Hadrian’s Wall Networking Day saturday at the Mart in Hexham - worth going along to

Hadrian’s Wall Networking Day

Saturday 27th February 2016

P R O G R A M M E

9.15-10.00​Registration and Refreshments.  Exhibition Space opens 

10.00-10.15​Welcome by Humphrey Welfare, Chair of Hadrian’s Wall WHS Partnership Board

10.15-10.45​'Broadening archaeological research and ownership of the Wall'

– Professor Richard Hingley, Durham University

 10.45-11.15​Break and Refreshments

 11.15-11.45​‘The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between’ - Duncan Wise, NNPA and Mark Ellis, Go North East

 11.45-12.15​‘Marketing Hadrian’s Wall’

​​- Emily Railton, English Heritage

13.15-13.45​‘Bringing Scotland’s Roman frontier to life’ 

- Cllr Adrian Mahoney, Falkirk Council

 13.45-14.15​‘The Hadrian’s Cavalry Exhibition’

- Dr Nigel Mills, Heritage Consultant and Bill Griffiths, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

14.45-15.15​‘The future of Alauna Roman Fort and Camp Farm: answers on a postcard please!’

​​- Rose Lord and Jules Brown, North of England Civic Trust

15.15-15.45​ ‘Heritage at Risk and Community Archaeology on Hadrian's Wall; past, present and future​- Paul Frodsham, ORACLE Heritage Services

15.45-16.00​Plenary – Humphrey Welfare, Chair of Hadrian’s Wall WHS Partnership Board

16.00-17.00 ​Exhibition and Close

I have my "ticket" to Gilsland Station - it will happen in time, and progress is being made!

I literally bumped into Julie Gibbon last week. She is a tireless campaigner for the Campaign to Open Gilsland Station, and I was able to get my "ticket" to Gilsland Station.
This project is slowly moving forward, with assistance from Northumberland County Council, as we endeavour to fundraise the £30,000 to get to GRIP Stage 3 of the Network Rail process for Station Rebuilds. There is a large amount of support locally, and in the 2 local authorities, and I cannot praise Julie and the team at COGS enough - they are doing a great job. This project will happen eventually. We are pictured in the Bardon Mill Village Store and Tea Room - my usual Bardon Mill lunch pit stop.