. | TIMETABLE/TALKS FOR 2020 : | |
16th January: | Border Reivers and Steel Bonnets. D. John Sadler |
20th February: | TBA (This is a change from yellow book). |
19th March: | National Wildlife Trust. John Gibbon. Cancelled due to Covid |
16th April: | Canine Partners. Marjorie Johnston. Cancelled due to Covid |
21st May: | Blood Bikes TBC. Cancelled due to Covid |
18th June: | Photographing Ugandan Gorillas. Richard Booth. Cancelled due to Covid |
16th July: | SUMMER OUTING. Cancelled due to Covid |
20th August: | 20th Anniversary Tea Party. Cancelled due to Covid |
17th September: | What are you like? Colin Platt. Cancelled due to Covid |
15th October: | Cancelled due to Covid |
19th November: | Cancelled due to Covid |
17th December: | XMAS QUIZ. Presented by Kathy Platt via ZOOM. 2-4pm |
. | TIMETABLE/TALKS FOR 2019 : | |
17th Jan: | First in the World, Michael Christian. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
21st Feb: | Short EGM to approve Draft Constitution 2019 then a presentation: Living with the Arabs, Joan Ward. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
21st March: | The Wonders of Wansbeck, Barry Mead. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
18th April: | Witchcraft in the North East, Jo Bath. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
l6th May: | Red Squirrels, Deborah Court. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
20th June: | The Buildings of Alnwick, Peter Carter. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
18th July: | SUMMER OUTING - To Edinburgh. Optional trip by train from Tweedbank to Edinburgh. Click on link for further details: Edinburgh Trip July 2019 |
15th Aug: | THERE IS NO MEETING IN AUGUST |
19th September: | Enrolment & payment of subs for 2019/20. Followed by a talk: Red Spot Babies, Dr Andy Clark. |
17th October: | ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. MORNING MEETING. Doors open at 10am, coffee 10.30am with the meeting starting at 11am. The buffet lunch (requires booking) will be served at 12.30 for those wishing to stay on. |
21st November: | Our Master Butcher (demonstration). Dan Turnbull. |
19th December: | Christmas Festivities |
. | TIMETABLE/TALKS FOR 2018 : | |
18th Jan: | The Astonishing Stuffed Rabbit Tessa Nichol. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
15th Feb: | Before Grenfell Maureen Stephenson. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
15th March: | The British Library Jenny Gascoigne. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
19th April: | Sugar – from Spice to Vice Jean Findley. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
l7th May: | Tales of the Tyne Jo Bath. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
21st June: | Your gut bugs & your food. A new germ theory of health David Smith. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
19th July: | SUMMER OUTING - THE KELPIES AND THE FALKIRK WHEEL |
16th Aug: | AWAYDAY – BEADNELL |
20th Sept: | Beached birds of NE England & beyond Daniel Turner. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
18th Oct: | Annual General Meeting. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
15th Nov: | Minghulaba Myanmar. Travels in Myanmar (Burma) Kath & Harry Gilbert. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
20th Dec: | Christmas Festivities. St Michael’s Church Hall, Alnwick |
. | TIMETABLE/TALKS FOR 2017: | |
19 January: | Schooling in the North East from Middle Ages to 1800 |
9 February: | The Dirty Old River Tyne - Note change of date to 2nd Thursday |
16 March: | The Cadburys - A Family smothered in Chocolate |
20 April: | Slow Travel the Freighter Way |
18 May: | A Short History of Plants and Herbal Medicine |
15 June: | The Jarrow March |
20 July: | Summer Outing to Carlisle – see May Newsletter |
17th August: | Away day to Rothbury – see May Newsletter |
21 September: | The Work of Northumberland National Park Rescue Team |
19 October: | Annual General Meeting at St Michael’s Church Hall 10:30 am |
16 November: | amended - update |
14 December: | Christmas Festivities |