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A public Zoom meeting has been arranged for Wednesday 14th July, at 7pm to discuss our way forward now that planning permission has been given for the pub. Zoom Codes will be sent to people registering an interest in attending. We hope that you will be able to attend. It has always been the Group's […]
The Friends are meeting with members of Middleton St. George Historical Society on Thursday 22 July at 6.00 pm Fighting Cocks on the 1825 route of the S&DR. We will talk with them about the history of the Fighting Cocks area. We will have a look at the various projects of the Heritage Hub then […]
The Little Big Meeting, will take place in Hackworth Park, Shildon, on Saturday 7th August 2021. The event will run between 11am and 4pm. This is one of 18 events across the region taking place this summer in place of the annual Durham Miner’s Gala. Each will be different, but the Shildon one will be […]
Sunday 15th August, Mary Smith, our Etherley Incline Witton Park Colliery Group secretary, will be opening her garden at Hillside Cottages, for the National Open Garden Scheme from 1.30 - 4.30pm - admission £5.00. Refreshments available. This garden overlooks the Etherley Incline and we will be having a stall, where we will give out information […]
On Tuesday 31st August WASH (our area group covering West Auckland and St. Helen Auckland) are inviting you to bramble with us from 10.15am in St Helen Auckland Parish Churchyard, NZ 18835 26773. There will be a guided tour of seven gravestones related to S&DR early employees and their families including Storey, Young, Booth, Greener, […]
Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway – Annual General Meeting. Thursday 2nd September 2021 at Darlington Cricket Club. Doors open at 7.00 pm with meeting starting at 7.10 pm. Did you know???? Darlington Cricket Club is nearly as old as the S&DR! They recorded their first ever match in 1827 - the year the […]
Papers and an agenda can be found in the Members' section of this web site.
Rail stories told by local societies through images, objects, sounds, words and film.
On Saturday 18th September, the Brusselton Incline Group, an area group of the Friends of the S&DR, will be hosting an open day from 10.00 am. This will be held in the Whistle Stop Cafe, Redworth Road in New Shildon, the Cradle of the Railways. A display of the work carried out by the group […]
The story of the navvies who built the S&DR and how they celebrated on the opening night. A guided tour around Stockton's taverns. No free beer but free nibbles at the end of the walk. Meet at the Market Cross at 7pm and bring your ticket with you. Book your tickets here: johnharris@interacting.info