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Tuesday 8th October 2024:   7.30pm:  The Newcastle Upon Tyne Trinity House A talk by Susan Lynn. A collection of tales of the local press gangs: those who avoided them, those who escaped from them, those who accepted and profited from them…

Thursday 12th September 2024, 7.30pm:  Morpeth Town Hall We resume our programme with our customary September visit to Morpeth, with a talk incorporated into the annual Heritage Days event.  We will be at Morpeth Town Hall on Thursday 12th September…

Tuesday 9th July 2024: 7.30pm: the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House   This is our last meeting before the Summer break.  Society member and regular speaker George Cansino has this time chosen as his subject Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke,…

Thursday 9th May 2024:  7.30pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: Society Member Nigel Collingwood only started looking into his ancestors when he retired and moved north to Morpeth.  He has since identified family members back to the 16th century,…

Thursday 4th April 2024, 7.30pm: Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Another visiting speaker, John D Ellis, will be presenting what promises to be an interesting and informative talk on “Black Sailors in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815”.…

  Tuesday 5th March 2024:  7.30 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House   We are pleased to welcome author Nicholas Best, who is coming up to Newcastle from his home in Ely, Cambridgeshire, to talk to the Society.  The…

Tuesday 6th February 2024:  7.30pm:  Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House William Pryce Cumby lived as a child in (and later returned to) Heighington, County Durham and had a long and eventful naval career.  HMS BELLEROPHON, known to many a seaman…

Thursday 9th November 2023:  6.45 pm:  The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: The Society’s 2023 Annual General Meeting will take place before the evening’s regular talk.  All welcome, but only paid-up members may vote.  There will be a short break…