“Our Common-Riding is precious, it’s massive and it runs deep. It was here long before any of us were born and it will be here long after the last of us are dead.”...
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Last Thursday night’s first Hut of the Common-Riding season saw Hawick’s very own theatre of dreams stage the latest absorbing episode in this unrivalled celebration of ours....
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Tenants at Frank Scott Court, the sheltered housing complex in Buccleuch Road, gave a warm welcome to the Cornet’s party when they popped in following the Tuesday Mosspaul Ride-out....
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Hawick museum has received a donation of two brilliantly-executed watercolours depicting scenes of the Common-Riding....
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The Cornet’s party visited the Cherrytrees Nursery in Noble Place last week and it was an extra special occasion with Lass Jennifer Nichol being a nursery practioner there for just over a year....
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Cornet Gareth Renwick and the other principals dropped in on Wilton Dean’s 44th annual Hawick night in the hall recently....
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Since dawn broke today (Thursday) the unique Common-Riding atmosphere has begun to descend on the town, and there is nowhere else on earth Teries would rather be....
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Snow had fallen during the night and come the morning the hills and fields surrounding Hawick were a blanket of white....
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Staff at Barrie Knitwear have rallied round their Cornet and colleague Gareth Renwick, with a special competition and presentations....
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The Cornet’s mounted followers did not wear riding hats, the Tower Hotel played a massive part in Common-Riding activities and there was not a single gazebo to be seen on the Mair....
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Drums and Fifes stalwart John Scott is celebrating 25 years with the Cornet’s Band....
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Those who earned their Ancient Order of Mosstroopers badge after the Saturday and Tuesday ride-outs to Mosspaul were:...
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In time-honoured fashion, the Kirkin’ o’ the Cornet ceremony on Sunday in Trinity Parish Church heralded the start of Common-Riding week....
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Cornet’s Lass Jennifer Nichol showed dignity, style and respect befitting the occasion as she completed the first of her main duties at Sunday’s Hornshole wreath-laying....
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Often affectionately referred to as “Mr Common-Riding”, Charles Noel Whillans, better known to townsfolk as “Chuck”, led the town’s celebrations an incredible seven decades ago....
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Taking on the role of Acting Mother has given Lynn Lyle a “real perspective” into the Common-Riding, she told The Hawick Paper this week....
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