A tour of Spittal Point is being organised on the afternoon of Saturday 12 March 2016 by Sander Van Raemdonck, currently Artist In Residence in Berwick. He says of the event, “During my stay in Berwick as artist in residence and a visitor to the town essentially, I became interested in the proposed development of Spittal Point. I feel that it symbolises the struggle with our desires to maintain a rural picturesque and a qualitative nature, while expanding our infrastructural environment and while building for the future. The tour aims at bringing people together and to focus on the site, its heritage, its issues and its...
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In October 2015 the Great Performing Rope occupied the streets of Berwick creating a 900 metre long route through the town centre carrying the 900 personal stories, memories and hopes of the people of Berwick and its visitors. November Club invites you to a film screening documenting the Berwick 900 finale event, ‘The Great Performing Rope’, followed by tea and cake and a conversation about where this could lead us to next… Thursday 18 February 2016, 4.30pm The documentary film features footage...
Henry Travers Studio, The Maltings, Berwick
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An information exchange for family historians is now firmly established at #AncestryHour, which began in 2014 as a Twitter-based service set up by Borders Ancestry. This continues on a regular weekly basis on Tuesday evenings between 7.00pm and 8.00pm (GMT) when anyone with a Twitter account can join in with questions, information or opinions about any aspect of genealogy. It has now been supplemented by a Facebook page and a website with a blog provided by a guest editor. And its latest initiative is a Forum which can facilitate live chat sessions among groups of members with...
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Take part in a focus group about The Great Performing Rope in Berwick and receive £20 for your time. Did you take part in or visit The Great Performing Rope as part of the Berwick 900 Celebrations in October 2015? If so November Club (the creative company behind The Great Performing Rope) would like to talk to you! November Club are looking for people who took part in The Great Performing Rope project to join in a focus group conversation about the events. They are particularly interested in speaking with people who went along to the final event that took place on the streets of Berwick on the 22nd-25th October...
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