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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On Monday 13 February 2017 Linda Bankier will give a talk for Lowick Heritage Group about the Lowick Churchyard Survey.  It will take place at 7.30pm in Lowick Village Hall.  All welcome; visitors £2.

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A series of free lectures and films commemorating World War 1 is being presented by Belford & District Hidden History, between January and March 2017:

Sun 15 January – 3pm in Ferguson Hall

The Battle of the Somme – the original official 1916 documentary silent film.

Sun 19 February – 2.30pm at Bell View Resource Centre

“Trench Art” – an illustrated lecture and display by Andrew Marriott of Newcastle University.

Sun 5 March – 2.30pm at Bell View Resource Centre

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David Constantine gave the FBDMA autumn lecture on Friday 4th November 2016 in the Parish Centre, Berwick-upon-Tweed.  He spoke on “Bone and Antler in History and Archaeology”, examining what can be learned about the past from the study of animal archaeological remains, and he brought with him a large assortment of artefacts and archaeological examples to illustrate his talk.  A summary of his talk appears below.

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