Berwick’s Heritage Open Days for 2024 take place between the 6th and 15th September.  This year there are 75 locations or events to go to, plus another 19 online talks, tours, films or quizzes.  Some need to be booked in advance (via Eventbrite), others can be visited throughout their opening hours, and all of them are free. The greatest number of events will be taking place on the weekend of 14-15 September, including a photographic exhibition in the Town Hall.

Details of all the events can be found online at:

https://www.berwickhods.org.uk

Or pick up a booklet...

Posted in Events

On Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2024 Lowick Heritage Group will be holding a weekend of talks and exhibitions in Lowick Village Hall, between 10.00am and 4.00pm. There is a £2 admission charge, and refreshments will be available.

Among the talks, Linda Bankier will be speaking about  “The Old Bridge, Berwick” on Sunday at 2.30pm.

Posted in Events

On Wednesday 20 March 2024, Berwick History Society will host a talk on “The History of Berwick’s Old Bridge over the past 400 years”.  It will be given by Linda Bankier in the Parish Centre, Berwick, starting at 7.30pm.  Members free; visitors £3.

Posted in Local History

On Friday 8th March 2024, to mark International Women’s Day, a talk about Mrs B.F.C. Adams, the first woman to serve as Mayor of Berwick, will be given in Berwick Record Office, at 10.30am.

Posted in Events

Many changes which were seen in Berwick during the past half-century are brought to life in a new book of photographs which has just been published.  “Snapshots of the 1970s” draws upon the contents of the vast Photo Centre collection, now held in Berwick Record Office, and it follows on from two earlier publications about the 1950s and 1960s, all of which have been compiled by volunteers from the Friends of Berwick & District Museum and Archives .

The 1970s were a decade in which the town underwent many physical alterations.  In the High Street the prominent Waterloo Hotel was demolished to make way for the new...

Posted in Local History