15 June 2026, AGM & Jean Stokes, The Ernest Lewthwaite Memorial Talk.
20 July 2026, Ken Smith, The Miners’ Banners of the Durham and Northumberland Coalfields
17 August 2026, Simon Hampton, Jimmy Learmouth Inimitable Comedian
21 September 2026, Bill Greenwell, William Brockie
19 October 2026, Mike Coates, Sir James Knott, Tyneside’s most charitable shipowner
16 November 2026, Dr Paul Stott, Whatever happened to our Shipbuilding Industry
7 December 2026, Christmas Social and Quiz, Venue – tbc
18 January 2027, Haydn Watson, Garn Yem
15 February 2027, Adam Bell, Curator’s Choice: Recent acquisitions and old favourites from South Shields Museum
15 March 2027, Sheila Graber, Topic – tbc
19 April 2027, Janis Blower, “Dear Sir” … 150 years of letter writing to the Shields Gazette
17 May 2027, Julian Harrop, Four North East Photographers
21 June 2027, AGM & Jean Stokes
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