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The Main Guard and Keeping Our Stories Alive
Heritage Open Day: Step back in time in this historic building and find out about Berwick in the past through our permanent and summer exhibitions. This year's main exhibition relates to Berwick's connection with the Armed Forces in the last 150 years. In 1682 a Main Guard building stood in front of the Town Hall. By 1725, it had moved up Marygate to a site opposite Eastern Lane. However, complaints about its location led to a new Main Guard being built in 1743 in the area in front of the former Berwick Advertiser offices at the top of Marygate. It was then dismantled in 1815 and rebuilt on its present site in Palace Green. It contains two main rooms, one for the officer of the guard and the other for soldiers. Between them is a prison cell or 'black hole' where drunks and vagrants could be locked up.
The Main Guard is now the headquarters of the Berwick Civic Society and houses various exhibitions and activities for children.
The Main Guard is now the headquarters of the Berwick Civic Society and houses various exhibitions and activities for children.
Fri 11 Sep to Sunday 20 September
Main Guard, Palace Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 1HN
Fri 11 Sep:1100 - 1500; Sat 12 Sep:1100 - 1500; Sun 13 Sep:1100 - 1500; Mon 14 Sep:1100 - 1500; Tues 15 Sep:1100 - 1500; Fri 18 Sep:1100 - 1500; Sat 19 Sep:1000 - 1500; Sun 20 Sep:1000 - 1500; Free Entry.
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