August 2024

• 21 Aug, 6.00, Newcastle Witches Memorial Talk, Dr Katie Liddane, Newcastle Castle talk, Harbottle Suite, Floor 2, The Black Gate, £6, must book in advance.

September 2024

• 10 Sept, 11.00, Historic Buildings Mythbusting; Discovering Folklore, History and Archaeology, and 2.00, What is a Castle, both by Dr James Wright (Triskel Heritage), Newcastle Castle talk, Harbottle Suite, Floor 2, The Black Gate, £10 each, must book in advance.
• 12 Sept, 7.30, Collingwood; a Biography, Collingwood Society event.  Corn Exchange Town Hall, Morpeth. Part of Heritage Open Days, free admission, no need to book).
• 11-14 Sept, Aerial Archaeology Research Group Annual Conference. De Grey Court, St John University, York, and other venues in York. Registration is now open. There is a range of prices, with discounted fees until 31 July. Bursaries are available for students and early career researchers.
• 14 Sept, 11.00 (refreshments available from 10.30), The Railway Revolution, Les Turnbull,  at Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend. Friends of Segedunum talk, £3 for non-members.
• 17 Sept, 7.00, The Woman in Question, Tony Nicholson, County Durham Forum for History and Heritage talk, online via Zoom, free. For further details, e-mail yb2u15@gmail.com
• 27 Sept, Novum Castrum Super Tynam: A Stroll through Medieval Newcastle, David Silk, Newcastle Castle talk, Harbottle Suite, Floor 2, The Black Gate, £6, must book in advance.
• 28 Sept, Bishop Auckland Heritage Fair, at Bishop Auckland Town Hall. No details yet available.

October 2024

• 1 Oct, 7.00, Durham County and its Turnpike Roads, David Butler, County Durham Forum for History and Heritage talk, online via Zoom, free. For further details, e-mail yb2u15@gmail.com.
• 8 Oct, 7.30, Impressed - you will be! Susan Lynn. Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle NE1 3DQ. Collingwood Society lecture, £3 for non-members, light refreshments available. Follow this link for their 2024 events diary.
• 8 Oct, 7.30, The Enemy Within: WW1 Aliens in the North East, Rosie Serdiville and Silvie Fisch, Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Beaumont Street, Hexham. Hexham Local History Society talk, small payment for non-members. Follow this link to see their programme of talks for 2024.
• 19 Oct, 11.00 (refreshments available from 10.30), German and Scandinavian North East Merchants, Daniel Riddell, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend. Friends of Segedunum talk, £3 for non-members.
• 27 Oct, 6.00, The Town Plague and the Country Plague, D G Fitzgerald, Newcastle Castle talk, Harbottle Suite, Floor 2, The Black Gate, £6, must book in advance.

November 2024

• Nov 9, 9.30-4.45, Arbeia Society Conference, Custom House, Mill Dam, South Shields. Their programme and booking form is already on their website. 9.30-4.45, £20 for non-members.
• 12 Nov, 7.30, The Blacketts, Susan Lynn. Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle NE1 3DQ. Collingwood Society lecture, £3 for non-members, light refreshments available. Follow this link for their 2024 events diary.
• 12 Nov, 7.30, The Cramlington Train Wreckers: Terrorists or Workers Defending their Community. Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Beaumont Street, Hexham. Hexham Local History Society talk, small payment for non-members. Follow this link to see their programme of talks for 2024.

• 15-18 Nov,  Archaeology of Waterways Conference, at The Teaching & Learning Centre, Durham University, DH1 3LS. Nautical Archaeology Society Annual Conference, organised in partnership with Durham University, the Finds Research Group, and the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland.

• 23 Nov, 11.00 (refreshments available from 10.30), Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron and Family, Anthony Atkinson, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend. Friends of Segedunum talk, £3 for non-members.