GMDT supports the national Heritage Open Days (HODs) festival. This takes place every September and we are actively involved in providing administrative support and publicity on the HODs website, as well as producing and distributing posters and leaflets for the event, and providing publicity packs for the venues taking part.
An intensive programme takes place during which many of Morpeth’s churches, heritage buildings and organisations provide special free events or venue openings. These include: guided walks; exhibitions; a lecture; poetry readings; a chance to see the bells in the Clock Tower and the Town Treasures in the civic rooms of the Town Hall.
GMDT’s co-ordination of HODs events across Morpeth and its surrounding area sees our community taking an active part in highlighting the importance of our heritage and its part in local life. Our local community is actively encouraged to join in, and the whole project is run by volunteers. The 2026 HODs will be project managed by GMDT’s volunteer Carol Elliott. While there is no funding support provided by the national HODs team, online marketing, display materials and advice are provided by the team and their partners, the National Trust and People’s Postcode Lottery.
KING EDWARD VI HERITAGE DAY – new 2026
Our school is delighted to take part in the town’s Heritage Weekend and we’d like to invite you to come along to our exhibition in the Youth Centre to see how everyday school life has changed over the 20th century. At the start of the century, girls and boys were taught in entirely separate schools and only over time did they come together. The school name, uniform and buildings have changed several times over the years and there will be a display of the various plans and photographs to show some of the changes. Annual magazines with essays from pupils, sketches and poetry will be on display with examples of subjects, extra-curricular clubs, drama and music productions too. Examples of how pupils coped through the wars, how subjects have changed over the years and how the schools managed the comprehensive system during the 1970s. There will be a special display about the history of the Girls High School with many examples of their work found in the annual school magazines. Several notable pupils have also been identified from the past and we have news about how two of them in particular saved the school from closure.
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