Teri exile Derek Howe, BEM, MSM, who died last month, had spent a career in the Royal Navy spanning 34 years. He was 83.
He may have left Hawick in 1952, but his heart never left the town of his birth, keeping up a strong friendship with fellow Teries all his life.
He was married to Teri Eleanor Gibson for 60 years, the couple first meeting at a New Year dance in the Crown Hotel in 1958.
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