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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…

Thursday 9th November 2023:  7.30 pm     The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: Nick Johnson BA (Hons) MArborA will tonight give us an unusual take on history, but the topic is nevertheless critically aligned to the Georgian Navy and their…

Please note the following late adjustments to the Trafalgar Day events, as previously advertised. MORPETH:  Previously listed as the short annual service on Saturday 21st October  11.45 at the Town Hall, Morpeth.    This has now been moved to 11.40…

Advice on what is up and coming on Trafalgar Day 2023.  The Society will be represented at all listed events and you are welcome to join where you can. Saturday 21st October 2023 09.45 hrs The Cathedral Church of St…

Thursday 5th October 2023, at 7.30pm at the Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House Society Trustee Tim Gittins will examine an interesting, yet divisive character from Georgian naval history, in his talk on Admiral Sir John Orde. Orde fell out majorly…

Wednesday 13th September 2023, 7.30pm. St James’ Community Centre, Morpeth. With the Summer recess over (just as the fine weather arrives….), the Collingwood Society is all set to embark on its Autumn programme.  As usual, September finds us in Morpeth,…