Bowburn LHS meetings 2022
Meetings in 2022
Monday 14th February:
David Butler,
Durham County Records Office:
"Great Pains and a Large Amount of Labour": the Building of Durham Viaduct
Zoom meeting*, starting at 7pm
Monday 14th March:
Mike Syer, Bowburn LHS:
Fatal Accidents at Bowburn Colliery
Zoom meeting*, starting at 7pm
Monday 11th April: Jack Turton, Coxhoe LHS:
Asylum: Winterton in words and pictures.
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
All welcome. Admission free but donations welcome
Monday 16th May: AGM and members’ evening:
Family history? How and where people lived and worked locally? What are your local history interests?
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
Monday 13th June: Members meeting
Planning further activities of Bowburn LHS
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
New members welcome
Monday 18th July – Bowburn Schools
A summary of 113 years of formal education in Bowburn
(in Wylam Street, Surtees Avenue and now Crowtrees Lane)
will be followed by the sharing of memories by those who attended these schools.
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
All welcome. Admission free but donations welcome
[No meeting in August]
Monday 12th September – My Life with The Doors, by Jimmy M !
Jimmy McGrath: “30 years working at Henderson’s Garage Doors”
(P. C. Henderson was one of Bowburn’s biggest employers after the closure of Bowburn Colliery.)
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
All welcome. Admission free but donations welcome
Monday 10th October – The Changing Face of Bowburn
as shown on old maps and aerial photographs
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
All welcome. Admission free but donations welcome
Monday 14th November – Crowtrees Tilery
Richard Annis, Senior Archaeologist, Durham University,
will describe what was discovered about Bowburn’s 19th century brick and tile works
by the dig in 2019.
Bowburn Community Centre, starting at 7pm
All welcome. Admission free but donations welcome