On Saturday 10 May 2025, a VE Day Community Tea Dance will be held in the Gymnasium within Berwick Barracks to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.  It takes place from 2.00pm until 4.30pm and tickets cost £5 (including refreshments) obtainable from The Maltings. Step back in time – learn some dance steps and hear the music of the time.  Period dress optional.

For further information and tickets, see The Maltings website.

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To coincide with Berwick’s Riding of the Bounds 2025, on Saturday 3rd May there will be a free exhibition on the history of the ceremony presented in the Record Office (in the Library, Walkergate, Berwick), from 10am until 4pm.

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Dr Beth Elliott will give a talk about “The Phipps of Barmoor collection” on Thursday 24 April 2025 in Lowick Village Hall at 7.30pm. Beth has been listing the collection, which is held by Northumberland Archives, and she will talk about what she has found.

The collection contains deeds, plans, accounts and estate papers relating to the Phipps family of Barmoor. Most relate to Samuel Phipps and concern his properties in London, Yorkshire and Northumberland. There are also some manorial documents. The Phipps were predecessors of the Sitwell family. Most of the collection dates from the 18th century.  A project to work...

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On Friday 28 March 2025, 10.00am-12.00 noon, a lecture on “Bridging the Tweed” will be given by Linda Bankier, Berwick Archivist, in the William Elder Building (Castlegate, Berwick) as part of a series organised by Berwick Educational Association.

Bridges are an integral part of our landscape, helping us to cross rivers and other obstacles on journeys from A to B. In this lecture, which is in association with Friends of Berwick and District Museum and Archive, Linda Bankier will consider the history of bridges on the lower River Tweed from Coldstream down to Berwick-upon-Tweed. When and how were they built, who has...

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The FBDMA Spring Lecture will take place on Friday 21 March 2025, at 7.00pm in the Parish Centre (Parade, Berwick).  Linda Bankier will speak about “Policing the Borough of Berwick (1836-1900)”.  The lecture will be preceded by a short Annual General Meeting.  Refreshments will be served.  All welcome.

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