A book of photographs of Berwick and the district during the 1950s has recently been published by The Friends and the Record Office, under the title THE FIFTIES IN FOCUS. It features 58 pictures from the Photocentre Collection, which was purchased by the Record Office with assistance from The Friends after the Photocentre in Bridge Street closed in 2012. The photographs in the book include some now vanished buildings and businesses, public occasions and ceremonies, trades and employment, sports and pastimes, and some unusual events and curiosities.

The book is now available from Berwick Record Office during its normal hours, and it...

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The Annual General Meeting of the FBDMA will take place on Friday 24 March 2017, at 7pm in the Parish Centre, Berwick. It will be followed by a talk on “Cross Border Crime” given by Margaret Fox and Linda Bankier, at approximately 7.45pm.  Refreshments will be served following the AGM. 

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Linda Bankier will speak to Berwick History Society on Wednesday 15 March 2017 about “Berwick 900 and the Our Families project”.  The talk begins at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Berwick.

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A talk on “Second World War Defences on the North Northumberland Coast” will be given by Paul Thompson on Monday 6 March 2017, at 11.00am, in Berwick Record Office, in the Walkergate Building (1st floor).

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On Saturday 18 February 2017, at 10.00am, Linda Bankier will give a talk about Berwick Families to the North Northumberland branch of the Northumberland and Durham Family History Society.  It takes place at the Bell View Resource Centre, 33 West Street,  Belford.

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