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Revival ends in Berwick

Posted by Richard Fletcher on Oct 28, 08 01:06 PM in Schools

A festival celebrating the Golden Age of Northumbria drew to a close at the weekend with an event in a Berwick school.

The project has run since March 2007, celebrating the Anglo-Saxon and early Christian heritage of north Northumberland.

statue of St Aidan near Holy Island

More than 450 people of all ages have been involved, including community groups, schools, history, archaeology and re-enactment societies. The last major event was an Anglo-Saxon encampment on Saturday and Sunday at Longridge Towers School, near Berwick.

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