Barningham

MINUTES of the meeting held in Barningham Village Hall on Tuesday January 24 2012:
Present: Jon Smith (Chairman), Linda Sherwood, Mar-garet Taylor, Neil Turner, Ann Hutchinson, Eric Duggan (Treasurer), Cate Collingwood, Harry Collingwood, June Graham, Phil Hunt, Beverley Peach, Elizabeth Carrick.
Apologies: Kay Duggan, Sheila Catton, Tony Orton, Ann Orton.
Welcome: The Chairman said he was pleased to see so many members from outside the village, and welcomed two new members, Margaret Turner from Dalton and Elizabeth Carrick from Gayles.
Minutes of the meeting on December 6 were approved.
Matters arising: The New Year social lunch had been a great success. Eric and Kay Duggan were thanked for hosting the event.
Correspondence: The annual report of the Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group had been received. The Chairman had been in correspondence with Mike Kipling, of West Sussex, who was doing a degree in genealogy studies and had used Barningham as the basis of a major assignment. He had bought many of the history group publications and sent us a copy of the assignment.
Financial report: Eric reported income in Dec/January of £467, expenditure of £118, giving a surplus of £349 and a current balance of £1,156.
House histories: The group discussed the history of 1 and 2 Church View. Neil contributed his usual inimitable memories.
Publications: Archive 22 had been delivered.
Transcriptions: Ann Orton (reading room minutes) and Cate Collingwood (Newsham parish meeting minutes) were making progress.
Oral history: Nancy Gill and Jack Blackburn were suggested as possible subjects for recording.
Cine records: JS said he would see if college contacts might be able to help with DVD editing.
Next meeting: Tuesday March 6, 6pm.
Any other business: Phil Hunt said he was investigating the history of doomed plans to build a railway through Barn-ingham in the mid-1800s, and had seen a map of the proposed route at Durham Records Office. It was agreed he should try to get a copy.