Talk by Sue Shaw, Chair of the Northumberland Archives Trust, 8th January 2025 The Northumberland Archives Charitable Trust was set up in 2020 to promote and support Northumberland County Council’s Archive Service in Berwick and at Woodhorn. There are currently seven trustees, all volunteers, so the Trust’s running costs are minimal. The Trustees have a […]

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What were they like and would you have survived? 250312 BCS Talk PosterDownload

A Talk by Brian Growthorpe on 13th November 2024 Many of us are familiar with the name William Morris and perhaps associate it with the Strawberry Thief pattern popularised in soft furnishings. How many more facets to William Morris’ character were revealed to us at our November Talk by Brian Gowthorpe. William Morris (1834 – […]

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A talk by Colm O’Brien – 16th October 2024 It is usual when  reading history we view events from our own 21st century  perspective of norms and values.  Colm O’Brien was successful in taking us back to Anglo-Saxon England to hear about Bede’s attitudes to Kingship described in his various writings. Readings from Bede’s work […]