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KING MALCOLM ll – BORDERLINE GREAT
On Wednesday 11 October the Civic Society had its annual joint meeting withBerwick History Society. James Bruce stood in for Clive Hallam-Baker, whohad been scheduled to talk about the first millennium of Border history untilill-health obliged him to postpone. It happens James has spent much of thisyear working on different versions of an academic paper […]
TIN TABERNACLES – A VICTORIAN STORY
A presentation by Sandra Gann A discovery of the site of an old ‘iron church’ in Spittal led to an exploration of ‘tin tabernacles’ asthat is what the hundreds of iron churches erected during the Victorian era were called. What were they, why were they called tin tabernacles as they were made of iron and […]
“Tin Tabernacles – A Victorian Story”
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LUTYEN’S RENOVATION OF LINDISFARNE
Nick Lewis, Collections House Officer, National Trust Lindisfarne For the July meeting of the Civic Society we heard the story of how Edward Hudson, Founder of Country Life Magazine, took on the castle of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in 1901 and in 1903 commissioned the architect Edward ‘Ned’ Lutyens to redesign the building as […]
The Geology of Siccar Point & James Hutton of the Scottish Enlightenment
“EXPLORATION OF THE ROCKS OF SICCAR POINT & HOW JAMES HUTTON’S OBSERVATIONS CHANGED THINKING ABOUT THE AGE OF THE EARTH.” A Presentation by Elizabeth Devon Elizabeth started the talk by looking at photos of the rocks of Siccar Point as James Hutton saw them. She explained that from his observations of the movement of pebbles, […]
The Geology of Siccar Point & James Hutton of the Scottish Enlightenment
THE TWEED SALMON CENTRE: AN EXCITING PROSPECT FOR BERWICK
A PRESENTATION BY ALISTAIR COCHRANE At the May meeting of the Civic Society, Alistair Cochrane gave us an inspiring presentation about his vision to make Berwick-upon-Tweed the Salmon Capital of the World. He reminded us that Berwick has a unique and historical connection to the salmon going back to Roman times. Even though there has […]
Berwick-upon-Tweed: Between the Coronations, 1953 – 2023
DEMOCRACY & SHIPBUILDING IN ANCIENT GREECE
by DR PETER JONES, CLASSICIST With great pleasure, we welcomed Dr Peter Jones back to the April Meeting of the Civic Society. Dr Jones challenged our perception of democracy, suggesting that the Athens of the 5th and 4th century BCE was the first and last true democracy – that is a state truly run by […]