Ralph Holmes has a assembled a unique history of salmon net fishing on the Tweed. As part of the Tweed Stories project, oral historian, Harry Henderson interviewed Ralph about his family’s fish merchant business, Ralph Holmes & Sons, founded in Berwick the mid-1800s. Ralph explains the company’s relationship with the net fishermen on the River […]

As part of Connecting Threads river-wide creative project Being a River, there is the opportunity to attend a series of five creative workshops exploring art, place, colour and connection in and around the riverside environment of Berwick-upon-Tweed. These free, welcoming workshops are designed to support wellbeing through creativity, nature and connection. No previous art experience […]

Our young family were on holiday just outside Cornhill in the summer of 1986. One evening we were able to go out for an evening drink (Granny to the rescue – she had come with us on holiday!). As we were driving towards Cornhill someone was hitching a lift. We stopped and he hopped on […]

Vicar of St Cuthbert’s Church in Norham, Reverend Rob Kelsey explains the origins of the River Tweed blessing ceremony. As part of the Tweed Stories project, oral historian, Harry Henderson recorded Rob in the church. Click on the video for more from Rob. Years ago there was a lot of net fishing on the River […]

Join AOC Archaeology for excavations at an exciting multi-period site near Kelso

Join Gateshead-based artist Kate Liston for a creative writing workshop inviting you to participate in individual and collective writing experiments responding to the River Tweed. You will be led through tasks that invite you to remix language relating to the river, drawing from Border poetry, philosophical texts about boundaries, and river management documents. This is an opportunity […]