21 July 2025, Ed Waugh, Mary Lyon: A WW1 football hero
18 August 2025, Baroness Joyce Quin, Angels of the North
15 September 2025, Bill Greenwell, Reverend George Cooper Abbes of Cleadon House
20 October 2025, Professor Robert Colls, Westoe Methodists
17 November 2025, Terry Ford, South Shields Clubs
8 December 2025, Christmas Social
19 January 2026, Dr Malcolm Grady, When Eric met Eileen
16 February 2026, David Kidd, The Providence Lifeboat Disaster
16 March 2026, Brian Pinkstone, World War 2 East Coast Convoys
20 April 2026, Bill Lindsay, William Schaw Lindsay – Victorian Shipping Magnate with links to NE England
18 May 2026, Dr John Temple, James Chuter Ede
15 June 2026, AGM & Jean Stokes, The Ernest Lewthwaite Memorial Talk.
South Shields Local History Group
The Group meets from 5.15-6.45pm upstairs in room A at Cleadon Park Library on Prince Edward Road, South Shields, NE34 8PS. Talks usually start at 5.30
Admission: £1 for non-group members