUT ME: Formerly Professor of Geography at Durham University and Principal of Collingwood College. Coached crews on the Tyne and Wear for fifty years. Curated exhibitions about sport at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley, and at the Bowes Museum. Currently leads the Teesdale U3A Geography Group. This is a joint meeting with Teesdale U3A |
Monthly Meeting | August 17th | Mark Meadows | Mark Meadows Rolls Royce |
Monthly Meeting | July 20th | Dave Bailey | Dave Bailey My Life in the NHS. Starting at the Churchhill Hopital (Oxford), then at the North Middlesex Hospital in North London – then finally at Kings College Hospital in south London. |
Monthly Meeting | June 15th | Tom Vlaming | Tom Vlaming I will discuss the history of aircraft from the 1930 to the present. From propellers to Jet engines. And from starting a flight to cruise at altitude. |
Monthly Meeting | May 18th | Helen Goodman | How Parliament works and what sorts of service you can expect from your MP [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | April 20th | Colin Dugginhan | Santa Fe Los Alamos and the Atomic Bomb. [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | March 16th | Tim Meecham | “Where There’s Muck” [Details…] |
Monthly Meeting | February 16th | Ian Reid | No. 34 The Bank, Historic townhouse |
Monthly Meeting | January 19th | Ian Blake | Sri Lanka “Throwing the Starfish” |
Type | Date | Speaker | Comments |
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Monthly Meeting | October 20th | PCSO Preet Singh | Policing in the Teesdale Community. |
Monthly Meeting | July 21st | Richard Whitham | Photography of Arctic and Antarctic wild life. |
Monthly Meeting | June 16th | Major Frederick Greenhow MBE | We Are The CWGC I spent 36 years serving in the Royal Artillery, starting off as a young soldier and retiring as a Major. On retirement from the regular army in 2013, I also spent an additional two years with the reserves. [Details…] |
Monthly Meeting | May 19th | Richard Betton | Life after Brexit, a domestic agriculture policy. [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | April 21st | Bob McMannets | Redevelopment of Bishop Auckland [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | March 17th | Cecilia Oliver | The Bowes Museum [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | February 17th | Rev. Canon Geoff Lowson | Comings and goings from Botswana |
Monthly Meeting | January 27th | Rev. Canon Geoff Lowson | Event cancelled due to lack of access to Cricket Club. |
Type | Date | Speaker | Comments |
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Monthly Meeting | December 16th | Rev. Alison Wallbank | A Seasonal Perspective |
AGM | November 18th | Bob Ward & Michael Wallbank | Re-election of Club Officials and members talks. |
Monthly Meeting | October 21st | Nicholas Rheinburg | Coroners Service [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | September 15th | Tricia Child | My trek for kids to Mount Kenya. [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | August 19th | Mike Carr | Ramblings of a by-election winner. [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | July 15th | Kim Harding | The College of Richard of Gloucester in Barnard Castle. [Details] |
Monthly Meeting | June 17th | Stephen Brenkley | “Small Town, Big Hopes” [Details] |
AGM | May 20th | Postponed from November 2020 |
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, following government guidelines, all meetings January to April were cancelled.
Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the majority of events this year were cancelled following government regulations.