Documentary Research

• Looking to find documents which will inform on not just the battle but also on life in the Borders (1513-1603)

• Training course in how to read old documents– Palaeography

• Translating the documents found– Documents & training material will be electronic so that

work can be done in participants own time

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Volunteering/ Participating opportunities

Documentary Research

• Looking to run two events (2013 & 2014) similar to the Bygone Borderlands event

– Local History Groups looking into and displaying their local history/ genealogy, with a Flodden twist

– Interpretation presentation training? • Feed into a Flodden Travelling Exhibition which will

feature at the Church Flower Festivals

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Education Development

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Keith Merrin

Woodhorn Trust

Woodhorn Trustwww.flodden1513.com

• Operates museums in Berwick, Hexham, Morpeth and Ashington and the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn and Berwick

• Welcomes over 135,000 visitors each year• Delivers heritage education workshops to over

12,000 students each year• Employs specialist heritage education workers

Aspirationswww.flodden1513.com

• Develop curriculum linked learning opportunities inspired by Flodden 500

• Deliver workshops on-site and within the classroom on both sides of the border

• Create resources (including loans boxes and on-line) that can be used over the long term

• Widen opportunities beyond the formal education sector

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• Working with education professionals from both sides of the border

• Identifying content and curriculum areas to focus on in main project

• Analysing numbers of potential schools and catchment area for main project

• Assessing potential of Ecomuseum sites for education visits

• Producing an action plan with targets

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Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum Phase 2

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1.Seek Nominations2.Form ‘Long List’

3.Score and appraise ‘Long List’4.Arrive at ‘Preferred List’

‘Preferred List’ should include15 new Scottish Sites10 new English Sites

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1.Seek Nominationswww.flodden1513.com

• Press releases to National Press and Specialty Press

• Direct contact with Local History Societies

• Direct contact with CBA regional groups

• Direct contact with Archaeology Scotland

• Direct contact with Clan organizations

• Direct contact with EH, HS, RCAHMS, NMS etc

• Direct contact with Churches of England, Scotland etc

• Direct contact with National Trust & NTS

• Consultations: 3 in Scotland, 1 in England.

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Question 1

WHO ELSE SHOULD WE BE SEEKING NOMINATION

FROM?

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3.Score and appraise ‘Long List’ www.flodden1513.com

• Scoring based on categories that a site fits into

• Higher scores better

• Appraisal committee to consider technicalities of list

Eg. Ford Castle - Scores high

Not practical to include in list due to nature of use as an educational establishment.

Could Ford Castle be represented by an adjacent site such as Ford Church which scores less well.

• Arrive at an agreed ‘Preferred List’ to go forward

• 10 sites in England 15 sites in Scotland

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Category Max Score Notes

Sites forming part of the Battle Landscape 20 (+5)

A secondary score of 5 may be awarded where another type of site falls in proximity to the battlefield – ie between Wooler in the south, Duns in the north, Yetholm in the West and Barmoor Castle in the east

Sites forming part of the wider indirect Battle Landscape

15

Sites that Memorialise the Flodden Campaign

8-15Contemporary Memorials – 15, 17-19th Century Memorials – 12, Modern Memorials - 8

Sites that are associated with legend or stories or with community tradition

5-15

Depending on the validity if the story/legend and how widely the story/legend is known about

Sites associated with artefacts.

5-15Depending on the provenance of the artefact

Sites of the same date 1-10

Depending on the proximity to the battle field. Within 5 miles = 10. Within 20 miles = 5. Beyond 20 miles = 1-4

Sites of the same Type

1-10Depending on their relevance to Flodden and our understanding of Border Warfare

Site NameTOTAL SCORE

Sites forming part of the

Battle Landscape

(20)

Sites forming part of the

wider indirect Landscape

(15)

Sites memorialising the Battle

of Flodden (8-12-15)

Sites associated by

Legend or Story (2-15)

Sites associated by Artefact (5-

15)

Sites of the same period

(1-10)

Sites of the same type (1-15)

Flodden Hill Fortifications

50 20 10 10 10

Ford Castle 45 20 5 10 10

Etal Bridge 35 20 5 10

Framlington Castle

35   15 10 10

Edinburgh Castle 40   15 10 5 10Edinburgh Castle

Linlithgow Palace

35   15 10 10Linlithgow Palace

Yetholm Hospital?

35 

2010 5

Yetholm Hospital?

Swinton Church, Flodden Bell

35   5 15 5 5 5Swinton Church, Flodden Bell

Selkirk Museum 27 15 12 Selkirk Museum

Borough Muir 23   15 8 Borough Muir

Coldstream Church

18   8 10Coldstream Church

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Question 2/3

Are these the

correct categories?

Should we add or remove

any of these categories?

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Question 4

Would anyone like toNOMINATE as site?

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Heritage craft taster sessions www.flodden1513.com

• Green wood-working– Pole-lathe turning wooden bowls– Wattle panels for revetment and gabions

• Basket making• Black-smith

– Weapons – Tools

• Braid making

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Dates for your diary

•The Hirsel, Coldstream 2nd June

•Woodhorn Museum, Ashington 9th June

Try something old for the first time!

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• Event 10th September 2013 at Branxton• Flower festivals

• Travelling exhibition

• Peace & Reconciliation Centre• Museum exhibitions

– Selkirk– Coldstream

• Mauchline Ware

Marketing• Create a marketing plan / timeline:

– Incorporate all Flodden community projects– Liaise with Tourism Associations and Councils

NEED CONFIRMED DATES AND OUTLINES OF FLODDEN EVENTS BEFORE MID-JUNE 2012

– Looking into the possibilities of themed/ stylised presentation of events

– Create a variety of marketing mediums: social & traditional

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Marketing• Create a marketing toolkit

– Poster templates– Media contacts/ deadlines – Press release advice

• Individual campaigns– Not only about showcasing events but also

volunteer opportunities

• Raise national awareness

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Quick break-

Back in 10 minutes

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Flodden Community Projects

Matthew RookeChief Executive & Artistic Director of The Maltings Theatre and

Cinema

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Flodden Community Projects

• There are over 100 suggested, in process or completed Flodden community projects that we know of.

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View the full list on the ecomuseum website under Flodden 1513 Projects

Flodden Calendar www.flodden1513.com

• All the events that have provided dates are listed on the website

• To avoid clashes and to feed in to the joint marketing campaign

WE NEED YOUR DATES

Flodden Calendar Month Date Event

January ? Launch of Peace & Reconciliation Centre  9th Glendale Local History Society (GLHS) “Aspects of Border

History” talkFebruary 13th GLHS “Flodden 500 Years on” talkMarch ? Launch of ‘Fatal Rivalry’  13th GLHS “Flodden- Many questions and perhaps a few answers”

talk  30-1 St Michael & All Angels, Ford, Flower FestivalApril 13th GLHS “Heatherslaw Mill and milling from the 1300s” talk  GLHS Flodden Feast  20th Music in Ladykirk Church- Mid-Northumbria ChorusMay 11th- onwards Mauchline Ware exhibition opens

June 1st Music in Coldstream Parish Church- Choir of local voices  15th Durham Cathedral Consort of Singers- Ford Church  14th Selkirk Common riding  ? Norham St Cuthbert’s Flower Festival  ? Abbotsford House re-openedJuly 5-7th NEEHI Academic conference  4-10th (tbc) Ford St Michael and All Angels Art Exhibition  12/13/14 St Mary’s Wooler- weekend of events  20th & 21st ‘The Followers’ at Glendale festival  24th-28th Pilgrimage from Durham and Edinburgh  25th (tbc?) Living History at Etal Castle(English Heritage)  ? Flodden exhibition in Coldstream museum

Month Date Event

August 1st (?tbc) Living History at Etal Castle (English Heritage)  3rd-4th Flodden and 16th Century Living History   8th Flodden Day- Coldstream Civic week  15th-? Ladykirk Church, Flower Festival (Patronal Festival)  26th-Oct Flodden exhibition Halliwell House, SelkirkSeptember 6th-8th ‘The Borderers Return’ ride

  7th/8th (tbc)

Living History at Etal Castle (English Heritage)

  7th Flodden Peace Garden, Selkirk, officially opened  7th or 8th Stewart family visit to the monument   8th-10th Branxton St Paul’s Flower Festival  9th Commemoration dinner Duns Castle  ?Commemoration dinner at Ford Castle?  Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs solemn commemoration St Giles

Cathedral, Edinburgh  ‘Flyting’ Opera at the Maltings and possibly traditional music, poetry,

storytelling and film  10th Solemn Commemorations- Requiem Mass in Norham St Cuthbert’s &

Ecumenical Service at Branxton   15th Andante Concert, John Shepherd's Media Vita- Ladykirk Church, 3pm

  28th Michaelmas. Ford's Patronal Festival. Evensong with Newcastle Cathedral Choir- Ford Church

  29th Andante Concert, John Shepherd's Media Vita- Selkirk Parish Church, 3pm

October 13th Andante Concert, John Shepherd's Media Vita- Ford Church, 3pm  27th Andante Concert, John Shepherd's Media Vita- Coldstream Parish Church-

3pm  26th-28th Coldstream St Mary & All Souls Church Flower Festival

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Volunteering/participating opportunities

Oana Fotescu

E-mail: oana_fote@yahoo.comPhone: 07931773165

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Media Recording

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OPEN FLOOROver to you….

Thank you

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