The Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society operates an active and varied programme.

We provide regular talks and day-schools on a wide variety of topics and covering every period of history, from Anglo Saxon and Roman times to Victorian and Twentieth Century developments.

Details of our current programme of talks are provided below.


Summer 2025 Programme


Saturday 6 September at 10am

A Tour of Kirkleatham’s World War II Defences

Local expert Stuart McMillan guides us on a fascinating tour of the wartime defences that existed around Kirkleatham. The tour starts at the church and lasts around an hour and a half across flat ground.


To reserve a spot, please contact Matt Falcus (mattfalcus@hotmail.com; 07980 660446)


Winter 2025/26 Programme

Saturday 20 September at 10.30am

Venue: The Chapel, Whitehouse Street, Middlesbrough, TS5 4BY

Lesser Known Personalities of the Stockton & Darlington Railway
Ian Stubbs

Middlesbrough’s Winter Gardens
p.a. morbid


Saturday 18 October

Hartlepool Headland Guided Tour & Talk
10am-2pm

Tim Bailey will lead us on a fascinating walking tour of the main features of the Conservation Area on Hartlepool Headland (listed buildings, characterful streets…), as well as a tour of Heugh Battery museum.

Then, we will enjoy a talk from volunteers at the museum who will showcase key parts of the collection (small arms, ordnance, medals and ordinary wartime artifacts).

There will be a lunch break, and we suggest trying the Poppy Tearooms at the museum.

The walking is all on the flat, and not very far. It will be taken at a leisurely pace.

Cost £12 per person. If you’d like to join us, please let us know: mattfalcus@hotmail.com / 07980 660446


November 2025

Elgee Memorial Lectures

Venue TBC


Saturday 14 February 2026 at 10.30am

Venue TBC

The Battle of the Standard
Anthony Wood

Christopher Dresser and the Linthorpe Pottery
Gill Moore


Saturday 14 March 2026 at 10.30am

Venue: Online (Zoom)

A Place In the Country:- The Castle as Holiday Home
Erik Matthews


Saturday 25 April 2026 at 10.15am

Venue: The Dorman Museum, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough

Annual General Meeting, followed by

Jet Mining on the North York Moors
Chris Twigg

Revising Pevsner: The Cleveland Experience
Professor Jane Grenville

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