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Berwick Upon Tweed, The Tweed Bridge c.1960
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The 1405ft long concrete four-span Royal Tweed Bridge, designed by L G Mouchel & Partners, was built in 1925-28 to take traffic off the old stone bridge that still stands nearby. The old bridge dates from the 17th century. It has fifteen segmented arches of varying height and width; it is 1168 ft long and built of red sandstone. There is a third bridge at Berwick. It is Robert Stephenson's magnificent 28-arch Royal Border of 1850, which carries the railway 120ft above the river. It took three years to build, but when completed it allowed through running of trains between Edinburgh and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.

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Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories

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A Selection of Memories from Berwick-upon-Tweed

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Berwick-upon-Tweed

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My Amazing Great Grandmother..

As a child we often travelled to Berwick just to see the lighthouse. We live in Ayrshire but my great grandmother, Robina Burgon, was from Berwick and the last person to man the lighthouse before it became operated by electricity. She took over from her father who worked on it for 9 years before falling ill. I loved visiting there and listening to the stories. Fond memories.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Pier Lighthouse 1960
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Added 23 February 2014

1960s
I spent most of my childhood in Berwick staying at my nana's house in Wallace Green and then at my aunt's pub, the Harrow Inn in Tweedmouth. I would spend days on the beach, either Berwick or Spittal where they had trampolines on the beach. My nana's house was opposite the fire station and they used to practice on the church, almost next door. Up the road was the barracks where my dad first joined up. We had ...see more
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You Are Codding
A memory and what a memory it was! There were eleven of us lads who had booked a fishing trip on one of the boats that went out from the harbour in Berwick. It was early in the day when we went out for a five hour trip; we went out as far as five miles where the skipper, having a fish finder radar, began to pick up a large shoal of fish. Of course we all got baited up on our hooks and laid a small ...see more
Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Pier Lighthouse 1960
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The Kosb Barracks
Although born in Scotland, my earliest memories are of Berwick upon Tweed. This was because my father was posted to the Barracks as Pipe Major in the KOSB Depot there. Our married quarters, although in Ravensdowne, overlooked the rear of the barracks and, as a small boy, it was endlessly fascinating to look out of the scullery window at the activities of the soldiers. Our life seemed to revolve ...see more
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