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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The FBDMA Autumn Lecture will take place on Friday 1st November 2024 at 7.00pm in the Parish Centre, Berwick.  Margaret Fox will speak on “A Death on the Sloop Juno: the story of Captain Robert Bruce and Joseph Ockton”.

On Monday 19th February 1855 a trial commenced at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh. In the dock was Robert Bruce, ‘master of the sloop Juno of Berwick-on-Tweed’, awaiting trial for culpable homicide (manslaughter in England). Who do he kill? His ship’s mate, Joseph Ockton from Spittal. Why did he kill him? Because his tea wasn’t ready for him when he...

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Among many events offered in this year’s Berwick Literary Festival, “The Remembered Dead: Poetry, Memory and the First World War” (on Saturday 12th October, 10.00-11.30am in the Parish Centre) will feature academic authors Sally Minogue and Andrew Palmer discussing poetry’s responses to the grief of WW1. Archivist Linda Bankier will add observations on Thomas Grey, the Tweedmouth poet, and there will be an exhibition relating to Berwick and the First World War presented in the Parish Centre.

Mediaeval manuscripts will be the focus of another event on Sunday 13th October, 12.30-1.30pm, also in the Parish...

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Berwick’s Heritage Open Days for 2024 take place between the 6th and 15th September.  This year there are 75 locations or events to go to, plus another 19 online talks, tours, films or quizzes.  Some need to be booked in advance (via Eventbrite), others can be visited throughout their opening hours, and all of them are free. The greatest number of events will be taking place on the weekend of 14-15 September, including a photographic exhibition in the Town Hall.

Details of all the events can be found online at:

https://www.berwickhods.org.uk

Or pick up a booklet...

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On Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August 2024, there will be a weekend of celebrations to mark the 400th Anniversary of Berwick bridge. Events will take place on the Quayside Berwick and Tweedmouth and various locations around the Town, and they will include: Re-enactments; Live theatre; Stalls; Live music; King James Games; 
Craft classes; Face painting; Artist in residency workshops; Exhibitions; RNLI.  More details below.

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