Community Lectures
*** There is a new series of Community Lectures for 2023/20224 which are being held at 1719 (former Holy Trinity Church) ***
Community Lectures in Holy Trinity in 2023-2024
Admission is free.
The presentations begin at 2.30. They will last for up to an hour.
Tea/Coffee is available to purchase in 1719.
Nearby the Donnison School and the Sunderland Maritime Heritage are usually open on Wednesdays for visitors and also provide light refreshments.
There is roadside parking and a small public car park. There is also a regular bus service
| Dates for your Diary | |
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| Wed May 1st | 1st May - Rock Stars of the North East (Andy Lane) At 1719 (Seventeen Nineteen - Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland SR1 2BB) Starts at 2:30. Refreshments are available to be Purchased including Tea or Coffee (or bring your own drink). This talk looks at the origin and nature of some of the amazing rocks that have built, decorated and protected Sunderland over the centuries. (As a geologist since the 1960s Andy has worked in Cornwall, South Wales and Africa. For the past 40 years he has been teaching geology at various levels in Sunderland and is still trying to retire despite the best efforts of his students!) |
| Wed Jun 5th | 5th June - New Towns of the North East (Ged Parker) At 1719 (Seventeen Nineteen - Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland SR1 2BB) Starts at 2:30. Refreshments are available to be Purchased including Tea or Coffee (or bring your own drink). A potted history of the three statutory new towns established in County Durham; Newton Aycliffe in 1947, Peterlee in 1948 and Washington in 1964; their objectives and progress through the decades, and impact on the north east as a whole up to and after their closures in 1988. (Ged - originally from Manchester- came to work for Washington Development Corporation after starting his professional career in Telford New Town. He was responsible for commercial market research and took part in negotiations with some of the biggest investments in the later years of the new town. In the final years of the Corporation he was the trade union chair involved in its run down and the transfer of functions to other authorities.) |