The 2015 Community Lectures Series continues next week (May 27) at the University of Sunderland with a look at the city’s geological heritage, asking whether it has become a dwindling resource.
Dr Andy Lane will present a talk to highlight how much Sunderland owes to what lay below, including the local sources of building stone and the grand and unique structures they helped to create.
He will also cover how imported stone made the grand even grander, and address the threats to our heritage, including the destruction of priceless old walls and what the planners need to know.
Dr Lane has been a geologist for over 50 years, working in countries such as Uganda and Zambia. He was previously a lecturer at the University of Sunderland and now teaches part-time at the Centre for Lifelong Learning in Newcastle, as well as courses at Age UK in Sunderland.
The University of Sunderland’s Community Lectures are now in their 20th year, and are FREE and open to all. Each entertaining lecture is given by authoritative speakers at the award winning Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St. Peter’s, between May and September.
Lectures start at 2:30pm and last about one hour. There is no need to book but those attending are asked to arrive at the Prospect Building between 2pm and 2:30pm to register before the lecture begins.
There is (pay) parking in the grounds of the campus and St Peter’s Metro Station is within a few minutes walking distance. Alternatively the regular 700 bus service runs from the Park Lane Bus Station to St. Peter’s Campus itself.
For more information about the 2015 Community Lectures Series contact Leigh Johnson on (0191) 515 3169, or emailevents@sunderland.ac.uk
2015 Community Lectures Series
May 27 – Dr Andy Lane – Sunderland’s Geographical Heritage: A Dwindling Resource?
June 17 – Professor David Sanders – Techniques of Persuasion: the Psychology of Advertising
July 15 – Mrs Maureen Martin – Four Saxon churches of the North East
August 12 – Sharon Vincent – The Mitford Sisters
September 9 – Dr Robert McManners – Shafts of Light