‘The Living Barracks: a Museum and Archives update’ will be the topic of the Spring Lecture of the Friends of Berwick & District Museum and Archives on Friday, March 13 from 7pm.

Kevin Booth (head of collections, English Heritage) and Linda Bankier (Berwick Archivist) will discuss the work taking place in preparation for the opening of new Museum and Archives services in the Barracks.

They will focus on some of the discoveries and surprises which have come to light in the course of the work.

The talk will take place in the Parish Centre (Berwick) and all are welcome. It will be preceded by a short AGM of The Friends.

Berwick History Society meets in the Parish Centre on the third Wednesday of each month and the meeting on Wednesday, March 18 (7.30pm start) will include a talk by Susan Higginson and Peter McCutcheon on ‘Unlocking the KOSB Collections – the stories behind the objects’.

There is a £3 charge on the door for non-members.