Follow this link for events happening this month
News
- Stoll Picture Theatre – Past Lives, Present Voices, is an oral history project being run by Tyne Theatre and Opera House. They are calling on the public to help capture the rich history of the Stoll Picture Theatre by sharing personal memories and photographs from before 1974.
- Newcastle Castle is looking for volunteers helpers, to improve the visitor experience and provide some living history. Follow this link for more details.
- The Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (DGNHAS) have asked us to publicise their annual £500 Truckell Prize is awarded to the winning author of an original research paper on a human or natural history topic relating to their area, Entries must reach them by 1 October each year.
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Books and Resources
- The Spy in A Berwick Garden, Lindsay Allason-Jones and Phil Rowett, published by Northumberland Archives, £9.99 + p and p. This was the topic of our January lecture.
- The Diary of W. G. Footitt, Architectural Draughtsman of Durham, 1897-1914, edited by Michael Johnson, published Surtees Society. £80, but 40% off for those who buy online before April 30, 2026. It is also available as an e-book; follow this link for details. See the NAHS website for information about the book launch on 18 February.
- Gainford,Queen of Durham Villages, A J Pollard et al, new volume in the Victoria County History Partnership Publication series. Available from VCH Durham Trust, £25, by e-mail to Jonathan Peacock
- The latest issue (no 431) of Current Archaeology magazine has two articles by our members about Hadrian’s Wall; ‘What can we learn about life on the Roman frontier by examining the region’s geology’, by Ian Jackson, and ‘Hadrian’s Wall and its Trees’ by David Breeze.
- Ian Jackson has also just launched a podcast series, Reading Rocks, available on Apple, Spotify and Amazon. Also available to subscribers on Audible.. Follow this link for details
Recent Deaths
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Dr Tom Yellowley died 29 July 2025 at the age of 87. He had been a member since 1991, and was the author or co-author of a number of books about the region, working in particular with Ken Smith to provide superb photographs. He was also active in the Northern Architectural History Society.
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Our longstandng member Stafford Linsley died in late November. He first joined in 1990, and was a leading figure in the fields of industrial archaeology, and the North East's history.
For biographical details of deceased members, going back to the earliest history of the Society, follow this link for the Biographical Directory. A chronological list of members was also compiled as part of the Centenary volume in 1913. Follow this link to see it on the ADS archive.
