Killingworth Local History Society

Meeting at 7.30pm on the Fourth Tuesday  of each Month at St.John’s Community Hall, West Lane, Killingworth Village.

 Tel: 268 5532

Email: KillingworthLHS@gmail.com

Annual Subscription £8, and £2 entry for each visitor.

Chair:  Sally Taverner

Secretary:  David Lackenby

Treasurer:  Maureen Welsh

Asst treasurer: Phil Burns

Speakers Sec:  Janet Lupton

Speakers for 2024/25

24 September:

Cramlington Train Wreckers 1926

Ed Waugh

22 October 24:

North East Coast Exhibition 1929

John North

26 November 24:

Joseph Swan, the man who illuminated the world

Amanda Hepburn

10 December 24:

Christmas Supper

28 January 25:

Northumberland Castles and their occupants

Linda Davidson

25 February 25:

North Shields Other Haswell F.R.N. Haswell (1834-1912)

Stuart Barlow

25 March 25:

A conspicuous situation: Newcastle’s Lit and Phil on Westgate Street

Alison Menzies

22 April 25:

Discover how Gosforth has developed over 200 years

Geoff Hughes

27 May 25:

Bothal observed: one of Northumberland’s hidden historid gems

Barry Mead