Club News

The Alnwick Civic Society was formed in 1974 to conserve and enhance the built environment of the ancient historical market town of Alnwick - the Society's aim is to promote high standards of planning, to educate the public about the history and architecture of the town and to secure the preservation of features of historic public interest.

The Civic Society celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024 and, as part of the celebrations, approached Alnwick and District Camera Club to participate in a joint project to capture the town as it was in 2024, taking photographs within the town and its outlying areas. The Camera Club itself was formed in 1901 and has a long history in Alnwick so we were delighted to be asked to be part of this project.

The project involved taking photographs of all areas of the town so future generations will be able to look back on both its historical buildings and the many new developments and repurposing of existing buildings.

Hundreds of photographs were taken for the project camera club members tried to capture as many different areas of the town as possible including buildings old and new, green spaces, housing, the town centre and its outskirts.

Out of the 740 images submitted by Club members, 70 were chosen to be printed for the two exhibitions in the town in January 2025 at Alnwick Playhouse and in April/May 2025 at the Bailiffgate Museum.

All the images taken were saved as a digital archive and given to the Civic Society for their records. All the printed images were given to them as a record of the ones which were part of the exhibitions.

The Civic Society has an archive of images of Alnwick from the 1970s and the 1990s so this 2024 project has created a more recent view of the town for future generations.

I would like to thank the members of the Club for their hard work in producing the images for this project - a lasting record of their photographic skills and talent!

Last night (13th May) Richard and I attended the Mayor's Civic Awards ceremony in Alnwick - we had been nominated for a Civic Award for our work on the Civic Society project and the 2 exhibitions. No idea who nominated us as they wished to remain anonymous, though I am trying to find out!

Jackie Stent

Click here to view a selection of images from the project.