2023 programme

Note; the final lecture of 2023 will be held in Lecture Theatre, The Common Room (former Mining Institute), Westgate Road, Newcastle. The Public Lecture will be in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle upon Tyne. All lectures will be livestreamed on Zoom for members viewing from home; details of the link will be circulated shortly before the lecture

• 24 Nov, 6.00, rescheduled Research Showcase, Digital Lounge, Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street Newcastle. The flyer with Zoom details will be available shortly.
• 29 Nov, 6.00, Developing a Cultural Programme with the Vindolanda Trust, Morag Iles. The flyer, including Zoom details, are now available in the Members' Section.

Meetings that have already taken place

• 25 Jan 2023, Anniversary Meeting and lecture, Outskirts of a Medieval Town: Berwick Infirmary Excavations 2021-2022, Steve Collinson.  Follow this link to view the recording. A report is also in the June 2023 News Bulletin, available on our website.
• 22 Feb, Pauline Dower and the Designation of Northumberland National Park, Matthew Kelly. At the speaker's request, this was not recorded, but there is a report of the meeting in our June 2023 News Bulletin
• 29 Mar, Facing the Enemy? Using ‘Big Data’ to Analyse Flavian Fortifications in Scotland’s Landscape, Andrew Tibbs. Follow this link to view the recording. A report is also in the June 2023 News Bulletin, available on our website.
• 26 April,  A Review of the Historic England funded South-East Northumberland Air Photo and Lidar Mapping Project, Alison Degan. Follow this link to view the recording. A report is also in the June 2023 News Bulletin, available on our website.
• 31 May, The Remarkable Anne Fisher (1719-1778): Not Simply a Printer’s Wife, Barbara Crosbie. Follow this link to view the recording.
• 28 June, Recovering Herstory: the Hidden Women in Geography at Newcastle from 1928, Helen Jarvis. Members can follow this link to view the recording.
• 5 July, members' visit to excavations at Birdoswald Roman Fort.
• 11 July, Summer walk; Ashbrooke, part of Sunderland's mid-Victorian suburbia.
• CANCELLED, 14 July, Summer Social, at Dunston Staiths, Gateshead, owing to weather damage to the Staiths.
• 18 July, 7.00: Summer walk; Willington Quay, Pedestrian Tunnel, and Jarrow.
• 26 July, 6.00,  Monthly Meeting, Arthur Wharton: the world’s first black professional footballer, Shaun Campbell.  Follow this link to view the recording.
• 6 August, Summer walk; Lemington Gut, a circular walk round Lemington and Bells Close, and the industrial archaeology of Lemington Gut.
• 12 Aug, all-day visit to Vindolanda, the ruined Thirlwall Castle (built largely of stone from the Wall), ending in Greenhead.
• 30 Aug, Hadrian’s Wall in urban Newcastle - excavating Turret3a, Scott Vance. Follow this link to view the recording.
• 23 Sept, All-day visit to Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum and Whisky Distillery.
• 27 Sept, Bede and the Theory of Everything, Michelle Brown. Follow this link for the recording.
• 25 Oct, “The Way, The Word and The Water” – Aspects of the Archaeology of Seventeenth-Century Newcastle, Pam Graves.  Public Lecture in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University. A recording of this lecture is now available on our YouTube channel.