PROGRAMME 2025 – 2026

Talks are free to members of the Society and non-members are welcome to attend for £3

Talks are held in the Parish Centre, starting at 7.30 pm, unless otherwise stated

Friday 23rd May 2025
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Invitation to Members only; RSVP by 9th May to Mrs Anne Humphrey

The Main Guard Summer Exhibition Preview Party
Wednesday 11th June 2025 7:30 pmA Presentation by THE NORTH EAST AMBULANCE
Wednesday 9th July 2025 7:30 pm‘ROMAN SLAVES BECOMING MILLIONAIRES’

A talk by Dr Peter Jones, a former senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Friday 12th – Sunday 21st September 2025Berwick Heritage Open Days [HODS]
Wednesay 17th September 2025 7:30 pmHODS Event:
A speaker on Architecture and Design
Saturday 4th October 2025 7:00 pm
The Guildhall
‘HMS BERWICKS – THE SHIPS OF THE 19TH & 20TH CENTURIES’

A talk by historian Phil Rowett.

Combined meeting with Berwick History Society
Tuesday 11th November 2025 11:00 am
The Main Guard
Remembrance Service
Wednesday 12th November 2025 7:30 pm‘The Architecture of the War Cemeteries and Lutyens’

A talk by Donna-Maria Kirk-Sargeant.
Friday 12th December 2025
Tweedmouth Bowling Club
The Christmas Party
Wednesday 14th January 2026 7:30 pm‘The Work of the Chamber of Trade’

A presentation by Stephen Scott.
Wednesday 11th February 2026 7:30 pm‘QUESTION TIME’

A group of panellists discuss important issues in Berwick
Wednesday 11th March 2026 7:30 pm‘Politics & Corruption in 19th Century Borders’

A talk by historian David McLean
Wednesday 8th April 2026 7:00 pm‘The Annual General Meeting’