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Wednesday Parish Centre FREE
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Talk: Who Needs a Bridge?
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Thursday 21st May The Maltings Two for the price of one offer
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Film: Brief Encounter On a cafe at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets doctor Alec Harvey. Although they are already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday in the small cafe, although they know that their love is impossible. The first of four films at The Maltings with a railway theme, with "B-feature" short films in support. These films celebrate and recognise the historical importance of the railways. Come in character as Laura and Alec. Short films:
Total running time: 2 hrs 5 minutes |
| JUNE | |
1st June - 29th September Exhibition: Crossing the Tweed Main Guard, Palace Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed This year’s annual summer exhibition by Berwick Civic Society in the Georgian Main Guard building just off the town walls looks at Stephenson’s Royal Border Bridge and other record-breaking bridges across the Tweed and its tributaries. These include the Union Chain Bridge at Horncliffe (the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world and the first vehicular bridge of its type in the United Kingdom), Twizel Bridge (for 300 years the longest stone span in Christendom) and the Royal Tweed Bridge, at one time the largest concrete span in Britain.
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Thursday The Maltings
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Film: The General Cast: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack Johnnie loves Annabelle Lee and his steam engine, The General. When the American Civil War begins, he is turned down for service because he's more valuable as an engineer. Annabelle thinks it's because he's a coward. Union spies capture The General with Annabelle on board. Johnny must rescue both his loves. Short films:
Total running time 2 hrs 15 minutes |
Wednesday William Elder Building FREE |
Talk: Robert Stephenson, The Eminent Engineer
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Stephenson 150 Exhibition Saturday 27th June | 11am - 5pm | FREE Railway-themed treasures from Berwick Archives and Museum including, by kind permission of the KOSB Museum, the nameplates from Deltic class D9010 The King’s Own Scottish Borderer and LMS Royal Scot class no. 6104 Scottish Borderer. There will also be photographic exhibitions of local railway lines and trains as well as short talks and showings of railway DVDs. Exhibition stands by Institution of Civil Engineers, For more information:- |
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ICE Photographic Competition
The closing date for entries is Tuesday 30th June 2009.
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| JULY | |
July - August Berwick Library Walkergate Normal library open hours FREE
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Fantastic Bridges Competition Closing date for entries Saturday 29 August.
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Thursday 9th July The Maltings
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Film: The 39 Steps Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is on the run from foreign agents. He takes her back to his apartment, but they are followed and later that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring and thus prove his innocence. Short films:
Total running time 2 hrs 3 minutes |
Wednesday 8th July Berwick Library 7.15pm Tickets £1, to include a soft drink, available from Berwick Library |
Mr Stephenson’s Regret
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Wednesday Parish Centre FREE |
Talk: The Minor Railways of Berwick District A talk about the rail transport of fish, lime,stone and coal from rural communities like Beadnell, Belford, Wooler and Seahouses. |
| AUGUST | |
Saturday 1st August 10am FREE |
Walk: Cornhill to Kelso (10 miles) This walk takes you along the flood plain of the silvery River Tweed to one of the great Scottish border towns. The walk has a break at Carham (5 miles) for those requiring a shorter walk. Meet at Rickerby’s yard, the site of Cornhill Station. Free return transport from Carham and Kelso to Cornhill. |
Sunday 2nd August FREE |
Walk: East Ord picnic site to Norham Station (5 miles) This walk includes a guided tour of Norham Station Museum, a veritable time capsule of the long-lost branch line country station. This walk may involve some road walking. Check here nearer the time for further news. Free return transport from Norham to East Ord. |
Monday 10th - Friday 14th August FREE
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Drama Summer School
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Friday 14th August | 6.30pm | FREE Drama: The Opening of the Royal Border Bridge When Queen Victoria first officially opened the Royal Border Bridge in 1850 she famously stopped in Berwick for just 12 minutes as she was running late – it is not reported whether or not this was due to leaves on the line.
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Sunday 16th August FREE |
Donaldson’s Lodge to Twizel Viaduct and return (4 miles) Due to parking restrictions at Donaldson’s Lodge, please assemble at East Ord picnic site. Transport will be provided to and from the walk starting point. |
Thursday William Elder Building FREE |
Talk: Newcastle and Berwick Railway, 1839-1850 The story of the building of the Newcastle-Berwick route, culminating in the building of the Royal Border Bridge to complete the direct connection with Edinburgh. |
Thursday The Maltings 7.30pm £5 Book your tickets early:
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Film: The Lady Vanishes Travellers on a trans-European train are delayed for a night due to bad weather in a small fictional country called Mandrika. The passengers cram into the small village hotel where socialite Iris Henderson meets an old governess called Miss Froy. Shortly after the journey restarts, Miss Froy disappears. Short films:
Total running time 2 hrs 17 minutes. |
Saturday & Sunday 29th-31st August Ford and Etal Estates Etal Village Hall exhibition times: Sat: 11am - 4pm FREE*
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A Bank Holiday Weekend for everyone in the beautiful north Northumberland countryside, featuring an exhibition by Berwick Archives and Berwick Museum at Etal Village Hall on the history of railways in the area and celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Heatherslaw Light Railway at Heatherslaw exhibition rooms. Why not come along and take a ride on the railway and visit the adjacent flour mill? For more information:-
*Charges apply for travel on railway and entry to Heatherslaw Mill
There will be a FREE vintage bus service between this event and the Model Railway Exhibition in Tweedmouth. |
Saturday & Sunday 29th-30th August Swan Centre for Leisure 10am - 4pm Entry, only £2 (adults) and £1 (under 16s and concessions) A massive saving on other, similar shows! |
Twelve large layouts in N, HO, OO and O gauges. Models include a Highland terminus in LMS, LNER and BR days, a modern image layout in OO, a live steam O gauge layout and various Scottish branchlines. There will also be demonstrations of model making and full trade support including Douglas Blades the renowned specialist in railway and transport books and DVDs who will be offering many DVDs for sale featuring lines in and around Berwick including long-lost branch lines.
There will be a FREE vintage bus service between this event and the Ford and Etal Estates event, where there will be a major Stephenson 150 exhibition on the Heatherslaw Light Railway, Robert Stephenson and the Royal Border Bridge, and Berwick town centre to enable everyone to enjoy all the events taking place over that weekend. Model Railway Exhibition sponsored by the Tweeddale Press through the Berwick Advertiser, and the Heritage Lottery Fund through Your Heritage. In association with the Stephenson 150 Project commemorating Robert Stephenson and the Royal Border Bridge.
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| SEPTEMBER | |
September Berwick Museum English Heritage charges apply
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Icons of the Steam Age A major exhibition about the East Coast Main Line, featuring items on loan from the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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Sunday Berwick Barracks FREE |
Berwick Food Festival |
| OCTOBER | |
Wednesday William Elder Building FREE |
Talk: The Future of the Railway in the UK
Speakers: Atkins Global Consultancy
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October 7th - 24th Gymnasium Gallery
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Creative Arts Exhibition: Walls and Bridges
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Friday 16th October 6.30pm Norham Station Museum (Drive west from Berwick along A698. Turn right at The Salutation.) FREE |
Tour and film: Norham Station Museum A guided tour featuring a showing of the classic Charles Dickens ghost story, The Signalman, starring Denholm Elliott, in the perfectly preserved and rather spooky Norham Station signal box. Prepare to have your blood chilled........ Numbers strictly limited. Please book at the Tourist Information Centre, Marygate, Berwick (01289 330733). SOLD OUT! |
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