Visit an historic building in the heart of Berwick and enjoy photos from the Berwick Archives . Help us name some of the mystery faces that were snapped by the Photo Centre's photographers over the years and see what Berwick looked like in the 1970s.
The Photo Centre contains millions of images of Berwick and the surrounding area. They cover a wide variety of subjects and styles but the thing many of them have in common is that they document the lives of generations of townspeople over a period of 60 years. This exhibition focuses on the 'Faces of the Photo Centre' from the 1950s to the 1980s. Help us put the names to the faces.
Take a step back to Berwick, Tweedmouth and Spittal in the 1970s through a collection of slides taken by the Borough Planning Department in our film show in the Council Chamber. These slides document what Berwick looked like in 1973-5 and some of the changes were afoot at the time. We see some of the early work of the Preservation Trust on the Quay Walls as well as work being carried out by the Corporation on its housing stock.
The slides, although taken for a mundane purpose offer us a unique view on the past and into details of the town many people will have forgotten even existed!