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 (1836-1920)”.  The lecture will be preceded by a short Annual General Meeting.  Refreshments will be served.  All welcome.

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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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On Thursday 9th January 2025 a talk on 400 years of the Old Bridge in Berwick will be given by Linda Bankier to Coldstream & District Local History Society. It will start at 7.30pm in the Leet Room of Coldstream Community Centre.

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Berwick Christmas Market will be held on Sunday 8th December 2024 between 11.00am and 4.00pm.  The lower part of Marygate will be closed to traffic to accommodate the stalls and to make more room for shoppers. FBDMA will have a bookstall inside the Town Hall and will be selling a range of local history books and cards to provide some ideas for Christmas gifts. Come and visit!

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A talk on “Sir Charles Trevelyan and the Irish Famine: the Victorian Cromwell?” will be given by Mike Fraser for Berwick History Society, on Wednesday 20 November 2024 at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Parade, Berwick.

All welcome.  Light refreshments.  Non-members £3.

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