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May 23, 20231 min read
'Upon a Summer's Day', Tudor Dance
TillVAS and Crookham Village Hall invite you to a Tudor Dance on Friday 23 June 2023 at 7pm Tickets £10 adult; £5 12–18s (buffet, bar and...


May 23, 20231 min read
Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum
Talk by Dr Chris Ferguson of Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon Museum Crookham Village Hall, Wednesday 7 June, 7.30pm All welcome, members free,...

May 1, 20231 min read
TillVAS AGM
Wednesday 3 May, 6:45pm at Crookham Village Hall, followed by refreshments at 7:15pm and talk at 7:30pm by Geoff Parkhouse, "Ancrum: A...


Mar 4, 20231 min read
Homes for the Living and Houses for the Dead
Wednesday 5 April, Crookham Village Hall, 7.30pm Talk by Roger Miket. Roger is an archaeologist who has experience of excavating in...


Mar 4, 20231 min read
Berwick Barracks through three centuries
Talk by Joe Lang, 1 March. Joe is a trustee of the Berwick Barracks Heritage Trust and will talk about the history of the Barracks and...


Feb 13, 20231 min read
Coffee morning on Saturday...
Coffee morning at Crookham Village Hall Saturday 18 February, 10am — 12 noon All welcome


Jan 15, 20231 min read
Cheviot Volcanoes
What were they like? Would you have survived one? A talk by Elizabeth Devon at Crookham Village Hall on Sunday 5 February 2023. The talk...


Mar 3, 20221 min read
2/3/2022 Virtual talk: Palaeoarchitecture at Jarrow Hall - a Journey in Experimental Archaeology
A talk by Marco Romeo Pitone Date: Wednesday 2 March 2022 Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm Where: Zoom Marco first studied archaeology in Italy,...
Dec 7, 20212 min read
Iron Age Day
Following two years of successful digging at the Iron Age enclosure on Mardon farm, TillVAS held a special event at Etal Village Hall...
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Vikings in Scotland, Trevor Howie
Standing room only at Crookham Village Hall was narrowly avoided when Trevor Cowie spoke to members of Tillvas recently. His topic was...
Apr 4, 20193 min read
Till Valley Archaeological Society AGM and talk by Dr Richard Carlton
Written by Heather Waldron Prior to the talk to be given by Dr Richard Carlton on 4th April at Crookham, TillVAS held their AGM. The...
Feb 7, 20194 min read
The Nightingale Project, Alex Sotheran
Before the talk by Alex Sotheran on Wednesday 6th February, TillVAS Members and Friends took a few moments to remember Tom Turnbull of...
Jan 12, 20192 min read
The story of William Cowe and Sons
On 8th January, Cameron Robertson told TillVAS members and visitors the fascinating story of William Cowe and Sons, founders of the...
Oct 9, 20182 min read
James IV lecture 2018 - The Mary Rose
On the 7th October the annual “James IV Memorial Lecture”, supported this year by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, was held at the...


Aug 2, 20182 min read
TillVAS visit to Ancrum, near Jedburgh - July 2018
At the end of July 2018, several members of the Ancrum & District & Heritage Society welcomed a number of TillVAS members to Ancrum to...


Jul 30, 20181 min read
Durham University Laboratories trip
Six members of TillVAS went to the Durham University laboratories to see how and where our finds from Mardon were processed. It was a...


Apr 19, 20181 min read
Lady Waterford Bicentenery
There was an opportunity to explore Ford Castle on the weekend of the 14th and 15th April, 2018, when Lady Waterford's contribution to...
Dec 5, 20172 min read
Flodden 500 Project: final event
Written by Maureen Charlton Etal Village Hall was the venue on Saturday 3rd December for the final meeting of those involved in the...
Oct 9, 20173 min read
James IV Memorial Lecture 2017
The TillVAS James IV Memorial Lecture was held at Etal Village Hall on Sunday 8th October and given by Jordan Evans, previously a guide...
Oct 9, 20164 min read
James IV Memorial Lecture, October 2016
Written by Maureen Charlton On Sunday, 11th October in Etal Village Hall, Max Adams, author, historian and archaeologist, gave the...
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