a presentation by Gilbert O’Brien – 11th September 2024 Honorary Archivist of The Georgian Group for Berwick upon Tweed Civic Society & Heritage Open Days (HODS) Founded in 1937 The Georgian Group is the national charity for the preservation of Georgian buildings, parks, gardens and monuments. It’s inception followed many turbulent years of struggle for […]

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A talk by David Saunders (Emeritus Professor of Russian History, Newcastle University) – 10th July 2024 Abel has attracted a good deal of attention in recent years because of the part he plays in Steven Spielberg’s film Bridge of Spies (2015). But the film deals only with his arrest in New York in 1957, his […]

Jim Gibson gave us a fascinating presentation (voiced with great humour by Martha Andrews) on the history of Pitcairn and life there in 2024. Jim, a professional photographer, served a tour of duty on Pitcairn on the HMS Tamar in January 2024, in his role as a Naval Reservist. We were given a unique opportunity […]

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A presentation by Nick Lewis, May 2024 Nick first told us a little of the background to the swashbuckling adventure we were about to hear. The late 17th century was a Golden Age for information and it was Martin Beckman who left detailed records about the castle, Redoubt and Osborne’s Fort. These included plans, surveys […]

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