More than £1,600 has been raised by Hawick Linden towards Borders General Hospital’s Covid-19 response fund. As we reported last month, the club came up with an innovative fund-raiser, aiming to walk or jog the 2,240 miles between Hawick and the Lombardy region of Italy, which was particularly badly hit by the virus....
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Tradition has continued with the Callants’ Club delivering flowers on the Tuesday of what would normally have been Common-Riding week to the community hospital and local care homes....
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There is no Golden Jubilee Cornet to recollect his year as the man-of-the-moment five decades ago, with the untimely death of Ronald Gibson in 2003, aged just 55....
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Golden Jubilee Cornet’s Lass Vivienne Robertson recalls a “huge year” in her life when asked to be Cornet’s Lass in 1970. Vivienne Young as she was then, of Elm Grove, a hairdresser at the Imperial Salon in Oliver Place, told us her memories still burn bright from half-a-century ago....
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He was on crutches the week before the first ride-out, had to ride a Chase with a patch over one eye and had a horse go lame on him during Common-Riding weekend. Lee Matthews’ tenure as Cornet in 1995 was, at times, an eventful one, but also one which saw him bursting with pride as...
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Greg Easton fulfilled a dream as Cornet in 2010, making many magical memories along the way such as carrying the Banner Blue and wearing the coveted green jacket It was a dream that began when as a young callant 13 years previously he was part of the cavalcade behind Stuart Irvine, the Cornet of 1997....
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European-style street cafés, restaurants and bars could be the ‘new normal’ in Hawick if hospitality firms can use outside space when they reopen. The Hawick Paper can reveal that Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is considering proposals to make pavement space available to support businesses that will need to expand their footprint in order to apply social...
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Covid-19 put paid to Graham Hogg’s plan to ride the 639 miles from his brother Stuart’s home in Exeter to Murrayfield, so the former professional rugby player will instead tackle a 24-hour cyclathon in aid of MakeMindsMove, an organisation he jointly set up with fellow ex-pro Adam Clayton. Both ex-players suffered career-ending injuries, and from...
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Hornshole Monument will be difficult to repair after a “despicable act of needless vandalism”. That’s the view of Common-Riding Committee chairman, ex-Cornet John Hogg after it was attacked by air gun pellets for the second time in two years....
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Travellers who pitched last week at Lower Mansfield, behind the rugby club have already moved on after being supported by Scottish Borders Council. The local authority provided portable toilet facilities to the group and had additional responsibilities, as part of a new framework from the Scottish Government, because of Covid-19....
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The former newsagent in Silverbuthall has been boarded up again after being badly vandalised....
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Joiner Stephen Cranston’s bid to convert part of the former Buccleuch Hotel into a workshop could yet be approved, after his request for a review of the decision to knock back the plans was “continued”. At Monday’s virtual meeting of Scottish Borders Council’s Local Review Body (LRB), Mr Cranston’s proposal was widely supported by members,...
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Those following government advice to wear face masks in some enclosed spaces, can now do so while sporting the town’s tartan. The Hawick Tartan Company owner Robin Deas is hoping the recently launched distinctive face coverings will be worn with pride by Teries....
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A 1946 diary belonging to the then manager at the town hall and a Halberdier for some 30 years, reveals how the venue was used extensively for all kinds of functions. A second heirloom in the shape of an autograph book throws yet more light on the town hall of yesteryear as well as including...
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Local entertainer Robert Scott has written a song aimed at lifting the lockdown blues....
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Local funeral directors John Beattie & Sons is leading a campaign to revive a tradition of bowing or pausing to acknowledge passing hearses....
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