Meetings

Our monthly meetings are open to all - you're welcome!
When?    1.30pm - 3.00pm on 4th Wednesday of month.
Where?   Normanby Methodist Church,
Corner of Cleveland and Patten Streets,
Normanby, Middlesbrough TS6 0LW
(See Location of Church on Google Maps)

Next Meeting on
   Wednesday 23rd September 2026
         at 1:30pm as usual

This is our Annual General Meeting.
There will not be a speaker at this meeting.
Membership subscriptions will be due.

If you are interested in local history, why not come along.
Newcomers always welcome - and it's free!

Group Membership

  After attending a few meetings you may decide to become a member of our group - to join simply speak to our Treasurer at the meeting.
  Annual Membership fee (due September):
        £10 per individual or
        £15 per couple.
    Please note the revised fees starting 2023.   Amazingly this was the first increase in our membership fees since 2001 when our group was formed !
  Benefits of membership each year:
   - 11 monthly meetings (including free tea/coffee & biscuits)
       - most have a guest speaker on a wide range of topics.
   - One organised visit to a local attraction for free:-
       - eg Redcar Cemetery Guided Tour
       - eg Ironstone Mining Museum at Skinningrove
   - One organised coach trip to a national attraction:-
       - just £5 per member (member’s guest for £10)
       - eg Royal Armouries Museum at Leeds
       - eg Great North Museum: Hancock at Newcastle
   - and of course participation in our research & activities !

Planned Events

  Details of events planned by our group will be shown here.

Recent Past Events

Normanby Local History Group’s
    Annual Exhibition
     "Normanby People - Past & Present"
        - Saturday 18th July 2026
               from 10am to 1pm

  This year’s annual exhibition had the theme of "Normanby People Past and Present" having glimpses of people from more than a hundred years ago as well as the more recent past.
  The theme certainly managed to draw a healthy crowd and the hall was soon full of chatter and laughter as memories were shared and people tried to put names to faces on many old photographs (often in vain).
  Jack Harvey, a university student from Normanby, designed our event poster and our thanks go to him for successfully encouraging people to bring along their own photographs and memories.
  The display featuring "Paddy’s Row" (Crossbeck Terrace) drew much discussion.   This research was originally started by our history group former Chairman the late Tom Towers.   His research is now being continued by our Vice Chairman Sylvia Fairbrass helped by new information given on the day.
  We were especially honoured to welcome Vera Turner and her daughter Janet Richardson to review our display on Normanby Centenarians.   Vera was born on 17th March 1925 and featured in the display along with her late husband Bob.   They achieved their 76th wedding anniversary on 6th December 2023.
  Cori Dales from Teesside Archives managed to meet up with our webmaster Mike Wheatley.   Cori and Mike have worked tirelessly together to get the scans & trancriptions of the William Ward Jackson Journals  onto our website but had never managed to meet in person till Exhibition Day.   We took the opportunity to get a photograph of all the team continuing the work to add more transcriptions to our website.
   Smith’s Dock Bowling Club   brought information outlining the history of the Club and how to join.
  The tombola again was well stocked with prizes.   The cake stall, refreshments and publications table again did a steady trade adding to funds used to run our group.
  A very successful, enjoyable day with a real feeling of community.   Please if you can, continue the conversations started on the day and add memories and photographs via our website – especially any information on "Paddy’s Row"…..

  Thank you to everyone who took part in the organisation, preparation and running of a very successful annual exhibition.

All visitors were made very welcome !
ENTRANCE WAS FREE !

To get an overall impression of our 2026 exhibition
go to our photo gallery   page and
select gallery "Normanby LHG Exhibitions" then sub-gallery "2026 Exhibition".
(photos by Sheila Nicholson, Barbara Greenmon
& Mike Wheatley)

Index of Past Events

  Our group has organised many exhibitions and
participated in various events over the years.
  To refresh your memories of our activities
see reports of some of these
via our Index of Past Events  page.