On Monday 22 May 2017, author John Donoghue will be talking about his book The Death’s Head Chess Club, which describes the unusual relationship which develops across a chessboard between a Jewish prisoner and an SS officer at Auschwitz. The event will be held at Berwick Library in the Record Office reading room, from 2.30 to 3.30pm. Tickets are bookable at £4. 

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An exhibition on the history and restoration of Wm. Cowe & Sons’ building at 64-66 Bridge Street in Berwick will be on display there between Monday 17th and Sunday 23rd April 2017. Open 10am – 4pm daily, free admission.

Until 2010 the premises housed ‘The Original Berwick Cockle Shop’ owned by William Cowe and Sons. This exhibition brings together material and objects from a number of sources. It will chart the history of the property and its occupants and will also tell the story of the famous Berwick Cockle.

The exhibition has been prepared by Cameron Robertson who has researched and documented...

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Berwick Museum & Art Gallery re-opens for the new season on Saturday 1st April 2017. There has been a re-display of the Medieval Gallery, and there is now to be a continuing display about Flodden. There is also an impressive model castle under siege tranferred from Alnwick Castle.

Opening hours are:

Wednesday – Saturday  11.00am – 5.00pm

Sunday  11.00am – 4.00pm

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On Monday 3 April 2017 there will be a talk by Howard Culley entitled “From St Aidan to the Reformation: the story of Lindisfarne Priory”, given for Bowsden History Group.  It will take place in Bowsden Village Hall at 7.30pm.  Free to Group members, visitors £2 (including light refreshments).

The talk will trace the history of Lindisfarne Priory from its foundation as a simple Celtic monastery in the seventh century through its time as the centre of Christianity in Northern England, producing the Lindisfarne Gospels and other beautifully illustrated works, to its sacking by the Vikings and ultimate abandonment in...

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A book of photographs of Berwick and the district during the 1950s has recently been published by The Friends and the Record Office, under the title THE FIFTIES IN FOCUS. It features 58 pictures from the Photocentre Collection, which was purchased by the Record Office with assistance from The Friends after the Photocentre in Bridge Street closed in 2012. The photographs in the book include some now vanished buildings and businesses, public occasions and ceremonies, trades and employment, sports and pastimes, and some unusual events and curiosities.

The book is now available from Berwick Record Office during its normal hours, and it...

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