A practical workshop on Manorial Documents is being held on Tuesday 13 June 2023, 10.00 – 12.30 in Berwick Record Office.  No previous experience is necessary.  Places are limited and can be booked by email to:  berwickarchives@northumberland.gov.uk .

This is the first workshop to be held as part of the lottery-funded project Life in a Northumbrian Manor.  It will provide an introduction to manorial records, and how to read them. Contact the Record Office with any further questions.

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On Sunday 7th May 2023, to mark the coronation of the King, an exhibition of photographs, “Berwick-upon-Tweed, Between the Coronations, 1953-2023” will be held in the Town Hall, from 11.00am – 5.00pm.  Admission free, refreshments available.

Programme:

• • Photographic exhibition & timeline, 11.00am – 5.00pm: what’s happened in Berwick during that time and how has it changed
  • Children’s activities – Make your own crown!
  • Films in the Council Chamber
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The Friends’ Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday 24th March 2023 at 7.15pm in the Parish Centre (Parade, Berwick). It will be followed by our Spring lecture on “Berwick Archives Projects: Photos, Manors and Buildings”: Beth Elliott, Cameron Robertson, and Linda Bankier will talk about and illustrate some current activities in the Record Office.

All welcome, admission free.  Refreshments available, and a raffle.

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On Tuesday 14th February 2022 at 2.00pm a talk entitled “A Trip down Memory Lane: Berwick in pictures and stories from 1952-2022” will be given by Berwick Archivist Linda Bankier.  It will take place in St Andrew’s Wallace Green Church.  Admission free; refreshments provided.

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Two upcoming talks on local topics are being given by Linda Bankier.  On Wednesday 16th November 2022, she will speak about “Berwick-upon-Tweed 1952-2022: a pictorial history”, referring to the recently published photographic book.  This will take place in the Parish Centre, Berwick, starting at 7.30pm, and it forms part of the Berwick History Society programme.

On Saturday morning 19th November, Linda will talk about “Irregular Border Marriages”, starting at 10.00am at Bell View, Belford.  This is part of the North Northumberland Genealogy Group programme.

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