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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The Annual General Meeting of the FBDMA will take place on Friday 24 March 2017, at 7pm in the Parish Centre, Berwick. It will be followed by a talk on “Cross Border Crime” given by Margaret Fox and Linda Bankier, at approximately 7.45pm.  Refreshments will be served following the AGM. 

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Linda Bankier will speak to Berwick History Society on Wednesday 15 March 2017 about “Berwick 900 and the Our Families project”.  The talk begins at 7.30pm in the Parish Centre, Berwick.

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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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