Tudhoe & Spennymoor Local History Society
Membership is due to be paid in January of each year.
Talks are normally held at 7:30pm on the fourth Monday of each month at St. David's Church Hall, Tudhoe Lane, Tudhoe, DL16 6LL.
They are open to non-members at a charge of £4.00. Tea and biscuits are available before the talk at a charge of £1.
| 22nd Jan 2024 | Keith Simpson | Durham Castles. |
| 26th Feb 2024 | Prof. Christopher Gerrard | The archaeology of earthquakes in the Middle Ages. What happens when disaster strikes? |
| 25th Mar 2024 | Dr Frederick Smith | The Tudhoe Colliery Explosion of 1882. |
| 22nd Apr 2024 | David Butler | "A Plan so replete with advantages...." - The Building of Durham's North Road. |
| 20th May 2024 | Carolyn Ball | The Story - moving 900 years of archives. The Third Monday in May. |
| Jun 2024 | Auckland Park - Afternoon Site Visit to view most recent archaeological investigations. Arrangements to be announced later. | |
| 24th Jun 2024 | Niall & Caroline Hammond | The Stockton & Darlington Railway of 1825. The Railway that got the World on Track. Plans for the Bi-Centenary and beyond. |
| 22nd Jul 2024 | Gordon Henderson | Evening Site Visit to Binchester Roman Fort to view most recent archaeological investigations. Meet at Binchester Fort car park at 6.30pm. |
| 23rd Sep 2024 | Martin Roberts | Historic Bridges of Durham. |
| 28th Oct 2024 | AGM + Dr John Banham | Our Waterloo. - 1815 Durham had its own crisis to deal with - a banking collapse. John Banham explains the coverage of these events using the Advertiser's weekly articles and adverts. 1815 was the first full year of publication for the Durham County Advertiser. |
| 25th Nov 2024 | George Nairn | A postcard trip down the River Wear - from source to sea. |
| 9th Dec 2024 | Christmas Social | Venue & Time to be confirmed. The Second Monday in December |
At The Bob Abley Gallery, in the Town Hall in Spennymoor, Chris and Steve Rocks ‘Coming Home’ exhibition is open seven days a week from 9am to 4pm, entry is free.
For more details go to Chris and Steve Rocks ‘Coming Home’ exhibition at The Bob Abley Gallery.
As the pandemic has continued many initiatives providing on-line history talks have developed. These include:
County Durham Forum for History & Heritage FREE, ON-LINE Zoom talks and Facebook.
TSLHS Members can book the talks by emailing us at tslhs@btinternet.com - we will email you a link shortly before the Zoom meeting.
British Association for Local History Events.
Details of their FREE online Third Thursday Talks can be found at
Following John Banham's Third Thursday talk in November 2020, the Record Office have also posted an online exhibition on their website to celebrate the bicentenary of the Hetton Coal Company. Click on the link to go to the exhibition.
Durham County Record Office - 'Adventurers and Pirates' - Hetton Coal Company, 1820