Ponteland Historian
Newsletter of
Ponteland Local History Society
15th September 2016
WALLINGTON
PAST & PRESENT
This evening we are pleased to
welcome Lloyd Langley & David
Weissand.
ANLHS 50TH ANNIVERSARY 2016
It
doesn’t seem possible that 10 years ago we were celebrating the 40th
Anniversary in Stannington Village Hall with presentations by Lindsay Allison-Jones (The Great North Museum) and Peter Carter (St.
Oswald’s Way).
This
year the celebration is on Saturday 1st October and
will take the form of a subsidised lunch at Kirkharle. This is to be followed with a presentation by
John Anderson to mark the 300th Anniversary of the birth of Capability
Brown. Booking forms are available this
evening for those members who have not already received detail by e-mail. Closing date for
applications is Tuesday 20th September.
This
celebration is however tinged with a degree of sadness as it precedes the
proposed closure of the Association at the 50th AGM
on Saturday 5th
November at Stannington Village Hall.
The
schedule for the day is as follows:-
10.00
am –Arrival & Coffee
10.30
am – ANLHS 50TH AGM
Agenda.
1.
Apologies for absence
2.
Minutes of 49th AGM -9TH Nov. 2015
3.
Matters arising
4.
Reports:
4.1 Chairman
4.2 Treasurer
4.3 Secretary
4.4 Editor
4.5 Representative of individual
Members.
4.6 Representatives on External
Organisations: British Association for Local History, Community Action
Northumberland
4.7 Representatives of
Affiliated Societies.
5. Any
other business
6.
Formal closure of ANLHS.
Distribution
of pre-purchased non-monetary assets.
Presentation
by the Northumberland & Newcastle Society.
Discussion
time on mutual support (if requested in advance).
SOCIETY CHRISTMAS SOCIAL
Tickets
will be on sale from the next meeting Thursday 20th October.
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Following
the retirement of Jill Gregory there is a vacancy on the Committee for
Membership Secretary. It is not an
onerous task but it is essential to the smooth running of the Society. We are
looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to join the Committee. If you have access to a computer, are familiar
with Microsoft Excel, willing to take on the task and would like to join us
then please make contact with any Committee Member.
There
are also vacancies for other Committee Members to bring forward new ideas to
sustain our continuing growth as a successful Community asset. Please come forward!
2016 OUTINGS
During
the summer we enjoyed 3 very successful “Away Days”. There was a late change to
the original programme as we were unable to arrange a proposed visit to the
Alnwick Castle Archives.
The
first, in May, was an action packed combination of a morning visit to The Lit &
Phil, followed by an afternoon tour of the recently refurbished Newcastle Keep
& fortified Black Tower Gate House.
It was an exhausting, interesting and
enjoyable visit for the 22 Members who made the most of the break for lunch.
In June Cumbria beckoned and a fine day provided the opportunity for the party
of 28 Members to enjoy a morning guided visit by coach to Hutton in the Forest.
After
lunch there the group travelled on to the village of Wreay and a guided tour of St. Mary’s Church, designed by Sarah Losh, who has ancestral connections with Callerton Hall and the Lit. &
Phil.
The summer
activity was completed with a guided tour of St. Georges Church Jesmond
