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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On Monday 13th February 2023, a talk on “The Ford Estate at the time of the Waterfords” will be given by Linda Bankier to the Lowick Heritage Group.  It will start at 7.30p, in Lowick Village Hall.

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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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The FBDMA autumn lecture this year is a joint presentation with the Union Chain Bridge project. On Friday 11th November 2022, at 7.00pm in Berwick Town Hall, Benjamin Westwood, Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, will describe “How the Ord cross returned to Berwick”.  The Ord cross is a re-discovered rare Anglo-Saxon gold cross pendant. Inscribed with its owner’s name, it was lost on the banks of the River Tweed for about 1,000 years.

The FBDMA was able to make a financial contribution as seed funding towards the acquisition of the cross by Museums Northumberland, and it will be displayed...

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Dr Ian Harris gives a talk entitled “What did the Guild know? Politics and information in later C18th Berwick” on Thursday 27 November 2022 at 7.00pm.  It is given online via Zoom, organised by Northumberland Archives.  Register in advance for a free place on the Northumberland Archives page at Eventbrite.

“Berwick-upon-Tweed is England’s most northerly town. How did the Guild – its ruling body until 1835 –...

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