UPCOMING EVENTS
TALKS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AND NON MEMBERS
Members of Kirkley Hall £2
Others £3
No pre booking required
Wednesday 11th September at 7pm - AGM
BOOKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT - FORMS WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday 9th October at 2pm
Memories of the cinema
Prof John Derry will tell us about the golden age of the cinema, invention of sound recording & the work of famous producers.
Wednesday 13th November at 2pm
Shelter Box
Jonathan Ewan will inform us about how some disasters that never make the news are helped by Shelter Box.
Wednesday 11th December at Noon
Friends Christmas Lunch
BOOKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT - FORMS WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday 8th January at 2pm
A Woodland Returns
As a young boy, David witnessed bulldozers obliterating a forest to build a bypass. He resolved to replace those annihilated trees with another wood.
When he retired, he purchased land at Gorfenletch and planted thousands of trees – 20 species.
This is the story of how he did it.
Wednesday 12th February at 2pm
Litter and Fly Tipping - The scourge of our times
Mr Richards masterminded local litter picking activities in 2018. He is now one of about 50 National Keep Britain Tidy Ambassadors.
The local 2019 events were led by him under the aegis of Keep Britain Tidy.
In 2019 Mr Richards and the Morpeth Litter Blitz group were judged best in the UK category of Litter Heroes. In 2018 Mr Richard’s work was rewarded when he received a Morpeth Civic Award in appreciation for all his wonderful work and organisation, keeping the town litter free.
2020 will be another year of activities he has organised, and by then with probably more involvement with the topic of litter pollution at a national level.
Wednesday 11th March at 2pm
Saving our Hedgehogs
Liz Clark is a volunteer at Northumbrian Hedgehog Rescue Sanctuary at Longframlington. She has seen the sorry plight of hedgehogs on admission with injuries, fly strike/maggots, dehydration etc., and how they are nursed back to health and released to safe areas when recovered and weather permits. People often travel many miles to take them there, which shows how much the public value hedgehogs and wish to help.
Wednesday 8th April at 7pm
Old Churches of Northumberland
This talk describes what is unusual and characteristic of the churches of our county. It focuses on a number of remote small country churches such as Doddington, Felton and Corsenside, as well as a few better known ones.
The talk provides suggestions for visiting many out-of-the-way churches of great character.
Wednesday 13th May at 7pm
The work of the National Trust at Cragside
The National Trust – 40 years looking after the past, present and future of a wonder of the Victorian age.
John O’Brien is the General Manager at Cragside.
Wednesday 10th June at 7pm
The national open gardens scheme
This scheme raises monies to be donated to nursing and health charities. This talk will enlighten us as to how gardens are selected for the yellow pages booklet, which is used for reference purposes by the public as to which gardens are open to raise funds.
Wednesday 8th July at 7pm
The storyteller
Chris Bostock is a storyteller of great range and humour. He is also an entertainer of great inventiveness and creativity. He is/was an actor.
Northumberland is rich in wonderful stories that Chris has researched and he will present a reflection on the rich heritage as found in these folk tales.
Chris comes highly recommended.
Wednesday 9th September at 7pm - AGM
BOOKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT - FORMS WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday 14th October at 2pm
Beautiful Northumbria
This is your chance to see some of the most beautiful photographs of different parts of Northumbria and try and work out where they were taken.
Wednesday 11th November at 2pm
Mountain rescue in Northumberland
Information to follow.
Wednesday 11th September at 7pm - AGM
BOOKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT - FORMS WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday 9th October at 2pm
Memories of the cinema
Prof John Derry will tell us about the golden age of the cinema, invention of sound recording & the work of famous producers.
Wednesday 13th November at 2pm
Shelter Box
Jonathan Ewan will inform us about how some disasters that never make the news are helped by Shelter Box.
Wednesday 11th December at Noon
Friends Christmas Lunch
BOOKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT - FORMS WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday 8th January at 2pm
A Woodland Returns
As a young boy, David witnessed bulldozers obliterating a forest to build a bypass. He resolved to replace those annihilated trees with another wood.
When he retired, he purchased land at Gorfenletch and planted thousands of trees – 20 species.
This is the story of how he did it.
Wednesday 12th February at 2pm
Litter and Fly Tipping - The scourge of our times
Mr Richards masterminded local litter picking activities in 2018. He is now one of about 50 National Keep Britain Tidy Ambassadors.
The local 2019 events were led by him under the aegis of Keep Britain Tidy.
In 2019 Mr Richards and the Morpeth Litter Blitz group were judged best in the UK category of Litter Heroes. In 2018 Mr Richard’s work was rewarded when he received a Morpeth Civic Award in appreciation for all his wonderful work and organisation, keeping the town litter free.
2020 will be another year of activities he has organised, and by then with probably more involvement with the topic of litter pollution at a national level.
Wednesday 11th March at 2pm
Saving our Hedgehogs
Liz Clark is a volunteer at Northumbrian Hedgehog Rescue Sanctuary at Longframlington. She has seen the sorry plight of hedgehogs on admission with injuries, fly strike/maggots, dehydration etc., and how they are nursed back to health and released to safe areas when recovered and weather permits. People often travel many miles to take them there, which shows how much the public value hedgehogs and wish to help.
Wednesday 8th April at 7pm
Old Churches of Northumberland
This talk describes what is unusual and characteristic of the churches of our county. It focuses on a number of remote small country churches such as Doddington, Felton and Corsenside, as well as a few better known ones.
The talk provides suggestions for visiting many out-of-the-way churches of great character.
Wednesday 13th May at 7pm
The work of the National Trust at Cragside
The National Trust – 40 years looking after the past, present and future of a wonder of the Victorian age.
John O’Brien is the General Manager at Cragside.
Wednesday 10th June at 7pm
The national open gardens scheme
This scheme raises monies to be donated to nursing and health charities. This talk will enlighten us as to how gardens are selected for the yellow pages booklet, which is used for reference purposes by the public as to which gardens are open to raise funds.
Wednesday 8th July at 7pm
The storyteller
Chris Bostock is a storyteller of great range and humour. He is also an entertainer of great inventiveness and creativity. He is/was an actor.
Northumberland is rich in wonderful stories that Chris has researched and he will present a reflection on the rich heritage as found in these folk tales.
Chris comes highly recommended.
Wednesday 9th September at 7pm - AGM
BOOKING WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT - FORMS WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
Wednesday 14th October at 2pm
Beautiful Northumbria
This is your chance to see some of the most beautiful photographs of different parts of Northumbria and try and work out where they were taken.
Wednesday 11th November at 2pm
Mountain rescue in Northumberland
Information to follow.