Each month we like to inform you of historic events or places of interest in our area, this month we continue the Lowry Trail.
L.S. Lowry (1887-1976), one of Britain’s best-loved painters, was especially fond of Berwick upon Tweed. He visited the town many times from the mid-1930’s until the summer before he died. He would stay in the Castle Hotel but he thought about buying a house on the Elizabethan walls. The Berwick Lowry Trail identifies the sites of many of his finest paintings and drawings of the town and allows you to follow in his footsteps.
The Lowry Trail-Family Tree Packages-Single Line Package-Multiple Line-Archive Research Ancestors Traced
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What is on the Lowry trail
Dewar's Lane, Palace Street The Pier, The Sea, On the Sands, The Lions, Football match, The Town hall, Old Berwick (Strother's yard), Bridge End, Sally Port, Old Property, Berwick Harbour, Some Portraits of L S Lowry, Boats, Spittal Sands, Spittal Promenade, Back Streets.
April 2008
At the end of the Lowry trail we come to an area not painted by the artist, surprisingly he was not known to have visited these streets. If he had it would be easy to imagine the type of images he could have produced.
These two hill top streets are unique to the town of Berwick upon Tweed and are known Locally as ‘Coronation Street’. Any body who knows the town will be aware of how much they stand out , the only thing missing would be a mill at the end of the road.
The streets have hardly changed apart from being rendered by the council, which now hides the classic brickwork that earned the streets it’s name.
Spin the view around and you are presented with a wonderful panoramic view of the town and it is a fine place to end the trail.
