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  • Village Atlas 06/10/2021

    The launch of the Branxton and Crookham Village Atlas will be marked with two meetings in October 2021.  The first will take place on Sunday 10 October in Crookham Village Hall at 2.00pm (and you can join a walk around Crookham).  And on Saturday 16 October an event will be held in Branxton Village Hall, at 2.00pm.  On both occasions materials from the Atlas – maps, photographs, documents – will be on display, and refreshments will be available.

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  • Archive lectures 23/09/2021

    Northumberland Archives is offering a further series of online evening lectures between October 2021 and March 2022.  In the first of them on Thursday 28 October at 7.00pm Linda Bankier, Berwick Archivist, will speak about “Crime and Punishment in Berwick Archives”, considering the types of records which exist and reveal stories relating to crime and punishment in a small borough on the border with Scotland.

    Attendance at the lecture is free; register in advance on the


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  • Heritage Open Days 30/08/2021

    Berwick Heritage Open Days will take place from 10th – 19th September 2021. The programme booklet will be published shortly, but in the meantime this day to day list of what is happening is available.  This includes “in person” and online events. During the first week, the emphasis will be on the  live “online “ talks programme which is listed below. This allows those who live further afield to take part as well :  

    Friday 10...


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  • More Museum days 21/07/2021

    Berwick Museum and Art Gallery is now open every day of the week until the end of the English school holidays (5 September 2021).

    Monday – Sunday   10.00am – 4.00pm.

    Current highlights include the recently purchased L.S. Lowry painting “Beach Scene” and Jonny Hannah’s exhibition “The R. Good Emporium”, inspired by a real shop which once stood on Berwick High Street.


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  • Mardon Farm dig 21/07/2021

    TillVAS has obtained a grant from the Heritage Fund to fund a third season of digging to explore the Iron Age site at Mardon Farm. In preparation for this a pre-dig drop-in event, with activities for all ages, is being held in Crookham Village Hall on Sunday 1st August 2021.  See details below.

     

    TILLVAS: MARDON 2021

    PRE-DIG DROP-IN DAY: SUNDAY 1ST AUGUST AT CROOKHAM VILLAGE HALL

    10 am to 3 pm

    In preparation for our dig at Mardon Farm near Branxton between 17th and 30th August, we are holding a...


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