tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26000455105188417502024-03-29T03:29:36.061+00:00Auld EarlstonScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-12245462935494639592024-03-10T16:57:00.000+00:002024-03-10T16:57:22.355+00:00Lil Cochrane - School Teacher and Earlston worthy<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Introduction</span></b></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd1ca6_9I-aBRTrzHfmBWSuqlFpMAhBJotXTwxiydy6m3EB5PHthAy8Bjtwhehg-3VhtOAFewRfw-yTAEmYEcqZos1TR0uCTSJRyaGEso1Pta8b-6xve1ehvihCHhmCu3w4iYwXCViX3vtQfU7Og703sOImE9CKNTR8J6WLTQ4RH-7CK0ays1-E7h-CNo/s215/Lil%20Portrait%203.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Portrait of Elizabeth 'Lil' Cochrane" border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd1ca6_9I-aBRTrzHfmBWSuqlFpMAhBJotXTwxiydy6m3EB5PHthAy8Bjtwhehg-3VhtOAFewRfw-yTAEmYEcqZos1TR0uCTSJRyaGEso1Pta8b-6xve1ehvihCHhmCu3w4iYwXCViX3vtQfU7Og703sOImE9CKNTR8J6WLTQ4RH-7CK0ays1-E7h-CNo/w133-h200/Lil%20Portrait%203.jpg" title="Lil Cochrane" width="133" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil Cochrane</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It has a been said that a good teacher can shape students’ lives by inspiring hope, nurturing imagination, fostering a love for learning, and contributing to their long-term personal and professional development.</span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Most people who attended Earlston Primary School in the 1950’s and 1960’s would name Lil Cochrane as a ‘good teacher’. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But Lil was much more that just Primary 6 teacher. She contributed so much more to the community.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil, or to give her her formal name, Elizabeth Cochrane, was born in Gordon, Berwickshire, on November 2nd, 1906 to David Cochrane and his wife Elizabeth (nee Thomson). David was a general labourer from Swinton, Berwickshire and Elizabeth was from Canonbie, Dumfriesshire. For a time they had lived in Dumbartonshire where Lil’s elder sisters, Marion and Barbara, were born. Lil’s other elder siblings, James, John, and Christina, and younger brother David were born in Gordon. By 1912, the family had moved to Earlston, living in Thorn Cottages where the youngest family member, Jeanie, was born.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Teaching</span></b></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil attended Berwickshire High School, Duns, taking her Lower and Higher exams (as they were known then) between September 1919 and July 1922.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In October that year she attended Moray House, the teacher training college in Edinburgh. She graduated in June 1924 and took up her first appointment at Reston public school.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">She was promoted several times over the years and taught at number of schools, including Gordon primary school. She would continue to hold a strong bond with Gordon through her community work even after she was living and teaching in Earlston.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsSORtSuzrXyDDboiTlOUSgB-bOGpreI5ySp8RGR08ON1erZkoUpdHJubl77t8BkgsfppC83AAeVR7TFGG4KMt8PGPw0HspZlOXCELK4PF4gLK3B6JLWoeB5yMbicjgwA2MTb5z2FOXxjg2lUZKB2veZi3ZY9PUkj5pL2oWp25kEmPcx-exAxJkyxp9Yt/s2248/Lil%20Cochrane%20with%20class%20at%20Gordon1936.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lil Cochrane and her class in Gordon taken in 1936" border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2248" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipsSORtSuzrXyDDboiTlOUSgB-bOGpreI5ySp8RGR08ON1erZkoUpdHJubl77t8BkgsfppC83AAeVR7TFGG4KMt8PGPw0HspZlOXCELK4PF4gLK3B6JLWoeB5yMbicjgwA2MTb5z2FOXxjg2lUZKB2veZi3ZY9PUkj5pL2oWp25kEmPcx-exAxJkyxp9Yt/w528-h353/Lil%20Cochrane%20with%20class%20at%20Gordon1936.jpg" title="Lil Cochrane and her class at Gordon in 1936" width="528" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil Cochrane with her class at Gordon Public School 1936</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Former pupils of Lil during her years in the 1950s and 1960s at Earlston recall her classroom as being a place of quiet calm, a place where learning was entertaining. She encouraged her pupils by working with them on a one-to-one basis to give them additional support where needed, sometimes rewarding work well-done with a few pennies. She encouraged curiosity in her students to look at themselves and their surroundings in often the simplest and funs ways for example drawing caricatures of the children. She instilled confidence by having the pupils take part in the annual musical with pupils from Primary 6 & 7 which she and Mary Rodger (later Mrs Weatherly) co-produced. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Her influence extended beyond her classroom, through her work in the community, which no doubt shaped the children’s personal relationships and contribution to society.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-KvRYz0k5EPJXwkHOq0PMy9DgtO0Dqe4S2m-IC3d1FFfEHTllTM_-Nz5wOZhuDgsVs7xYSM5S-e-IRXdL397PotnG6seHPkxJriNjFugshHZjVe-4XrhToA9ROH63tCpuxXGqyCb8OnZmDayoX2agg7ksuf1eUOHDpp_VJzRgVzJBg5pdHIg8Mre_faj/s2092/Earlston%20teaching%20staff%20(year%20unknown).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="2092" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0-KvRYz0k5EPJXwkHOq0PMy9DgtO0Dqe4S2m-IC3d1FFfEHTllTM_-Nz5wOZhuDgsVs7xYSM5S-e-IRXdL397PotnG6seHPkxJriNjFugshHZjVe-4XrhToA9ROH63tCpuxXGqyCb8OnZmDayoX2agg7ksuf1eUOHDpp_VJzRgVzJBg5pdHIg8Mre_faj/w502-h341/Earlston%20teaching%20staff%20(year%20unknown).jpg" width="502" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil Cochrane, front row, third right, with Earlston Junior Secondary School staff</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Community involvement</span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b></b><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Cochrane children were encouraged to participate in community events from an early age. When the Gordon Horticultural Society held its fifth annual flower show in 1909, Barbara, Chrissie and Lil Cochrane were all prize winners.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1922, when the Cochrane family were living in Earlston a musical evening was organised by the United Free Church of Scotland Women’s Foreign Mission when Chrissie and young David Cochrane participated in the show. Other players included Margaret Robb, Magdalene Rutherford, Nellie Fox, and May Frater. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In years to come Chrissie Cochrane would be elected president of the Earlston branch of the WRI.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">For her part, you can judge what Lil considered important and worthy causes by the clubs and societies she participated in. For instance, she was a member of the <b>Personal League of Service</b>, a short lived group that produced garments for the ‘distressed and unemployed’. The group was formed in 1933 and held its last meeting in 1935. During its brief time the group made over a thousand garments for the needy.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil was a member of the <b>Scottish Rural Workers Approved Society</b>, an early trade union for rural workers, and, as a delegate, was nominated to attend its annual conference in 1939.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Her involvement with her former pupils would continue through her work with the Girl Guides and the Sunday School.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Her contact with the girls in the village was enhanced by her role in the <b>Earlston Girls’ Club</b>. In 1938, Lil was vice-president of the Club and the number of members and range of activities grew.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The following year, and no doubt influenced by Lil’s love of theatre, the Club staged a play. The Southern Reporter described the event: </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">‘The members of Earlston Girls’ Club gave an excellent presentation of the play, “Simple Simon.” All the players acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner, and were fully deserving of the warm appreciation of the audience. The cast was as follows: —Jim Strong. Elsie Readman; Lady Proudfoot, Christine Paton; Rose (her daughter), Betty S Kerr; Simple Simon, Elizabeth Cochrane; Mrs Simon. Helen Paxton; Jack and Jill (their children). Chrissie Burrell and Eunice Keillor; Bill Brag (the pieman). Jean Cochrane; Sylvana (Queen of the Fairies), Mary P. Kerr; Captain Bluenose, Bessie S. MacGregor; Pedlar, Madge Graham; Showmen, Jessie Paxton, Dorothy Burrell. Jenny Stafford. The members of the chorus of villagers, sailors, and native girls were; Annie Aitchison, Helen Angus, Ruby Archibald, Dorothy Burrell, Muriel Cowe, Eileen Chisholm, Isa Darling. Winnie Frater, Madge Graham, Betty Gibson. Annie Gillie. Nan Hunter, Nan Hollands, Norma Hollands. Ella Hood, Jean Mack. Ella Montgomery, Martha McLeish, Mary Paterson. Jessie Paxton, Rena Paxton. Mary Rodger. Jenny Stafford, Mary Young. The orchestra members were: Violins —Mrs McCrae, J. Kerr, John Armstrong; trombone — W. Fisher: cornet - A. Hewitt; drums - J. M. McBurnie. Accompanist - Margaret Milton.’</span></i></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrabxwEb0bmEfJ2vZHwSPjiwnhcCYLUeuxIhN3LJ8NdeTq-o9jpPvVYnX-xNodT6AikTZazBqg1ZuiAIzHlGIGp5KZS4vSE6BAu1rRoY6PMSVVEMo123GoMlqxScLAzLxrV1hXYbI6jM77iU2q0weQj1FWo37OTlkJBo_clgqp-mjyDEPq1vbioVoLpTu/s1109/coronation%20parade%20girls'%20club.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1109" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrabxwEb0bmEfJ2vZHwSPjiwnhcCYLUeuxIhN3LJ8NdeTq-o9jpPvVYnX-xNodT6AikTZazBqg1ZuiAIzHlGIGp5KZS4vSE6BAu1rRoY6PMSVVEMo123GoMlqxScLAzLxrV1hXYbI6jM77iU2q0weQj1FWo37OTlkJBo_clgqp-mjyDEPq1vbioVoLpTu/w485-h310/coronation%20parade%20girls'%20club.jpeg" width="485" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Girls' Club parade on Coronation Day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1941 and 1942 were busy years for Lil. In 1941, the <b>Border Union of Girl’s Clubs</b> was formed. Representatives from Earlston, Kelso, Peebles, Hawick, Jedburgh and Innerleithen attended a meeting and the constitution was drawn up. Lil was elected as secretary and the other elected officials were President Lady Stratheden and Campbell; Vice-president Miss Hope of Earlston; and Treasurer Mrs Logie. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Later that year the Berwickshire Education Authority, under its Juvenile Welfare Scheme, held an inaugural meeting to the <b>Earlston Youths’ Club</b>. Unsurprisingly Lil was elected as leader.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At a national level and, influenced by the war in Europe, the government announced the formation of the <b>Girls Training Corps</b> (GTC).</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The aim of the GTC was to prepare girls for service to their community and to support the war effort when they reached adulthood. The Corps was open to girls aged between 14 to 20.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Activities included learning to act as bicycle couriers, learning morse code, aircraft recognition, gymnastics, homemaking, craft-work, public affairs, land navigation, learning first aid, marksmanship, firefighting, and assisting with air warden duties. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The GTC was organised into local units lead by an adult commandant. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Unlike their male counterparts in other cadet organisations, members of the GTC had to provide their own uniforms using clothing coupons. The uniform consisted of black shoes, navy blue skirt, white blouse, navy blue tie, GTC badge, and a navy blue forage hat.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In June 1942, a meeting was held at Earlston with a view to forming a Girls' Training Corps. Miss Hope, Cowdenknowes, introduced the Countess of Haddington who explained how the Corps came into existence, and indicated its recognition by the Government. Lil was elected as Area Commandant for the Earlston GTC.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Within 6 weeks, Lil had established a growing membership who enjoyed a series of lectures the following speakers—Mrs Scott Aiton of Legerwood gave a talk personal hygiene; Nurse Dowie on character-building; Mr Hector Brodie, on first aid in-gas attack; Miss Bremner. M.B.E., Earlston. assisted by two Land Army girls, from Georgefield Farm, talked about the Land Army and its national importance, while the girls gave interesting insights as land workers.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvU1v7VuFlsj1E_v24HEDaqGA5QnTkknexcoS7V_WKa_MZ-6upkTYZYmkujkahdHAZLAWS0yLAIhr0yKQredbY36TCN-wZJJfi9ndeUCMVnvw_GvA68RJ4mdplRQZ_JAB9G8V0N7l0mlcslATe__MMBZsIdlO2Bc1Y8WpmwflVWxRjTPUpUeMlY486Z1py/s1228/girls%20training%20corps.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1228" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvU1v7VuFlsj1E_v24HEDaqGA5QnTkknexcoS7V_WKa_MZ-6upkTYZYmkujkahdHAZLAWS0yLAIhr0yKQredbY36TCN-wZJJfi9ndeUCMVnvw_GvA68RJ4mdplRQZ_JAB9G8V0N7l0mlcslATe__MMBZsIdlO2Bc1Y8WpmwflVWxRjTPUpUeMlY486Z1py/w491-h342/girls%20training%20corps.jpeg" width="491" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Girls Training Corps outside Earlston Manse (undated)</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Back Row l to r: Mary Lee Kerr, Margaret Betts, Ina Hewie, Ella Simpson, Lillie Currie, Mary Gold, Helen Cannon, Jane Melville (evacuee from Newcastle), Bunty Thomson</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Front Row l to r: Margaret Milton, Elizabeth Faulkner, Francis Bell, Lil Cochrane</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In December 1942, the government announced that it would no longer accept clothing coupons for GTC uniform items. Despite this the Earlston GTC continued to grow with regular meetings held in Earlston and Gordon. Activities included drill instruction conducted by Sgt. Major Crosbie of the Home Guard, PE led by Mrs Campbell, wife of the Earlston GP, Aircraft Recognition and learning morse code.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There were, however, lighter moments when, for example, the girls were treated to talk on ‘Beauty Culture’ by an unnamed expert.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Earlston Amateur Dramatic Society</span></i></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i></i></b><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1943 a lecture was given in the school hall. The lecturer was Mr Paterson Whyte, organiser of the Scottish Community Dance Association on the topic of drama to encourage amateur dramatic societies. It appears that the seed was sown and within a few years the Earlston Amateur Dramatic Society was formed. In the late 1940s the Society performed a number of plays, not just in Earlston, but entertained audiences in Gordon, Duns and Lauder. In 1950, at a meeting in the Court Room Lil was elected Producer. Other officials elected were President, Mrs A. Brownlie; chairman, Mr F. Weatherby; Hon. secretary Mrs H. Cossar, Summerfield Terrace. Earlston; Hon. treasurer, E. Kerr; executive committee, Miss Blackie and Mr Sanderson.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i></i></b><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYUYKZ8xH-6ZVEYbNWnr-lDNpcgBH2uJTWp8eN0vqaA62y-zp7sbIWK6-ZxaEP5ARBXqc0-B72ac4KXMhlpX3H131zUVM6IQWil9kLWr_A3Jiipk0l6zytaLE-Vpb93FeMz312z_VwbK0KC93i3kn0sI1VUijsznjsJ7TfIts3SUGqjxhBeGcYkdW8d4W/s1645/JW%205.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1645" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYUYKZ8xH-6ZVEYbNWnr-lDNpcgBH2uJTWp8eN0vqaA62y-zp7sbIWK6-ZxaEP5ARBXqc0-B72ac4KXMhlpX3H131zUVM6IQWil9kLWr_A3Jiipk0l6zytaLE-Vpb93FeMz312z_VwbK0KC93i3kn0sI1VUijsznjsJ7TfIts3SUGqjxhBeGcYkdW8d4W/w529-h398/JW%205.jpeg" width="529" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Unnamed production from mid-1950s<br />Back Row l to r: Mr Connell, Fred Weatherly, Mary Lothian, Jock Stafford, Ian Buckham<br />Front Row l to r: George Rennie, Margaret Amos, Helen Lang, Il Cochrane, Walter Taylor</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuuCv7S-QBID7Y1ojghCe-SHWHgiZPFgknqNrldsFwHH1_eydCUGi2eVoIgtRdF3MVYqjFDtFK_8z42vY6HuDybcsOwA8IVvX8Inz0IG0gM9PnTKnmr7XW1F5ZtU5hzS1mae6yIb-MtenW7vm-Ga3VwUhmk5aP1MeikE-fCdJZzHa59XbcdMw0ceyFi98/s1611/Earlston%20Amateur%20Dramatics%20Society%20Bennachy%20Bomb%20late%201950s.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1611" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuuCv7S-QBID7Y1ojghCe-SHWHgiZPFgknqNrldsFwHH1_eydCUGi2eVoIgtRdF3MVYqjFDtFK_8z42vY6HuDybcsOwA8IVvX8Inz0IG0gM9PnTKnmr7XW1F5ZtU5hzS1mae6yIb-MtenW7vm-Ga3VwUhmk5aP1MeikE-fCdJZzHa59XbcdMw0ceyFi98/w499-h361/Earlston%20Amateur%20Dramatics%20Society%20Bennachy%20Bomb%20late%201950s.jpg" width="499" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Unnamed production from late-1950's<br />l to r: Mrs Robson, Jock Stafford, Heath Brunton, Walter Taylor, Mary Lothian, Ian Buckham, Helen Lang<br /></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i></i></b><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU79buEaRWFJmfw4kaz421sc5FNHUpPlyb2kJbxaeLyV3IIivot_1cnXwEdKW8-Y3Ie_fqro8MXpxbXZKlYa5k-mIBE9lLf8BlbKXRaKpai7nblxlBmFJdZGYujDIWW-mki_YOV-JVNxCkbbvjffi4k1TqoCFdVA16j2ph322RGpbgVzGGQomfvR8tvTiU/s1602/Sailor%20Beware%20late%201950s.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="1602" height="357" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU79buEaRWFJmfw4kaz421sc5FNHUpPlyb2kJbxaeLyV3IIivot_1cnXwEdKW8-Y3Ie_fqro8MXpxbXZKlYa5k-mIBE9lLf8BlbKXRaKpai7nblxlBmFJdZGYujDIWW-mki_YOV-JVNxCkbbvjffi4k1TqoCFdVA16j2ph322RGpbgVzGGQomfvR8tvTiU/w475-h357/Sailor%20Beware%20late%201950s.jpg" width="475" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sailor Beware staged late-1950's<br />Standing l to r: Fred Weatherly, Mrs Buckham, Lil Cochrane<br />Seated l to r: Ian Buckham, Mary Lothian, Walter Taylor, Helen Lang, Mrs Robson, Jock Stafford</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil would continue to produce many plays for the Dramatic Society over the coming years, but that did not stop her being involved with other groups. The Girls Training Corps was disbanded and the Girls Club, led by Lil, resurrected, she also participated in the <b>Girls Guides</b> and <b>Sunday School.</b></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1951 Lil was elected president of the <b>Earlston Ladies Club</b>. Lil’s sister, Chrissie was elected secretary, Mrs Smith, treasurer, all supported by a committee consisting of Mrs Burns, Mrs Wyllie, Mrs D. Bell, Mrs Readman, Mrs Malcolm, and Mrs R. Thomson.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i></i><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil’s love of theatre was first documented in 1938 when she staged ‘Simple Simon’ with the Girl’s Club. Fourteen years later Lil once again involved the school children in a play. In 1952 the Berwickshire News and General Advertiser reported:</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A play entitled "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was presented the pupils of Earlston Junior Secondary School in the School Hall on Thursday and Friday evenings of last week. Miss L Cochrane was the producer, and great credit reflects on her for the very fine performance the cast. Principal parts were played follows —Angela Brunton (Snow White): Ronald Hollands (Prince); Patricia Doyle (Queen): and Pat McInally (Huntsman). The Hall was filled to capacity on both evenings. Mr Jas. Young, headmaster, accorded special vote of thanks to Miss Cochrane, producer: Miss Davidson for the scenery: Mr Malcolm for the erection of the stage: the accompanists. Miss B. S. Kerr and Miss M. L. Milton, and all those who supported the effort of the pupils. Now that the school have their own staging and scenery, it is hoped to have further small plays from time time.</span></i></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ten years later and the play was staged again.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtLMQMn4rRplBRZITETqZ3zDx70Hoagrn5byzZtYw5u791UrMffIjoE_dXaQ9K3mfAH_D1zI4J95eyfCST89ehypOorNbU8kdjst8qU6A6jro6c-Hkvb4sOLJEBwQEg9Qo8593WpMI2304J9ZePiYAsn-2o2GClFu3L3vq4ZHGdNLgSLPV4aKpTY32asU/s2188/1962%20School%20production%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="2188" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidtLMQMn4rRplBRZITETqZ3zDx70Hoagrn5byzZtYw5u791UrMffIjoE_dXaQ9K3mfAH_D1zI4J95eyfCST89ehypOorNbU8kdjst8qU6A6jro6c-Hkvb4sOLJEBwQEg9Qo8593WpMI2304J9ZePiYAsn-2o2GClFu3L3vq4ZHGdNLgSLPV4aKpTY32asU/w544-h256/1962%20School%20production%20cropped.jpg" width="544" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1962 School production of Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs<br />Lil Cochrane (l) and Mary Rodger (r) being presented with bouquets </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0seHANwkPL4Oec4ECsx_Kd0XFSu7iDd5tOAZ2tJJM_QI3O9zf1zdAU49084i4WFrAXeDXqMJOec2cL9_pjay0agUHa-6oqaJZQBsMCPdBimNlJKySitoHkdSae2ygBWqp7bxLsETRafdYmRC9gtXg-pJuTaoBh0pj5m9RgHeh07lox1Icc_G2p-PueSy/s767/Lil%20Cochrane%20Retirement%20presentation.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="702" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS0seHANwkPL4Oec4ECsx_Kd0XFSu7iDd5tOAZ2tJJM_QI3O9zf1zdAU49084i4WFrAXeDXqMJOec2cL9_pjay0agUHa-6oqaJZQBsMCPdBimNlJKySitoHkdSae2ygBWqp7bxLsETRafdYmRC9gtXg-pJuTaoBh0pj5m9RgHeh07lox1Icc_G2p-PueSy/w183-h200/Lil%20Cochrane%20Retirement%20presentation.jpg" width="183" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil retired from the Earlston school in 1964. She continued to live with her sister Christina, who died in 1984, in a flat they shared overlooking The Square. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lil moved to Perthshire, where she had family. Then, in 1991, at the Tomdoran Retirement Home, she passed away aged 86.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">While researching this blog, I found several reports of prize-giving at a primary school in Coupar-Angus, Perthshire. The Cochrane Prize for art was awarded to children in Primary 6 and &. It's tempting to think that this may have been another legacy from Lil.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com3Scotland, UK56.490671199999987 -4.202645828.180437363821142 -39.3588958 84.800905036178833 30.9536042tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-59954919005720117912024-02-01T09:00:00.048+00:002024-02-03T11:07:43.186+00:00Ecky Black - Earlston's Last Bellman<p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tAEoIvnwewM5VdpZvP_7dA1J9dFyMjiGbORMX0K_nYEpwFW_i4NNEmC9WXI4CiMAUomGzu1Kx6T9q2D03klRjqmkN9pnba6mvLkCdTbz0nqC1kDH-ixd1XxqXUKtraVyV2udnE4-02ofVKGbKRZF4LAuEKKuiUU4JUQFZzHDEQni8Csqo7INHKEmf7RF/s270/Ecky%20Black%20portrait.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ecky Black" border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="270" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tAEoIvnwewM5VdpZvP_7dA1J9dFyMjiGbORMX0K_nYEpwFW_i4NNEmC9WXI4CiMAUomGzu1Kx6T9q2D03klRjqmkN9pnba6mvLkCdTbz0nqC1kDH-ixd1XxqXUKtraVyV2udnE4-02ofVKGbKRZF4LAuEKKuiUU4JUQFZzHDEQni8Csqo7INHKEmf7RF/w320-h315/Ecky%20Black%20portrait.jpeg" title="Ecky Black" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alexander 'Ecky' Black</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'Ecky' Black had suffered from a childhood illness that resulted in a leg having to be amputated just above the knee. Whether an artificial leg was too expensive, given that as a boy, he would have several as he grew to adulthood, or if he just elected not to wear a prosthesis, he always wore his trouser leg pinned up throughout his adult life. Thus making him instantly recognisable on the streets of Earlston with his crutch and walking stick and making him an unlikely choice as the village bellman. Nonetheless, he was Earlston's last bellman, a Scottish equivalent to a town crier but with its origins in religious belief.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the seventh century, the church required that a bell be rung when a person died. It also stipulated that a bell be rung when someone was excommunicated to signify that person's spiritual death.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There was a belief that devils lay in wait to attack the soul of the dead person at the moment the soul departed the body. It was also believed that the sound of the bell terrified these devils.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After the Reformation, the interpretation changed, and the purpose of the bell ringing was to encourage the living to offer up prayers for the recently deceased. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Since the church now levied a charge to ring the bell, not everyone could afford the service; those who were privileged were willing to pay the fee, providing the church with a considerable income.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Different towns had different requirements for the bellman. In some towns, the bellman would walk the street tinkling a small bell, head uncovered, making the announcement, 'I hereby take you to wit that …, our brother (or sister) departed this life at … of the clock, according to the pleasure of the Lord.'</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In Jedburgh, the bellman was required to keep his head covered and to make this announcement immediately after the death, regardless of the time of day.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In Hawick and other places, the bellman would invite people to go to the deceased's house and offer prayers after the intimation. The bellman would also visit the home to place the bell on the bed where the corpse was lying until the corpse was removed for burial. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sometimes, a 'lykewake' or body watch took place during the nights between the death and the burial. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In some places, for instance, Polwarth, the bell was carried at the front of the funeral procession to 'frighten away the evil spirits’. Female relatives walked behind the procession until they reached the gate to the churchyard, where they always stopped and dispersed.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bells have long been associated with death. The seventeenth-century poet and clergyman John Donne is credited with coining the phrase 'for whom the bell tolls', meaning that the funeral bell that tolls for another person's death, then, also tolls for us, in a sense, because it marks the death of a part of us, but also because it is a reminder that we will die one day.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But an incident in Chirnside may have started a fashion that brought new meaning to tolling bells.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There is a tale associated with a grave in the kirkyard of Chirnside. When Margaret Halcrow, second wife of the Reverend Henry Erskine, died in 1674, a few months after their marriage, she was carried to the grave and interred with a valuable ring still on her finger, a fact noted by the village sexton. After the funeral service, when only a light covering of earth was placed over the coffin, the sexton returned to the kirkyard to dig up the grave and remove the ring. It was so hard to remove it from the corpse's finger that he used his knife and began the task of cutting the digit off. As he did so, the corpse sat up in the coffin, screamed, then dashed across the kirkyard to the manse, where she shouted for the minister to open the door, 'For I'm fair clemmed wi' the cauld.' The wife lived a fair number of years after that, giving birth to Ralph and Ebenezer Erskine, founders of the Secession Church. <sup>(1)</sup></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The story of Margaret Erskine became a folklore theme to be cannibalised with different names and different locations. <sup>(2)</sup></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Declaring a person dead should have been straightforward for the doctors of the day. Nonetheless, people were fearful that they may be buried alive. This fear became increasingly common in the mid-1880s when American author Edgar Allan Poe published a horror short story, 'The Premature Burial', in which the main character develops a phobia about being buried alive. Enterprising businessmen were keen to cash in on this fear and offered 'safety coffins' to ease people's fear.<sup>(3)<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></sup></sup></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><sup><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></sup></sup></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><sup><sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></sup></sup></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oj6qFtqRKK0bgUJV1xVd2YtZHYhgkMvDQ1P-wN4qLO2RkMr4F2hz8kI5TZ1YyC6iaUYueH4WTCzd6PKUDe2OgpfCIv9EA6aYCRsPVfb1iBPXvplOJfsC_z82u4VfwhsA4xEczCOeAQ5aZrDUnp3MHs1KJX76E51FSO6byT03PZKajjdq40c3zAx0kxa9/s828/Safety%20Casket.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Patent drawing for a safety casket" border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="828" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oj6qFtqRKK0bgUJV1xVd2YtZHYhgkMvDQ1P-wN4qLO2RkMr4F2hz8kI5TZ1YyC6iaUYueH4WTCzd6PKUDe2OgpfCIv9EA6aYCRsPVfb1iBPXvplOJfsC_z82u4VfwhsA4xEczCOeAQ5aZrDUnp3MHs1KJX76E51FSO6byT03PZKajjdq40c3zAx0kxa9/w320-h180/Safety%20Casket.jpeg" title="Safety Casket" width="320" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Franz Vester's "improved burial-case," U.S. Patent No. 81,437, issued Aug. 25, 1868 in Newark, New Jersey.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />Those who could afford it could purchase coffins with an elaborate system of rope and pulleys connecting the coffin to a bell on the ground above the grave. Family members, or more likely paid people, stood guard over the grave for the first few days just in case the bell should be rung by the interred person. Hence, the phrase 'saved by the bell' and those who stood at the graveside were known to be on 'graveyard watch'.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After the Reformation, the church was keen that it be understood that the bellman's purpose was to announce a person's death rather than chase away evil spirits. About this time, many parishes incorporated the bellman's position with the grave digger to save money.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Latterly, the bellman's job focussed on public announcements.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1881, the Galashiels bellman was roused at around midnight to make announcements about missing children and raise volunteer searchers. The bellman made his rounds again at six o'clock to muster more searchers. The two girls, aged seven and eight, were found safe and well.<sup>(4)</sup></span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some bellmen took to selling their services. Walter Stiller, a Jedburgh bellman, went the round of the town and made the following announcement on his own behalf:</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'Notice To merchants and the general public.—As I am slack, and every one else slack, and having nothing else that I can do than that of the bell - crying to while away some of my dark, weary hours, I have resolved to proclaim any one's goods through the town lost, found, or to sell—at 3d for the bell, 6d for the drum. All goods lost, and not found, no charge made. I have myself, in bygone days, employed men in this town, and I do not see why blindness should now shut out of existence. All orders strictly attended to.’ <sup>(5)</sup></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><sup><br /></sup></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12rHhbF0zhaFQ6hHvTMSTEBbaVZwnNWSDZ7NxQrHlJ-LAzgJNG5LrDn2iZ1oxFdKb0t64-TXJUUTT5Wo1ngWB4aDLbkeHTBuK0l-4UcpRL5NHaqmG0tkKx8U-tB67ZmHRelWRkIF1nDeo2iMXOEq8pbdLS8mX04WbGvmrkl-siVoVezqi_nDt1fIc-MAH/s1129/Booby%20the%20Bellman,%20Jedburgh%20Town%20Crier.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Bobby the Bellman, Jedburgh Town Crier" border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12rHhbF0zhaFQ6hHvTMSTEBbaVZwnNWSDZ7NxQrHlJ-LAzgJNG5LrDn2iZ1oxFdKb0t64-TXJUUTT5Wo1ngWB4aDLbkeHTBuK0l-4UcpRL5NHaqmG0tkKx8U-tB67ZmHRelWRkIF1nDeo2iMXOEq8pbdLS8mX04WbGvmrkl-siVoVezqi_nDt1fIc-MAH/w151-h320/Booby%20the%20Bellman,%20Jedburgh%20Town%20Crier.jpg" title="Jedburgh Town Crier" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bobby the Bellman, Jedburgh Town Crier<br />Credit: Border Cavalcade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A Selkirk bellman, Tom Murray, had a sense of civic duty. Before the First World War, he was asked to promote a 6½d Bazaar at the Volunteer Hall. Before he started out, however, he called into a local ironmonger who pointed out that he sold similar goods at a halfpenny less. That was enough for Tom. Round the town he went, ringing the bell and shouting:</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Notice! A sale is being held in the Volunteer Hall. All articles are being sold at cost price, nothing over 6½d. You can get the same articles at 6d in Blank's, the ironmonger's, in High Street. God Save the King!' </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This incident was reported in Tom's obituary in 1934. Apparently, a crowd of about 300 young men followed the bellman, and every announcement brought fresh roars of laughter. The bellman received no payment from the bazaar promoters.<sup>(6)</sup></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcVcwhU2FTegDLIsU7u9II_7EDwd9k3OkYWHQCqzJlpXjwU6W2a2cD3C8IIJDQpJyp00TUffg9R6JgKHptSKFDZEB3ZrGraY8Vt0g0WHyZ1dprIgxB2Mcq0mNXQePdmH4qn5ulor4-G-c5W_sl1kYEpSw_WmsKndR2ZahpAZNbSy_E4hl71DkmzLypiLs/s985/Alec%20Stainton%20Hawick%20Bellman.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Hawick Bellman" border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="434" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrcVcwhU2FTegDLIsU7u9II_7EDwd9k3OkYWHQCqzJlpXjwU6W2a2cD3C8IIJDQpJyp00TUffg9R6JgKHptSKFDZEB3ZrGraY8Vt0g0WHyZ1dprIgxB2Mcq0mNXQePdmH4qn5ulor4-G-c5W_sl1kYEpSw_WmsKndR2ZahpAZNbSy_E4hl71DkmzLypiLs/w141-h320/Alec%20Stainton%20Hawick%20Bellman.jpg" title="Alec Stainton, Hawick Bellman" width="141" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alec Stainton, Hawick bellman<br />Credit: Border Cavalcade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bellmen would be financed by town councils rather than the parish. Depending on how rich a town council was was determined by the standing of the bellman. Peebles, for example, was relatively affluent and kitted out its bellman with a uniform. Less well-off councils were content that the bellman discharged his duties in everyday clothes. Other concessions were made, e.g. Peebles supplied a drum rather than a bell, although he was still called `the bellman`. In Hawick, announcements were also preceded by the beating of the drum. Three surviving drums are on display at Hawick Museum. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CGJb-oRj8EdwZCFD0oSJJ28PTw7tbQZU78rac54RqlT3xtIeLH6Fmglu0L8MwfRZSFwwg1EMjtvJ6jmIFt1kfty1rCmelCTqjrBF0jjNUNItfm8APVbGKidW1-ij8dXqj1MH1IQyKjpn0qXlR3elbQOm15z3qWt9o-mu7hU2n6sHPTlasena30IKjqJ-/s637/John%20Rennie%20Peebles%20Town%20Drummer%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CGJb-oRj8EdwZCFD0oSJJ28PTw7tbQZU78rac54RqlT3xtIeLH6Fmglu0L8MwfRZSFwwg1EMjtvJ6jmIFt1kfty1rCmelCTqjrBF0jjNUNItfm8APVbGKidW1-ij8dXqj1MH1IQyKjpn0qXlR3elbQOm15z3qWt9o-mu7hU2n6sHPTlasena30IKjqJ-/w317-h320/John%20Rennie%20Peebles%20Town%20Drummer%201.jpg" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John Rennie, Peebles Town Drummer<br />Credit: Border Cavalcade</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We don't know when the role of bellman in Earlston was created, nor when the role was transferred from the church to the council. There are no photographs of Earlston bellmen. However, we do know that the Earlston bellman was never issued with a uniform and that Ecky was the last one and we also know something about the man.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ecky, or Alexander Landell Black, was born in 1893 in Primrose Street, Leith, the second child of Archibald Black, a merchant seaman, and Alice Landell. Ecky's older brother, John, was also born there.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">By 1901, the family had moved to Earlston. Archibald Black had jobs on the railway, first as a signalman, then as a porter. In Earlston, the Blacks would raise another five children - Jane, Archibald, Alice, Heriot and Jessie. Archibald would die in the First World War just days before the armistice was declared. He is buried in the Awoignt British Cemetery and commemorated on the Earlston War Memorial.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEORt69jk3Q-KXrCO0PQeSHwCTF4HZO7Z4YorpR0YzjC8WCA0KGBA0Gr6JCiAN4VMuG-RHNoL3eY_d36_eWQ7QdpFuOaayTIH_H_u_e1gD7Ctnj-nA2ezkbwM3Y5wzTkSXc1vpuXLgo6qwIXT8FwVceWl0FZxdKxTFsUEr7SQihZ_0K_a7OEsC8-oiWG6z/s1400/Ecky%20Black%20and%20Friends.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ecky Black with friends at Earlston Reading Room" border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="1400" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEORt69jk3Q-KXrCO0PQeSHwCTF4HZO7Z4YorpR0YzjC8WCA0KGBA0Gr6JCiAN4VMuG-RHNoL3eY_d36_eWQ7QdpFuOaayTIH_H_u_e1gD7Ctnj-nA2ezkbwM3Y5wzTkSXc1vpuXLgo6qwIXT8FwVceWl0FZxdKxTFsUEr7SQihZ_0K_a7OEsC8-oiWG6z/w400-h284/Ecky%20Black%20and%20Friends.jpg" title="Ecky Black with friends at Earlston Reading Room" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ecky Black with friends in the Earlston Reading Room<br />L to R: <span style="text-align: start;">Bob Wilson, Ecky Black, George Rutherford, Bob Patterson, and Andrew Murdison<br />Credit: Auld Earlston Collection</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ecky died in 1968 at the Inch Hospital in Kelso and is remembered on the family gravestone in Earlston Cemetery.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some Earlston residents still recall Ecky making civic announcements but his death marked the end of another aspect of village life.</span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Credits</span></h3>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1 Scottish Kirkyards, Love, Dane 1989 Published London, R Hale 1989</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2 Scottish Folk Lore, Lamont-Brown, Raymond 1996 Published Edinburgh Birlinn, 1996</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3 www.en.Wikipedia.org, Taphophobia</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">4 Southern Reporter, 04 August 1881</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">5 Souther Reporter 18 December</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">6 Southern Reporter 25 January 1934</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">7 Border Cavalcade 'Life a Century Ago', Moffatt, Frederick C, Published Newcastle-upon-Tyne, F C Moffatt 1980</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><br /></p>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com4Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.329502163821154 -37.834731 83.949969836178838 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-49333913663577904982024-01-01T09:00:00.009+00:002024-01-08T14:42:08.850+00:00Nurse Dowie - District Midwife and Earlston Worthy<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #0d0d14; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #0d0d14; text-align: justify;">On a January morning in 1883, a girl was born in a farm servant’s cottage near Orwell in Kinross-shire. The girl was the second daughter of David and Jane Blackwood. He was a farm servant, and his wife was an agricultural worker (bondager). The girl would be baptised ‘Jane’. Her elder sister was Margaret, and four brothers would be born in time: David, Alexander, Peter and John. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0qcJhDYAtRSzRKqd-4M_UpOpsH-QAeP95jar_41GvCYBpMXP8x5J1RKhSui2sirFAdI3FQKj89oI6RPzPWZM56QYzW1g6vkkFJ02OF096RR_oB2w9N18RqNva2xUcnZBEUudD5KnStrL2le4Cj2Bx0992ybsqMAS9Mw-RmD54REvWXYsgpU5-wSHV7JF/s453/Portrait.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0qcJhDYAtRSzRKqd-4M_UpOpsH-QAeP95jar_41GvCYBpMXP8x5J1RKhSui2sirFAdI3FQKj89oI6RPzPWZM56QYzW1g6vkkFJ02OF096RR_oB2w9N18RqNva2xUcnZBEUudD5KnStrL2le4Cj2Bx0992ybsqMAS9Mw-RmD54REvWXYsgpU5-wSHV7JF/s320/Portrait.jpeg" width="234" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nurse Dowie 1960</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jane’s childhood was unremarkable. The family moved house occasionally, as was the way of life for farm servants, as they would take up employment with whatever farmer was offering the best wages that season.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Like most girls in rural areas, Jane would be encouraged to leave home as soon as possible after leaving school. This was a simple matter of economics. A boy could command a higher wage than a girl. In a large family living in a small house, the eldest son would be given his own bedroom as soon as he started work. And so it would be that Jane left home to become a live-in domestic servant.</span><p></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the early 1900s, Jane was a servant at Inveresk House in Musselburgh. There, she met Robert Dowie. Robert worked for an engineering contractor and, although initially from Inverkeithing in Fife, was now living in Buckinghamshire.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The couple married at St Giles in Edinburgh in 1905. After the ceremony they left Scotland for Robert’s home in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Because of the itinerant nature of Robert’s work, the couple seemed to be constantly on the move, their temporary homes recorded in their children’s birth certificates. The eldest son, James, was born in Haddenham, David arrived in Wick in Caithness and the youngest, Robert, was born in Cromarty. </span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Then, in 1914, war was declared on Germany. Robert was too old to be accepted for the military in 1914, but by 1915, he could be called up under the Lord Derby scheme.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Inevitably, Robert was conscripted and joined the 8th Battalion of the Black Watch.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In early 1917, Robert was wounded in an action that saw him being awarded the Military Medal for his bravery during a raid on a German trench. Robert was evacuated to Aberdeen Military Hospital. After making a good recovery, he went on additional training before being shipped to Flanders. A few months later, he was posted as ‘missing in action.’</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Imagine the anguish of his widow, Jane. Her heart would tell her to never give up hope that he would be found alive; however, her head would say to her that he was most likely already dead.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It would take from May 3 1917, when he was reported missing, until September for confirmation that he had been killed. On September 22, the Dunfermline Press carried the following announcement -</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">DOWIE - Previously reported missing May 3 1917, now officially reported killed in action on that date, Pte Robert Dowie, Military Medallist, Black Watch, aged 37 years, eldest son of the late James Dowie, North Queensferry, and dearly loved husband of Jeanie Blackwood, Cupar Road, Pitlessie, Ladybank, Fife.</span></i></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Jane Dowie story might have finished there, another sad but unremarkable war widow left with three young children and little prospect of gaining meaningful employment. But not Janet Dowie.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Convinced she had more to give, she approached the War and Pensions Committee at the County Buildings in Cupar, Fife. She explained that she wanted to train as a ‘maternity nurse’ to contribute to the community. However, she would need a grant to fund her her studies.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">She must have been convincing because a civil servant elevated Jane’s case to a higher authority within the Department outlining Jane’s request. The Department replied that it would indeed provide her with a grant, however, only if she qualified in Midwifery and not as a maternity nurse. The grant of £22 was to cover board and lodging for 6 months while she studied at the Simpson Memorial Hospital in Edinburgh. It was pointed out to her that the grant would not cover her uniform or any textbooks she may require. </span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Midwives Roll for Scotland shows that Jane was enrolled as a midwife on January 27, 1919, almost one year after making her case in the County Buildings in Cupar. From this moment on, Jane Dowie earned the right be called Nurse Dowie.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrtAXk4gmdg1ZrwFqhgxIrn4XeH2FDVIQigvJzXvJSLPLyqRQqHm1U0b966RhUg161O3uLsToy0rGXFhVXcJ71qHzv-xGy99jpJItW5nLPJ81wVqdLGiF8ywSE8UvmQ4ekiaAwsqRrX_9YyOicRurwOQ8AdO1q8hXpse1RIdVt4ZwoPVcXYrbzM6N7mtf/s2604/Midwives%20Roll%201945%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2604" data-original-width="1980" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYrtAXk4gmdg1ZrwFqhgxIrn4XeH2FDVIQigvJzXvJSLPLyqRQqHm1U0b966RhUg161O3uLsToy0rGXFhVXcJ71qHzv-xGy99jpJItW5nLPJ81wVqdLGiF8ywSE8UvmQ4ekiaAwsqRrX_9YyOicRurwOQ8AdO1q8hXpse1RIdVt4ZwoPVcXYrbzM6N7mtf/w486-h640/Midwives%20Roll%201945%20copy.jpeg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Midwives Roll for Scotland</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On September 30 1919, the Berwickshire News and General Advertiser reported that the district nurse in Chirnside, Nurse Lockhart, would be leaving. Nurse Lockhart had served many years as the town’s district nurse and had made many friends and would consequently be missed. The announcement reported that her place would be taken by Nurse Dowie. The report said that Nurse Dowie comes with high testimonials and that, combined with the fact that she is a war widow, should insure her success in the district.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And successful she was. Not only was she a competent, dedicated nurse, but she was also an active member of the community.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In February 1939, at the Chirnside and District Nursing Association Annual General Meeting, it was reported that Nurse Dowie had made over 2,000 visits the previous year. Work aside, she would gladly give talks about her passion for the outdoors and her summer holidays with titles such as ‘Hill Walking on Skye’ or ‘Hiking in the Highlands’.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Her greatest passion was literature and debating. She was vice-president and secretary of the Chirnside Literary and Debating Society for many years. As well as judging the debates, she was, on other occasions, a participant, frequently winning her argument.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When promoted to District Midwife, based in Earlston, she must have been disappointed that the Earlston </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Literary and Debating </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Society had ceased to exist a decade before. However, that might have been Earlston’s gain as she became involved in local politics, standing up for her constituents at County Council meetings. Her love of debating meant that she was a formidable opponent.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1948, she was nominated by the Earlston Ratepayers Association to represent the ratepayers of Earlston. When asked what would be her priorities, she replied that her first priority in Earlston would be housing. She advocated the provision of every available space for recreation and games and a toddlers’ playground where the children could play safely. Another priority was a hall for the village where entertainment could be provided for old and young folks. The rates in Earlston were very high, and Nurse Dowie said she would endeavour to see that the ratepayers received full value for their money. She was opposed by local businessman William Roger. She won.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The sight of this little old woman entering council meetings may have given her opponents a false sense of security, but she was always well prepared.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At one meeting, a council member accused Earlstonians of being wasteful with water. Indeed, Earlston had suffered a drought for four months. Nurse Dowie responded that the good people of Earlston had not wasted water because their houses were not receiving any water. The village collection tank was full and overflowing as it had been for months. The fault lay in the old system of pipework where air-locks formed. Surely, now would be the time to renew the village’s ageing infrastructure, she suggested. The council called for a report on the issue.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nurse Dowie’s passion and support for her constituents would make headlines in the local papers in the early 1950s. The central government were rebuilding the country’s housing after World War 2. Local councils were tasked with identifying suitable sites to build housing schemes. Berwickshire County Council thought it had identified appropriate locations, but the proposal did not meet with Nurse Dowie’s approval. The objection again centred on the provision of water.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">‘Animals would not live under these Earlston conditions’ screamed the headline in The Berwickshire News, quoting Nurse Dowie. The newspaper continued, ‘People are being denied the essentials of life such as water.’ Nurse Dowie went on, and the newspaper was glad to quote her: It is madness to build houses only where there is water. No Department of the State has any right to deprive the community of the essentials of life such as water and shelter,’ said Mrs J Dowie at a meeting of the Berwickshire Health Committee at Duns on Thursday.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">‘We in Earlston, ’ she said ‘are being denied these. People in Earlston are living under conditions even animals would not live in,’ she added.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw079k00EY_ACQeKEGO5CrJI11nDT3uMugkjQpY2fNmnyv_9LSow9LhwoJoizuok8CT9NB7BMy_4xBwJDTlroPs0CWsWVw6aV5Eu1wNsRjUCCUoui_PMqyDUKvsrvV6sNKUPPfEmaJiQ1ILG5OF83-Y-rXNGwsSnIEYscD_X_SjSqxWTpe5hKJbRqOo4du/s588/Berwickshire%20News%20Headline%201950.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="518" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw079k00EY_ACQeKEGO5CrJI11nDT3uMugkjQpY2fNmnyv_9LSow9LhwoJoizuok8CT9NB7BMy_4xBwJDTlroPs0CWsWVw6aV5Eu1wNsRjUCCUoui_PMqyDUKvsrvV6sNKUPPfEmaJiQ1ILG5OF83-Y-rXNGwsSnIEYscD_X_SjSqxWTpe5hKJbRqOo4du/w565-h640/Berwickshire%20News%20Headline%201950.png" width="565" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Berwickshire News January 1950</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">You can see why she was so popular with her constituents.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">At her last council election, she won 66% of the votes, with her opponent trailing behind with 34%.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGksWR8RXFfRUmt4Vnn9p0Qq03nm9zX4Xr_r4Y0KB3G0XSXyeL7qsY9GcVXmy0YO8aZYWb6HkeUFKr3I7hVctXKgZDiSK86X5-R-M0Jj2C86Ay6CKLxr20klFffC3ICA0uZ2D_H5pZOZnN9Mxi03oBa63UmJdXpsk6bvRLq8D8ugB3doqGKFWQ1cggkVwH/s2407/sports%20day%20%20rugby%20field%201960%20prize%20giving.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1535" data-original-width="2407" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGksWR8RXFfRUmt4Vnn9p0Qq03nm9zX4Xr_r4Y0KB3G0XSXyeL7qsY9GcVXmy0YO8aZYWb6HkeUFKr3I7hVctXKgZDiSK86X5-R-M0Jj2C86Ay6CKLxr20klFffC3ICA0uZ2D_H5pZOZnN9Mxi03oBa63UmJdXpsk6bvRLq8D8ugB3doqGKFWQ1cggkVwH/w520-h332/sports%20day%20%20rugby%20field%201960%20prize%20giving.jpg" width="520" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nurse Dowie presenting prizes at Earlston school Sports Day 1960</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Her work as District Midwife and councillor was not at the expense of her family or other pursuits. During the war, she raised money to buy comforts for the children whose parents served in the military. After the war, her charitable efforts focused on raising money for the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She worked with local youth groups such as the Earlston Girls’ Training Corp. Arguably, her greatest achievement and indeed one that must have given her the most pride, was raising three sons as a single, working parent. Her eldest son, James, was only eleven when his father died. He and his two brothers attended Berwickshire High School before graduating from university. James graduated from Kings College London with a degree in mechanical engineering. He would attain a senior position in the civil service. David qualified as a pharmacist. He joined the Royal Navy as a civilian pharmacist in 1939. In September 1943, James left the family home on William Bank in Earlston. He travelled to Birkenhead to join the ss Malancha. From Birkenhead, James sailed to India. He became a senior pharmacist at the Royal Naval Establishment in Divatalassa, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) before returning to the UK in 1946 onboard ss Otranto. David continued his career as a pharmacist in a civilian role at several Royal Naval hospitals in the UK. The youngest son, Robert, graduated from Edinburgh University with an MB ChB. He worked as a Resident Surgical Officer at Hallam Hospital, West Bromwich. In 1939, he joined the Royal Naval Reserve as a Surgeon Lieutenant.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nurse Downie retired from nursing in February 1948 at a ceremony held in the West Hall. She was presented with a clock and a wallet of notes. The clock was inscribed ‘Presented to Nurse Dowie in recognition of her many services to Earlston and district February 1948’. Dr Lachlan Campbell, the village GP, made the presentation and paid her tribute, referring to ‘her constant devotion to duty, her courage and cheerfulness. She had never found a road too rough or a journey too long, or an hour too inconvenient for her to carry out her work. Her car may have often failed her but never her spirit. She was widely known all over West Berwickshire where her duties had taken her.’</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nurse Dowie died in 1965, aged 88, at the Gordon Hospital.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com0Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.329502163821154 -37.834731 83.949969836178838 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-23605953386959204772023-12-01T09:00:00.059+00:002023-12-02T14:30:48.061+00:00Blaikie's Cottage<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVMUbBBgRbi5sidJxXhuzZNhPaRSHCv24nJwL5YNQouvLxBVR2D6ZwfP-up9_jhNdxqqBNl7N0jZTUWBO-rG0engLqewSHCV85UCZDvVj-X1UxwSyzqZ_9sOFrk4ubfR0ZFo88kvl1xI-jo9jvaBmVrzJcI37gWaRU2GrPwFovONxubwnKE5FIwvH0nra/s640/00%20Blaikies%20Sign.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sign for Bl;aikies Cottage" border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="640" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVMUbBBgRbi5sidJxXhuzZNhPaRSHCv24nJwL5YNQouvLxBVR2D6ZwfP-up9_jhNdxqqBNl7N0jZTUWBO-rG0engLqewSHCV85UCZDvVj-X1UxwSyzqZ_9sOFrk4ubfR0ZFo88kvl1xI-jo9jvaBmVrzJcI37gWaRU2GrPwFovONxubwnKE5FIwvH0nra/w320-h204/00%20Blaikies%20Sign.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Credit: Author</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Introduction</span></b></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you travel north into Earlston, about 100 metres before the bridge over the river Leader, there is a modest, weather-beaten sign pointing towards 'Blaikie's Cottage'. The sign may be modest, but the cottage was home to James Blaikie, a deeply pious man, an eccentric, respected businessman, a miser, and a man of great physical strength.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Considering that more than 260 years since the last Blaikie died and that the house is still referred to as Blaikie's Cottage is evidence of his lasting impression on the village.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Killing Times</span></b></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James’ religion was central to his life, but there were threats to his faith from the Scottish Episcopalians, the 1689 Jacobite Rising and the 1715 and 1745 rebellions. The danger to his life and religion must have seemed endless.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Born in 1674, James witnessed the end of the Covenanters era which, because of the atrocities was known as the Killing Times. </span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1684, the Privy Council passed the Oath of Abjuration. This Oath required all Scots to swear that the monarch was above the church, something Presbyterians could not agree to. Those who refused to swear were either executed or banished. </span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Even though just a ten-year-old, James most likely heard of local people who were banished. John Young and Andrew Cook from Melrose were banished, as were Robert McGill and Robert Young from Galashiels, together with William Hardie and John Mather of Kelso and Jedburgh, respectively.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Where these men were banished to and if they survived is not known. However, an indication of their fate can be taken from the account of Gilbert Milroy of Penninghame parish in Dumfries.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Milroy was taken prisoner and was ordered to take the Oath. He refused and was taken to Edinburgh. Held at Holyrood, he was again ordered to take the Oath. Again, he refused. He was sentenced to have his ears cut off and be banished.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He was taken to Newhaven, where he and another 130 covenanters were held in the hold of the ship for their voyage to Jamaica. The passage took 3 months and 3 days, and due to the conditions onboard, lack of food and clean water, 33 covenanters died.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In Port Royal in Jamaica, Milroy and his fellow prisoners were sold as slaves. The King had gifted the prisoners to Sir Philip Howard, who consequently pocketed the proceeds of the sale.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1710, Milroy returned to Scotland where his and the other covenanters' accounts of their treatment were documented in 'A Cloud of Witnesses', which was published in 1714.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fdmKDxEShWXmViqVFEY8CffZMCXyJ8TWItBByBo9x9IB5KqdB6CXb7qKEO5tRPTc_mNAITPnL1Nk0Bw5_15cglk2MkLdnTGNVMn9fWEX5ILSSq6vz3-cLZZ4wMLqZd4sXnnUYuISlkP5xgpSxdNrGgiZOfuREZ2VWvo5HdD6_7dcad8ZKVca81A2mTBW/s1210/Image%2023-10-2023%20at%2013.36.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Cover of A Cloud of Witnesses published 1714" border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="864" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0fdmKDxEShWXmViqVFEY8CffZMCXyJ8TWItBByBo9x9IB5KqdB6CXb7qKEO5tRPTc_mNAITPnL1Nk0Bw5_15cglk2MkLdnTGNVMn9fWEX5ILSSq6vz3-cLZZ4wMLqZd4sXnnUYuISlkP5xgpSxdNrGgiZOfuREZ2VWvo5HdD6_7dcad8ZKVca81A2mTBW/w456-h640/Image%2023-10-2023%20at%2013.36.jpg" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Credit: Internet Archive</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James must have been aware of these events and the treatment meted out to the Presbyterians, so it is reasonable to suppose these reports must have strengthened his religious conviction.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Eccentricity</b><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">James never missed his daily devotions, and through time, he dug the family grave, which became his preferred place for prayer, which he referred to as the 'narrow house'.</div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After several years, he built a 'throuch' over the grave. A throuch is a gravestone that is typically laid directly onto the ground. However, in James' case, he mounted it on pedestal legs with ornately carved side panels. Tools of James' trade and leaf motifs were sculpted into the panels. James had the following inscribed on the throuch -</div></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: "Roboto Slab";">At Craigsford, January 20th 1724</i></div><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Here is the throuch, and place designed for the body of James Blaikie, wright of Craigsford and Marion Sclater, his spouse; built by himself; wishing that God, in whose hand my life is, may raise me by the greatness of His power to a glorious resurrection; that this stone when I view it, may mind me of death and eternity, and the dreadful torments which the wicked endure. Oh that God may enable me to have some taste of the sweet enjoyment of His presence, that my soul may be filled with love to Him, who is altogether lovely; that I may go through the valley of the shadow of death leaning on Him in whom all my hope is; so strengthen Thou to me, oh Lord, who have done to me great things, more than I can express.<sup>(1)</sup></i></div></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The side panels are interesting since they provide a catalogue, carved in stone, of the tools used by joiners and roofers in the early eighteenth century.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Businessman</span></b></div></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">On New Year's Eve 1702, James Blaikie married Marion Sclater and the ceremony was duly recorded in the Melrose Parish register. They set up home in a cottage on the banks of the river Leader opposite Rhymer's Tower. James built a workshop and saw pit to fashion the timber from logs to finished articles as needed to serve his needs as a joiner. </div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">He was obviously a well-respected craftsman since he was awarded the contract to renew the roof of Ledgerwood church. A stone is set into the gable end of the church, commemorating the repairs made in 1717 following a fire. James carried out those repairs, and so we can assume that such important work would only have been given to a competent business person. </div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">During that work, James' reputation as a man of considerable strength was enhanced. A newspaper reported that -</div></span><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'When at last the building was ready for the roof, he rose early, and after offering up his morning devotions in 'the narrow house', he hurried away to Ledgerwood, where he raised and adjusted the whole of the ponderous kipples*, and had just finished this heavy part of the work, when his men arrived at the proper hour to begin the labours of the day.' <sup>(2)</sup></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It was also reported that he fixed the slates to the church roof single-handed in one morning.</span></div></i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">* main rafters supporting the roof.</div></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Miserliness<br /></span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It would be charitable to describe James as being cautious with money. He was known to tie a large stone to the bottom of his saw used in the saw pit to avoid paying a man to pull on the saw from below. And indeed, he preferred coins to notes. He hoarded his golden guineas, which he kept under lock and key. As he lay on his deathbed, it was reported that he asked his attendant to bring his hoard to him in a 'wecht' (weigh scales). He continued to count his money repeatedly 'while his life was ebbing away to another world.' </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i style="font-family: "Roboto Slab"; text-align: justify;"><sup>(1)</sup></i><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Death and legacy</span></b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Part of James' trade was making coffins for the recently deceased in the area. He became increasingly concerned that no one would make his coffin when he died. James realised that a coffin of such proportions to accommodate him would be expensive. So he built his own in readiness. As an indication of James' size, the throuch measures 2.3 metres x 1.2 meters x 0.2 meters (7.5 feet x 4 feet x 8 inches). So he decided to build his own. However, if a customer required an oversized coffin, James would not be averse to selling his.</div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">And so it was that James had taken up an offer to sell his coffin, and he subsequently died before he could make a replacement, leaving his family with the expense of having one specially made.</div></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After his death, the following was added to the inscription on his throuch -</div></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Roboto Slab;"><i>Here lies James Blaikie, portioner of Earlston, who died the 23rd day of June 1749, aged 73 years; as also Marion Sclater, his spouse, who died 1747, and his daughter who died 1st November 1755.</i></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James' workshop has long since been demolished. The saw-pit has been filled in. There are some apple trees that may be distant descendants of those planted by James.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A relatively new extension, a scullery, has been reportedly, built over the graves. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgef0SWjnde5sxfpIllvkOGrqibgQ7CThOAjt22lmAQO6isVuchzam1kNB4xXjULjXm6SqQf7D2AUwo62_71DRTPbhyphenhyphenwB2jlA-Dm6wJzky180fqEm_z4IsukGt8_mikjzqKDFSgm6HI5kymoG8uqkFEvBzR82tT4upNGpLqqv7ltrFVYF625snVk317MU9/s4032/Scullery%20and%20throuch.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Blaikies Cottage" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgef0SWjnde5sxfpIllvkOGrqibgQ7CThOAjt22lmAQO6isVuchzam1kNB4xXjULjXm6SqQf7D2AUwo62_71DRTPbhyphenhyphenwB2jlA-Dm6wJzky180fqEm_z4IsukGt8_mikjzqKDFSgm6HI5kymoG8uqkFEvBzR82tT4upNGpLqqv7ltrFVYF625snVk317MU9/w552-h414/Scullery%20and%20throuch.jpg" width="552" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scullery with the throuch on the right by the red pole <br />© JJ Price</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The throuch was moved, and it remains intact however the inscription has succumbed to <i>'The influence of time and the thoughtless conduct of youths and visitors have long ago sufficed to efface the inscription, but a friend, the late Joseph Watson, Earlston, supplied us some years ago with a copy.' <sup>(1)</sup></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The throuch is now mounted on modern breeze blocks and serves as a makeshift bird table. The pillars remain intact, and some carved stonework lies at the site.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The legend of James Blaikie has been told and retold over the hundreds of years since his death. A newspaper article which described the damage done to the inscription made its way to George Mercer, mayor of Lodi, a town in New Jersey, USA.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">George was one of three brothers from Earlston who had emigrated to the USA and, where George found fame and fortune. A fourth brother, John, had remained in Earlston and built Roosevelt Place on the Kidgate.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When George read the story about the vandalism, he felt compelled to write the Earlston minister Rev. W S Crockett. The letter read:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'The article remarked that it was a pity that some of the Border societies, or some individual, should not have taken up the matter of preserving the grave and the stone. It has been much abused by visitors and children, and I suspect that I am one of the 'children' who helped to efface the markings on the stone. We were pretty much alike, all of us, when we were playing around there, and were just as likely to chip a piece off for fun as not. I am a great believer in preserving the old historical land-marks, and always feel badly to see any of them wiped off the face of the earth. It has occurred to me that possibly I could do something to redeem my wrong-doing, if you can call it such; that is, by helping to restore as nearly as possible to its original condition the stone and the grave. And I would be willing to contribute all, or part of, the cost of this; if you will take the matter up with the proper authorities or some society, and give me an idea as to the cost of putting it in fairly good shape, I will consider the matter favourably and advise you very promptly what to do. I know no one better than your own good self to take this matter up. You are so familiar with everything in that line, and the history of our dear old town, that you can probably reach without much trouble just the one to do the necessary work.' <sup>(3)</sup> </span></i></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Obviously nothing was done to reinstate the throuch but James’ legacy remains, albeit in a sorry state.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCWxzHeFQJK2-kdKcNdiyxvAdkut32b7yrQHhhwfE5sj0PdLNstnVLgkdj4s_dp5P8zg7BTkNIFBlRMOtaBeoQo1Y5PMVo7Ar-9FOt9ibwKG3XA01eDcy4-EYF3uxZ9YfuxP1sSF5ipRDytGJ0YdOjr0WMr27cYCJfOOdd4GRAk7kF7Mlqc7NMOWH8Nh9/s4032/2%20IMG_1576.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The throuch or gravestone" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgCWxzHeFQJK2-kdKcNdiyxvAdkut32b7yrQHhhwfE5sj0PdLNstnVLgkdj4s_dp5P8zg7BTkNIFBlRMOtaBeoQo1Y5PMVo7Ar-9FOt9ibwKG3XA01eDcy4-EYF3uxZ9YfuxP1sSF5ipRDytGJ0YdOjr0WMr27cYCJfOOdd4GRAk7kF7Mlqc7NMOWH8Nh9/w400-h300/2%20IMG_1576.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The throuch now serving as a bird table <br />© JJ Price</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUF6QbCzortPmVoguEkCU_sID7zH_DGSZwSH_FO6tsLVu5qE2r80V3JozHGzSmB1Q73Z19tZgY8mbGyG5eHhS-JEL0Vv6PKotyvSkF28gb3c3OajsxEeD2-DyodUkhi_wHnrl3tryO88lowX8-__wGnBmKUOdzcJ8MLXKNWqDmm7rtVmbkC8KImPONUmJ/s4032/3%20IMG_1594.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Detail of side panel showing leaf motif" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUF6QbCzortPmVoguEkCU_sID7zH_DGSZwSH_FO6tsLVu5qE2r80V3JozHGzSmB1Q73Z19tZgY8mbGyG5eHhS-JEL0Vv6PKotyvSkF28gb3c3OajsxEeD2-DyodUkhi_wHnrl3tryO88lowX8-__wGnBmKUOdzcJ8MLXKNWqDmm7rtVmbkC8KImPONUmJ/w400-h300/3%20IMG_1594.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail from the side panel <br />© JJ Price</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtM6B548wlH-lhKg3ikMQf1MXKEvAbnzjjBaQtLeI7Zg32wsaXTz6jjuzI4W58IM4sxxOCeiF_eUZNnjfmR50o4BLMu_W4V7HNy5ThI2NnGrDT3js8xaMEsQyAEkayBnADnqR70JKzsPepUMsm__qJZfnSx-XfBiZvShyEsAw1YgRlHBTmr6gzUeMmGitj/s4032/4%20IMG_1596.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Detail from side panel showing tools of the trade" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtM6B548wlH-lhKg3ikMQf1MXKEvAbnzjjBaQtLeI7Zg32wsaXTz6jjuzI4W58IM4sxxOCeiF_eUZNnjfmR50o4BLMu_W4V7HNy5ThI2NnGrDT3js8xaMEsQyAEkayBnADnqR70JKzsPepUMsm__qJZfnSx-XfBiZvShyEsAw1YgRlHBTmr6gzUeMmGitj/w400-h300/4%20IMG_1596.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail from the side panel showing one of James' tools of the trade <br />© JJ Price</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Credits</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1. Berwickshire News, 16 March 1875</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">2. The Border Magazine, June 1908</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">3. The Border Magazine, August 1908</span></div><div><br /></div>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com0Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.329502163821154 -37.834731 83.949969836178838 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-10628234476597474832023-11-01T09:00:00.006+00:002023-11-01T09:00:00.149+00:00What's in a name?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprbg-MWpXOMZCWDdNj2V-Eohp_LjbqCIvZiQC0kvVrnr8fK3CWpFkYY9XB6Z9vacRjVl8HctCV68QUuLU_Y29KnYLATyAH-02_dcsv17pZH5to3tj6ABQTBg_9axx3jA1fxydpdEmvSQpa-Ag6p-wZV2caONahyphenhyphenaWPWMFraqmMSB9JbIOy8udmCaHtHmf/s640/Earlston%20SIgn%202%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="640" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprbg-MWpXOMZCWDdNj2V-Eohp_LjbqCIvZiQC0kvVrnr8fK3CWpFkYY9XB6Z9vacRjVl8HctCV68QUuLU_Y29KnYLATyAH-02_dcsv17pZH5to3tj6ABQTBg_9axx3jA1fxydpdEmvSQpa-Ag6p-wZV2caONahyphenhyphenaWPWMFraqmMSB9JbIOy8udmCaHtHmf/w200-h193/Earlston%20SIgn%202%20(1).jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Suppose road signs had been compulsory over the centuries. In that case, these names would have appeared instead of Earlston - Earlstoun, Earlstown, Earls Town, Ercildoune, Ersilton and Ercheldun. And just to be inclusive, the perhaps the sign should incorporate the Gaelic for Earlston - Dùn Airchill. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So what’s in a name?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">If you grew up in Earlston in the 1950s and 1960s, chances are you called 'the burn' the Trufford burn. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Now it's called the Turfford. </span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Has the name been changed, or was the wrong name used before?</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This newspaper clipping dated 1896 shows that the burn was known as the Trufford. Yet forty years before the newspaper notice, a map of the area shows the name 'Turfford'.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmTjJpy2rHreoBSx8Qg6eCHrwJc_OLT5aFm6PKhiylC9pP-1TY8h4lOId1lC9JWm5rCDiA3NA4zqjs-oyoRc5wVcuJyLeRyg1P2_RdfRwMyTukvCP3WTAzO0XRdoVx7djc_UANhQyeSGidpdsKFvYbeOujcOKQMxQRhN9dZcgdSMh3W3QQVpEu6qG20rW/s295/SR%201896_08_20_Cleaning%20Turfford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="295" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqmTjJpy2rHreoBSx8Qg6eCHrwJc_OLT5aFm6PKhiylC9pP-1TY8h4lOId1lC9JWm5rCDiA3NA4zqjs-oyoRc5wVcuJyLeRyg1P2_RdfRwMyTukvCP3WTAzO0XRdoVx7djc_UANhQyeSGidpdsKFvYbeOujcOKQMxQRhN9dZcgdSMh3W3QQVpEu6qG20rW/w320-h200/SR%201896_08_20_Cleaning%20Turfford.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Credit: Southern Reporter 1896</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some old documents claim that Turfford's name came from an area of ground close to the burn that the owner of Cowdenknowes allowed villagers to cut turfs to use as fuel for their fires. This was before the Midlothian coal fields and transport links provided a coal supply. The peat bog was subsequently drained during the construction of the railway.</span></p><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Cowdenknowes was known as Coldaned Knolls. In a charter to Mungo Home, King James IV refers to 'the mains of Ersilton called Coldaned Knolls with fortalice and manor thereon.' As recently as 1889, Cowdenknowes was referred to as Cowden Knowles.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Earl of Dunbar, who owned much of the land around the village, got into a dispute with the monks from Melrose who worked their farm at the Grange. The Earl tried to move them off the land. But the church was too powerful, so he gifted the monks with 'the whole arable land called Sorouelesfeld on the west side of the Leader, towards the Grange of the aforesaid monks as fully as William Soroueles held it.' Sorouelesfeld is now known as ‘Sorrowlessfield Farm’.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Farms feature in street names in Earlston - Huntshaw, Summerfield, and Georgefield are all local farms.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Farm fields are given to street names. The 'Gun' is an oddly shaped field that looks like a rifle with its butt towards Huntshaw and its barrel extending towards the village. The Gun has lent its name to several streets. To the west of the 'Gun', an adjacent field lay in the crook formed by the High Street and Thorn Street, giving its name, Westfield, to several streets built there.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb0VUBNn7he62JXC7Mz9l3vMenO_Brspd5sCCuNElTZ1L08QUgYGOU3pVZJhhtt6228TimKElOpgIUQUhyqE9v1Dx8_UQFrD5eqmLOUyKhWEMUA0EugZCuyXRahp2D97jqhRhMoiBnTsfHy9tG79TdeJcIeqBNUJQ-pzDcKmMDzUxHU7D2H1PP-HSpByg/s4960/Map%20marked%20up.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3507" data-original-width="4960" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhb0VUBNn7he62JXC7Mz9l3vMenO_Brspd5sCCuNElTZ1L08QUgYGOU3pVZJhhtt6228TimKElOpgIUQUhyqE9v1Dx8_UQFrD5eqmLOUyKhWEMUA0EugZCuyXRahp2D97jqhRhMoiBnTsfHy9tG79TdeJcIeqBNUJQ-pzDcKmMDzUxHU7D2H1PP-HSpByg/w531-h376/Map%20marked%20up.jpeg" width="531" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Credit: Ordnance Survey 1857</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Streets prefixed 'Thorn' refer to the ancient thorn that grew close to where the Black Bull stands.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'<i>As long as the Thorn Tree stands, Ercildourne shall keep its lands'</i>.This was the first of several prophecies attributed to Thomas the Rhymer collected by Robert Chambers, who identified the tree in question as one that fell in a storm in either 1814 or 1821, presumably on the about the last remaining acre belonging to Earlston. The prophecy was lent additional weight at the time because, as it so happened, the town merchants had fallen under bankruptcy due to a series of "unfortunate circumstances". According to one account, "Rhymer's thorn" was a huge tree growing in the garden of the Black Bull Inn, whose proprietor, named Thin, had its roots cut all around, leaving it vulnerable to the storm that same year.</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some streets have been named after their destination - Church Street, Station Road, Mill Road and Haugh Head Road.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Three streets are named after historical events. Queensway and Crown Crescent mark the succession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne. And Everest Road commemorates conquering Mount Everest.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A few streets are named after people. Hope Knowe nods to the Hope family that once lived at Cowdenknowes. Roger's Place, William Bank and Jane Field are named after family members of the builders, Rogers. Roosevelt Place refers to Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the USA. The houses were built by stonemason John Mercer and were completed in 1910, the year after Roosevelt left office. The connection to Roosevelt could be more apparent. However, John Mercer's brothers, George, Andrew and James, had emigrated to America. The brothers settled in Hackensack, where George became a successful businessman in Lodi, the postmaster for several years and the mayor. The block of houses may have been named after the former president to acknowledge the Mercer family's fortunes in America.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXkj5rY8iUx7BUx389Yeidc1JGDQAePOKPpEr-Ro_ZR117JxAl-3sZi2CVuHTTXFo5Ka46kSft9mjB2QkYMrfbcE6c6BC5uuxCe8amwHCX1Wy9EMdruLt2XBYvEElfEQ8PBVW9UN2SBUJ2C1ev1grw9e6Q0KyAXsoCDz9xKqx9_8C9oMJaze3Sfpk-fb1/s600/George%20Mercer%20portrait.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Portrait of George Mercer" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="494" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXkj5rY8iUx7BUx389Yeidc1JGDQAePOKPpEr-Ro_ZR117JxAl-3sZi2CVuHTTXFo5Ka46kSft9mjB2QkYMrfbcE6c6BC5uuxCe8amwHCX1Wy9EMdruLt2XBYvEElfEQ8PBVW9UN2SBUJ2C1ev1grw9e6Q0KyAXsoCDz9xKqx9_8C9oMJaze3Sfpk-fb1/w227-h277/George%20Mercer%20portrait.jpeg" title="George Mercer" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">George Mercer<br />Credit: Auld Earlston Collection</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The derivation of Halcombe Crescent is controversial. One school of thought is that the name is derived from 'Hawk Kaim', a low hill on the south side of the Turfford where it is thought that the Earl of Dunbar had his hawking house. But it also appears in an earlier document from 1484. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This was an agreement between Earl of Angus and Alexander Home to purchase twenty pounds worth of land of Ersilton, namely <i>'the mains of Ersilton with its pertinent, the 'lang akers' for £2, Carelside for £1, the 'Thowlescrouk' for £1 the 'hal orchard' which is called the manor of the same, the mains with Cowdenknowes for £6, the five husbandlands next to and on the east side of the manor for £5 (a husbandland is about 26 acres or 10.5 hectares) Philipston, Fawlo, and Willestroder meadow for £5, all in the lord ship of Earlston and Sheriffdom of Berwick' dated Edinburgh 11 October 1484.</i></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Since a 'combe' is the name given to a wooded valley, Halcombe may be the 'hal orchard' mentioned above. Indeed, a recent visit to the Redpath road showed an excellent crop of apples in the woods just next to Halcombe Crescent! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oWzzKva0BGvhCaVzxnXvQoJyc15HHTTOjYXPuM6YLGy9QvlWP1CUBBXikzQMWRNi_o9cbemg-F3qdahSXHWjTCphK_sKDE1t7gpI9pFjQB0AWusquXyo8Z3RxLJhV2P1xUj6yZ3lqABSqLPh9etqj_xvIFindUabqtc4QH9nhebm_qsBg8hW4sYh4wDn/s4032/Halcombe%20Crescent.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Halcombe Crescent showing apple trees" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oWzzKva0BGvhCaVzxnXvQoJyc15HHTTOjYXPuM6YLGy9QvlWP1CUBBXikzQMWRNi_o9cbemg-F3qdahSXHWjTCphK_sKDE1t7gpI9pFjQB0AWusquXyo8Z3RxLJhV2P1xUj6yZ3lqABSqLPh9etqj_xvIFindUabqtc4QH9nhebm_qsBg8hW4sYh4wDn/w400-h300/Halcombe%20Crescent.jpeg" title="Halcombe Crescent showing apple trees" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Credit: Author</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Like the Turfford burn, the name of the Kidgate has changed over the years. Readers may remember the lane was called 'Kirkgate', but according to the Berwickshire OS Name Book of 1856-1858, Kidgate is the correct name. The book describes the street as 'A narrow lane leading Southward from the South end of New Street consisting of a few thatched Cottages with two or three slated houses and tenanted by Mechanics and labourers.'</span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">New Street is now Thorn Street, and the 'Mechanics' would be tuners from the tweed mill. </span></p>
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<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And to confuse things, here's an old postcard of 'Kirkgate' showing what appears to be a church (but is, in fact, the 'Manse Hall'). </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyofcgd1ZaAvVVZtvPt6bxZp7JFzUCXf3My19PBWvh6gmwfwqjKLu40qGTiRvO0GcdySUZH5QbX9CR_CfgZvlJOXY6DjSj4fYivIfPK_wZSbCdhLEEcOEbd5TENHDX8X5XkNskCSYUk4h-8xyv85qYG8XAdwIyvDqX2Kd7XxC4rJTqdQkVGmncbcjmIR6G/s1103/006%20%2021%20%20KIRKGATE%202%20copy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Kidgate showing Manse hall" border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1103" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyofcgd1ZaAvVVZtvPt6bxZp7JFzUCXf3My19PBWvh6gmwfwqjKLu40qGTiRvO0GcdySUZH5QbX9CR_CfgZvlJOXY6DjSj4fYivIfPK_wZSbCdhLEEcOEbd5TENHDX8X5XkNskCSYUk4h-8xyv85qYG8XAdwIyvDqX2Kd7XxC4rJTqdQkVGmncbcjmIR6G/w522-h331/006%20%2021%20%20KIRKGATE%202%20copy.jpeg" title="Kidgate showing Manse hall" width="522" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Kidgate showing Manse hall</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Credit: Auld Earlston Collection</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><div><br /></div><div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Can you help? </span></b></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We have yet to find out where the names come from for three streets: Arnot Place, Kilknowe and Bellevue Terrace. Please let us know where the names are from in the comments below.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-20538655113961532122023-11-01T09:00:00.003+00:002023-11-01T09:00:00.150+00:00Picture of the Month - November 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRXeEkD9Bm4EBGoJ6yIcRFSSXnoLl6S7IjIGakCR6nS82yF9KpcTK9kFhSRF8FZK5Zkd9ZtC7gLmDgUQk47p7vk-TkvA7Z-JMDX5jgyQexuHCtrm0_0w0i07OARRbJp5TaRTB_vVnEw0HXa4YmfTJNM4V1aIKOWrE1ZV8SORWe1ELHwpSJ9cjfn4J2vqN/s1684/11%20November%20Picture%20of%20the%20month.1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1684" data-original-width="1190" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRXeEkD9Bm4EBGoJ6yIcRFSSXnoLl6S7IjIGakCR6nS82yF9KpcTK9kFhSRF8FZK5Zkd9ZtC7gLmDgUQk47p7vk-TkvA7Z-JMDX5jgyQexuHCtrm0_0w0i07OARRbJp5TaRTB_vVnEw0HXa4YmfTJNM4V1aIKOWrE1ZV8SORWe1ELHwpSJ9cjfn4J2vqN/w452-h640/11%20November%20Picture%20of%20the%20month.1.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-162639436537676992023-10-19T08:59:00.007+00:002023-10-19T09:17:07.718+00:00More Earlston Far Flung Connections <div class="separator" style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>J<span>eff Price's recent <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/">blog post </a> took us on a lighthearted tour of Earlston's contribution to world history. It prompted me to</span></b></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span>consider more Earlston folk who made their</span> <span>mark beyond the village. </span></b></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><i><span style="color: #990000;">What connects Earlston Sunday School trip to Iowa farmland? This blog post takes us from Earlston Sunday School trip to a Scottish offshore prison to the Australian Gold Rush and whaling, before arriving in Iowa. All, of course linked to Earlston. </span> </i></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><i> **********</i></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>Earlston Sunday School trips were by tradition to Spittal, in Northumberland. However after a young girl (not from Earlston) was drowned there, the venue was changed to North Berwick. </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>North Berwick is notable for many things and one is that you can take the boat trip out to the Bass Rock, famous for its bird colony, described by David Attenborough as "one of hte wildlife wonders of the world". </b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b> But the Bass Rock has a dark secret - it was one of Scotland's offshore prisons and one man who was held here was Earlston born Alexander Shields. <br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #990000;">ALEXANDER SHIELDS (1661-1700)</span>
life spanned Earlston, the Bass Rock off the East Lothian coast and
Scotland's failed Darien Scheme for an overseas settlement, </b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>He was born in Earlston at Hauighhead Mill in 1661 - the home for generations of the Shields Family. </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b> </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUHGjRFQwt2pkac-VX1Gt17C8ec2t6xbAPEZtFxxPSEREh92DQluZL8CxdufIimZEilpd8HMVojAaasFCZxzs1GBBRH_LfWfNd8iUDqRVgJ9wa7dcQifhoY1XRuKwE5SGjaRuUq0jEMGB/s1600/Haughhea+Mill+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="600" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwUHGjRFQwt2pkac-VX1Gt17C8ec2t6xbAPEZtFxxPSEREh92DQluZL8CxdufIimZEilpd8HMVojAaasFCZxzs1GBBRH_LfWfNd8iUDqRVgJ9wa7dcQifhoY1XRuKwE5SGjaRuUq0jEMGB/w400-h270/Haughhea+Mill+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></b><span><span><b> <br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><span><i>The site of Haughhead Mill, 2018 </i></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><i> </i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;">Alexander became a Presbyterian Minister, a Covenanter and an author. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="color: #990000;">Covenanters </span></span><span><span>were those who signed the <a href="http://www.covenanter.org.uk/national_covenant.html">National Covenant </a>in
1638 to confirm their opposition to the
interference by the Stuart kings in the affairs of the Presbyterian
Church of Scotland. Alexander Shields was brought before the Judiciary Council for holding private worship services and
was imprisoned on the Bass Rock before being returned to the Tolbooth
Prison in Edinburgh from where he escaped. </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zCWSQAFBPY4gVgVToF13xiL8sI3a_YWxI-yIJw4AK76421-pFbGjxO-INZVTFO8feCQfQze5X6sjGRmyGiYnM4LHLpYwd-HnqgutRqFZrZb2nv7pFshhCwEa_5MY5N_4h3Mdcw3zffAdGOuZry-EKRnMixCOyErKad9Y7jtfyzOQ5LbituyGcdQQ8hyphenhyphenx/s600/The%20Bass%20Rock%20North%20Berwick.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="600" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zCWSQAFBPY4gVgVToF13xiL8sI3a_YWxI-yIJw4AK76421-pFbGjxO-INZVTFO8feCQfQze5X6sjGRmyGiYnM4LHLpYwd-HnqgutRqFZrZb2nv7pFshhCwEa_5MY5N_4h3Mdcw3zffAdGOuZry-EKRnMixCOyErKad9Y7jtfyzOQ5LbituyGcdQQ8hyphenhyphenx/w400-h269/The%20Bass%20Rock%20North%20Berwick.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>The Bass Rock off the cost at North Berwick. </i></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span>He went onto write his most famous work "The Hind Let Loose" asserting the rights of the individual . <br /></span></span></b></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>With his brother Michael, he </b> <b><span><span><span>joined the ill fated Second
Darien Expedition in 1699. </span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span>
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span style="color: #990000;"><a href="http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2005.html">The Darien Scheme</a> </span></span><span>
was Scotland's ambitious attempt to become a world trading nation by
establishing a colony called "Caledonia" on the isthmus of Panama on the
Gulf of Darien in the late 1690s. </span><span>Thousands of ordinary Scots invested money in the expedition, to the tune of
approximately £500,000. </span><span><span>Five ships sailed from Leith in July 1698 with
1,200 people on board.</span> <br /></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>But the project was beset by poor planning and provisioning, divided leadership and finally disease. </span><span> </span><span><span>Seven months after arriving, 400 Scots were dead. More</span></span><span><span><span> ships set sail from Leith in November 1699 loaded with a
further 1,300 pioneers,unaware of the fate
of the earlier settlers.</span></span> The colony was finally abandoned in 1700 after a siege by Spanish forces, </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Only
one ship returned out of the total of sixteen that had originally
sailed. With the loss of the £500,000 investment, the Scottish
economy was almost bankrupted. </span></b></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b>Alexander set sail to return to Scotland, but died of fever in Jamaica in 1700, never returning to his homeland at Earlston. </b> <br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>A full account of Alexander Shields life can be found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Shields">HERE. </a><br /></b></span></span></i></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span> *******************</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span>The purpose of the Darien Expedition was to establish a Scottish colony in South America which was thought to be "the land of mail and honey". </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span>Another Earlston man had plans to put the village on the map, not in the land of milk and honey, but in the land of gold and butter - Australia. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #990000;">ISAAC WALLACE </span></b></span><span><b><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;">(1841-1921),</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span><i><span>S</span></i><span>cottish
history is full of men and women who stepped into the unknown by
leaving their homeland behind and emigrating to far flung places. Many
of them might not be familiar names, yet they made their mark abroad,
but never forgot where they had come from. They also demonstrated a
sense of entrepreneurship, community involvement, and a strong belief
in their Presbyterian faith.</span></span></span></b></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span><span><span style="color: #990000;">One such man was Isaac Wallace of Earlston </span>who emigrated to Victoria, Australia, where he named his new home
"Earlston", set up a butter factory, and involved himself in community
affairs, both in Australia, but also on a return visit to Earlston
towards the end of his life. </span></span></span></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span style="color: #990000;">His Early Life - </span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span>Isaac
was the eldest of eight children, born to master joiner, John Wallace
and Martha, nee Brown. His sister was Isabella Wallace. who later
became known as <i>"Earlston's friend and benefactor", </i>with two memorial
plaques around the village. </span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I</span></span><span><span>n 1859 the 19 year old Isaac, a farm servant who could read and write, set sail for Australia. </span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span><span>In 1862 he
married Mary Hogarth who had emigrated with her parents from Lauder - a
further link with the Borders. Seven children were born to the marriage until Mary's early death in 1876</span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b>.<br /></b></span></span>
</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></b><img border="0" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="600" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHmDVmLK66qHPjR38EcU3IoFqSZ_JqYFc8fbpuXTP1lzKmaQTxMTBVAhk_zkAWTh92e3b-dZyn3fUuhL9sF9SgYrmtC50xj7u-XJskPdRpEcf8l8-OBORo4U2eMHWvcYZiUelVdM1hXvH/s400/Wallace+Group+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><i><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaac Wallace's Family c.1875</span></span></i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaac
married again - his wife, Nicholes Brown nee Rogerson,
a widow with four sons. A daughter Elizabeth was born to the marriage.
Together with the twelve children, they moved to Isaac's land
allocation of 320 acres, naming it Earlston. It was situated in Violet
Town, 108 miles north of Melbourne.
Maintaining the floral theme, Violet Town's streets were named
Cowslip,Tulip, Orchard, Rose, Lily and Hyacinth. </span></span></b><span><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It
was the discovery of gold in the north east of Victoria which led to
large numbers of itinerant prospectors passing through the area and
the village g</span></span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">rew </span></span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">with the r</span></span></span></span></b><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ailway arriving in 1873. </span></span></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaac's New Business Venture - </span></span></span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaac,
noticing the swing to dairy-farming, purchased Brown's unused flour
mill and and converted the
building into a butter factory - the first such creamery in the region. </span></span></b><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaac's
venture flourished at first and he was greeted as a benefactor of both
the town and countryside. </span></span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But
success was short lived as competitors sprang up and circumstance were against him. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The company </span></span></b><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span>was wound up in 1906. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;">A Community-Minded Man - </span></span></span></span></b><b><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Isaac involved himself in his community , becoming a Justice of the Peace and </span></span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">was appointed a Magistrate in 1886,
sitting on the bench at Violet Town. </span></span></span></b><b><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">An active member of the
Presbyterian Church, services were held in his home from
1887. </span></span></span></b><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">I</span></span></b><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">saac
was president of the Mechanics Institute in the 1890’s and a member of
the Progress Association. </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A Return to his Homeland</span></span></span></b> - <b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Shortly
after the death of his second wife, Isaac left Melbourne aboard "The
Runlc" in late March 1907 on a trip to the old country. </span></span></b><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">A news snippet was traced in <i>"The Southern Reporter"</i> of 20th August 1908 which reported under the Earlston District News: </span></span></b><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>"Golf:
The final tie for the Silver Challenge Cup, presented by Mr Isaac
Wallace, Australia, an old Earlstonian, was played on Wednesday
afternoon." </i></span></span></b></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>"The Berwickshire News" </i>of 4th May 1909 reported on a Parish Council meeting at which the provision of seats in the village was discussed. </span></span></b><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>"It
was agreed that nine of these seats should be provided at a cost of 9
shillings and 3 pence each. The Rev. W. S. Crockett, Minister of
Tweedsmuir</i> [also an Earlstonian], <i>and Mr Isaac Wallace, Australia agreed to defray the expenses of one each and these to be placed in the West Green." </i></span></span></b><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>with his brothers, John, Robert & George and sister Isabella. </i></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;">Isaac died on the 22nd February 1921</span>,
aged 80, and was buried with his second wife, Nicholes in Violet Town
cemetery. His estate, real and personal, was valued at 7,291 pounds, 13
shillings and 5 pence (equivalent to £211, 880 in British money today) - enough then to buy 265 horses. </span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">With
grateful thanks to Garth Grogan, a descendant of Isaac Wallace, through
his daughter Mary, for this detailed account of Isaac's life. </span></span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">**************** </span></span></b></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">When Isaac returned to the UK, he sailed on board the SS Runic which was built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the White Star line, entering the service to Australia in 1901. In 1930 SS Runic was sold and converted to a whaling factory ship and renamed SS New Sevilla. </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In Earlston whales are more likely to be associated with two business women, Christian and Marion Whale who, ahead of their time, developed the Earlston Gingham in the first half of 19th century. </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Entrepreneurship seemed to run in the family, since a descendant Lancelot Watson established a successful business in the USA in Iowa. <br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="color: #990000;">LANCELOT WATSON (1824-1913) <br /></span></b></span></span>
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</span></span></b></span></span></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">This press cutting caught my eye: </span></span><br /></b></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLUkokwbLa8aWOAmShv4fMhSiRP_DPBIN5zn44OdmD_6lC4ZySQH06xHxl6GZPsSVjUgLrqx3MnBHPz5HbjrWbZwibRXI13H8Top0PwIwuSmPEntigRu4W1mKDwybCL9-Q1a5CfzpQxHd/s400/Gingham+PC+.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>1th April 1913 - Hawick Advertiser. </b></span></span></span></i></span>
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</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <i>But who was Lancelot Watson who had Earlston connections, who sailed the Atlantic 40 times including on the paddle steamer Britannia, the first boat of the Cunard Line, whilst his last trip, was on the </i></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Lusitania, then regarded as the biggest and most modern boat of the Cunard Line. <br /></i></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <span style="color: #990000;">R</span><span style="color: #990000;">esearch revealed that Lancelot was born, not in Earlston, but in Hawick in 1824, son of George Watson and Ann Whale.</span> His mother was descended from a long line of well-known Earlston names - Whale and Clendinnen, most notably with links with Thomas Whale and his daughters Christian and Marion Whale, </span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Lancelot married in 1856 his wife Mary A Spalding Watson. Two years later the young family were in Canada where, where over the next five years, their children were born.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>By the time of the 1880 census the family had moved to Mason City, Iowa, where Lancelot , aged 55 was a Land and Loan Agent. </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">His work involved frequent trips to Britain </span>where he lectured and advised people on emigrating to Iowa, promoting the benefits of farming in the state. Newspapers of the period feature many such advertisements in both England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. </b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZOgU8kdj1K7bWk8qgh47FNp9LRUYd2KlP7mER3Dk68qQ8oXyB2fGSN2d4-gpXg9YiNlNVsHj6YxEf02tbmB-fDpyOAl6zF0CYjgqZk0xssqzUDWNHvYYrM7y79AsCLZ2d7jC_zsS-SXUoMJOiRc5ofHLo5Isfb9gMGjoW2aq_yi7iZo_ysSL7DAcESP2/s536/Screenshot%202023-10-10%20120532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="536" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZOgU8kdj1K7bWk8qgh47FNp9LRUYd2KlP7mER3Dk68qQ8oXyB2fGSN2d4-gpXg9YiNlNVsHj6YxEf02tbmB-fDpyOAl6zF0CYjgqZk0xssqzUDWNHvYYrM7y79AsCLZ2d7jC_zsS-SXUoMJOiRc5ofHLo5Isfb9gMGjoW2aq_yi7iZo_ysSL7DAcESP2/w400-h246/Screenshot%202023-10-10%20120532.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> <i>North British Agriculturist: 10th November 1880</i></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2IxAJnwC5eVVEZDz_7-iX0N5ZV-mzNodrw9mk2TbXdwCGWyKr7HIX8HDu3UyOQE7p9FHAu7OYooBHDmo-gKdlWpCw_Xi-3dBf4GwX1gFixjUqmzTEY3DmtrVelGUZgeaO9ScdmRbqoHu_aTTE7pSqNRHyaaQGmB_2rMrMYYox8Yfn4P0d3UxVrM8tc33/s655/Screenshot%202023-10-10%20123436%20B.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="568" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2IxAJnwC5eVVEZDz_7-iX0N5ZV-mzNodrw9mk2TbXdwCGWyKr7HIX8HDu3UyOQE7p9FHAu7OYooBHDmo-gKdlWpCw_Xi-3dBf4GwX1gFixjUqmzTEY3DmtrVelGUZgeaO9ScdmRbqoHu_aTTE7pSqNRHyaaQGmB_2rMrMYYox8Yfn4P0d3UxVrM8tc33/s320/Screenshot%202023-10-10%20123436%20B.jpg" width="277" /></a></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i> <br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i>Advertisement in "The American Settler": 19th March 1881 <br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;">Online Passenger lists between Britain and New York</span> confirm a Lancelot Watson, born Scotland, making many transatlantic trips including one on the Britannia, named in the first article above. He would have been 56 years old in his most busiest period 1880-81. </span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img class="mw-file-element" data-file-height="259" data-file-width="433" height="239" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/RMS_Britannia_1840_paddlewheel.jpg/300px-RMS_Britannia_1840_paddlewheel.jpg" width="400" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Paddle Steam Britannia </i></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia-class_steamship</i></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img class="LazyImage_LazyImage__1YDAV LazyImage_isLoaded__3JO-C" height="260" src="https://cdn.britannica.com/67/151367-050-5B154DA7/Lusitania-British-port-one-crossings-coast-Liverpool-May-7-1915.jpg" width="400" /> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><i>https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lusitania-British-ship</i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>The Steamship Lusitania, built by John Brown & Sons, Clydebank made its maiden voiyagle in 1907 and won the prized Blue Ribbon for the fastest transatlantic crossing. Lancelot Watson's last journey was on this ship. But it was destroyed by a German U-boat - an event which contributed to the USA entering the First World War to support the allies. <br /></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span> <span style="color: #990000;">Lancelot Watson died in 1913 aged 90,</span> with "The Berwickshire News" of April 8th printing a fulsome obituary, commenting he was <i>"known as one of the most prominent and enterprising of American Borderers" - </i>not born in Earlston but proud of his Earlston heritage. </span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span><i>************* <br /></i></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"> Sources: </span></b></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>www.ancestry.co.uk </span></b></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk <br /></span></b></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk</span></b></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>https://en.wikipedia.org <br /></span></b></span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span>Descendant Chart of the Whale Family, provided by an Auld Earlston reader. </span></b></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>******<span style="font-family: arial;">********</span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div aria-hidden="false" aria-labelledby="sourceEditModalRecord" class="tabContent active" id="tab-content-ui1696865017441761-0" role="tabpanel" tabindex="-1"><section class="citationRecord conSecond conNoBorder"><div class="conBody topSpacingBlock"><table class="table tableHorizontal" summary="This table list details about Lancelot Watson’s life in this record."><caption class="screenReaderText"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></caption><tbody><tr id="displayFields1"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr id="displayFields2"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr id="displayFields3"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr id="displayFields4"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><br /></td></tr><tr id="displayFields5"><th scope="row"><br /></th><td><br /></td></tr><tr id="displayFields6"><th scope="row"><br /></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr id="displayFields7"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr id="displayFields8"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr id="displayFields9"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><br /></td></tr><tr id="displayFields10"><th scope="row"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></th><td><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></section></div>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-71325914222564848232023-10-01T08:00:00.001+00:002023-10-02T13:15:06.739+00:00<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large;"><strong style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">From Punk Rock to Moon Buggies</strong></span></h2><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Earlston's contribution to world history (or let's take a light-hearted, time travelling culture tour)</span></h3><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 2015, there was a TV show called 'Six Degrees of Separation'. The show centred on finding a connection between six unlikely objects.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">So, for a change this month, we'll look at the connections between six <span style="caret-color: rgb(14, 16, 26);">unlikely</span> topics - punk rock, Caribbean sugar plantations, BAFTA TV Awards, New York book publishing, Bonnie Prince Charlie and Moon buggies - which are all linked to Earlston.</span></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">***************************************</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tom Davidson (<a href="https://tomdavidson.co.uk">https://tomdavidson.co.uk</a>), the Earlston-based artist, has his gallery on Earlston High Street. The gallery is where his grandfather, Willie Alchin, had the village baker's shop.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The shop now doubles as Tom's studio and gallery, where he creates stunning lino-cut prints of local landscapes. His ability to capture light reflecting off the Leader river or sunshine piercing through the trees of Cowdenknowes Woods is a joy to behold.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But Tom also gained fame in another of the arts - music.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Tom studied at Carlisle University and joined The Limps, a <b>punk rock</b> band. The band released several singles and appeared on the John Peel Show in 1979.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQT6jroCqALu9JzjrHVnLHD3ZExHb8uB_OPnkV2xHFQgogtkGOcDy909ueleSfYMor0-IPcl1jYPBf6jRdx0JsLN3yfS-FO7_zrjXCEfuYSlF1lys3-_V-9zeUTwQ5IlA0bzoFQTbNNRjo1f0yi5iIC5HGmo4MGfYBEfeWyu3nBsq_DxjOaqOO8ZbkfXo/s780/the-limps-someone-i-can-talk-to-1979.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="551" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQT6jroCqALu9JzjrHVnLHD3ZExHb8uB_OPnkV2xHFQgogtkGOcDy909ueleSfYMor0-IPcl1jYPBf6jRdx0JsLN3yfS-FO7_zrjXCEfuYSlF1lys3-_V-9zeUTwQ5IlA0bzoFQTbNNRjo1f0yi5iIC5HGmo4MGfYBEfeWyu3nBsq_DxjOaqOO8ZbkfXo/s320/the-limps-someone-i-can-talk-to-1979.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Limps<sup>(1)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The band eventually broke up, and members drifted off to do their own thing.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Their music lives on, though. They appear on a recently released compilation album with bands like The Jam, The Stranglers, Siouxsie and the Banshees.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdcmYL1E5Y_QT-vW8QZf1ayxVOuzeUptfdsQJT6qGBCxiHPNlc39_09iLbU2IvewYsr5kX1XlzvLXlLfuLLK6GZZDzuRvTLOyE2j-YEHg9_AaS6sBIhCo7W4hCJ7Uqol3sMdXSWCPUrE0GG_Tn1qb2nMJyhoQhr0u6fuI4SsJa6dGQTWRauLwQmjR7fqK/s1722/Gary%20Crowleys%20Punk%20and%20New%20Wave.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1722" data-original-width="1217" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqdcmYL1E5Y_QT-vW8QZf1ayxVOuzeUptfdsQJT6qGBCxiHPNlc39_09iLbU2IvewYsr5kX1XlzvLXlLfuLLK6GZZDzuRvTLOyE2j-YEHg9_AaS6sBIhCo7W4hCJ7Uqol3sMdXSWCPUrE0GG_Tn1qb2nMJyhoQhr0u6fuI4SsJa6dGQTWRauLwQmjR7fqK/s320/Gary%20Crowleys%20Punk%20and%20New%20Wave.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gary Crowleys Punk and New Wave<sup>(2)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">There's a whole new audience that appreciates their music.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A film studio recently contacted the band asking to feature their track 'Someone I Can Talk To' on the closing credits of a new movie still in production. Its release date has not been announced, but look out for its title - 'The Snack Shack'.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sugary snacks, like music, can hit the right note or, as they call it in the food industry, the bliss point. This is where the snack has just the right amount of sweetness. Any sweeter and it would be too sickly; any less, it wouldn't be sweet enough.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The bliss point makes you come back for more, which is great news for dentists and sugar producers alike.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John Redpath was an Earlston man who made his fortune through sugar refining in Canada.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John was the son of farm servants working on farms in the Earlston area. His father had the foresight to see the changes in store for farm workers due to the 'improvements' between 1760 and 1830.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The 'improvements' centred around better fertilisers, drainage, and more selective crops. As a result, farms became more productive and larger. The downside was that the farms needed a smaller workforce. Thousands of families left farming during this period in what became known as the lowland clearances.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John was fortunate in that he managed to get an apprenticeship with his uncle, a stone mason in Edinburgh. However, by the time John became a master mason, the Napoleonic Wars had just finished releasing thousands of soldiers, including stone masons from the engineering regiments, into the job market. Consequently, John decided to emigrate to Canada.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Within a few years, John had established a successful construction business. Seeing an opportunity and with enough spare capital, he constructed a sugar refinery i</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">n Montreal importing raw sugar from </span><strong style="background: repeat; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Caribbean sugar plantations</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">.</span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John made his fortune from sugar. He returned to Scotland just once, but he took the time to visit Earlston when the Corn Exchange was being built. He presented the villagers with the clock in the Corn Exchange tower that chimes the hours as his lasting legacy.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In Canada, you can buy Redpath sugar in almost any grocery store or supermarket to satisfy your bliss point. Of course, not just humans enjoy sugar; horses also have a notoriously sweet tooth.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixI9PBRIhQzcAWzDJEyKd4PmrI299ZblYD4r0jt-jQTfVqoyMexiuibl7j7Plrbc5lLNkIdMrFPUQLqJJG2dtrJMA_6c88Dt0YXYHjiPrLY0XvXpgYk1a0gCZwPtd0K_kiYx8TuFiuPWSabTyxy3T-tg560JCWkjzpSngVEcXykH9sJx6EWeVu4AvFBBB8/s1102/Granulated.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixI9PBRIhQzcAWzDJEyKd4PmrI299ZblYD4r0jt-jQTfVqoyMexiuibl7j7Plrbc5lLNkIdMrFPUQLqJJG2dtrJMA_6c88Dt0YXYHjiPrLY0XvXpgYk1a0gCZwPtd0K_kiYx8TuFiuPWSabTyxy3T-tg560JCWkjzpSngVEcXykH9sJx6EWeVu4AvFBBB8/s320/Granulated.jpg" width="206" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Redpath Sugar<sup>(3)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Satisfying your sugar tooth and eating too much sugar will likely result in putting on weight, which in turn will slow you down. Presumably, the same is true for horses as well as humans.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Slow Horses was the name of a TV series starring Earlston High School former pupil Jack Lowden. Jack graduated from the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2011. He was nominated for the </span><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">BAFTA TV Award</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> (2023) for Best Supporting Actor in his role of River Cartwright. The series follows a team of intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2x7JLhX-TdgY0emLxVYwF6Z7xwLqOJU3-ZVGGhZswTsu2LAzZeCKotuaxDQ6-Z0tlXStr8GMpg-4m4a7wobegMD7B3-QmZQVCIzpR8O7-nUIztEzmRSt89DzxmnUhu8Xk4fdwCY9U0zySf4VjrBzziiX4RD0u3WQrRViSQdE4_r4e3Pzc-ap2oNKRjTH/s1592/Jack%20Lowden.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1592" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2x7JLhX-TdgY0emLxVYwF6Z7xwLqOJU3-ZVGGhZswTsu2LAzZeCKotuaxDQ6-Z0tlXStr8GMpg-4m4a7wobegMD7B3-QmZQVCIzpR8O7-nUIztEzmRSt89DzxmnUhu8Xk4fdwCY9U0zySf4VjrBzziiX4RD0u3WQrRViSQdE4_r4e3Pzc-ap2oNKRjTH/s320/Jack%20Lowden.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Jack Lowden<sup>(4)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The series is based on the book 'Slow Horses' by Mike Heron and published by Baskerville.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2c8LrZWXxZYTvost7EublXrHoceZ3YgtKFyob5CNTuS-_6DIfOFbrLO58-G5yvKbF9L86h_TCmgbGPSgz5jTT_6CkijTy8hUv1n_Mg0UkGoMD4a2VZ-h_I8ebyJDeKg1FFr0KKQ6W_aUJkbmo8E_bUVeq92OM2pVixcGGVih6xJM_xG6F3x5e4Szv_5si/s613/Slow%20Horses%20Book%20Cover.l.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2c8LrZWXxZYTvost7EublXrHoceZ3YgtKFyob5CNTuS-_6DIfOFbrLO58-G5yvKbF9L86h_TCmgbGPSgz5jTT_6CkijTy8hUv1n_Mg0UkGoMD4a2VZ-h_I8ebyJDeKg1FFr0KKQ6W_aUJkbmo8E_bUVeq92OM2pVixcGGVih6xJM_xG6F3x5e4Szv_5si/s320/Slow%20Horses%20Book%20Cover.l.jpg" width="209" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Slow Horses<sup>(5)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And talking of publishers, Robert Carter was an Earlstonian who established a publishing company in New York.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert was born in Earlston in 1807 with an apparent unquenchable thirst for knowledge. At an early age, Robert showed his love for books when he watched an auctioneer dispose of the household effects of a neighbour.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXetqcH62C4JtdRWDlzJVEqhs2K7paq-4y3vMSzB99G419dzPgJR3yEd1m6HJ7Eb78g2ZoioRN5DEeQ8cjxbOAxuZPSyHHGodJ5qPby0fQ4MUaO4iFLgqfcgVmZru-pyZltJ06F5nu2ud_zowIAjEBNu9VV6Ls5tEzSWa_OJnfQ_n-ZDbFiQisEu_5Ug-x/s449/Robert%20Carter%20Portrait%20X-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="449" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXetqcH62C4JtdRWDlzJVEqhs2K7paq-4y3vMSzB99G419dzPgJR3yEd1m6HJ7Eb78g2ZoioRN5DEeQ8cjxbOAxuZPSyHHGodJ5qPby0fQ4MUaO4iFLgqfcgVmZru-pyZltJ06F5nu2ud_zowIAjEBNu9VV6Ls5tEzSWa_OJnfQ_n-ZDbFiQisEu_5Ug-x/s320/Robert%20Carter%20Portrait%20X-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert Carter<sup>(6)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Included in the sale was a copy of Josephu's works, complete in one thick volume. When the auctioneer asked, 'How much am I offered for this?' Robert replied in a faint voice, 'Fourpence'. The auctioneer immediately handed the book to Robert, saying, "You shall have it, for you are the smallest customer I have had today'.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">By age fifteen, Robert was holding night classes for local boys. Robert went on to attend university.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Years later, he gave up his teaching job in New York and opened a bookstore on the corner of Canal and Laurens Street in 1834. From selling books, he began to publish books at his </span><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">New York book publishing</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> company, Robert Carter and Brothers.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">That first book no doubt changed Robert's life just as some of the books he published and sold would change the lives of others.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">No wonder they say that the pen is mightier than the sword.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of course, the most famous type of Scottish sword is the claymore, the weapon of choice for hundreds of years.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In 1745, when </span><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Bonnie Prince Charlie</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> led his Jacobite army south towards London, the army camped at Fans, a few miles from Earlston. When the army marched southward again, it was discovered that a soldier had left his claymore behind.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NKQhE_eulHfsgTCt-37rJREivc0AMVCcai7BCyUBCAAt75cTzNWYOQjO6jKlrfP88ADlsq9DwZezp_f54fm533TFHl3G4aHe1Kg8iL0ZBcqrYqHKGblrF_jNgibaKqcDphrjD72KTLMMPDN7O-8442yBzYD2wTOGBUBLYRLYRmax9DcguruzY7yddJTw/s1242/Bonnie%20Prince%20Charlie.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1242" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6NKQhE_eulHfsgTCt-37rJREivc0AMVCcai7BCyUBCAAt75cTzNWYOQjO6jKlrfP88ADlsq9DwZezp_f54fm533TFHl3G4aHe1Kg8iL0ZBcqrYqHKGblrF_jNgibaKqcDphrjD72KTLMMPDN7O-8442yBzYD2wTOGBUBLYRLYRmax9DcguruzY7yddJTw/s320/Bonnie%20Prince%20Charlie.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Bonnie Prince Charlie<sup>(7)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When news of the army's imminent arrival in Earlston, locals feared the Jacobites' notorious reputation for looting. Valuables were hidden wherever possible. Horses were hidden in a hollow below Caldies Hill known as 'Howe of Hope'. The exact spot had provided Covenanters a meeting place one hundred years before.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Caldies Hill is part of the old Earlston Golf Club. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On August 8th 1906, a meeting was held in the Smaller Exchange Hall to discuss the formation of an Earlston Golf Club. Twenty men attended, and the site chosen for the proposed course was Caldies Hill, owned by Lord Binning. The Chairman of the meeting, Rev N C Keith, advised the group that he had already gained permission from Lord Binning and his tenants.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On August 30th, Willie Park, a professional golfer and course designer, visited the site to draw up the plan for a nine-hole course.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The course was officially opened on Wednesday, November 7th 1907. However, the first competition occurred in October 1907 for the Silver Challenge Cup, presented by Issac Wallace, an Earlstonian who had emigrated to Australia. The Cup was won by Robert Lountain with a score of 79.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The game prospered in the village with both ladies and gentlemen sections. Two businesses, John McDonal, Saddler, and John Weatherston, Watchmaker, stocked clubs and balls.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Despite the best intentions, the Club was forced to close by the end of World War 2 due to a lack of members and funds.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">However, the Club members were undeterred and boldly decided to open a golf course on the Moon.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">To quote the Club's website (</span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.earlstongolfclub.com/">https://www.earlstongolfclub.com/</a>)</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">:</span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i></i></span></span></p><blockquote><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>With the purchase and restoration of the original golf course being unattainable at an Earlston Golf Club Committee Meeting in 2000, it was agreed to pursue the purchase of land to build a course on the Moon. This transaction was completed on November 3rd 2000, and initial planning was soon under way.</i></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> There are 18 Seas on the surface of the Moon, each of which has a Latin name which has been translated and given a Scottish Borders flavour to reflect the origins of the Club.</i></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i> </i></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>The holes on the Earlston Golf Club Moon Course were named to keep the authenticity of the course location whilst ensuring that the history and traditions of the Club are echoed in each hole.</i></span></span></p></blockquote><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i></i></span></span></p></blockquote><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i></i></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">One can assume that </span><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Moon buggies </strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">will be substituted for golf buggies.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y2lEodqG_M9Fk3pL5Ios7uz010J1VIqXW-XVC_LDw2dJiS6zhhtmkO4-QJe-kp2wIkpkXQ-T-DXEEZgRQvXobIhGgBnyianzbHttZluG0oHxw0ZnhjwLmPmrNw-a2ZKvB1Dd5n78uPaDvva2jBqX1NYKc_7KdfU0bPvZ9r1tbv7VlUqM6SyiWTQkvJgC/s1280/Moon%20Buggy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="1280" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Y2lEodqG_M9Fk3pL5Ios7uz010J1VIqXW-XVC_LDw2dJiS6zhhtmkO4-QJe-kp2wIkpkXQ-T-DXEEZgRQvXobIhGgBnyianzbHttZluG0oHxw0ZnhjwLmPmrNw-a2ZKvB1Dd5n78uPaDvva2jBqX1NYKc_7KdfU0bPvZ9r1tbv7VlUqM6SyiWTQkvJgC/s320/Moon%20Buggy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moon Buggy<sup>(8)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Credit links</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1. </span><a href="https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/">https://justsomepunksongs.blogspot.com/</a></div><div>2. <a href="https://spindizzyrecords.com/">https://spindizzyrecords.com/</a></div><div>3. <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20Redpath-Benefactor">https://auldearlston.blogspot.com</a></div><div>4. <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/">https://www.standard.co.uk/</a></div><div>5. <a href="https://marlowbookshop.co.uk/">https://marlowbookshop.co.uk/</a></div><div>6. <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Carter-Emigrant" target="_blank">https://auldearlston.blogspot.com</a></div><div>7. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/other/see-the-likeness-of-bonnie-prince-charlie-who-led-scottish-clan-uprising-against-the-british-crown/ar-AA1fUbk1">https://www.msn.com</a></div><div>8. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Roving_Vehicle#/media/File:Apollo15LunarRover.jpg">https://en.wikipedia.org</a></div><div><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Do you know of any unlikely topics or objects that are connected and linked with Earlston? Let us know in the Comments section below.</span></p>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com3Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.329502163821154 -37.834731 83.949969836178838 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-68593977917401194622023-09-01T08:00:00.005+00:002023-09-01T10:48:43.192+00:00Andrew Walker - family links with Earlston<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew Walker - family links with Earlston</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: helvetica;">Introduction</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #0e101a;">Last month's post was about Earlstonian Andrew Walker, his connection with Charles Dickens and the work among London's street children and ex-convicts.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Working in London had taken a heavy toll on Andrew's health. After retiring from the London City Mission, he emigrated with his daughter, Mary, to the USA to a town called Troy.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Obituary</span></strong></h2><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1896, Andrew died; his obituary was published in the London City Mission Magazine on May 1, 1896:</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></em></p><blockquote><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We have received intelligence also of the death of another servant of Christ, who at one time did earnest, effective work as a London City Missionary. A gentleman in Edinburgh writes:-</span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On February 3, there died at City Troy, New York State, at the patriarchal age of eighty-nine, Mr. Andrew Walker, well known fifty years ago as the pioneer of the Ragged Schools in Westminster.</span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He was born at Craigsford, Earlston, a pretty village in Berwickshire, July 20, 1807, and partly educated in the village at the same school which the famous Dr. Waugh, of Wells Street, London, had attended half a century before.</span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When the time came for choosing a calling, he became, like Robert Moffat, a gardener. His first engagement was at Newton Don, his last in Scotland at Camperdown . . . From Camperdown he went to Hans Place, London. Wandering one day through the narrow lanes and courts of Westminster that lay to the south of the Abbey, he was so impressed with the signs of vice and misery all around him, than he resolved he would make it his life's work to do what he could to bring light and liberty to the region.</span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He gave up his occupation at Chelsea, entered the London City Mission, November, 1838, and began his work within the district bounded by Clare Street, Orchard Street, Strutton Ground, and Great Peter Street.</span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mr. Walker remained there for fourteen years, and during that time, by the blessing of God on his labours, effected a most remarkable change in the inhabitants. When he went there were six public-houses, one of them having a thieves' training school attached to it, after the manner of that described by Dickens in 'Oliver Twist'.</span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">His first place of meeting was in an old stable . . . By the kindness of Lady Trowbridge, part of it was fitted up for girls. Lady Hope provided sixty of the children with articles of clothing.' <sup>(1)</sup></span></em></p></blockquote><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></em></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Walker family grave in Earlston Churchyard</span></strong></h2><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 2005, the Borders Family History Society published Berwickshire Monumental Inscriptions Volume XI Earlston.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The book catalogues the work of Mary Betts and Marjory Murray, who surveyed the graveyard. (Elspeth Ewan, Jean Fleming and Miriam Fish conducted an additional survey of the graveyard extension).</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Betts & Murray survey recorded the inscriptions on the headstone of the Walker family as follows:</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></em></p><blockquote><em style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sacred to the memory of ROBERT WALKER who died 9.5.1854 and ISABELLA KER his wife who died 10.2.1860 JOHN their son who died in Australia 30.11.1850 THOMAS their son who died in Trey U.S.A. 9.2.1861 JESSIE their daughter who died in Joppa 27.7.1889 daughter MARGARET who died at Edinburgh 21.11.1893 HELEN their daughter who died 2.9.1894 JAMES HAY Walker who died at Perth 31.12.1952 aged 75 years JEANNIE SMART Walker his beloved wife who died at Perth 10.3.1948 aged 64 years.</span></em></blockquote><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Could this be Andrew's family?</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Unfortunately, the inscription raises more questions than it answers.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The headstone lists 5 children, but we know from census documents that Robert and Isabella Walker had at least 10 children. The monument omits Robina (aka Rebecca) (b 1817), James (b 1819), Mary (b 1821), Phebe (b 1826), and Robert (b 1830).</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So, could Andrew's name also have been omitted?</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2Ww6o09jreeDEvb9y9ADOor5qutRScsQ5W034Ou_Ptfciohk8kn6ePj9Cf56EAXDa4Ye1MhF7IDdzE6RyBfUX8VkAVM_bj8c3xMcqDepW2gjgJFYKdNR_wFa580rIqxhh1GXMnJaNSN3hN-D4B9Lbs4nPWAwLV6zxRauhAPtX5iI2TOjhZl4qzKitLFX/s2694/Walker%20Family%20Headstone.HEIC" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2480" data-original-width="2694" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ2Ww6o09jreeDEvb9y9ADOor5qutRScsQ5W034Ou_Ptfciohk8kn6ePj9Cf56EAXDa4Ye1MhF7IDdzE6RyBfUX8VkAVM_bj8c3xMcqDepW2gjgJFYKdNR_wFa580rIqxhh1GXMnJaNSN3hN-D4B9Lbs4nPWAwLV6zxRauhAPtX5iI2TOjhZl4qzKitLFX/w400-h369/Walker%20Family%20Headstone.HEIC" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Walker Family Headstone<sup>(2)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">The inscription for Thomas is intriguing. It states that Thomas died in Trey, USA, in 1861. There is a town called Trey in Texas. However, it is possible that because of the condition of the stone, the 'e' of Trey was misread and was actually an 'o' spelling the city of Troy, USA. The upper part of the headstone is illegible today, with only 'Thomas' legible.</span></div><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3naHyOCh3n5q03dnveaoa4yzkVnWz783hrmDvpaGAtM0uhx1oZPDaEZSCiFXhrC04YKm0af0URRKXno7ZFIwVH1vcv2nrykRY51NlHxBJujUPVXCnmVSZUxNxETM1f0Z8K4WPdXtlaxQlMwOy3WLAmWPaMTyMdPB5hpD5u5s58wUHQyRGGYqBHl2FaOHA/s4032/Walker%20Headstone%20Top.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3naHyOCh3n5q03dnveaoa4yzkVnWz783hrmDvpaGAtM0uhx1oZPDaEZSCiFXhrC04YKm0af0URRKXno7ZFIwVH1vcv2nrykRY51NlHxBJujUPVXCnmVSZUxNxETM1f0Z8K4WPdXtlaxQlMwOy3WLAmWPaMTyMdPB5hpD5u5s58wUHQyRGGYqBHl2FaOHA/w400-h300/Walker%20Headstone%20Top.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Top of Walker Family Headstone<sup>(3)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Similarly, Thomas's death in 1861 could have been misread. The top loop of the 6 in 1861 could have been mistaken for a closed loop of an 8 or a 9.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The date of Thomas' death seems questionable. His mother died in 1860, and Thomas registered her death. Thomas could have emigrated only to die a year and a day later. However, we also know that a Thomas Walker emigrated to the USA in June 1879 onboard ss State of Indiana with his children Isabella and Agnes. A few months later, in November, Thomas' wife, Isabella, sailed on the ss State of Georgia with children Margaret and Helen to join him. The names of the adults and children match those of Thomas Walker of Earlston.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Could Andrew be Thomas' brother, and Thomas had decided to join him in Troy?</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On the balance of probability, the answer is yes.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Another intriguing fact is the reference to Dr. Waugh in the London City Mission obituary for Andrew Walker. It was noted that Dr. Waugh had also attended school in Earlston.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1754, Dr. Alexander Waugh(4) was born in East Gordon, about 3 miles from Earlston. He attended Earlston School before attending Edinburgh University. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He moved to London in 1782, where he was one of the founding committee members of the London City Mission.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew's Grandparents</span></strong></h2><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> The Walker family originated in Sprouston, about 10 miles from Earlston. The Walkers were a well-to-do family and, in the fashion of the day, used to take a summer holiday at Spittal, a seaside town in Northumberland.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQAhsRCITnr9mkm9nFHCvDKUdw0Jy1z-KAHSRYhXOTH_0MNYUXIvLXOxt_rdQnlw00VJBcIAxagUIA4lo0QTJons1wXq_AdfKYklDloLk_xt4sEOqOausdYt9wiR6JtXfLzykX5KgcJJy56LoIqpcd71y6ZFQHOLQ_wLudMEBJN8SEG2DM4Pb3dNZPwF5/s1014/00A%20OLD%20PARISH%20CHURCH%20%20DEMOLISHED%201891%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1014" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQAhsRCITnr9mkm9nFHCvDKUdw0Jy1z-KAHSRYhXOTH_0MNYUXIvLXOxt_rdQnlw00VJBcIAxagUIA4lo0QTJons1wXq_AdfKYklDloLk_xt4sEOqOausdYt9wiR6JtXfLzykX5KgcJJy56LoIqpcd71y6ZFQHOLQ_wLudMEBJN8SEG2DM4Pb3dNZPwF5/w400-h254/00A%20OLD%20PARISH%20CHURCH%20%20DEMOLISHED%201891%20copy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Earlston Old Parish Church showing John Burnet's house at rear of the building<sup>(4)</sup> </span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One year, a wealthy Earlston family, the Burnets, were also holidaying in Spittal. There, Andrew, the grandfather of Andrew Walker, the missionary, met Janet Burnet. He asked for her hand in marriage, to which her parents agreed, provided he moved to Earlston. They married in June of 1769 and moved to Craigsford, where he became a tenant of Craigsford farm just outside Earlston.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew was profoundly religious, which would please his father-in-law since he had built the original Church of the United Secession in the village.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew, although an honourable man, was somewhat naïve, thinking that others were as honourable as himself, which resulted in him being taken advantage of by others in business. He was nonetheless a much-admired man. At his funeral, a mourner was heard to declare that 'one of the pillars of the Church was fallen.'</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew's parents</span></strong></h2><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">Robert, was of the same character as his father. Although he continued to work on the farm, he established one of the largest general merchant businesses in the district. He was known as 'Honest Robert'.</span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyKNEMpLUzne_VAb9sz5aAjyk2T6BvzgVaTXBPkOUFROYp84v6OjtAmpoWt7L2-hd5_oFuw81_Te7AJHtjMGUZgyo15quksf6JBqnX2fRJ6lqz9pPQESqgmS9JLidupRt5CoHRuHGidBdrQBurs-UR5VrIJC1HJP598CaxCc48QiMnhb7GBqEv5dnY_nG/s640/Pigots%20Directory%201837.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyKNEMpLUzne_VAb9sz5aAjyk2T6BvzgVaTXBPkOUFROYp84v6OjtAmpoWt7L2-hd5_oFuw81_Te7AJHtjMGUZgyo15quksf6JBqnX2fRJ6lqz9pPQESqgmS9JLidupRt5CoHRuHGidBdrQBurs-UR5VrIJC1HJP598CaxCc48QiMnhb7GBqEv5dnY_nG/w400-h266/Pigots%20Directory%201837.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pigot`s Business Directory 1837 listing Robert Walker<sup>(5)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert was an avid book reader and book collector. He was friends with William Oliphant, of Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier publishers, and amassed a considerable sized library.</span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert was given to solitary reflection and could often be seen walking along his favourite stretch of the Leader near Cowdenknowes, which became known as 'Walker's Haugh'.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert married Isabella Ker, the daughter of a Redpath farmer. Isabella was known as a lady of great amiability and the same high character as Robert.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some commentators considered that Isabella's father had some claim concerning the succession to the Dukedom of Roxburgh, which happened between 1805 and 1812. When advised to present his claims, he replied, 'I am very comfortable here; why should I trouble myself. I might gain nothing by the attempt and, after all, lose what I have saved'.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew's siblings</span></strong></h2><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We've already seen that Robert and Isabella had a large family, and all ten children survived. As in all families, some children lived remarkable lives, others less so.</span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The firstborn was Helen (1805). Helen never married. However, she did witness her sister Margret's marriage to Robert Aitken, a silversmith, in St Andrews Parish, Holborn, City of London, in 1835. She also witnessed Andrew's marriage to Ann Isabel Wilson in St Luke, Chelsea, the following year. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfBLM82HRQYXxU6-27mLJY5kbwT9P7_4xaL1tyujSpKGV2GA9TZNSwtXyXXwS4jyj0roeJ35sn6xNMQFP_zJK2xs6rDPkOxLUCR2XZIJRc-DX2qm8HcgewMz6Y9pTKwfkJUudHLXRNgl87qAVmW9gq3M-JhH0lvBi2lssDHMUf4excxXXHQBQkb4xXQAQ/s1959/Walker%20Wilson%20Marriage%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="1959" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfBLM82HRQYXxU6-27mLJY5kbwT9P7_4xaL1tyujSpKGV2GA9TZNSwtXyXXwS4jyj0roeJ35sn6xNMQFP_zJK2xs6rDPkOxLUCR2XZIJRc-DX2qm8HcgewMz6Y9pTKwfkJUudHLXRNgl87qAVmW9gq3M-JhH0lvBi2lssDHMUf4excxXXHQBQkb4xXQAQ/s320/Walker%20Wilson%20Marriage%20crop.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Walker Wilson marriage registration<sup>(6)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></div><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In later years, Helen lived with her sister Phebe (aka Phoebe) and her husband William McBean, who owned a bookshop in Melrose. Helen died in 1894, and Phebe in 1906.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">As discussed above, Andrew was the second of Robert and Isabella's children. After Andrew, Jessie (baptised Janet Burnet in honour of her paternal grandmother) was born in 1809. Jessie worked as a domestic servant and, later, lived with her sister, Margret Aitken, who lived in the Joppa area of Edinburgh, where she died in 1889.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew's younger brother, John, sought fame and fortune abroad, emigrating to Australia. John married Elizabeth Roy from Alloa in 1838. The following year, their daughter, Margaret, was born in Edinburgh. Around 1839, John and his family emigrated to Australia, settling in Richmond, Tasmania.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1847, John and his family moved to Fiery Creek, Victoria, where John became the landlord of the Fiery Creek Inn and the town postmaster.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNmC1RTPpacBEerwrnLvmFHEp0DWLcombiw_jA6T5BnBV9tJo21BRUM9WbQtqFggqD2rqpB3eEic20ZbxYI4CDWBsSXwGQb-JYXLMhjwpH9c2vaX5yE98GRBaKNRet5dDh5bo90M85CphGdZvhj-fm1MRvgZvD7JBLizms-BG_fXSp50DxPGAwciku6vB/s640/Fiery%20Creek%20InnAnnouncement.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWNmC1RTPpacBEerwrnLvmFHEp0DWLcombiw_jA6T5BnBV9tJo21BRUM9WbQtqFggqD2rqpB3eEic20ZbxYI4CDWBsSXwGQb-JYXLMhjwpH9c2vaX5yE98GRBaKNRet5dDh5bo90M85CphGdZvhj-fm1MRvgZvD7JBLizms-BG_fXSp50DxPGAwciku6vB/s320/Fiery%20Creek%20InnAnnouncement.jpeg" width="288" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Announcement in the Melbourne Argus 1847<sup>(7)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fiery Creek would become the centre of the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, but by then, John and his family had moved to Cavendish, where he died in 1850 at age 35.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Of all Andrew's siblings, his sister Robina's work mirrored most closely that of Andrew's work with the needy. Robina was baptised as Rebecca but always referred to as Robina. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCz3MumHczNaGvViCR3oFiIrM5HGFi8rCvc9Dt9EamfKMJ3HKCvrtAlR4BpZDFbbE7dnAigzXKldMI9o8fvhe9Lt7OMDsl5VB6zgdPnFJyl99Fl9h_xBeqKcT7zds1RZNG4c1LoduNvz99XMvuw2Eeru7vpfUu9ayaWHXSbhY6pl4J7YE3sZH2BveI5xr/s1925/Rebecca%20Walker%20Birth%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="152" data-original-width="1925" height="50" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCz3MumHczNaGvViCR3oFiIrM5HGFi8rCvc9Dt9EamfKMJ3HKCvrtAlR4BpZDFbbE7dnAigzXKldMI9o8fvhe9Lt7OMDsl5VB6zgdPnFJyl99Fl9h_xBeqKcT7zds1RZNG4c1LoduNvz99XMvuw2Eeru7vpfUu9ayaWHXSbhY6pl4J7YE3sZH2BveI5xr/w640-h50/Rebecca%20Walker%20Birth%20crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Rebecca Walker registration of birth and baptism 1817<sup>(8)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Born in 1817 and described as a tall, fair, auburn-haired girl, quiet of speech and gentle disposition, she made friends quickly. As a teenager, she moved to Edinburgh. She became a teacher at Potterrow School, exposing her to the poor of the city in much the same way as Andrew working in the Devil's Acre. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXZxiwbJ2itX0CJNw2lxojZsjdPJclLRNi06aZSYs50PUHwl0Nx6IUtjUaqfhIPg52V_vXb8FQQCcr1PaJb3PVRPNspRVRHiDhv3aQXsLVOD9p-ll-_polAijOZn58J3PlEi8LKXRmve3Kc7jU311q6pJaL0i8tqsbT6BnavhJbmjpYAYVK4usBkh4OmR/s2100/Robina%20Walker%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXZxiwbJ2itX0CJNw2lxojZsjdPJclLRNi06aZSYs50PUHwl0Nx6IUtjUaqfhIPg52V_vXb8FQQCcr1PaJb3PVRPNspRVRHiDhv3aQXsLVOD9p-ll-_polAijOZn58J3PlEi8LKXRmve3Kc7jU311q6pJaL0i8tqsbT6BnavhJbmjpYAYVK4usBkh4OmR/s320/Robina%20Walker%20copy.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robina Motherwell née Walker<sup>(9)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robina had many anecdotes about her work, and one experience that must have given her some comfort involved a young boy she met on the street. She asked why he wasn't in school, and he explained that the school refused to accept him since his clothes were too shabby (this was before the School Board). However, Robina couldn't afford to buy the lad clothes. Instead, Robina raised the issue with her minister's wife. She not only agreed to buy the clothing but also agreed to purchase clothing for the lad's subsequent years of schooling. The boy turned out to be an exemplary pupil.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The anecdote, quoted in her obituary, said:</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Long years after, the same boy, now a fine strapping sunburnt fellow with kid gloves on his hands, came to thank his one-time rescuer from the streets for all the kindness she had shown him in his poverty.</span><sup style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: center;">(10)</sup></blockquote><p></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robina married comparatively late at 40 to a coal merchant, John Motherwell, aged 32 years and died in 1906.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James Walker was born in 1819 and, unlike his siblings, remained near his place of birth. His early years were spent helping his father in his general merchant business. James would travel by horse and gig, sometimes staying away for days.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He could be carrying considerable cash, attracting 'predatory nomads of the district'. On one occasion, robbers attempted to stop him by grabbing his horse. However, the horse was too quick, and the attempt was thwarted by the intervention of James' mastiff 'Neptune'.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James tried various jobs after his father's death, including gingham and tweed manufacture. In 1863, he married Mary Hay, and they had four children - Sarah, who would emigrate to Canada, Isabella Ker, Robert and Janet, who died of scarlet fever aged 5. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James and his family moved to the old School House in Mertoun, a few miles from Earlston. James took the tenancy for the nearby orchard at Dryburgh Abbey, where he established a market garden business like his brother Andrew. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">When planting his crops, he unearthed a burial cist of the early settlers in the Tweed Valley. Being conscientious, James reinterred the remains at a different location, no doubt to the annoyance of local antiquarians!</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James' wife Mary died in 1891, and three years later, James married Alice Robertson. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">James died in 1906. He was probably the village's oldest inhabitant and the last of the Earlston Walkers.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Mary, the second youngest of the Walker children, married Neil Cochrane, a mason, and lived in Edinburgh. She died in 1885, aged 64 years.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The youngest child, Robert, was born in 1830 when his eldest sister was 25. Like many men in Earlston, he became a cotton gingham weaver. The demand for Earlston gingham was reckoned to be over 100 weavers producing the material. However, the market collapsed when gingham fell out of fashion, and the gingham weaving industry died. Robert became a clothier, as stated on his registration of death. He married Mary Ann Hunter and died at the early age of 60.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><strong style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew Walker's legacy</span></strong></h2><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The impact of Andrew's work as a missionary was considerable. </span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The concept of the first Ragged School caught the public's imagination. More and more schools were formed, creating the London Ragged School Union in 1844 to share resources to help the poor. In the 1870s, Dr. Barnado opened what was to be the largest Ragged School in London on Copperfield Road. Today, the building is the Ragged School Museum.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Locally, Kelso had a ragged school, details of which can be found at the Borders Family History Society. (http://blog.bordersfhs.org.uk/2011/06/kelso-poor-law-and-ragged-school.html)</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background: repeat; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The success of Ragged Schools highlighted the need for free primary education, which was finally introduced in the late 1890s thanks to Andrew Walker's pioneering work.</span></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDSxBcGRiGtvfuRJgP4vN56wwgklPSUBl1istGLSRqBLKvP_J8AbESGS54hkdQdKe9Nj9CIXKUYLFl4QmQ_zNgu1KlGCjGJV06P1IfQ8Y1NUp9o-d40hE-Ip_0lXcHiDbPsCTmPrQS21H7W3-2DwPaOokgwFdix2h8C3oG4tNOe3-YXbtIHVaWJ1cVJfH/s800/ragged-school-museum-exterior.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDSxBcGRiGtvfuRJgP4vN56wwgklPSUBl1istGLSRqBLKvP_J8AbESGS54hkdQdKe9Nj9CIXKUYLFl4QmQ_zNgu1KlGCjGJV06P1IfQ8Y1NUp9o-d40hE-Ip_0lXcHiDbPsCTmPrQS21H7W3-2DwPaOokgwFdix2h8C3oG4tNOe3-YXbtIHVaWJ1cVJfH/w400-h320/ragged-school-museum-exterior.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ragged School Museum<sup>(11)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Credits</span></b></h2><ol><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">London City Mission obituary for Andrew Walker - <a href="https://raggedtheology.blogspot.com/">https://raggedtheology.blogspot.com/</a> </span></li>
<li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #3a55d8; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Photos of Walker family headstone - the author</span></li>
<li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Photos of Walker family headstone - the author</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Postcard from Auld Earlston collection</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Pigot's Business Directory - https://archive.org</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">www.ancestry.co.uk</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Announcement in the style of Melbourne Argus 1847</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Judith Anderson, Alexander Family Tree, - https://www.ancestry.co.uk</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The Border Magazine Vol. XI, No. 127, July 1906</span></li><li style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-ragged-schools/">https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com</a></span></li>
</ol><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Comments</span></b></h2><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Can you provide any information on the Walker family remembered in the Earlston churchyard? We'd be delighted to hear about your findings, so please share them in the comments section below. </span></p><div><br /></div><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: repeat; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com3Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.329502163821154 -37.834731 83.949969836178838 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-29735355729070232662023-08-01T08:48:00.001+00:002023-08-28T12:12:10.034+00:00What the Dickens has that got to do with Earlston?<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span><span style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">In 1812 Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth to John and Elizabeth Dickens. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #0d0d14; text-align: justify;"></span></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He attended school until aged 12 when he was forced to get a job in a boot-blacking factory after his father was jailed in a debtors prison.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After 3 years, Dickens returned to school before embarking on a career in journalism.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcFskOpjnObIALo-OmD3bowtRK-lzU3aUszzBr9tBMzPMTdouKAJHG55s2r8UakWJ3ElfMGx_2KRuSce97s09BMIEoIVTy6K4fbhg_lPg2zjmnnsaAL_ZG-Yt63p5wNh-h3G8KY8s3XE5bC4iHnUhO675d3MVTFW_fOYC-rPCqbWQf_mZrsWVQ8R7bDjA/s400/1%20charles-dickens.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Portrait of Charles Dickens" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbcFskOpjnObIALo-OmD3bowtRK-lzU3aUszzBr9tBMzPMTdouKAJHG55s2r8UakWJ3ElfMGx_2KRuSce97s09BMIEoIVTy6K4fbhg_lPg2zjmnnsaAL_ZG-Yt63p5wNh-h3G8KY8s3XE5bC4iHnUhO675d3MVTFW_fOYC-rPCqbWQf_mZrsWVQ8R7bDjA/w286-h320/1%20charles-dickens.jpg" width="286" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Charles Dickens <sup>(1)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dickens career as an author began in 1836 when he had his first novel, Pickwick Papers, published in serialised form.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Around that time, Dickens visited an area of Westminster known as the Devil's Acre and was deeply affected by the terrible conditions he witnessed. Based on his experience, he wrote a novel revolving around an orphan who had run away from a workhouse to London, where he became involved with a gang of thieves, living and working in a fictional Devil's Acre.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The novel was called 'Oliver Twist' and was first published in serial form, then as a three-volume novel.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In the story, the Devil's Acre becomes Jacob's Island. Dickens describes it as <i></i></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>'the filthiest, the strangest, the most extraordinary of the many localities that are hidden in London' </i></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica;">where the houses were <i></i><blockquote><i>'so filthy, so confined, that the air would seem to be too tainted even for the dirt and squalor'</i>.</blockquote></span><p></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">
</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The year was 1838.</span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">What has that got to do with Earlston?</span></b></h2><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">In 1807 Andrew Walker was born in Earlston to Robert Walker and his wife, whose name was not recorded.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPP_BnTBmJJW9fKM9ERpDTA4Y1gTj5_pgU4JuderWUrnu-tXx0FdPfal2l6Vi-vdXs9tSJhdQ7VOraxvvRcjNIEOcUzvpmh586VfbMXTRgMX0s2-y3a32rbjy1lEohfVrxtWb_aIm3C3w55ecnxbIAT_nr_c7y3goSrI-sWrlWoaGIL-x5o1bXPO3NoQA/s288/Andrew%20Walker%20birth%20cropped.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Extract from old parish records showing Andrew Walker's registration of birth" border="0" data-original-height="48" data-original-width="288" height="67" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPP_BnTBmJJW9fKM9ERpDTA4Y1gTj5_pgU4JuderWUrnu-tXx0FdPfal2l6Vi-vdXs9tSJhdQ7VOraxvvRcjNIEOcUzvpmh586VfbMXTRgMX0s2-y3a32rbjy1lEohfVrxtWb_aIm3C3w55ecnxbIAT_nr_c7y3goSrI-sWrlWoaGIL-x5o1bXPO3NoQA/w400-h67/Andrew%20Walker%20birth%20cropped.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Extract from Old Parish records showing Andrew Walker’s registration of birth<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>(2)</sup></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: helvetica; text-align: justify;">Andrew attended the village school, probably until he was 12, before training as a gardener.</span></div><div>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He worked at Newton Don house near Kelso, then Camperdown House near Dundee. Later he took up a new position at a house in Hans Place in London.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One evening while out walking he became lost in Old Pye Street, in 'the Devil's Acre'. </span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt4m6OLwJCq0cfu7NfFw99A99dcobb9D2v0DVi9lrpjx_0wgmIKBjcMHfCePEnotMMp9vm7Sr7DjEOlMpCYvUcbZ49tzZqh5LTtbix6FBzizyydG8pnVJ0NsDCvkpXNkZFwbnaq6kNpapB6_JYKEc5GVtkM3WGiHD6pWy9TefyPjL5HQLtqPJPn4YfDsf/s611/2%20BBC%20Victorian%20London.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Victorian London street scene showing poverty" border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="611" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRt4m6OLwJCq0cfu7NfFw99A99dcobb9D2v0DVi9lrpjx_0wgmIKBjcMHfCePEnotMMp9vm7Sr7DjEOlMpCYvUcbZ49tzZqh5LTtbix6FBzizyydG8pnVJ0NsDCvkpXNkZFwbnaq6kNpapB6_JYKEc5GVtkM3WGiHD6pWy9TefyPjL5HQLtqPJPn4YfDsf/w400-h305/2%20BBC%20Victorian%20London.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Victorian London <sup>(3)</sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Appalled by the conditions he saw, he decided to give up his work as a gardener. He applied to join the London City Mission (LCM) as a missionary and asked to be assigned to 'the Devil's Acre'.</p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Archives of the London City Mission Index of City Missionaries<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup>(4)</sup></span> record that on October 29, Andrew was accepted as a missionary with a salary of £65 per annum. The records also show that he was appointed to the Old Pye Street District in Westminster.</p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The year was 1838.</p><div><br /></div></span><p></p></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The first Ragged School</span></h2><div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew was convinced that even a basic education would benefit the street children. </span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He found a disused stable, and with financial backing from Anthony Ashely-Cooper (Lord Ashely, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury), Andrew established the first Ragged School. With Lady Trowbridge's support, he could furnish part of the school to accommodate girls. Lady Hope provided sixty of the children with articles of clothing.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The London City Mission Society Committee Minutes show that </span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica;">'<i>On the opening day, many titled people were there.'</i> </span></blockquote><p></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Such support would profoundly affect the provision of free education, although it would take many years to happen.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew's work was recognised by the LCM in 1841 when he was awarded a salary increase of £5. Then in 1852, Andrew was promoted to training superintendent with a salary increase of £10.<sup>(4)</sup></span></p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><sup><br /></sup></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-large; text-align: left; vertical-align: super;">Street children and ex-convicts</span></h2><div><span style="text-align: left; vertical-align: super;"><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1840, Andrew was asked by the Mission to take action to stem the growth of the poor and criminal classes in his area. His work with street children was successful with more and more children benefitting from an elementary education. However, Andrew realised that part of the problem lay in criminals released from prison without any means of support. Therefore, they were compelled to return to crime as their only means of survival.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Andrew was convinced that if he provided ex-convicts with a trade, they would have some chance of gainful employment.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">He established a nursery where ex-convicts could learn about the basics of horticulture. Horticulture was very popular during the Victorian era, with businesses ready to meet the demand for flowers, laying out and maintaining gardens.</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The plight of the impoverished street children and ragged school was a recurring theme in Dickens' books, such as Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby and A Christmas Carol. There is no doubt that Dickens was impressed with Andrew's work, in particular his nursery. </span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Dickens wrote a weekly journal called 'Household Words’. In it, he would write on many topics to bring to the broader public's attention of social injustices. For the mid-1800s, this was very 'woke'!</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In 1857, Dickens wrote how Andrew had established a gardening business, and it was advertised as</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wellington and Bedford Nurseries</span></b></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Nurseryman and Florist</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Flower stands furnished, Gardens Laid Out and attended to.</span></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Carriage entrance, Wellington Road</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The sign bore the motto 'Work - the Restorer of Virtue'</span></p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In an article titled 'Tilling the Devil's Acre' Dickens described Andrew's nursery as follows:</span></p></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="text-align: left; vertical-align: super;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In this nursery garden, the rose opens noiselessly under the hand of the cracksman; the coarse fingers of the garroter clasp the neck of the hyacinth to its stick, and light touches of the pickpocket delicately tend to the lilies of the valley.</span></i></div></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It would be unrealistic to expect all ex-convicts to go through some miraculous change simply by working for Andrew, but there were some successes. As Dickens put it -</span></div></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>As the youths were watering the masses of young plants that drooped their leaves under the heat of the spring sun, they were but doing as they were done by. Even to the eye of the flesh, there is a peculiar droop of a young thief's head, that may be taken as an emblem of the moral drought by which, if not a man will help him, he must die. It was still to be in some of these young gardeners; but there was evident in all the sense of a reviving influence. Labour in the open air had taken haggardness out of their cheeks, and honest living had quickly put healthy looks into their eyes.</i><span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><i><sup>(5)</sup></i></span></div></span></div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p></blockquote><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">Making men of good character</span></h2><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Andrew's experiment with his work with ex-convicts was working. However, to take it to the next level, he selected a youth, provided him with food and accommodation and trained him as a gardener.</p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Bear in mind that the lad had been a thief and vagrant for several years, driven from his family home by his abusive step-grandfather. When he entered the Ragged School, his possessions were 'an old tattered coat and part of a pair of trousers and these a mass of filth'.</p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After five months of training, the youth was deemed ready for employment in the wider world. Through the kindness of Lord Ashley he was accepted as a migrant to Australia.</p>
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<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On learning that he had been successful, the youth was overjoyed. Shortly before embarking on his voyage, he said:</p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i>'If ever I should be possessed of a farm, I will call it Ashely's Farm. I shall never forget the Ragged School, for if it had not been for it, instead of going to Australia with a good character, I should have been sent to some other colony loaded with chains.</i></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We don't know if he ever possessed that farm, but he was reportedly successful in his new life.</p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Andrew's next task was to scale up the training of more young gardeners. Over the coming years, countless young men would emigrate to Australia and the United States of America as gardeners 'of good character'.</p><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Retirement</h2><div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The nature of the work put a heavy toll on Andrew's health. In 1853 he retired from the Mission on medical advice. He established a nursery business on Wellington Road on the Surrey side of the Thames, continuing to help youths recently released from prison.</p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Emigration</h2></div><div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">For a short time, he continued his nursery business. Still, by 1857 and now a widower, he and his daughter, Mary, emigrated to Troy in New York State, where he became an active worker and elder in the United Presbyterian Church and started a gardening business.</p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In 1860 the US government conducted a census of the population. Two inhabitants of Troy, county of Rensselaer, state of New York, were Andrew Walker, aged 51, born in Scotland with the occupation of a gardener, and his daughter, Mary, 24 years old, born in England.</p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvFzaKvV_sAN483W5DZC-lFwGLUhDazbZp36IH0AKcdNWZdkqC-lxHVchNsCduTpoZndr8Exo-A_D4LfHL2B0TnEZ_UZzxU6ZIJp4-5Ksyqhs8yd-Hb91SaS87LZcZWhegs_0l3kSUCOEYtZnWlNkxX01BO4ECIz72VlgZpTsit8tB0JJ7EYbZ4BY546z/s1078/3%201860%20US%20Census.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Extract from 1860 US Census for Troy" border="0" data-original-height="68" data-original-width="1078" height="25" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvFzaKvV_sAN483W5DZC-lFwGLUhDazbZp36IH0AKcdNWZdkqC-lxHVchNsCduTpoZndr8Exo-A_D4LfHL2B0TnEZ_UZzxU6ZIJp4-5Ksyqhs8yd-Hb91SaS87LZcZWhegs_0l3kSUCOEYtZnWlNkxX01BO4ECIz72VlgZpTsit8tB0JJ7EYbZ4BY546z/w400-h25/3%201860%20US%20Census.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extract from 1860 US Census for Troy<sup>(6)</sup></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Charles Dickens' lasting impression of Andrew</h2><div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><blockquote>'<i>Mr Walker is a Scotchman, who was born in the village of Earlstown, on Leaderwater, and was brought up to the trade of gardening. He first came to London about 20 years ago as a gardener to some gentleman of lady; and before he had been long in town, happened to lose his way one day in a labyrinth of filthy lanes and alley ways west of Westminster Abbey. … Shocked deeply by what he saw when lost for an hour among these lanes - in which so many are lost from the hour of their birth to the hour of their burial - Mr Walker dwelt for days upon new thoughts forced into his mind. What were the most glorious flowers in the universe to the divine blossom destroyed when children become, soul and body, loathsome, and when sins and sorrows settle like a cloud of locusts on a thicket of doomed women and men? By Heaven's help, he said, I will give you my life up to the hope that I may prosper in a better gardening than this with tulips and mignonette. He had heard of London city missionaries, and applied to be enrolled among their number. He was so enrolled and for sixteen years worked as a city missionary, having that dread acre at Westminster assigned to him as his ground. During the sixteen years he witnessed gradual improvement, and was, of course, active in laying the foundations of local ragged schools and </i><i style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: justify;">r</i><i style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: justify;">eformatories.’ </i><span style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><i><sup>(7)</sup></i></span></blockquote><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Coming up in next month's post </h2></div><div><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We’ve seen how Andrew was equally at home with the impoverished and aristocrats alike and how his work gave an education and hope to London’s poor and ex-convicts. He also gave inspiration to Charles Dickens, considered by many as the greatest Victorian novelist and social critic, who created some of the world’s best known fictional characters. </p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In our next post we’ll look at Andrew’s family in Earlston.</p><p style="color: #0d0d14; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Credits</h2></div><div>1. Portrait of Charles Dickens <a href="http://www.classicalartuniverse.com" target="_blank">www.classicalartuniverse.com</a></div><div>2. Andrew Walker birth Old Parish Records <a href="http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</a></div><div>3. Victorian London <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk" target="_blank">www.bbc.co.uk</a></div><div>4. Extracts from London City Mission meeting minutes <a href="http://www.raggedtheology.blogpost.com" target="_blank">www.raggedtheology.blogpost.com</a></div><div>5. Household Words <a href="https://archive.org" target="_blank">https://archive.org</a></div><div>6. Extract from 1860 US Census for Troy <a href="http://www.ancestry.co.uk" target="_blank">www.ancestry.co.uk</a></div><div>7. Household Words <a href="https://archive.org" target="_blank">https://archive.org</a></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Comments</h2><div>Any comments? We'd be delighted to hear from you in the comments section below.</div><div><span style="color: #0d0d14; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 8px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><i><sup><br /></sup></i></span></div></span></div><i style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"></i><p></p><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com6Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.329502163821154 -37.834731 83.949969836178838 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-29247570159160866072023-08-01T08:00:00.014+00:002023-08-01T08:21:21.861+00:00August Picture of the Month<h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></span><b style="color: #073a6c; font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">AULD EARLSTON</span></i></b></h2>
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<p style="color: #fb0007; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>PICTURE OF THE MONTH - August 2023</b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span></span></p>
<p style="color: #be0004; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXazIqp_JB7X1s5Pw3vdQy904pC6sRy7P_HSeCiTocYyt7GdPofS4EMwamQQsWBqG1VkTO01o29O_2XKh8y4XNfl7wwoxH0fg_H0wi9ry2s9mX2p6gn5pJqjZY2c5-fnMUMZfR86yRsxoyHP-k6JqWti98tqSAuxfr0HOkc7SkwGBJbGhy8aaBC8Ee3mQ/s993/DAVID_LOTHIAN_-_JIM_WHITE_2_RHYMERS_MILL.jpeg.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="993" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXazIqp_JB7X1s5Pw3vdQy904pC6sRy7P_HSeCiTocYyt7GdPofS4EMwamQQsWBqG1VkTO01o29O_2XKh8y4XNfl7wwoxH0fg_H0wi9ry2s9mX2p6gn5pJqjZY2c5-fnMUMZfR86yRsxoyHP-k6JqWti98tqSAuxfr0HOkc7SkwGBJbGhy8aaBC8Ee3mQ/w400-h286/DAVID_LOTHIAN_-_JIM_WHITE_2_RHYMERS_MILL.jpeg.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Power Loom Tuner at Simpson & Fairbairn Mill</b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b>This month’s picture shows Jim White a power loom tuner (someone who maintained the looms) at Simpson & Fairbairn Mill.</b></p>
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<p style="color: #073a6c; font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #18376a;"><b>E-MAIL CONTACT:</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b> </b></span><b> </b><a href="mailto:auldearlston@aol.com"><b>auldearlston@aol.com</b></a><span style="color: #0000e9; text-decoration: underline;"><b> </b></span></p>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-45611544676741686402023-07-10T06:27:00.005+00:002023-07-19T14:34:46.533+00:00EARLSTON IN THE AGE OF THE HORSE<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Introduction</span></h2>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">At a recent meeting of Auld Earlston, a member posed the question 'What did Earlston look like in the age of the horse?'</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">That prompted a lot of other questions such as ‘Who had horses?; Where did they keep them? and more.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Here then, are the answers to some of those queries.</span></p><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">Looking for clues</span></h2><div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">There are still some clues to life in Earlston in the age of horses but many of these are being lost to progress.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">As a starting point, where were horses and ponies were traded in Earlston?</span></p></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">The Horse Market</span></h2><div>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The market was located in the east end of the village. The parcel of land, initially known as Horse Market Green, grew into a well respected horse market. By the 1850s newspapers such as The Perthshire Advertiser in the north to the North & South Shields and Durham Gazette and Advertiser in the south regularly reported on the value and variety of horses and ponies traded in Earlston. However, and for whatever reason, by the beginning of the 20th century the horse market had moved. The October 1912 edition of the Berwickshire News and General Advertiser reported on the trade at the Earlston horse market held on the West Green. The grassy area previous known as Horse Market Green was now simply known as the ‘East Green’. The East Green is now disappearing to make way for the new primary school and an access road to a housing development.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGmSntfy9M_fM2FBbanIZ2-dJ7M0YbvTP3EMtP8i1BG6HG0004tx-lfHR3T4l5Gq6RV7Io4391QtA68EBDFu6q9c8dqPxTiAyxKdLfmzvdnAh1VPr1kidueKRQxV0XQ_Xy7bMr6O6VF8XVpwk1iTWBdO2YOC8QUAZM2yyVjXfnhiAMbSKJD0RXU9j23RY/s1678/0003%201%20%20East%20Green%20gypsies%20at%20%20Earlston%20fair%20%20c%201900.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Travellers camped on East Green ca 1900" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1678" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGmSntfy9M_fM2FBbanIZ2-dJ7M0YbvTP3EMtP8i1BG6HG0004tx-lfHR3T4l5Gq6RV7Io4391QtA68EBDFu6q9c8dqPxTiAyxKdLfmzvdnAh1VPr1kidueKRQxV0XQ_Xy7bMr6O6VF8XVpwk1iTWBdO2YOC8QUAZM2yyVjXfnhiAMbSKJD0RXU9j23RY/w500-h317/0003%201%20%20East%20Green%20gypsies%20at%20%20Earlston%20fair%20%20c%201900.jpeg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Travellers camping on the Horse Market around 1900. The old primary school wall and gate can be seen in the bottom right of the picture.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The East Green was a favoured site for travellers and the villagers petitioned to the land owner, Lord Binning, to prohibit camping there. He did not support the petition. However, the green was put to other uses. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On one notable occasion in 1904 a circus encamped there. The Berwickshire News and General Advertiser reported that <i>‘Sedgwick’s menagerie had taken up position on the East Green and was visited by a large number of people who were greatly pleased with the show and the various performances.’ </i></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Later that night an elephant, stabled behind the Red Lion Hotel, escaped and was caught by the hotel proprietor, Mr Smart, devouring a haystack which was destined as feed for the hotel’s horses. By use of <i>‘strong measures’ </i>the animal was returned to its stable.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Not all horses were bought and sold at the Horse Market. Local newspapers ran classified adverts under ‘Horse, Cattle, Dogs, Etc.’ In the June 20, 1895 edition of the Southern Reporter, Dr Young, the village doctor, advertised - </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>‘Harness Cob for Sale. Chestnut Mare, 15.1, very strong and hardy, grand worker, sound. Apply Dr Young Earlston’</i></span></blockquote><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">And when John Newton proprietor of the Red Lion Hotel died in 1894, his estate was sold at public auction. The range and number of items related to horses indicates the amount of equipment needed to run an hotel and meet guests needs.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Included in the sale were -</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i>‘6 useful Harness Horses and Cobs, … 1 Landau, 1 Side-glass Phaeton, 1 Brake, 2 Wagonettes, 1 Chapel Cart … 3 Sets of Double Harnesses, 5 Sets of Single Harnesses with all Stable Utensils and Horse Clothing.’</i></span></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The sale also included 1 milk cow, presumably kept to provide fresh-milk to the guests and kitchen.</span></span></p><div><br /></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Who owned horses?</span></span></h2>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;">Up until the mid 1860s, horses were the only means of transport for Earlstonians, but very few people could afford a coach fare let alone own a horse.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue; font-size: medium;">Most horses were draft horses such as Clydesdales which were used on farms for heavy work such as ploughing and pulling other machinery.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3ULRkX1Gh0xsl2alfi367rkJrpWaRWRMsYKU4dMwA5ft1IZk1dHHe9ViFsGLUCgbOIUzny6phVvowgIGR23Ou2aJ1m-czKndTM_T9qOthwcuO2TNUl80LV6nd5UlylMuI-RQAx5RlO8usOIh1sgmugDzj0R0uhnUzUditijStqsba-uNtRKQ425rB-vd/s1070/006%20%20110%20%20FROM%20CRAIGSFORDMAINS.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Working with heavy horses showing bondager" border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1070" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3ULRkX1Gh0xsl2alfi367rkJrpWaRWRMsYKU4dMwA5ft1IZk1dHHe9ViFsGLUCgbOIUzny6phVvowgIGR23Ou2aJ1m-czKndTM_T9qOthwcuO2TNUl80LV6nd5UlylMuI-RQAx5RlO8usOIh1sgmugDzj0R0uhnUzUditijStqsba-uNtRKQ425rB-vd/w577-h386/006%20%20110%20%20FROM%20CRAIGSFORDMAINS.jpeg" width="577" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">A pair of heavy horses pulling a reaping machine. Note the bondager (female farm servant) in her distinctive costume on the right of the picture.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Other businesses such as carters, tradespeople and professionals used draft horses or ponies. Dr Young used a horse and gig to attend patients in the areas surrounding Earlston.</span></p><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qx2o03pYB8b28P_k4ne6y4jBSiA2xJ5lZJxrDRAj2i4DpwbS9C5Uc3irt17-tgmxISb_r5kL4cpolclSe77WMZ0142RO8TBs7-NKJXfnlXjq68IX9sBkT761Y9raeLgzbZLlxEZ9UupJIWeeDyw1gdSoaHJX73tJFuNFbSqT9OUj54m2yrzKVR_AefBZ/s1800/BT%204%20Carter.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Earlston baker making delivery by horse and cart" border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="1800" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qx2o03pYB8b28P_k4ne6y4jBSiA2xJ5lZJxrDRAj2i4DpwbS9C5Uc3irt17-tgmxISb_r5kL4cpolclSe77WMZ0142RO8TBs7-NKJXfnlXjq68IX9sBkT761Y9raeLgzbZLlxEZ9UupJIWeeDyw1gdSoaHJX73tJFuNFbSqT9OUj54m2yrzKVR_AefBZ/w548-h333/BT%204%20Carter.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Earlston baker making a delivery to customer</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.2px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Where were the horses stabled?</span></span></h2>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Those who were fortunate enough to own a horse needed to have access to a stable to shelter the animal. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">A look through the old Valuation Rolls, an early version of rateable values, shows that a number of houses had stabling either in a yard or in a garden.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Many houses along the north side of the High Street, towards the east end of the village, had stables in the garden. Since some house names haven’t changed we can see that for example, Aitchison Place, Rose Place and Green View had stables.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Owners could access their stables and lead the horse out on to the ‘Back Road’.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">This map from 1857 shows the ‘Back Road’ running parallel with the High Street from the west end of the village to the church. The road provided church-goers from the west end of the village a path to the Kirk. </span></p><div><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgw0FUfn_Yb1xHUQaYKYebn_Xseg0P3mefuTev4da62rHnTh_F5oKeFGBq5UylR5PgHz1dc-eodOf03ey2YndDBjLophmN4e3aGNSMnbbletUp0zSrFNKdcxieq7Z7IJa3DNkduhID3WRDi7JFIlIsPgCN_LF9Cd9OPoXOZ6CQiRUXBuwD1Esobs634Cy/s1403/1857%20Map%20of%20Earlston%20Back%20Road.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1857 map of Earlston showing Back Road" border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="1403" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJgw0FUfn_Yb1xHUQaYKYebn_Xseg0P3mefuTev4da62rHnTh_F5oKeFGBq5UylR5PgHz1dc-eodOf03ey2YndDBjLophmN4e3aGNSMnbbletUp0zSrFNKdcxieq7Z7IJa3DNkduhID3WRDi7JFIlIsPgCN_LF9Cd9OPoXOZ6CQiRUXBuwD1Esobs634Cy/w504-h214/1857%20Map%20of%20Earlston%20Back%20Road.jpeg" width="504" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO9dgZl-HiTQS53unKJciQU4H4Awjh_eLb3j1fKkNCRy8psuyC_NK3neMRildcdUObITMDYRFo_aDV_Zn_yM6S8vjNN64Twx8UE-VuhzP5J7Hn4vLpCjOAQSsDUqfz_s0LYneJytWDfDmI4UpM46LpAcA9q3NTFhs_P4VREW6aVtZyV_huKyEwgaNumAAI" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Remains of the Back Road" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgO9dgZl-HiTQS53unKJciQU4H4Awjh_eLb3j1fKkNCRy8psuyC_NK3neMRildcdUObITMDYRFo_aDV_Zn_yM6S8vjNN64Twx8UE-VuhzP5J7Hn4vLpCjOAQSsDUqfz_s0LYneJytWDfDmI4UpM46LpAcA9q3NTFhs_P4VREW6aVtZyV_huKyEwgaNumAAI=w298-h397" width="298" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Very little is left of the Back Road, just a short strip from the ‘Postie Close’ (now Kyle Court) for about 100 metres towards the church.</span></p><p></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The road is in a poor state but that’s nothing new. An article in the Southern Reporter dated December 1911, reported that concerns had been raised about the condition of the road. The article stated -</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">‘It is a complaint of long standing that the Back Road is always in a condition to render it a most undesirable thoroughfare to the ordinary pedestrian. Not being a scheduled road it is left severely alone by the County Council and ratepayers, whose property it adjoins, bestow no more attention upon it that they can help, with a view to effecting a much needed improvement in this respect.’</span></i></blockquote><p></p></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The Valuation Rolls also show that some houses on New Street (now Thorn Street) also had stables. These properties had the advantage that the stables had direct access to public roads.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">For example, the 1893 Valuation Roll records that Miss Jane Roger owned a property on New Street that comprised a house, garden, shop and stable. The tenant was a Mr David Jameson who was a carter by trade.</span></p><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO7lB84hWqAK5huGSaiqql8DdrS6j-N7QCtOkxB_IKtqJwmKgFxzjIe-YbUhGwbBcTGhDSveEBe85tS86d_D-YmoKjoeLOUZ8L-yUgMdaQRsAVq6ciFSbt4fYnn8hjGHJEbuL9Qer0m6XJbCKJLtS9Yt2hfAufcXvbbniFjGT6lZVj9F4IQZwlMvcRjA2/s1586/Thorn%20Street%20Combined%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Entrance to stable on house on Thorn Street then and now" border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="1586" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzO7lB84hWqAK5huGSaiqql8DdrS6j-N7QCtOkxB_IKtqJwmKgFxzjIe-YbUhGwbBcTGhDSveEBe85tS86d_D-YmoKjoeLOUZ8L-yUgMdaQRsAVq6ciFSbt4fYnn8hjGHJEbuL9Qer0m6XJbCKJLtS9Yt2hfAufcXvbbniFjGT6lZVj9F4IQZwlMvcRjA2/w563-h423/Thorn%20Street%20Combined%201.jpg" width="563" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The early photo of Thorn Street shows an entrance to a stable immediately behind the gig. The arch over the stable entrance can still be seen in the recent photo on the left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Naturally, hotels also had stables with direct access to the street for the use of guests and the hotel proprietor.</span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The photograph below shows the old Commercial Inn on the High Street, (long since converted to a private dwelling house), with access to the stables at the rear of the building via the arched entrance.</span></div></span><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcxMqH-Za_ow9IQoikCpW2KQdKe5ZJfU2ry9xR6pLlxoggw-_3XzQ2UI-goYbrDNsqYq0eQlvkvteskOMUHHlpYYH9A9lfxo1BMw6gvOX96G8saklK6sF35AjbO8Frp1_bMrhM7yLESa5R0clrPGLDQwHHSFRJBhoqzByYrl1172_cxTG1XKz9mMmcWyZ/s4032/Commercial%20Inn%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The old Commercial Inn with entrance to stables" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcxMqH-Za_ow9IQoikCpW2KQdKe5ZJfU2ry9xR6pLlxoggw-_3XzQ2UI-goYbrDNsqYq0eQlvkvteskOMUHHlpYYH9A9lfxo1BMw6gvOX96G8saklK6sF35AjbO8Frp1_bMrhM7yLESa5R0clrPGLDQwHHSFRJBhoqzByYrl1172_cxTG1XKz9mMmcWyZ/w536-h402/Commercial%20Inn%202.jpeg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Who looked after the horses?</span></h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Not only was stabling needed for the horses but also blacksmiths, saddlers and grooms.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The 1900 business directory for Earlston lists four blacksmiths in the village. The bulk of their work would be repairing farm machinery and carts but the number of horses needing shoed would provide a good income too. One blacksmith, J & A Brotherston, is still under family ownership and working from the original premises. Another blacksmith, Robert Lee, whose premises, although no longer in use, still stands on the corner of West Green and Station Road. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghENmFYz-64PXpcfwp6NA1jiRWnj7RGJffKO4MfnAY2UBXiw_rSd4GPMpdZW3IK73LC08vsDqY_LAD_pqzHG6lnAIcCCJBbn75TF4CslI7uJs_jPLcEaovsnXl82i385NL7qceJX4_bu-5xxFBXXlYTXabAXdUjUVs58QkXxGnxYs2rPh5qCEDXOC1AIT-" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Robert Lee's smithy now and then" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1964" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghENmFYz-64PXpcfwp6NA1jiRWnj7RGJffKO4MfnAY2UBXiw_rSd4GPMpdZW3IK73LC08vsDqY_LAD_pqzHG6lnAIcCCJBbn75TF4CslI7uJs_jPLcEaovsnXl82i385NL7qceJX4_bu-5xxFBXXlYTXabAXdUjUVs58QkXxGnxYs2rPh5qCEDXOC1AIT-=w532-h277" width="532" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Robert Lee's smithy, Now and Then</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Opposite Lee’s smithy was the village saddler, John MacDonald, on Station Road.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DgUeBSyfUJNzIrhxahbQslYkRChgC9v7r_oSz2DsOTgiruQ2DpxUhFgyF1JBdny3cuYgOsNuA3HeO6I_mHQWBqjpoYBwy3z9WZgFzzyW-oUuHXTuKHG32o38uYf6Z_qpc0zGD_-z6D8JtIgsGG0FWCq-3AavbcYGOlggF2QYJpMu79XkhWb3OsOqK5eU/s2050/Old%20Saddler%20on%20Station%20Road%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Old saddler's premises" border="0" data-original-height="2050" data-original-width="1750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DgUeBSyfUJNzIrhxahbQslYkRChgC9v7r_oSz2DsOTgiruQ2DpxUhFgyF1JBdny3cuYgOsNuA3HeO6I_mHQWBqjpoYBwy3z9WZgFzzyW-oUuHXTuKHG32o38uYf6Z_qpc0zGD_-z6D8JtIgsGG0FWCq-3AavbcYGOlggF2QYJpMu79XkhWb3OsOqK5eU/w341-h400/Old%20Saddler%20on%20Station%20Road%20copy.jpeg" width="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">John MacDonald, Saddler, Station Road (white door and window) now converted to a private house</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">On farms it was the job of the ‘hinds’ (male farm servants) to care for his assigned horse. Around mid-day the hind would feed and water the horse and allow it to rest for a couple of hours. At the end of the day the horse was unhitched (lowsin’ time) and brought back to its stable for more food and water, and grooming. If needs be the hind would polish the harness and leather work to keep it supple and waterproof.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Some businesses and private individuals would employ grooms to tend to the horses. For example, the 1911 Census shows that Dr Young, in addition to employing a cook and house maid, also had a groom to tend to his horse. The village hotels employed grooms to tend to the proprietor’s horse and those of guests. </span></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye4E_rnRsleMc3F5U_TaodDiwKT4hRUA6aXxCZeCZGyZdWX8IM987LAaZr8_-UwvmPJdB0X3VBbTCIT2-ssf-sKPImL5QfY-7ybtDgyCh6n57jonyxv-qFupmr4YnyqlNH2F1ZmrS25N7boD7QZYurOCEYN7FqFyw2bHiAEatBH4igxsT-97bwm9cDxSs/s1484/Robert%20Reid%201891%20Census.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Extract from Scotland 1891 census" border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="1484" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgye4E_rnRsleMc3F5U_TaodDiwKT4hRUA6aXxCZeCZGyZdWX8IM987LAaZr8_-UwvmPJdB0X3VBbTCIT2-ssf-sKPImL5QfY-7ybtDgyCh6n57jonyxv-qFupmr4YnyqlNH2F1ZmrS25N7boD7QZYurOCEYN7FqFyw2bHiAEatBH4igxsT-97bwm9cDxSs/w506-h86/Robert%20Reid%201891%20Census.jpg" width="506" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Extract from 1891 Census showing Robert Reid, employed as a groom at the Red Lion Hotel.<br />Credit: Scotland's People</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Where roads safer in the age of the horse?</span></h2><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Would roads have been safer in the age of the horse? Certainly there were fewer vehicles on the road and generally they travelled much slower than today’s cars and trucks but accidents still happened to drivers, passengers and pedestrians. </span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In November of 1895 Co-Op vanman, James Weatherston had just made a delivery to Cowdenknowes Mains when his horse bolted upsetting the van. When Weatherston fell, the van landed on his legs breaking one of them. He was taken to his home in Darlingfield where he was treated by Dr Young.</div></span></span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In August 1895 a four wheeled phaeton carriage carrying an ‘excursion trip’ was returning from Lauder to Earlston. The horse suddenly bolted and one passenger, Mrs Valance who was holding her seventeen month old child, jumped from the carriage. She landed on her shoulder breaking her collar bone. The child was unharmed and both taken home to Galashiels where they received medial treatment.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">n December of 1885, a young boy, Robert Moffat was run over by a spring cart near the entrance to the cattle sale-ring in Earlston. He was taken home where he was treated by Dr Young who did not consider the boy’s injuries as serious.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Fortunately, these examples of ‘road traffic accidents’ resulted in, what would be considered today, minor injuries , however one wonders if the injured were left with any lasting damage, for example from bones that didn’t set properly, if they lost their jobs as a result of their injury or how they would be able to pay for any medical treatment they received.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Just like the modern day, there were at least some controls to make roads safer. Local newspapers of the late nineteenth century reported cases appearing in police courts. A frequently reported offence was ‘being drunk while in charge of horse’.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Punishment seemed to be inconsistent. For example, labourer William Dawson, was found guilty of being drunk in charge of a horse and cart in the Market Place and Station Road in Melrose. He was find 25s (£1.25) or ‘suffer twenty-one days imprisonment. Whereas farmer George Beattie (his tenth appearance before the court on this charge!) was ordered to pay a fine of 10s (50p) or suffer seven days imprisonment for the same offence.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In another case heard in Hawick in 1897, a labourer was charged with ‘careless and reckless driving”. The labourer, who was under the influence of drink, was driving rapidly on the wrong side of the road when one of the shafts of his trap struck a horse being ridden by a local postman killing it. The labourer was fined 20s (£1) or ten days imprisonment.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">All work and no play?</span></h2><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">If you drive from Earlston towards Kelso, about 2.5 miles after leaving the village, you pass the road end to Yarlside Farm. The farm was once the site of Earlston horse racecourse.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When the track was established isn’t known however when the Ordnance Survey conducted a survey of Berwickshire in 1871 the site was known then as the ‘old racecourse’ so its obvious that it is much, much older than the 1870s.</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1kOBthkNCtpJtJWpulu9GxmM63klSNwylW4wqfXG_y_WoBGMVG8GXBxTaUsv3o4NEHCsET2JllgD-FgorXicXc0jvgctY1ZRr4mbTMOxGCyjW55VuwcTSX3MQz0oswaaURUiXjmrEfQbLAkUhYsxphD0kn5aX9SvkEsNKejSjl-oHMekxL9slJ0gAh_P/s1008/Old%20Racecourse%20copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The old Racecourse at Earlston" border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1008" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU1kOBthkNCtpJtJWpulu9GxmM63klSNwylW4wqfXG_y_WoBGMVG8GXBxTaUsv3o4NEHCsET2JllgD-FgorXicXc0jvgctY1ZRr4mbTMOxGCyjW55VuwcTSX3MQz0oswaaURUiXjmrEfQbLAkUhYsxphD0kn5aX9SvkEsNKejSjl-oHMekxL9slJ0gAh_P/w400-h260/Old%20Racecourse%20copy.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The old race track in red and Racecourse Plantation<br />Credit: Canmore.org.uk</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">When the race course fell out of use and the area was planted as a wooded area. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The Ordnance Survey maps of today (Sheet 74) still show ‘Racecourse Plantation’.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The final journey</span></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">For many villagers the only horse drawn carriage ride would be in the village hearse to the churchyard.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">A coach-house still stands on Church Street which once housed the hearse (locally known as the ‘hearse hoose!), although these days it is used by Scottish Borders Council for other purposes.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The hearse was shared between churches in Earlston and Lauder to give the recently departed a suitable send off on their final journey.</span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The photo below shows the ‘hearse hoose’ as it is today together with an early, colourised photo of Church Street showing a pony in front of the hearse coach-house.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMVClNUNqFzQt63gIVDSCRCk_NL6PY4wZ1grrxoXEUf7dBC2d1sZTLyXouCYr-xLV4rm6WdDvjo-hsVr_Mb4AjDg1OaNlD64yGzBmBI__Qfcvlw_82f_Q7O-8vZ0bFpdyc5YExMBBuRjtJkpkEgzL3xpja0g3fpBPVxo-sTZPlmv930R5SU_nyemE1n2f/s1684/Hearse%20Hoose%20Combined.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Hearse Hoose now and then" border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="1684" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmMVClNUNqFzQt63gIVDSCRCk_NL6PY4wZ1grrxoXEUf7dBC2d1sZTLyXouCYr-xLV4rm6WdDvjo-hsVr_Mb4AjDg1OaNlD64yGzBmBI__Qfcvlw_82f_Q7O-8vZ0bFpdyc5YExMBBuRjtJkpkEgzL3xpja0g3fpBPVxo-sTZPlmv930R5SU_nyemE1n2f/w443-h348/Hearse%20Hoose%20Combined.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">The end of an era</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">At the outbreak of the First World War, the British army was desperate for horses. Within days of the declaration of war army personnel visited towns and villages requisitioning horses deemed suitable.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In early August 1914, troops visited Earlston. They took 4 horses from Colonel Hope at Cowdenknowes and 3 from Robert Smart, the proprietor of The Red Lion Hotel. Other businessmen were affected, Ralph Dodds, a grocer, Robert Murdison, a plumber, and, George Stewart, a dairyman, each had a horse requisitioned.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This signalled the beginning of the end of a way of life where horses played such a central role.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It would take many years for working horses to completely disappear from Earlston. As a child in the 1950s, I can remember Davie Brown delivering firewood (‘sticks’) door to door by horse and cart.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">What are your memories?</span></h2><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Do you have any memories of working horses in Earlston? Are there any other clues on the buildings showing links to the age of the horse? Please share them in the comments below.</span></p><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p></p></div><div><br /></div>Jeff Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02054459150745481111noreply@blogger.com5Earlston TD4, UK55.639736 -2.67848127.164578337463766 -37.834731 84.114893662536232 32.477769tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-52507459926722261712023-06-26T17:06:00.000+00:002023-06-29T09:09:06.846+00:00July Picture Of The Month<p> <span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><!--[if gte mso 10]>
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mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;">E-MAIL CONTACT:</span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:auldearlston@aol.com"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">auldearlston@aol.com</span></b></a></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; 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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Valuing
the History of our Village for Future Generations</span></i></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">PICTURE OF THE MONTH<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-
</span></b><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">March 2023 </span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></i></b><br /><b style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwmIVr6Xgt4e6GlwP3iHPNgYK4vuH3Oug700ho_vUuKgONokIappStOoadHkHTqmey1BEHannFmwk7jxdU-gc1zRZ5GB4WcZIEvoimGDsI8FMFLqmmBZTrU00CufwPSlzTja081NJnFDUd/w495-h323/HIRING+FAIR+MID+THIRTIES.jpg" width="495" /><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <br /></span></i></b></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Earlston Hiring
Fair 1934</span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Earlston Hiring Fairs, held in the
Market Square twice a year, were important events where men and
women farm workers, would gather to bargain with prospective farmers
for work, and hopefully secure a position for the following 6-12
months. Hiring Fairs were also social occasions with a rare
opportunity for friends and family to meet and enjoy side shows and stalls,
with often all-day dancing in the Corn Exchange, and a chance to take teas in
the Masonic Hall or a dram in one of the public houses.</span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">*************</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Auld Earlston group meets usually on the First Tuesday of the Month
at 2pm in the Church Hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come along to
join in the discussions on our activities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;"> </span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text2;">FIND OUT MORE </span></b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Lost Earlston Facebook page features vintage photographs, with
the opportunity to share, and comment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p>
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<p></p>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-54507982109269923822022-10-13T15:20:00.013+00:002022-11-03T14:23:46.648+00:00THE WEATHERLY SISTERS - ELLEN & MAGGIE <p style="text-align: justify;"><b> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
fourth part of our Weatherly Story profiles the lives of Ellen (Cissie) and Maggie, the sisters of <span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/07/edward-weatherly-1892-1946-earlston.html"><span><span style="color: #800180;">Edward Weatherly</span> </span></a></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">profiles the life of<span> </span>Edward Weatherly, </span></i></b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">son of <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/05/john-p-weatherly-1851-1907-earlston.html"><span style="color: #800180;">John P. Weatherly <span></span></span></a>and grandson of <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-weatherly-family-1-thomas-weatherly.html"><span style="color: #800180;">Thomas Weatherly </span></a></span></i></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-weatherly-family-1-thomas-weatherly.html"> </a></span></i></span></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span>who founded the
family business in Earlston. </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></i></b></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span></i></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #990000;">Ellen Sarah Patterson
Weatherly</span> (later known as Cissie) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was
born in Earlston <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 1889, the elder daughter
of John Patterson Weatherly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Margaret
Thomson Winter <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– her middle names in honour of her paternal grandmother. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></b></p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>The young Ellen made her name in the local newspapers when she received a music award from the Royal Academy of Music in 1906. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHNok3gpVXiiTs809UnffjN8DAxhiaSE85XmmYtijdh2NtuyumL9-wyPTpZeoUKFPbFwCArApBgR5UMGoNMzIuho_PaqEY89O1At-ti4-3HT_Ndg495KZotXfuy-FZv5iKVT-rYmgrXMTHNd7zckSGAKj8siMXPhpZGJGB0ytOSIH3fJEtFLFLPBZbA/s504/Weath.%20Ellen%2014.8.06%20BNA%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="504" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHNok3gpVXiiTs809UnffjN8DAxhiaSE85XmmYtijdh2NtuyumL9-wyPTpZeoUKFPbFwCArApBgR5UMGoNMzIuho_PaqEY89O1At-ti4-3HT_Ndg495KZotXfuy-FZv5iKVT-rYmgrXMTHNd7zckSGAKj8siMXPhpZGJGB0ytOSIH3fJEtFLFLPBZbA/w400-h209/Weath.%20Ellen%2014.8.06%20BNA%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></span></span></b></div><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span> Berwickshire News: 14th August 1906 </span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>Ellen's musical interests later led to her involvement with the Earlston Orchestral Party.</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span> </span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>On
her father's death in 1907, her mother took over the Post Office, and
following her death, Ellen at the age of 25 became Postmistress, as
reported in "The Berwickshire News" of 8th December 1914. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw-iYUK2OwP2rDP56AptMAVoc50Fn_BJM6XN92zzNHb8x4Ta8_n-RwrYKZ9WKJWBQ18LglnAcp9zWlFOkmrQ0yWEvXIV8ew0JKMagV22sZ4TE_3pdMvElNN0kmJ6GjMpl6UxY7g8AQaMdqnqNAbFUS5o86TuAbjctK3ruhqx1Qdh2AK8-P_bUxjMX9g/s1050/Weatherley's%20Shop,%20EWXX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1050" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw-iYUK2OwP2rDP56AptMAVoc50Fn_BJM6XN92zzNHb8x4Ta8_n-RwrYKZ9WKJWBQ18LglnAcp9zWlFOkmrQ0yWEvXIV8ew0JKMagV22sZ4TE_3pdMvElNN0kmJ6GjMpl6UxY7g8AQaMdqnqNAbFUS5o86TuAbjctK3ruhqx1Qdh2AK8-P_bUxjMX9g/w400-h345/Weatherley's%20Shop,%20EWXX.jpg" width="400" /><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></i></a></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A photograph of the Weatherly post office, dated 1910. Could the figure in the doorway be Ellen, aged 21? </span></span></i></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>Also in December 1914 the newspaper revealed Ellen's ambitions with a report: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u><span style="line-height: 107%;">"Berwickshire Shopkeeper on the Church and
Trade</span></u></span></span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In a Letter to the Press, Miss Ellen S. P. Weatherly,
Merchant, Earlston, - (whose father and grandfather were natives of Berwick,
and well-known in Berwickshire, in Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in North
Northumberland) – says –</span></span></span></b></i></p><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">I desire to bring to notice, in the hope that
Shopkeepers in Earlston and similar places be benefited.</span></span></span></b></i></p><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">For some years past Earlston Parish Church has elected
to hold a sale of work in aid of some church fund or other; invariably it is
held the week before Christmas.<span> </span>This
year, no other excuse being forthcoming, a sale is being instituted “in aid of
the renovation of the organ.”</span></span></span></b></i></p><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">There is no doubt that these sales do incalculable harm
to shopkeepers – at this season of the year.<span>
</span>Why should they take place at this particular time?<span> </span>It is practically taking the bread out of
the mouths of these who are dependent upon trade, and who, in turn, are
expected to contribute their share to church fund.</span></span></span></b></i></p><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></b></i><p class="MsoNormal"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In all the Border Churches it would, I think, be
difficult to find such a spirit of selfishness as obtains in Earlston, and
surely this spirit is not in keeping with the Christian life".</span></span></span></b></i></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>One wonders what reaction this provoked? The Weatherly family attended the United Free Church which was often at odds with the Parish Church. </span></b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>The only later mention of Ellen in the local press was in April 1937 when she was </span></span></span><i>listed as a </i>stall holder in a sale of work to raise funds for a new motor mower for Carolside Cricket Club. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Younger sister,</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> Margaret Thompson Weatherly</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span style="color: #990000;">(Maggie)</span> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">was born in 1891. She worked behind the scenes, keeping house and helping at the Post Office when required. </span></span></b></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Margaret was mentioned regularly in the local papers because of her musical ability. She <i>"rendered a musical selection at the pianoforte"</i> at a Women's Guild Social; <i> </i></span></span><span><span><i>"Indebtedness was expressed for officiating at the organ"</i> for a Bible Class Social; and she was a performer at a Children's Christmas Treat event. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></h2><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;">Memories</span> </span></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many local residents today have memories of the two sisters, who both
died in 1970. They were regarded as typical spinsters,
Victorian in attitude and sober in dress. They came across as rather forbidding
characters, in their appearance and voice, striking fear in many a recalcitrant child. With Ellen "<i>you had to watch your Ps and Qs",</i> whilst Maggie <i>"did not suffer fools gladly". <br /></i><br /></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>Deaths <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>Ellen
died 21st January 1970 aged 80, and Margaret 10th December the same year aged 79. An obituary on Ellen appeared in "The Berwickshire News": 3rd February 1970. No obituary nor death announcement was traced on her sister Margaret. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXU-YRnHEQ4CPDIq11QWQPOKkmcydiW3GY0HTaRWTyVBqHKjgwDaJNkn1ISN2ht_ZTO8GBWWJAxpgLxCN5mhcxqecMzNSKkHJ6uvbW4YocBZ_92jRm4qV6__E4qhMYkONMOB4kyUFcFcH0k482tOG1KL6kGS3BpWI4dKDXz3hs3x1ZyB_FYA6rweUQBQ/s600/Ellen%20W%20Obit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="359" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXU-YRnHEQ4CPDIq11QWQPOKkmcydiW3GY0HTaRWTyVBqHKjgwDaJNkn1ISN2ht_ZTO8GBWWJAxpgLxCN5mhcxqecMzNSKkHJ6uvbW4YocBZ_92jRm4qV6__E4qhMYkONMOB4kyUFcFcH0k482tOG1KL6kGS3BpWI4dKDXz3hs3x1ZyB_FYA6rweUQBQ/w283-h474/Ellen%20W%20Obit.jpg" width="283" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span> <i> <span style="color: black;">Berwickshire News: 3rd February 1970 </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br /><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>Both
sisters were buried beside their parents in Earlston Churchyard. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span>**************** <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span><span><i>Contributed by Auld Earlston Members - Susan Donaldson and Sheila McKay </i><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p></p>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-74511105317545243082022-07-30T12:47:00.025+00:002022-11-03T14:39:02.245+00:00Edward Weatherly (1892-1946) - Earlston Soldier, Baker & Confectioner <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b><!--[if !mso]>
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</xml><![endif]--><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The
third part of our Weatherly Story profiles the life of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edward Weatherly, the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>son of <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/05/john-p-weatherly-1851-1907-earlston.html"><span style="color: #800180;">John P. Weatherly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></a>and grandson of <a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-weatherly-family-1-thomas-weatherly.html"><span style="color: #800180;">Thomas Weatherly </span></a></span></i></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://auldearlston.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-weatherly-family-1-thomas-weatherly.html"> </a></span></i></span><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span>who founded the
family business in Earlston. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward
William Sprott Weatherly was born in 1892 to John Patterson Weatherly and Margaret Thomson Winter. Two sisters followed - Ellen Sarah Patterson Weatherly,
born in 1889 and Margaret Thomson Weatherly, born in 1891 - both are remembered still today by many local residents. <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward did not follow in his parents’ footsteps
into the family business, but became a baker and confectioner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was active in the community life of the
village as a church elder, President of the Bowling Club and a member of the
Rifle Club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As with most men of his
generation, the First World War proved a searing experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Wartime Service </span></span></span></span></b></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward's Service Record showed that he joined up, ahead of conscription at the
age of 22 on the 12th May 1915. His medical record noted his height as 5
feet 8 inches, and his address the </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span id="b-user">Post Office, Earlston. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span id="b-user"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span id="b-user"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUnD-lorK65tsWUEDnzN8_rMCjy_63awz4JWjv30dFEt9Tx89R3shHEws0ucr0dXL4_eZgFEyvyMujX7tSm8PNVkYefsgbCJD2gmXm33PheHTx9BsZlOeZyw1kb-rLCj8tg3BFprjSAC0e22ql80hLHJ8mVCg0ktUJQVhwmhhEKXn7jxee0DNo8UYjA/s399/Ed%20Weatherly%20sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="53" data-original-width="399" height="54" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUnD-lorK65tsWUEDnzN8_rMCjy_63awz4JWjv30dFEt9Tx89R3shHEws0ucr0dXL4_eZgFEyvyMujX7tSm8PNVkYefsgbCJD2gmXm33PheHTx9BsZlOeZyw1kb-rLCj8tg3BFprjSAC0e22ql80hLHJ8mVCg0ktUJQVhwmhhEKXn7jxee0DNo8UYjA/w400-h54/Ed%20Weatherly%20sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span id="b-user"><i> Edward's signature on his recruitment record. </i></span></span></span></span><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span id="b-user">Edward </span>was badly wounded and was awarded the
Military Medal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- as revealed in this report
in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The Berwickshire News”: 2 November
1918:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“The 2 gallant youths who in last week’s “News” were
reported to have been awarded Military Medal are well known Earlston
‘callants’. </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">(1)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corporal James
Burns……… </span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">[who will be remembered today by many older residents</span>]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> <br /></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">(2)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other
distinguished soldier is Gnr. Edward W. S. Weatherly, Postmaster, Earlston,
only son of Mr. J. P. Weatherly, Postmaster, Earlston<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and brother of Misses Weatherly of the Post
Office, and Agent for the ‘Berwickshire News’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gallant Earlstonian comes from of an
old Berwick Family.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Gnr. Weatherly volunteered for Active service in Motor
Machine Gun Corps, but was afterwards transferred to the Royal Tank Corps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">He has seen active service in France and had many hair-breadth escapes in the imminent deadly tank.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an example of the hardship he endured,
he was nearly frozen to death when on sentry-go and after doing his allotted
time at his post it was several hours before he could be thawed out of his
refrigerated condition and his temperature raised to normal.</span></i></span></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">A few months ago the tank in which he was serving was
struck by an explosive shell and many of its occupants killed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He himself received several severe wounds,
the result of one being the loss of his left eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has no fewer than 14 wounds in his
pelvis.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The doughty deeds of these gallant soldiers thrills
everyone who hears it and their fellow townsmen offer them their heartiest </span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><i>congratulations </i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">on their display of such fearless </i><i>bravery
and contempt of danger in their defence of King and Country.”</i></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Serving in the Royal Tank Corps - motto </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span class="text-info"><i>"Through mud and blood to the green fields beyond” - </i></span>was by all accounts an appalling experience. Tanks, known initially
as "land battleships" were first in action on the Somme in 1916. Men
inside them had to contend with intense heat, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">noise and exhaust from the engine, violent movement as the tank crossed
the ground and molten metal splash as bullets struck the plating. Men
would often be violently sick or badly incapacitated. <span style="color: #073763;"> <span style="color: #073763;"><a href="(https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/tank-corps-in-the-first-world-war/)">(https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/tank-corps-in-the-first-world-war/)</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward’s name was recorded in the Roll of
Honour printed in “The Berwickshire News: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7th January 1919. </span></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8-00GhycvMVPQVUVXw49mpGKDjur_ul0d6a1yixOwqi3WALx9D0C4wt73Ao3y2RN-2cXivgdFAbGreisgrmRBCfkr8Wk0YeqOkO-_YVtpilR7-2XjKk1eb-VmG4pfBYLsFN7fUX3Qt59Wj_f9FASX0Ymm0_bqNR09uClxEthVBJ_j-tJOqPo_3Mf0g/s663/Edw.W%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="245" data-original-width="663" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8-00GhycvMVPQVUVXw49mpGKDjur_ul0d6a1yixOwqi3WALx9D0C4wt73Ao3y2RN-2cXivgdFAbGreisgrmRBCfkr8Wk0YeqOkO-_YVtpilR7-2XjKk1eb-VmG4pfBYLsFN7fUX3Qt59Wj_f9FASX0Ymm0_bqNR09uClxEthVBJ_j-tJOqPo_3Mf0g/w402-h148/Edw.W%205.jpg" width="402" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Postwar Family Life </b></span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In 1924, Edward married Mary Webb at Holy Trinity Church, Melrose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three
children were born to the marriage <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Patterson Weatherly in 1923, named after his grandfather; Margaret
Campbell Weatherly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 1926; and in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1928
Frederick Edward Weatherly.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward had worked initially for William Shaw,
baker at Lauder, before opening his own business in Earlston in the late 1920s.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span> </span></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> Near tragedy hit the family when their young
son was involved in a road accident. "The Southern Reporter":<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>27<sup>th</sup> October 1927 noted: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span>
</p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“The four year old son of Mr Edward Weatherly, who has lately opened a cafe in the High Street Earlston, was playing about his father’s premises, when he
darted between two heavy wagons attached to a heavy traction engine belonging to
Mr James Cochrane, contractor, Earlston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The child was knocked down but extricated by a passer-by. After <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>medical assistance had been procured, it was
found that the child’s foot had been badly crushed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was conveyed to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary."</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Given that the little boy was not named in the press report, it is assumed this must have been Edward's elder son John, born in 1923. Edward's cafe and bakery on the High Street was next to the Post Office on the east side of Post Office Close. <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG5oxRcNBwNfrnVopQwzQXysQGRtm716me37WCwjrVU6p0Z-3hAcia0X6_eA8lGoM0e2CWLZgaO_-E6vLfs5uGBQxLIMJE5hZ8NjX-2tmqpP7BAcbtIY-bVyzaNQf9nACvsg2Z8sikgt8JOanQv0mj3fLJ9f0qtHBV8-8OgstLCCTK9rU3rgYoFf1AA/s827/Weatherly%20Cafe%20%20Bakery%20premises%20-%20photo%20taken%20in%201987%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="827" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdG5oxRcNBwNfrnVopQwzQXysQGRtm716me37WCwjrVU6p0Z-3hAcia0X6_eA8lGoM0e2CWLZgaO_-E6vLfs5uGBQxLIMJE5hZ8NjX-2tmqpP7BAcbtIY-bVyzaNQf9nACvsg2Z8sikgt8JOanQv0mj3fLJ9f0qtHBV8-8OgstLCCTK9rU3rgYoFf1AA/w400-h351/Weatherly%20Cafe%20%20Bakery%20premises%20-%20photo%20taken%20in%201987%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward's cafe and bakery premises in a photograph taken much later around 1987 - the occasion a procession marking the Guild centenary, </span></span></span><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">During
the 1930s several articles in the local press<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>showed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that Edward Weatherly
of The Café, Earlston, gave demonstrations of Cake Icing at various venues around
the area; such a one at Earlston Women’s Rural Institute, as reported in "The
Southern Reporter”: 17<sup>th</sup> June 1937: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“A
meeting <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of Earlston WRI was held <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the Good Templars Hall – Miss Vera Davidson presiding over a large attendance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The demonstration was cake icing and decorating by Mr Edward Weatherly,
the Café, Earlston<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who kindly presented
two cakes.</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">”
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward
died in the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>23 April 1946, with an announcement in “The Scotsman” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>newspaper<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> - </span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“beloved husband of Mary Webb and son of the late John P. Weatherly,
post-master, Earlston."</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">”The
Berwickshire News” of 7<sup>th</sup> May 1946 printed an obituary <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>giving us a picture of Edward’s life. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>"EARLSTON MAN’S DEATH</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The death took place at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after
a brief illness, of Mr. Edward Weatherly, The Gables, Earlston, who was in the
bakers and confectionery business.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Mr. Weatherly served his apprenticeship at Earlston
Co-operative Society and thereafter went to Edinburgh. He returned to his
mother’s business at the Earlston Post Office.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">At the outbreak of the 1914-18 war, he joined the Tank
Corps and was wounded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was awarded
the Military Medal.</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">He worked in Wm. Muir, Baker, Lauder and in 1927 he
opened the business of The Café in Earlston.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Mr. Weatherly was an elder of Ercildoune Church, now the
United Parish Church, and was an ardent worker for his Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recently he was elected president of the
Earlston Bowling Club for the second year in succession. Mr. Weatherly was also
a member of the Earlston Rifle Club and a very grand marksman on either the
indoor or the outdoor ranges.<br /><br /></span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="line-height: 107%;">Mr.
Weatherly is survived by Mrs. Weatherly and two sons and a daughter. </span></span></i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The funeral to Earlston was attended
by a large company of mourners."</span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">************** </span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Postscript:</span></span></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward's widow, Mary survived him by more than forty yeas, until her death </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> in Melrose in 1989, aged 97.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wTjV7xXzLRtYhnlCifZoqZvVdQqnbq07scCdEIsGRL_ed_kFZLuzcnbyqEjBaaLD5aHWViY3vK6252vYVd9mFjHwK9JGudZvjxj7PHRqJ6mdNYsjEuCVHopF2aYPQ6Zphu7d4nA4BUaeCi5uhDTBgy2WlFzHYwSSdOsyhi1yuXtUW9WUVnsSHqpruQ/s432/Mrs%20Weaherly%20seated%20on%20right.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="432" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wTjV7xXzLRtYhnlCifZoqZvVdQqnbq07scCdEIsGRL_ed_kFZLuzcnbyqEjBaaLD5aHWViY3vK6252vYVd9mFjHwK9JGudZvjxj7PHRqJ6mdNYsjEuCVHopF2aYPQ6Zphu7d4nA4BUaeCi5uhDTBgy2WlFzHYwSSdOsyhi1yuXtUW9WUVnsSHqpruQ/w400-h316/Mrs%20Weaherly%20seated%20on%20right.jpg" width="400" /><br /><i><span style="color: black;">Mrs. Weatherly seated on the right - in possibly a Guild event </span></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4uOOwj1e3nadl_3CRRaCBXbFaFW_zVuJOzg3j5LS8ONAUD49qL7_U4uQParbv21mcDAXzIYlZN7xpO0SDRVm0mp71JDoH5v66R5dc0xBNrHiVCxtLrTyZ4CL2lG1OgjTJ5_VWnnep01CF35_WUa_qRG4S072iS4-I3Qn3yspw66XyC5L0XyuaZaKQg/s432/Mrs.%20Weatherly%20on%20Guild%20Trip.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="432" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4uOOwj1e3nadl_3CRRaCBXbFaFW_zVuJOzg3j5LS8ONAUD49qL7_U4uQParbv21mcDAXzIYlZN7xpO0SDRVm0mp71JDoH5v66R5dc0xBNrHiVCxtLrTyZ4CL2lG1OgjTJ5_VWnnep01CF35_WUa_qRG4S072iS4-I3Qn3yspw66XyC5L0XyuaZaKQg/w400-h250/Mrs.%20Weatherly%20on%20Guild%20Trip.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Mrs Weatherly, third from the left, on a Guild trip. <br /></span></i><br /></div></span></span></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Edward's
two sisters, Ellen and Margaret took over the running of Earlston Post
Office, following their mother's death in 1914. They never married and are remembered today as two rather austere spinsters. Both died in 1970. </span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br /></span></span></span></li><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8qHt1mc7vd-cVASBkxCOhzHF3h5gBCNgU8MTPRGxJYXp2WfDqtnYOCGUxHL5w66DDFXUrC433AHRtQEom1_OwrKkYNJMyyOO0l-fgQHJWMNkFBX_KmWRgSUqDBp7x5z9fDMja_sbAOyYdF6ayJn92mYmXuuLMj-mAPlDBW6GVzzEVnHstHx8rd8TSg/s512/1%20%20%20%20John%20Weatherly%20%20%20dramatic%20club-7-Enhanced.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8qHt1mc7vd-cVASBkxCOhzHF3h5gBCNgU8MTPRGxJYXp2WfDqtnYOCGUxHL5w66DDFXUrC433AHRtQEom1_OwrKkYNJMyyOO0l-fgQHJWMNkFBX_KmWRgSUqDBp7x5z9fDMja_sbAOyYdF6ayJn92mYmXuuLMj-mAPlDBW6GVzzEVnHstHx8rd8TSg/w113-h113/1%20%20%20%20John%20Weatherly%20%20%20dramatic%20club-7-Enhanced.jpg" width="113" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Edward's elder son John Patterson Weatherly (1923-2006) became a well known figure in
Earlston, taking over from his aunts Ellen and
Margaret at the Post Office</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> He qualified as a pilot during the Second World War and was
heavily involved in many community organisations. He also served as Cornet in his birthplace of Lauder. <span><span> </span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span>Edward's daughter Margaret, born in 1926, did not marry and died in Earlston in 1993 aged 66. <br /> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></li><li><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_SXu1veuO3ak5qcQxQwgJKLUTzqhP7zHyfnQwTy7dNVG2GmPzPi1bmv-5rJxQjs-QqLzIOXmsBcnVVmCU8kCBT_mHLqjRIfyWstcW3wYwPD2yUl4TItTqNn-535nqa2VEFUHQD1_MZZ9It6CsanBd3zTEX4t2-2R7NXS21BQu7dk2vu6iXop6upNqQ/s432/1%20%20%20%20Fred%20Weatherly%20%20dramatic%20club-2-Enhanced.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="432" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4_SXu1veuO3ak5qcQxQwgJKLUTzqhP7zHyfnQwTy7dNVG2GmPzPi1bmv-5rJxQjs-QqLzIOXmsBcnVVmCU8kCBT_mHLqjRIfyWstcW3wYwPD2yUl4TItTqNn-535nqa2VEFUHQD1_MZZ9It6CsanBd3zTEX4t2-2R7NXS21BQu7dk2vu6iXop6upNqQ/w105-h105/1%20%20%20%20Fred%20Weatherly%20%20dramatic%20club-2-Enhanced.jpg" width="105" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span>Edward's son </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">Frederick, known as Fred, was born in Earlston in 1928. He carried on his father's cafe and bakery business for several decades, with Weatherly's Scotch pies </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;">and morning rolls special favourites of the local community. Fred died in Melrose in 1994 aged 65<i>.<br /><br /> </i></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><i>T</i>he two brothers took to the stage in this Earlston Dramatic Club performance.<br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Isn3ZNJ9yU6cmTwG-6bv9zhYLiKzAGG4dr_pT6l3MTEXVowjZuzsqqk1yAvqfI9nlEUwsL0ffbE_hFBiShdR0OHqcEpUddDZPmONTDd9pQ8Sue0xaQvSKSNzh2v0PTDVMDWft7Na-OU3i08Er-Cb-oNTGoLOiniQYj0eMjc8OlW75eRgWe7mpx5qdw/s432/John%20&%20Fred%20in%20Dramatic%20club%20play.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="432" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Isn3ZNJ9yU6cmTwG-6bv9zhYLiKzAGG4dr_pT6l3MTEXVowjZuzsqqk1yAvqfI9nlEUwsL0ffbE_hFBiShdR0OHqcEpUddDZPmONTDd9pQ8Sue0xaQvSKSNzh2v0PTDVMDWft7Na-OU3i08Er-Cb-oNTGoLOiniQYj0eMjc8OlW75eRgWe7mpx5qdw/w400-h254/John%20&%20Fred%20in%20Dramatic%20club%20play.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Fred fourth from left - John third from right. </span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Sources</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><a href="http://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk">British Newspaper Archive </a><br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><a href="https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Find My Past - British Newspapers </b></span></span></span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Scotland's People</b></span></span></span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.ancestry.co.uk"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Ancestry UK</b></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>Contributed by Susan Donaldson and Sheila McKay </b></span></span></span></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b> <br /></b></span></span></span></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><b>*******************</b></span></span></span></span></span></i><br /></p><p></p><div><div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div></div><p></p><p></p><div><div><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div></div><p></p>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-10940682994161579382022-07-06T10:54:00.013+00:002022-08-15T11:31:30.324+00:00How Earlston Civic Week Began - A Profile of Its First Chairman, Colin Smith <p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b>We are delighted to feature this article by Shirley Smith on her husband's involvement in Earlston Civic Week as its First Chairman in 1972. <br /></b></span></span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b> </b></span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Colin arrived in Earlston as a history teacher from a wee village in the north east of Scotland called Aberchirder. That village celebrate its flower show with a weekend of festivities and Colin was surprised that Earlston didn't do something similar. <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>As he settled into village life, he became involved in the local Scout group, as he had been a Scout himself. One night in the Black Bull over a pint, he spoke with others about what could be done to provide some fun for the people of Earlston . Following this discussion, members from each organisation in the village were invited to a meeting in the Black Bull to see what interest there was. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span>From that meeting a committee was formed with Colin accepting the position of Chairman and plans for a week of entertainment were formed. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Sunday</i> - Children's flower service; the Bowling Green was open to all. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Monday </i>- Talent Contest in the school hall. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Tuesday</i> - Cycle Treasure Hunt; Pet Show; and Novelty 5 a sides. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Wednesday</i>
- Over 60's Entertainment; It's a Knockout with a demonstration from
the Peebles team that had taken part in the TV competition, and then
local teams competed against each other. Health & Safety wasn't
really spoken about then, when there were slippery slopes lathered with
washing up liquid and pools created from bales, polythene and gallons
and gallons of water. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Thursday </i> - Cafe Chantant with hostess tables; Disco for under 16s.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Friday</i>
- Buffet Supper Dance held in the Marquee. The buffet supper was
prepared by the ladies on the committee and was well attended. Toilets
were very basic with no lighting <i>available, b</i>ut there were no complaints. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><i>Saturday </i>-
Fancy Dress Parade; Pigeon Liberation; Sports; Black Hill Race;
Beer Drinking Competition; and a Dance to the Sunbeams in the Marquee
finish off the week . </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopzJMOzEaH6qK5VCMjTeOOcBITd6LHuOLw-Bz_R-XiGQ7cOv5KqK9y4maNbPctdxe-dq2Sec9m7CP-WgHJJFMFbYDZ5LQ-Ye2hoEBaaSUftBzjbvIPj3N0IGf2OlRLT3dtrIgBRVVMLA5opMSJhQyD4QmmJfXyjLQKupCUgb6ZPO4Cz-isr8f3DXbnw/s600/Civic%20Week%203%201970s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="600" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopzJMOzEaH6qK5VCMjTeOOcBITd6LHuOLw-Bz_R-XiGQ7cOv5KqK9y4maNbPctdxe-dq2Sec9m7CP-WgHJJFMFbYDZ5LQ-Ye2hoEBaaSUftBzjbvIPj3N0IGf2OlRLT3dtrIgBRVVMLA5opMSJhQyD4QmmJfXyjLQKupCUgb6ZPO4Cz-isr8f3DXbnw/w400-h236/Civic%20Week%203%201970s.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TzS1b0_thsWSwaubxhvaC3COytUAj_KTN-8fCRAeswUwzpU_2CQP9tNp9cWQOWvRSFy33uh1BvJKi-4s7_nzjRzNyvUI1HowyrNol-99fjsa-i9CJzmyF-07q3dXk6hwB7VKniihlcp7GhpAvYHtRIGiIgUtA_nCG1YRQAFfLbhUtDuosaZlDC1xqA/s600/Civic%20WEek%201970s%20Parade.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="600" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2TzS1b0_thsWSwaubxhvaC3COytUAj_KTN-8fCRAeswUwzpU_2CQP9tNp9cWQOWvRSFy33uh1BvJKi-4s7_nzjRzNyvUI1HowyrNol-99fjsa-i9CJzmyF-07q3dXk6hwB7VKniihlcp7GhpAvYHtRIGiIgUtA_nCG1YRQAFfLbhUtDuosaZlDC1xqA/w400-h223/Civic%20WEek%201970s%20Parade.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacSlf70wrbT1WkOYutJPRYjhul7QjBJNrdfPNou2HOw2KvJBOl9XZdf_fEtUY0fRUwGPd8Gh6bMcpxg8cVzss6u9HnVqhr-oMV-HArjjbL4d3QSiVLL8QCPjQ-9xHSbTBeYghTMbQmxz-KRPSrwenZH4IdY3Xc8ITTWeUssktkcmKNJI9CA2FgfI52g/s600/Civic%20Week%201970s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="600" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacSlf70wrbT1WkOYutJPRYjhul7QjBJNrdfPNou2HOw2KvJBOl9XZdf_fEtUY0fRUwGPd8Gh6bMcpxg8cVzss6u9HnVqhr-oMV-HArjjbL4d3QSiVLL8QCPjQ-9xHSbTBeYghTMbQmxz-KRPSrwenZH4IdY3Xc8ITTWeUssktkcmKNJI9CA2FgfI52g/w400-h294/Civic%20Week%201970s.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEWX5ML8Ebt5oMwjeFG-ByQWVbLso246NX924_iGS8jnMzZaG6Zpv9gGfjSl0Gu5LRCXW-mu2FIeefzzrh4BXe0ljJAcDOAdy0vOmPemz-tGz3xhtGp2DbVNNg9pZijXcytY_XD8JJfLReYrS_mAf2N7F-oFkxpT96FxMuGwk17gkVDJHNYJHBfKc1Q/s700/Civic%20WEek%201970s%20Haugh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="700" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvEWX5ML8Ebt5oMwjeFG-ByQWVbLso246NX924_iGS8jnMzZaG6Zpv9gGfjSl0Gu5LRCXW-mu2FIeefzzrh4BXe0ljJAcDOAdy0vOmPemz-tGz3xhtGp2DbVNNg9pZijXcytY_XD8JJfLReYrS_mAf2N7F-oFkxpT96FxMuGwk17gkVDJHNYJHBfKc1Q/w400-h209/Civic%20WEek%201970s%20Haugh.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span> Photographs of Civic Week in the 1970s.</span></span></i><br /></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span>The First Civic Week in 1972 had been made by the people of Earlston for the people of Earlston. A huge amount of fun had taken place.</span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b> </b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As
the years passed the committee tried to add new items into Civic Week -
Professional Wrestling for a few years; Superstars Competitions; Country Music
Shows one featuring Sydney Devine for the 10th Civic Week; Andy Cameron and
Marmalade; Street Races involving wheeled vehicles; Panto Horse Grand
National; Torchlight Parades and Firework Displays are just a few. Some of
these are still a part of Civic Week today. <br /></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Colin
was particularly happy with the “We’ll Fix It” requests that came in - from
having a wee boy’s dreams of being a firefighter come true during Its a
Knockout with the help of Melrose Fire Crew, to helping a senior citizen realise
her dream of a ride in a helicopter courtesy of the RAF. Many of the requests
didn’t involve too much arranging but brought about lots of fun and enjoyment.</span></p></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I<span style="font-weight: normal;">n
1977 Tommy Graham wrote the Earlston Song which brought pride to all in
Earlston as all the Common Riding towns had songs attributed to them and now so
had we.</span></span></p></b></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b>
</b><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Colin remained as Chairman until 1986 and was a member
of the committee for a couple of years after that. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">He loved being involved in
the formation of Civic Week and considered how successful it became, down to
having committee members who worked tirelessly for the events and to all the
non committee members who gave their time or resources to help out, to all the
sponsors especially in the beginning when Civic Week started from nothing and
most importantly to the people of Earlston for the tremendous support given to
Civic Week - by the amazing attendances at events and through participation in
such a wide range of activities. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Colin was a great organiser but success came
from everybody working together.</span></span></span></b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1qJ0rnkrLRRFYZaDZkFujc-w1gP6wAS_aFE-8hdYAW3qTv27aXZWMp6QASVSz0wnotEjvkskeTVx5ZoY9fZezULHPFYlEDJwfxYLX9xrfW8G_dYs0yuI1Z3oqwXcADhupwG4dog8WZxnkUuiRtnZzTG1GqNVvbkAgRyOLRpoxf4USl6qLsnxVTCt3w/s523/cCic%20Week%20-%20chickens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="368" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm1qJ0rnkrLRRFYZaDZkFujc-w1gP6wAS_aFE-8hdYAW3qTv27aXZWMp6QASVSz0wnotEjvkskeTVx5ZoY9fZezULHPFYlEDJwfxYLX9xrfW8G_dYs0yuI1Z3oqwXcADhupwG4dog8WZxnkUuiRtnZzTG1GqNVvbkAgRyOLRpoxf4USl6qLsnxVTCt3w/w281-h400/cCic%20Week%20-%20chickens.jpg" width="281" /> </a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdflihuKsxfRqIlIIJg3d7yK0NjkMqGZaRQgU95wF5XLuV0h42yqNaUxyduIrxRBKMlnUfY3j0Y4uDr-ExY5D1_4YZ2eymIPUq5kX7aM7L8jIn1h9aYwgo4E9ZfxAYx3MKYg0JuIoiXnrpFFCX44vMVUSzaNbXvfI7HFe7noUlzynW0mcpZCviqgBlsg/s600/Civic%20Week%202%20%201980s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="600" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdflihuKsxfRqIlIIJg3d7yK0NjkMqGZaRQgU95wF5XLuV0h42yqNaUxyduIrxRBKMlnUfY3j0Y4uDr-ExY5D1_4YZ2eymIPUq5kX7aM7L8jIn1h9aYwgo4E9ZfxAYx3MKYg0JuIoiXnrpFFCX44vMVUSzaNbXvfI7HFe7noUlzynW0mcpZCviqgBlsg/w400-h244/Civic%20Week%202%20%201980s.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCi9bANZ-IrgZEC4ovquGFVMx-0a65X1D7cVDmIb4xN93MwwwI-i7Xu-rU4oA1MVzeNCOmDNqKUzb9UxGpUMIOASv9Ad-j1xTJaMBeduk77DR_EX5WhQZkvt6wl8OcBZCo8T7E44-6UMFShkHgIoWtLZ6kkjgRPBZDYKJejfSt3Diqd_ZqHCdlRWQk8w/s1800/CW%20Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCi9bANZ-IrgZEC4ovquGFVMx-0a65X1D7cVDmIb4xN93MwwwI-i7Xu-rU4oA1MVzeNCOmDNqKUzb9UxGpUMIOASv9Ad-j1xTJaMBeduk77DR_EX5WhQZkvt6wl8OcBZCo8T7E44-6UMFShkHgIoWtLZ6kkjgRPBZDYKJejfSt3Diqd_ZqHCdlRWQk8w/w400-h300/CW%20Photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Photographs of Civic Week in the 1980s. </i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i> </i></span></b></span></span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
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input type="button" value="Print this page" onClick="window.print()">ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-69295725654519619892022-06-22T10:33:00.002+00:002022-10-13T20:20:05.835+00:00Celebrating 50 Years of Earlston Civic Week - Photographic Exhibition <p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Auld Earlston in conjunction with
Earlston Civic Week</span></b></span></span></span>
</p><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Presents </span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">“A NIGHT OF NOSTALGIA” </span></i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;">CELEBRATING</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span style="color: red;">“50 YEARS OF EARLSTON CIVIC WEEK”</span></i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Monday July 4<sup>th</sup> 2022</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>6.30pm - 9pm</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>At the Rugby Club </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Free Entry </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span>Silver Collection in aid of Auld
Earlston Funds </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span> </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span><span></span></span><b><i><span>Please
Note:<span> </span>Refreshments are not available at this event <br /></span></i></b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span>************* <br /></span></i></b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span> </span></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM25ITtIB1-1fs7_Cv048UNk9nSbpqDncnG4c_fXZi5UkIloCrQQWiMQTuSk6qjtJDn38amDP6z1OtAmjwZncd9zd7SiRWOi3AJSTz5TygA5SmL65nEktR7iCWmI_ttoaNGzL9gY4h1KMIPQAr6cf7C2us-DBpCO3KBhjA6hb7UMD_ZhQ-o-Y2OnD80w/s799/CW%20Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="799" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM25ITtIB1-1fs7_Cv048UNk9nSbpqDncnG4c_fXZi5UkIloCrQQWiMQTuSk6qjtJDn38amDP6z1OtAmjwZncd9zd7SiRWOi3AJSTz5TygA5SmL65nEktR7iCWmI_ttoaNGzL9gY4h1KMIPQAr6cf7C2us-DBpCO3KBhjA6hb7UMD_ZhQ-o-Y2OnD80w/w400-h300/CW%20Photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span> *****************</span></i></b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span> </span></i></b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><span> </span></i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-85448732856278674992022-06-01T08:28:00.012+00:002022-10-13T20:21:06.658+00:00Royal Celebrations in Earlston <div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>A</b></i></span></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="color: black;">s
we come to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee of 70 years on the
throne, a look back to earlier royal celebrations in Earlston. </span><br /></b></i></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b><span><span><span><b>CORONATION CELEBRATIONS IN EARLSTON </b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span><i><b> <br /></b></i></p><div class="separator"><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8D3khPXZIpsNyZmWDjmthyphenhyphenlopkAIZ01N9-teAzPAHuucyWIG_h045pTArIB5Ldm5gg9Y2vjgttn-2ebzychW3Gb5DLNqyIZkN3m2JviR2AOTMEFVau8GNukZll-P9RntERotE3zKKn1n/s320/Coronation+cup.jpg" width="320" /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>The Queen's Coronation 2nd June 1953</b><span style="color: black;"> with the programme following very much
the pattern of other major royal occasions through the century. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCXpPrF2KrrEEJ6OcjETZUy6iDJKBx0Fcs6wfaN3Zcb85XdLqTfFB0xqCgLC7iDBolEHXqkII6TiuMdVI0TYz9AKfsxCSVjl-2JFHmVkr0R2_njf2UB2B-mDY9cMCW-LkNnNip4x-8Gq8S-K729UeRfDe5LCL7Dt_n7HG5iOMIDzJ55ZXBhrVsFCBJQ/s480/Crowns.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="114" data-original-width="480" height="76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCXpPrF2KrrEEJ6OcjETZUy6iDJKBx0Fcs6wfaN3Zcb85XdLqTfFB0xqCgLC7iDBolEHXqkII6TiuMdVI0TYz9AKfsxCSVjl-2JFHmVkr0R2_njf2UB2B-mDY9cMCW-LkNnNip4x-8Gq8S-K729UeRfDe5LCL7Dt_n7HG5iOMIDzJ55ZXBhrVsFCBJQ/s320/Crowns.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></span></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SwGSr945YvYdwawSaPVc0YB_tC_10MmLw0NyJ-QMz5gL5w806ExQCLbqC6xvbxegbzPxaqzYxA3g5FMQGY_OiB5XCKlz3rjgE7D-OUxlhXJAJ7goyZihvSTSILafNAciZVjjFWQKFXSsCez1mxl7Obs4Stj6GcS_5K2U8MPQ5ZRlQQTSoKJWARO5Fg/s300/Full%20Day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="131" data-original-width="300" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SwGSr945YvYdwawSaPVc0YB_tC_10MmLw0NyJ-QMz5gL5w806ExQCLbqC6xvbxegbzPxaqzYxA3g5FMQGY_OiB5XCKlz3rjgE7D-OUxlhXJAJ7goyZihvSTSILafNAciZVjjFWQKFXSsCez1mxl7Obs4Stj6GcS_5K2U8MPQ5ZRlQQTSoKJWARO5Fg/s1600/Full%20Day.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The
morning began with an open air service in the Square, conducted by the
Rev. Duncan, followed by a Fancy Dress parade with Earlston's
Coronation Queen Margaret Amos, and open-air dancing in the Square. In
the afternoon, sports took place in the Haugh. The evening saw a
dance in the Corn Exchange and the day ended with a bonfire on the Black
Hill. All members of the community were remembered.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">For
"old folk" a TV show with afternoon tea was on offer at Earlston Hall
and at The Park, home of Mrs Sharpe, with Earlston WVS providing
transport. <br /><br /></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The sick and invalid of the village were presented with a bouquet of flowers and a souvenir gift. <br /><br /></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">Earlston
Junior Secondary School had raised enough money to present the younger
children with a Coronation mug, whilst older children received sweets. </span></span></span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">The newspaper also included in its report a long list of prizewinners in both the fancy dress and sports events. <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"><b>A Personal Memory: </b></span></span><b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">
</span></b><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">I was nine years old, not then living in Earlston. I had been busy making red, white and blue
decorations at school, creating a coronation scrapbook, collecting my
coronation mug (presented to all children) and playing with the doll my
mother made for me, dressed as the Queen with a long velvet
purple train, embroidered in gold thread. (How I wished many years later I had kept it). </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">On the day itself we woke up to the news on the radio that Everest had
been conquered and watched the coronation procession and ceremony on our
new 10-inch screen black and white television - one of the first in the
street, with a full household of my aunt and uncle and neighbours crowding in.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif"></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_BD30zgv2XNb4RFYrkH-ZAuuIUhWjMfPQB7JLlYzyiwQYqHiuDZRPlqkCyzFMqB-EDXPkPpVU3Mmiy6R3XLcs7ahyUD8WerhasriGlHnj8H7rZxiXrGD-_GnDGzwsWMGurV4t0OWCB2G/s400/Coronation+Progrm.jpg" width="251" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", sans-serif">************<br /> </span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b> </b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>In 1937, King George VI</b> <b>was crowned</b></span><b> </b>and
the village celebrated the coronation in style with a church service, a
fancy dress parade, with over 200 characters, led by the popular
Earlston Clown Band, sports for all ages (including an "old man's'"
race and a married women's race), and presentations to children of
commemorative souvenirs.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i><br /></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Southern Reporter of 24th May 1937 gives us a detailed report on the activities. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGHQRjT4dXeQ923TmnHiHsLB6hEInwGTF2sHvnf_lWGP18bSm7HV3-jnDSzK3_VA786gDNMPTZDLhYvk5cKUomZgr7IvUITjjQAQnGF1bam_T97OPfjxR-7fkXBniT8kNAm5vYYKqxwxstkr2DOTvppkzhS-QCEZjAMzzJG5DIsDSkZR3-vJV4WnOeA/s200/1937%20Coronation%20Headline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="30" data-original-width="200" height="60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGHQRjT4dXeQ923TmnHiHsLB6hEInwGTF2sHvnf_lWGP18bSm7HV3-jnDSzK3_VA786gDNMPTZDLhYvk5cKUomZgr7IvUITjjQAQnGF1bam_T97OPfjxR-7fkXBniT8kNAm5vYYKqxwxstkr2DOTvppkzhS-QCEZjAMzzJG5DIsDSkZR3-vJV4WnOeA/w400-h60/1937%20Coronation%20Headline.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"The
celebrations at Earlston commenced with a combined church service which
began in Ercildoune Church, conducted by the Rev. Peter Wylie, and the
Rev. John Gray, St. John’s. The praise was led by a united choir.</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In
the afternoon a series of juvenile athletic sports were held on the
football pitch which was kindly lent by Earlston Rugby Football Club.
The sports were witnessed by a crowd of adult spectators numbering over
1100. The juvenile events comprised flat races, sack races, obstacle
races, and pillow fights, while for grown-ups there were an old man’s
race, a married women’s race, and a tug of war. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mrs
Ferguson of Carolside handed over to the younger children Coronation
souvenirs in the form of silver spoons engraved with the heads of King
George VI. and Queen Elizabeth. Elder children received copies of Salute
the King by Arthur Mee. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A
fancy dress pageant was held, headed by the familiar clown band. Mr J.
W. Murdison, attired in clerical garb acting as drum major. There were
over 200 characters on parade. Several beautifully decorated lorries
kindly lent by Messrs W. and A. Rodger, representing various scenes and
types were greatly admired"</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRM2DmyvC3IYDA1I3ewjTFUXpjtzF6cgildUjWpUuLvEJbhR-QHl0YOJ4wWPmLmMtyu9oDzNglnUU9v5yBuqbB04bH7xeSreZLdXLJtFOkm-F1HjlPj7XtEQRnUJCvZ46xbLsEMU6ON8St/w400-h268/Coronation+Day+1937.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> ********</span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1911 saw the coronation of King George V </span></span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">with a report in "The Southern Reporter" 29th June 1911, with "the boisterous weather" not being allowed to dampen </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> enthusiasms. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"EARLSTON'S
FESTIVITIES. On Thursday the town was decorated with flags and bunting,
all business was set aside, and all thoughts turned to the celebration on that eventful day. At 11 a.m. the Territorials (under Lieut. Sharpe), the Boys' Brigade under the charge of Serg. Wilkie, and </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the school children, mustered in the Market Square and
headed by two pipers, marched to the Parish Church, where a united
service was conducted bv the Rev. C. Keith, and numerously attended by
members of both congregations. A short address appropriate to the
occasion was given and the proclamation of the Coronation was read by
Colonel Hope, one the elders of the church. </span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At
1.30pm the scholars again assembled and took their way to the sports
field at Cowdenknowes, being followed by a great crowd of onlookers and
participants in the competitions. As the grass was wet, a platform had
been erected for dancing, where festive crowds footed it bravely for
hours. Notwithstanding the showery and somewhat boisterous character of
the weather, the sports were carried on with the greatest enthusiasm,
and all the events were contested............</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> At
8 o'clock what was the noteworthy feature of the whole day's proceeding
- the fancy dress parade.........This part of the day's proceedings
was successful beyond anticipation, and those who took part are
congratulated on the brilliancy of the show.</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A
bonfire on the Black Hill and a fine display of fireworks, Colonel
Hope's handsome contribution to the Coronation festivities, concluded the rejoicings. Notwithstanding the rain , which fell in occasional
heavy showers as the night wore on, many made their way to the top of
the Black Hill, whence over 30 other similar bonfires could be seen. Others
contented themselves with a view from a vantage ground nearer home."</span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">********* <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS </span></span></b></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These were more muted occasions. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;">1<b>935 marked the Silver Jubilee of the reign of King George V</b></span><b> </b>and his wife Queen Mary - our Queen's grandparents. "The Southern Reporter" of 18th April 1935 outlined plans. <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> "King’s Jubilee.—A meeting to arrange the local celebration of the King’s Silver Jubilee was held in the Public School on Wednesday evening, Major Sharpe, The Park, presiding. It was unanimously agreed to hold sports for the school children on the football pitch, and in addition to being entertained to tea, those between the ages of five and ten will be presented with chocolate in Jubilee containers, while those over ten will receive a suitable book. The committee hoped to be in a position to present children who are not of school age with a small gift. It was decided to open a subscription list to defray part of the expenses, contributions to be sent to the honorary treasurer, Mr R. A. Dodds. Commercial Bank, Earlston. "</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 120px; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi70li4yVYuFiKnPM9qM82xNLBAxGp6VYn2Z4x3f5YrpeEgbyl7Afua-fRVOacF0QHh7dOPyIr_0azxWuqjQFAuNoAA-b7QzjRFbe3KkastvBpqmjNYNV2mmj_47k99I4PK_CQ5NANOXWaP6atwqkWj-lT_Ap8LLGwxgpeTtBjjX5V-sRh6i__jXeTg/s500/Coronation%20Mug%20GV.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="500" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvi70li4yVYuFiKnPM9qM82xNLBAxGp6VYn2Z4x3f5YrpeEgbyl7Afua-fRVOacF0QHh7dOPyIr_0azxWuqjQFAuNoAA-b7QzjRFbe3KkastvBpqmjNYNV2mmj_47k99I4PK_CQ5NANOXWaP6atwqkWj-lT_Ap8LLGwxgpeTtBjjX5V-sRh6i__jXeTg/w200-h182/Coronation%20Mug%20GV.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></span></div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> </b> George V Silver Jubilee Mug </span></span></span><br /><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span><br /><p></p><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>In 1</b></span></span></span></span><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #990000;">897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee was celebrated - 60 years on the throne, </span></b></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> The vision of purchasing land for a public park failed to raise sufficient funds, plus the failure to secure a band for the occasion, meant the plans were scaled back to a sports event and the lighting of a bonfire on the Black Hill. - as reported in "The Edinburgh Evening News" of 8th June 1897.<br /></span></div><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi22zcvn4NM7oPpTbFVSEFBl17U0u26Co7WSyZPKG8cTwdpeZqxGMGIlaa14OjvzgF1fnp-DhHKK651CurNi0fbKvw5O3tMtheyh2TV2GTjcjMsFlRkmVxlXBzh4iDDXU-voa5PsRmnuikqueklCLlZlo5-SyijlGVFzJzRIwYiXhBxRDoPvYzXbt7Wg/s500/11935%20Jubilee.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="500" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi22zcvn4NM7oPpTbFVSEFBl17U0u26Co7WSyZPKG8cTwdpeZqxGMGIlaa14OjvzgF1fnp-DhHKK651CurNi0fbKvw5O3tMtheyh2TV2GTjcjMsFlRkmVxlXBzh4iDDXU-voa5PsRmnuikqueklCLlZlo5-SyijlGVFzJzRIwYiXhBxRDoPvYzXbt7Wg/w400-h255/11935%20Jubilee.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Free vector graphics of Queen" height="217" src="https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2012/04/13/19/10/queen-33316_960_720.png" style="width: auto;" width="184" /></span></div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 80px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Image courtesy of <a href="https://pixabay.com/">Pixabay. </a></i><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>1887
marked Queen Victoria's 50 years on the throne. </b></span>Although other Border communities celebrated the event in style, no press coverage was traced on Earlston's contribution. However local knowledge passed down the decades noted that trees were planted in the Market Square to mark the
occasion. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">An early photograph c.1900 </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">show the feint out of young trees around the Square. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZYaz6AP8hYN1DiTMqtNt8CcnQ_qoXxIE_BmVUh0NjdbZtkgPzcQjUae80AKTw8B0tV9TbMHpR4DXRtCCKfaxPOsYgzHS8Fi_HNPF6w5WQqpUGl08SCiMHI3Ho17MLZNhKJPmrmrqpTZt-5MGHzuROsT-u-01KgZ_3mzBiFcApNLScuJDFPfi7vldLQ/s1203/The%20Green%20X.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1203" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZYaz6AP8hYN1DiTMqtNt8CcnQ_qoXxIE_BmVUh0NjdbZtkgPzcQjUae80AKTw8B0tV9TbMHpR4DXRtCCKfaxPOsYgzHS8Fi_HNPF6w5WQqpUGl08SCiMHI3Ho17MLZNhKJPmrmrqpTZt-5MGHzuROsT-u-01KgZ_3mzBiFcApNLScuJDFPfi7vldLQ/w400-h250/The%20Green%20X.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>T</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>oday we can still take pleasure in seeing this tangible legacy in Earlston from a fine Royal occasion held 135 years ago. </b></span></span><br /><p></p></div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGHFqA1eDuAiIdlEsk9-rV26HmizLz_GxPLvKpBOp2itlMXOwEJOyCQsJ_OxLtBeO8FbciqK44XU7kgB0a-a6u0evOz_krQh5WfpMLyCle9qmdLbVdi1LUiyFcSOlG64JlRQhUox_Kjcf/s3648/Square+-+Nov+16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGHFqA1eDuAiIdlEsk9-rV26HmizLz_GxPLvKpBOp2itlMXOwEJOyCQsJ_OxLtBeO8FbciqK44XU7kgB0a-a6u0evOz_krQh5WfpMLyCle9qmdLbVdi1LUiyFcSOlG64JlRQhUox_Kjcf/w400-h300/Square+-+Nov+16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfTBD25kZHaqbAZqBfltKVT6yLfJ0jAcNqiNdMqyWt5yysFAPUNa2W144dl1IEdgwHgCQ1pqrlmDzsudI4zL5rtuFwASPRjHqdlFPMx9T-YSpBr9zFeMl1nTkuGb0YjEI49cjjyA-Te2q6oduxyvTdXwTGOgTxYs9g1FmESaa7KjdjDwDARh3lhx4Uw/s600/War%20Mem.%20Gardens.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJfTBD25kZHaqbAZqBfltKVT6yLfJ0jAcNqiNdMqyWt5yysFAPUNa2W144dl1IEdgwHgCQ1pqrlmDzsudI4zL5rtuFwASPRjHqdlFPMx9T-YSpBr9zFeMl1nTkuGb0YjEI49cjjyA-Te2q6oduxyvTdXwTGOgTxYs9g1FmESaa7KjdjDwDARh3lhx4Uw/w400-h266/War%20Mem.%20Gardens.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OPFoqZvBFo5tciqwVSXJxRVbcVTJ3_TMRj7aLVCVcTLVCezYm3vdB3eeOSHx99q7zelQvvOQmIJGKR06OQsNC6vnBemK9heCCzyOF_XkNwE1Z6rJ8PnPHS60TJQqhdlG8OZF6gYlhDT2Q_zOpmXVmmN_eRMi3kW6gzaR5kRnDcKHhW7jsqW264IM5A/s600/00061%20The%20War%20Memorial%20%201-IX-2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="600" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8OPFoqZvBFo5tciqwVSXJxRVbcVTJ3_TMRj7aLVCVcTLVCezYm3vdB3eeOSHx99q7zelQvvOQmIJGKR06OQsNC6vnBemK9heCCzyOF_XkNwE1Z6rJ8PnPHS60TJQqhdlG8OZF6gYlhDT2Q_zOpmXVmmN_eRMi3kW6gzaR5kRnDcKHhW7jsqW264IM5A/w400-h268/00061%20The%20War%20Memorial%20%201-IX-2015.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">************* <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sources: </b></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk"><span>British Newspaper Archive</span></a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers"><span>FindMyPast –
Newspapers</span></a></span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Contributed by Susan Donaldson, </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>with photographs of Royal souvenirs from her family collection. </i></span><br /></p>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-5151366514012399532022-05-12T08:28:00.002+00:002022-11-03T14:36:46.429+00:00John P. Weatherly (1851- 1907 ) - Earlston Postmaster and Photographer <div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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One of the Weatherly Story featured Thomas Weatherly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who came to Earlston from Berwick upon Tweed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the 1870’s and set up the
stationers/newsagent’s High Street business that survived over <br />one hundred
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Following Thomas’s death, his eldest son John
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</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>John married Margaret Thomson Winter <span> </span>and the birth of four children followed in
Earlston - sadly eldest son, also named John, born in 1894<span> </span>died<span>
</span>at the age of only nine months; </span><span>Ellen Sarah Patterson Weatherly was born in 1889,<span> Margaret</span>
Thomson Weatherly in 1891, and Edward William Sprott Weatherly in 1893.<span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #c00000;">A Man of Many Parts:<br />
</span></b><span>John was soon involved in the family business, described
in census returns as Bookseller’s Assistant, and Postmaster/Stationer</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMhfq6m9delYQ9CkXhtKDA2V1SenGcsbNVbEUl-aa4sEV6cRStARGbOcX6c0-qE4UY_PUI-4CnSUPcwk19BqREm9fNE1n_dWELK-ZnBGkMQW4wAU2a4Q-gbHYlVtcI6ZW_WkewfexU8ByUIQtdGicRHxW859MGd-KxIP9MT2wCUB0InrM6jE9rWcvlA/s432/4%20%20POST%20OFFICE-Colorized-Enhanced-Repaired.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="304" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMhfq6m9delYQ9CkXhtKDA2V1SenGcsbNVbEUl-aa4sEV6cRStARGbOcX6c0-qE4UY_PUI-4CnSUPcwk19BqREm9fNE1n_dWELK-ZnBGkMQW4wAU2a4Q-gbHYlVtcI6ZW_WkewfexU8ByUIQtdGicRHxW859MGd-KxIP9MT2wCUB0InrM6jE9rWcvlA/w281-h400/4%20%20POST%20OFFICE-Colorized-Enhanced-Repaired.jpg" width="281" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>Advert in Berwickshire News:<span> </span>31t December 1889</span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>But John. along with his postmaster role, <span></span>also
</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>gained renown as a <span> </span>local photographer and </span></span></span>proved<span> </span>to be an owner of four properties
in the village.<br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>As Photographer </span></span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The official opening of
the rebuilt church in Earlston in 1892<span>
</span>featured in a lengthy article in “The Berwickshire News” of 12<sup>th</sup>
July<span> </span>and ended with the paragraph: </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>“Through the great kindness of Mr J. P.
Weatherly, photographer, Earlston, we are enabled to give a portrait above of
the church, from a photograph specially taken by Mr Weatherly for the purpose.”</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span></span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29-KRx0QjJrBlf_O78Y5QV7DkCpHn8Yk7KomO1q99QaFmhA-gDnRV5gppx0ZnlvmL02dUOtjldRkVf3FpH8h5kiN7RK5jeZYW8TsDruseUbMFFHOlvvG7N2Ng5JFz6SjOFjnM6_rh_UIKdrM5Vw5_6cohex-eMzpU49JCjl0rd-DpXiCu2oM9vIDZdw/s600/New%20Church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="600" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29-KRx0QjJrBlf_O78Y5QV7DkCpHn8Yk7KomO1q99QaFmhA-gDnRV5gppx0ZnlvmL02dUOtjldRkVf3FpH8h5kiN7RK5jeZYW8TsDruseUbMFFHOlvvG7N2Ng5JFz6SjOFjnM6_rh_UIKdrM5Vw5_6cohex-eMzpU49JCjl0rd-DpXiCu2oM9vIDZdw/s320/New%20Church.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><i></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>John also<span> </span>produced
a series of local postcards entitled the “Weatherly Leadervale Series”<span> </span>- with three examples shown below.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI0w5cc-iBeYkpFIq8koCEwXDWjDJZ6EAXJYR9dIUEDej8RGbwk8AnzYcjBG_bJXMLi7hMl4UE_rVU74crN4n40d09zBKrOTc5XgHkNWqu7MsNn2wRmE5rMm36373zYedV6GiCfz8jiHj0yDE26JangNjWE6FryC50lJcXYtk3vQciEqFWFdRvoB3yA/s1056/East%20End.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1056" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI0w5cc-iBeYkpFIq8koCEwXDWjDJZ6EAXJYR9dIUEDej8RGbwk8AnzYcjBG_bJXMLi7hMl4UE_rVU74crN4n40d09zBKrOTc5XgHkNWqu7MsNn2wRmE5rMm36373zYedV6GiCfz8jiHj0yDE26JangNjWE6FryC50lJcXYtk3vQciEqFWFdRvoB3yA/s320/East%20End.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_JYEvQDRSQcxxHjjd4uK3BxxhieZscl3pIz3M0K41XTI0JpuV-OFdsLHvNSkMyFTwPo3CPEdQvk7UlGXhMxfa_2glaWwVoWd3J-xtwNBRPi_NLds2q2DHGCnqV9RkIgpg-hVhCmlFcIiyl8HI-x07UpVWE6uAxJa4o5Jnr0f3kkUXvH-74sCn1lRiQ/s1596/Haughhead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1596" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_JYEvQDRSQcxxHjjd4uK3BxxhieZscl3pIz3M0K41XTI0JpuV-OFdsLHvNSkMyFTwPo3CPEdQvk7UlGXhMxfa_2glaWwVoWd3J-xtwNBRPi_NLds2q2DHGCnqV9RkIgpg-hVhCmlFcIiyl8HI-x07UpVWE6uAxJa4o5Jnr0f3kkUXvH-74sCn1lRiQ/s320/Haughhead.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBtEmpiE_d9geNu9htK8n_K5ozm8hAm0M87IT0GLdK9zU_94ttADQXhtVjV7Py81mJE-2jyn7A41S3ekk0ZraHdMJNLf_W8SV9lzCh_dEXkIDZbIb0FlqVS8V1zAHfrhz-Gb78fTSeONCSCR0cRDpn3qR4J2Ea7YkVmUY7w1TA-lIfW20_jfkQeExfQ/s557/Image.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="362" data-original-width="557" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDBtEmpiE_d9geNu9htK8n_K5ozm8hAm0M87IT0GLdK9zU_94ttADQXhtVjV7Py81mJE-2jyn7A41S3ekk0ZraHdMJNLf_W8SV9lzCh_dEXkIDZbIb0FlqVS8V1zAHfrhz-Gb78fTSeONCSCR0cRDpn3qR4J2Ea7YkVmUY7w1TA-lIfW20_jfkQeExfQ/s320/Image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><i>The
postcards are all labelled on the reverse as “Weatherly’</i>s<i> Leadervale Series”</i></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMe_357LP9DWaL983yEkvID8PUu6z4AzYqDrfhGJIllRgRerlaDzslpneGJi3UyZllPTfaKDZ1OsrRcbX-1aV3KoEs0aHPFnekscg3bZkmJ-w0yTfcOmTiDCMxzjCjYcA1D-ZTr-4GsoTA7E0bgW_lKq0NExf5nTBDsuTbskw30sB0i03LB5fbLfIbQ/s288/J%20Weatherly%20obverse.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="172" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMe_357LP9DWaL983yEkvID8PUu6z4AzYqDrfhGJIllRgRerlaDzslpneGJi3UyZllPTfaKDZ1OsrRcbX-1aV3KoEs0aHPFnekscg3bZkmJ-w0yTfcOmTiDCMxzjCjYcA1D-ZTr-4GsoTA7E0bgW_lKq0NExf5nTBDsuTbskw30sB0i03LB5fbLfIbQ/w191-h320/J%20Weatherly%20obverse.jpg" width="191" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgii2R49QoN-frDphCKortMkwn8jtIcypNcx1ST-69ylpfrpUId3UVnbqNIGSxpkX-jIYWBcCpXyjHhL6PhfcMd91VIRPWRugeplhf3B8L9oscTVPm5F0Gkkp_ZcXPIQTqPxbCK3Z_Wi5mlgt42MuPyFJSp1HcBPbyIZDpJs81rcApFFl0psv42Meh4HA/s288/J%20Weatherley%20reverse%202,jog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="173" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgii2R49QoN-frDphCKortMkwn8jtIcypNcx1ST-69ylpfrpUId3UVnbqNIGSxpkX-jIYWBcCpXyjHhL6PhfcMd91VIRPWRugeplhf3B8L9oscTVPm5F0Gkkp_ZcXPIQTqPxbCK3Z_Wi5mlgt42MuPyFJSp1HcBPbyIZDpJs81rcApFFl0psv42Meh4HA/w189-h315/J%20Weatherley%20reverse%202,jog.jpg" width="189" /></a></span></span></span> <br /></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span><span><span> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>This charming photograph was
gifted to Auld Earlston by a reader who had bought it off Ebay.<span> </span>The only information was the fact it was
produced by John P. Weatherly of Earlston – no name of the little girl, no
date, but thought to be printed around 1900.<span>
</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The photograph is in the format of a “carte de visite”<span> </span>- a small photograph mounted on thick<span> </span>card, which originated in France but some
became popular elsewhere, as people exchanged them to foster friendship and
family bonds.<span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Following his death in 1907, “<i>The Berwickshire News” </i>paid tribute to John P. Weatherly in<span> </span>this role: </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>“For some years he gave a good deal of
his spare time to photography in which he acquired considerable skill – his
views of Earlston and district being well known and appreciated by the public”.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #c00000;">As a Property Owner</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>John appears to have
developed a portfolio of property. The 1905 Valuation Roll for Earlston shows
John owning:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>As proprietor & occupier: <span> </span></span></i><span>A house and shop on the
High Street, and a washhouse. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>As proprietor & landlord: <span> </span></span></i><span>A smithy with the tenant Robert
Waldie, blacksmith, and a house & stable, with the tenant Thomas Wilson,
labourer. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>**********</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>John P. Weatherly
continued to hold the position of Post Master until his death in 1907,<span> </span>with obituaries appearing in a number of
newspapers. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_44km3HjZ4zdtAGcNwZbRiVOM0d1xenfBW5wqVhjF7Sfb9dGwYOXc-537gk7lUnRS-T_qESWl6FINa67TJZ7RjkJVNwGPiBl-zhSd1m02KUoRvA6O7wZZpfhEvSKz2FvqzMKe-_OgCKjRcVqz-LwccPb4UlGHFmFW1qpjEWvJ_8AXrxTZcutVUL3qA/s320/JPW%20Obit%20Border%20ADvertiser%2011.07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="320" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_44km3HjZ4zdtAGcNwZbRiVOM0d1xenfBW5wqVhjF7Sfb9dGwYOXc-537gk7lUnRS-T_qESWl6FINa67TJZ7RjkJVNwGPiBl-zhSd1m02KUoRvA6O7wZZpfhEvSKz2FvqzMKe-_OgCKjRcVqz-LwccPb4UlGHFmFW1qpjEWvJ_8AXrxTZcutVUL3qA/w400-h334/JPW%20Obit%20Border%20ADvertiser%2011.07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>Southern Reporter:<span> </span>14<sup>th</sup> November 1907</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>John was buried in
Earlston Churchyard, with “Earlston Monumental Inscriptions”, published by the
Border Family History Society, recording the details of his gravestone:</span><span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;">“In loving memory of John
Patterson Weatherly, beloved husband of Margaret T. Weatherly who died
11.11.1907 aged 46 years; also the above Margaret Thomas Weatherly 23.10.1914,
aged 53; also their son John Patterson who died 24.9.1895 aged 9 months.<span> </span>also their daughter Ellen Sarah Patterson
Weatherly 21.1.1970 and Margaret Thomson Weatherly who died 10.12.1970.”<span> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #c00000;">Postscript:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Following
John P. Weatherly’s death in 1907, his wife Margaret took on the role of
Postmistress, until her death in 1914, with an obituary appearing in <i>“The Berwickshire News” </i>of 27<sup>th</sup>
October 1914. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>“The death of Mrs
Weatherly, Post Mistress, which took place on Friday morning, caused surprise
and regret in the town and district, where she was well known and much
respected. Mrs Weatherly succeeded her husband, Mr John P. Weatherly, who died
in 1907, in the management the Post Office, the duties of which she performed
the great satisfaction of the community, who appreciated her business
competence, her obliging disposition and courtesy. Mrs. Weatherly for very many
years has been Agent for “The Berwickshire News,” a position held for a long
time by her late husband; and both Mr and Mrs Weatherly were highly esteemed
and valued representatives of <span> </span>the County
Newspaper Earlston. Mrs Weatherly’s illness was not generally regarded as of a
serious nature, and her death naturally came as a shock to the general public.
Much sympathy is felt under their severe bereavement for her family consisting
a son and two daughters, all grown up</span></i><span>.” <span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #c00000;">Sources of Information:</span></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.ancestry.co.uk"><span>Ancestry.co.uk</span></a><span> – records of births, marriages & <span> </span>deaths, and census returns </span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><a href="www,scotlandspeople.gov.uk"><span>ScotlandsPeople</span></a><span> - <span> </span>valuation
rolls </span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><a href="britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk"><span>British Newspaper Archive</span></a></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers"><span>FindMyPast –
Newspapers</span></a><span>
</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>·<span style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span>Earlston Monumental
Inscriptions, published by the Borders Family History Society </span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span></i></span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> Contributed
by Susan Donaldson and Sheila McKay.</span></i></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span></i></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> ****************</span></i></span></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span></i></span></span></p>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-76557676713713584592022-03-15T09:09:00.009+00:002022-03-18T07:18:19.078+00:00The Weatherly Family of Earlston 1: Thomas. Weatherly (1833-1891)<div class="separator"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">THOMAS WEATHERLY (1833- 1891)</span></b></span></span></p></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">PRINTER, STATIONER, BOOKSELLER & POSTMASTER<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">For
over 100 years the Weatherly Family was well known in Earlston as postmasters
and postmistresses. This new blog series follows their lives from Thomas
Weatherly born in 1833 in Berwick upon Tweed to his great grandson John P.
Weatherly, remembered today my many local residents. </span></i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thomas Weatherly was born
in 1833 in Berwick upon Tweed, son of William Weatherly, a mariner and his wife
Eleanor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thomas married in 1855 in
Berwick Sarah Patterson, whose surname was adopted by many of her descendants
as a middle name. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The 1861 census saw the
young family still in Berwick with </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Thomas 28, a printer, Sarah 36, and children
Margaret 4 and baby John P.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten years on
in 1871 the family had grown with Margaret 14, John 10, Sarah 7 and Thomas 4
years old.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The family moved to Earlston,
in the 1870s, with an advertisement in “<i>The Southern Reporter</i>” of 3<sup>rd</sup>
September 1874 announcing that Thomas was opening a printing business in the
village.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5qxQv0kJb1qRag5I85cTJMGCTN760STg1vsGlgYYAK-zFY_9PwCeua3PS_FilLAsvzF2OaqBmmJq7AwGAi0_jYy4ZQzvS7JW3_yAD9hlOBK9A6trfSUVGWuTSkD2-tnSpbwDVNMYPPrMtV9sviHxctYkAOkNdOUWGmD5LIlApNdKFhTRGjJrRcdZ46g=s216" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="216" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5qxQv0kJb1qRag5I85cTJMGCTN760STg1vsGlgYYAK-zFY_9PwCeua3PS_FilLAsvzF2OaqBmmJq7AwGAi0_jYy4ZQzvS7JW3_yAD9hlOBK9A6trfSUVGWuTSkD2-tnSpbwDVNMYPPrMtV9sviHxctYkAOkNdOUWGmD5LIlApNdKFhTRGjJrRcdZ46g=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Slater’s Business Directory
of 1878 listed Thomas Weatherly as one of five Booksellers & Stationers in
the village, with Thomas described as a letter press printer and book binder. He
was also listed under Fire & Office Agents as an insurance agent.</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In 1881 the family was living on the High Street
with Thomas at 48 years old described as a printer, his wife 58, daughters Maggie,
aged 24 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and 17 year old Sarah were both
housekeepers; John at 20 was a bookseller’s assistant and 14 year old Thomas <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a printer’s apprentice – so very much a family
business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thomas (senior) appeared also to act as agent for the local newspapers, with
many adverts naming him as contact for information on property to let, events
tickets and lost & found items, such as a lady’s fur muff lost at Earlston
Fair, a lady’s riding crop, and a lady’s gold bracelet. </span></span><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVEBAisvtN-yiEv876-EfYy2rThQ_3leHx762wJ1uNHfBY5N9lQCMSU8VFg23W7_-YKwehcW03Dpxq3Mu41nKgoaqwxI2G9dsLLARazVjGiLGeYWAyuzrdX--jCq2nZ12mWLZhhJHMF1BAlujyWJvi6e9rbUyP4qUEIDN5DIeccqlV9OZVd7ZaZhYNLQ=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="600" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVEBAisvtN-yiEv876-EfYy2rThQ_3leHx762wJ1uNHfBY5N9lQCMSU8VFg23W7_-YKwehcW03Dpxq3Mu41nKgoaqwxI2G9dsLLARazVjGiLGeYWAyuzrdX--jCq2nZ12mWLZhhJHMF1BAlujyWJvi6e9rbUyP4qUEIDN5DIeccqlV9OZVd7ZaZhYNLQ=s320" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Southern Reporter: 27<sup>th</sup> November 1879</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCjW4fc3hBcyjSkE1jRckggqmjIrl-GyG2HnOI7Uu1lEJ5cWCUN0KCnlk297RCLQl9BtM_Kw_SGtNcisqaDLj-GSa7eHyLKP_ifBM0g4dq_sfBojLDtsZ6oF8vnhzg96z42eM4Lz9bzBHHRncX0ppvGAnuD1UzSrtAo-PzGB6-kMO3pAsqSW5mZeMeCg=s492" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCjW4fc3hBcyjSkE1jRckggqmjIrl-GyG2HnOI7Uu1lEJ5cWCUN0KCnlk297RCLQl9BtM_Kw_SGtNcisqaDLj-GSa7eHyLKP_ifBM0g4dq_sfBojLDtsZ6oF8vnhzg96z42eM4Lz9bzBHHRncX0ppvGAnuD1UzSrtAo-PzGB6-kMO3pAsqSW5mZeMeCg=w325-h400" width="325" /></a><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> <br /></span></i></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A black edged letter printed by Thomas Weatherly </span></i><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">as an invitation to a funeral. </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We have a first-hand
account of Thomas in Earlston,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>written by the Rev. William Crockett (1866-1945)
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“A printer from Berwick, he migrated to the
west of the shire (about 70 years ago) and had his stationer's and
bookseller's shop on the High Street. </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Weatherly's enterprise
took him into the publishing and newspaper field, with an eight page
weekly <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"The Border
Beacon", </i>followed by a second, having the rather high sounding
title <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"The South of Scotland Live
Stock Journal".</i> I fancy that very few, if any copies, have
survived, apart from those I have myself kept in file those many
years. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As Weatherly discovered, Earlston was scarcely the place for
a successful venture into the journalistic sphere”. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In 1883,
</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thomas Weatherly became
Earlston Post Master, </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">and the post office moved further along the High
Street to what is now the Lucky Finds shop. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmBgup9daWLw5qYLIZsHvrz7PBzZ4P5AYYIgaqsoUzIKpiwX0ycZez5E9zKHmUG1NSpNuTz7LyHVYtkxEhteApadq1vrb2t6gfA5pzP2B4gc0zvAMpFWd9u7QnRIbUnYlCTugEAaoErqZ509baFMjWr-yec7qHuIEkC9tGXfcuCFmu6Zjgm4VemU1PKQ=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2oeu5jZ6Ga_Nrx99APam3LenNOkwkkqBlLutt8ZHaxnMLAEqOoFebgSdIE0e6AM9KhQd0lh7c6D3Ob_zXQD-TtCmSU51DjkHsmgyPPra-UI4yaO0ltFCLNewx--B74oUK4-OWVfO78ceGAL_sABeV3SzUQ33b4BOsem_Q3LqVsOSPDmknr1eqT4yB5A=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="600" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh2oeu5jZ6Ga_Nrx99APam3LenNOkwkkqBlLutt8ZHaxnMLAEqOoFebgSdIE0e6AM9KhQd0lh7c6D3Ob_zXQD-TtCmSU51DjkHsmgyPPra-UI4yaO0ltFCLNewx--B74oUK4-OWVfO78ceGAL_sABeV3SzUQ33b4BOsem_Q3LqVsOSPDmknr1eqT4yB5A=w400-h235" width="400" /></a> <br /></span></span></div></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">High Street , looking west, with
the Weatherly shop & post office on the right. </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Slater’s Business Directory
of 1886 noted the services offered by the Post Office under Thomas Weatherly. <br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQQsqpEnW7KdTmpPQQ18aU5dSwR90iIyRzolqPssZvgnJBHefn9G5A0m5GxsC9We30Q3yQeNa45oDSHS7JRfmDqBYmN7m9BXfF9dfzUTqsPv_8EwpTyl5vv30en0EP_XkyuMIyKJNB6JfL_qp3iTbuMvNVrl3GJVQ2zWphJb3JogadvMO0wyJWz7tOCg=s675" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="45" data-original-width="675" height="42" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQQsqpEnW7KdTmpPQQ18aU5dSwR90iIyRzolqPssZvgnJBHefn9G5A0m5GxsC9We30Q3yQeNa45oDSHS7JRfmDqBYmN7m9BXfF9dfzUTqsPv_8EwpTyl5vv30en0EP_XkyuMIyKJNB6JfL_qp3iTbuMvNVrl3GJVQ2zWphJb3JogadvMO0wyJWz7tOCg=w640-h42" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thomas <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>served<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>in the postmaster role until 1886, (the year his wife died),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when
his son John P. Weatherly succeeded him – to be followed by his granddaughters
Margaret T. Weatherly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Ellen S. P.
Weatherly and finally his great grandson John P. Weatherly, well known to many
today for his involvement in village activities. .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thomas died of
bronchitis on 13th February 1891, aged 58.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>buried in Earlston Churchyard. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The gravestone also marks the death of his
wife Sarah in 1886 and his youngest, unmarried daughter Sarah in 1920.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">***********</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Daughter Margaret </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">married in 1883 local man Adam Mauchlan, variously described
as "fishmonger, poulterer, rabbit catcher, general dealer".
Adam had his business on the High Street. </span></span></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black;">The couple went on to have three sons and one daughter. interestingly in the 1901 Census their home was next door to the Weatherly
family! Margaret died age 47 in 1904 and her husband
described his <i>'beloved' wife</i> as <i>" a model wife and mother ever remembered
by Adam Mauchlan". </i>After Adam's death in 1910 the family
moved away from the village, apart, from second son, Thomas, who worked as a power loom tuner and lived in Roosevelt Place, married twice but had no family
of his own. He died at Rhymer's Cottages.</span>
</span></span>
</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Earlston at the Turn
of the Century</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxmSPsYNCQhTswgDZEB_e1_ehA2OL9EpDtjwcN-9mT07m4-o_EcG0zEsQG03FFQBdMObPQtv7O3UC1dux6GydU44EHTs8nWwO1hhMfr5d-dHA65G3Xs6wHQdzWv1hL1uNA4qOAhifq8et/s400/Reading+Room+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-no-proof: yes;">
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">******************</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><b>Contributors:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b> </span>Susan Donaldson, Sheila McKay and Jeff Price
of the Auld Earlston Group.</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Sources: </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Birth, marriage and
death records, and census records on </span><a href="http://www.ancestry.co.uk"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">www.ancestry.co.uk</span></a><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> and </span><a href="http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk</span></a><br /></span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">British Newspaper Arch<span style="color: #800180;">i</span></span></a><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">ve</span></span></span></span>
</li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">FindMyPast – British Newspapers
1710-1963</span></a></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Slater's Business
Directories, 1878 and 1886. </span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Earlston
Monumental Inscriptions, published by the Borders Family History Society. <br /><br /></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The Rhymer's Town: Further Notes on Earlston's
Past, by Rev. Dr. W. S. Crockett. <i>In "The Southern Annual”:1942.</i></span></span></span></li></ul><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*****************</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<br /></span></span>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-7154173609741798352022-02-02T12:44:00.017+00:002023-03-29T18:06:03.030+00:00Tributes to two Earlston Worthies - David Lockhead and Andrew Murdison <div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Newspaper obituaries can give us a unique tribute to men and women who made their mark in the community. Often the articles are long, wordy and eloquently expressed. Two such Earlston profiles are described here. <br /> <br /><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><b>DAVID LOCHHEAD, JEWELLER </b></span><br />In 1886, David Lochhead, jeweller, took over the premises occupied then by the post office - the old sign is still visible to the right of the door. <br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsvyZekRC6Zs-BY6HgSX_6ouumupvKfs38BbAePyn-90yGWFzMqMMFaC_u98CxEKin-Pw5HCmtMgFHR_szb3-RsX24mJ9G3ICb5Upn6ZtABGhpuGvPKl2jwgilGWt2sGKerjXzJZZgXPZ/w400-h281/Lochhead+Jeweller.jpg" /></span></span><br /><br /><i><span><span>Lochhead's watchmaker & jeweller in what is now the Tom Davidson Gallery. </span></span><br /><span><span> Look at the right hand window for that unusual term "cyclealities". </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span></i><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> David Drysdale Lochhead died in 1937, with "The Berwickshire News" paying tribute to the 83 year old businessman for his time in Earlston. He came to the village from Edinburgh in 1877 and soon involved himself in community activities - amongst them the Bowling Club where he was a member from its inception in 1881. On his retirement, in 1924 the Bowling Club presented him with a "handsome silver mounted umbrella, suitably inscribed. </span></span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcF776ViCWBXYGULnXms4yDVwska0OmD1rEyiFKUywLrB0sMdv5-_nwZ1n0Sj3wr5WecWNhpkaNRSPEVNEGggpDG668Tsrml-rmbjdzCWhGBn2gllHAWg160i7vZCiJArVrNzyRR_2s_p/w400-h215/Lochhead+obit.BN+X.jpg" /></a> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ29cgMZi2EcASv4tke3cLtNKOWXJnZWs2e7c4iTIz582G-Sb80binsqxH4YUn9a8drH9f-xu6v7q0J_eHF3N0mj0HPkGhU7K9Aj01vBPdCmmxwGqyILzBmXCKdcrSXSzU2PSecTG9aVhC/s400/Lochhead+obit.BN+2.6X2.jpg" /></a> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFxCXuxnibxcNeIoXJe1UQFtjvVC5Hgnf7fKfo69z_2mxbF7HpvMrYdq9yDLgJ9XB-HWixesZP6YfeZkNU7PtrzarzsKJUzLNtzcuEPCGP0qApSiNqNyqO1lx094lu-Hmn15M6DphxGFP/s400/Lochhead+obit.+X3.jpg" /></a> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> <i>Berwickshire News: 2nd June 1937 </i></span></span><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ANDREW MURDISON - A MAN OF MANY PARTS</span></b><br /><br />Andrew Murdison was well known in the village, as a plumber and slater, working on such projects as Earlston Reading Room, the new Primary School which opened in 1877, and Gordon Water Works. <br /> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>He was born in Lauder in 1835, and married Janet Miller, before setting up his business in Earlston. </span></span><span><span><span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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with the early loss of six of their children over a period of eighteen years <span> </span>– all buried in Earlston Churchyard. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>William in 1869 <span> </span>aged 8 years</span><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Helen in 1871 aged 15 years</span>
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>William in 1874 aged 1 year <i>(it was customary to name a child after an earlier sibling who had died) </i><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Mary in 1881 aged 23 years </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>James in 1887 aged 33 years </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>The 1881 census saw Andrew on Earlston High Street, with his wife and children - Mary (who died a few months later), Maggie, Andrew, Thomas, Robert, and John, aged from 5 years to 22, Seven men and two boys were employed in the business. <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /> The Southern Reporter: June 9th 1903 posted a fulsome obituary on Andrew Murdison's life.<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSBVqK_2JKP2uqWXj1GLQWj4M0yV0jlf3GTGcJ1iglvES1Go5jeO2lm9htQEMepcaesw9sCyLLE6HaAo8U-jHXOup0z7e1c2xJaqqFQOcjpXMQxJWg3dSCHuUjtKW-HOwyDys27h3-5NEl1xW8VobhX6c7PL1-Rdzx3HE6N7KsEBdBpOw9xScWWQp1zA=s144"><img border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSBVqK_2JKP2uqWXj1GLQWj4M0yV0jlf3GTGcJ1iglvES1Go5jeO2lm9htQEMepcaesw9sCyLLE6HaAo8U-jHXOup0z7e1c2xJaqqFQOcjpXMQxJWg3dSCHuUjtKW-HOwyDys27h3-5NEl1xW8VobhX6c7PL1-Rdzx3HE6N7KsEBdBpOw9xScWWQp1zA=w320-h96" width="320" /></a><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>"Tuesday morning there passed away a man well known in this district - Mr. Andrew Murdison, plumber and slater , who had been resident in Earlston for over 46 years. He set up his business in 1857 and speedily built it up with the late William Rodger, builder and the late John Wallace, joiner. He did a great deal of work on the estates of the Earl of Haddington. The firms above mentioned still continue in the persons of a younger generation- testimony to the energy of their founder..</i><br /><br /><i>The late Mr Murdison was a man of powerful physique and few could equal him in his younger days for the amount of work he could undertake . He took a great deal of interest in all kinds of sport, particularly curling and bowling. He was regarded as the founder of the Curling Club and was certainly its moving spirit, as he was mainly instrumental in its establishment. Free Masonry was also a source of attraction. When he was head of the Lodge, his efforts to increase membership was so successful, the roll of Brotherhood had never been so large.</i><br /><br /> <i>He was highly respected as a straightforward upright, true-hearted man, speaking fearlessly, a determined foe to all double dealing . shuffling or attempting to face both ways a staunch friend.<br /> <br /> He was a stout Conservative* and churchman. He is survived by four sons and two daughters."</i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span>Andrew
was buried in Earlston Churchyard with his gravestone erected by his
son Andrew Murdison, Jnr of Buffalo, New York State, USA.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>On 21st July 1903, his son Thomas Boston Murdison posted an advertisement in the local press: <br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>"Begging to intimate to the General Public that he had acquired the premises in which his late father Andrew Murdison, Plumber and Slater had carried out his Business for the last 47 years. The Business was being carried on by him as his Successor. </i></span></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></span><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span><span>By Strict Attention to Business, by keeping a Competent Class of Workmen and the Best Class of Materials, he hoped to merit a share of Public Patronage as previously Bestowed on his Predecessor." </span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span><span> </span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span><span> </span></span></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Over the following years, Andrew's family continued to make their mark on the life of the Earlston community. </span></span><i><br /></i></span></span><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i> </i><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> *****************</span></span><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>Contributed by Auld Earlston member, Susan Donaldson </span></span><br /></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></i></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i> </i><span><span><br /></span></span> <span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-69646847788259742292021-11-30T13:58:00.008+00:002022-03-16T12:17:23.333+00:00An Earlston Suffragette Makes The Headlines<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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October 1908 Prime Minister Herbert Asquith came to Earlston to make a
political speech. This was a major event for the Scottish Borders village, and newspapers were
full of the preparations, with one particular aspect occupying their concerns,
not only in local newspapers but in the press further afield – the threat of
suffragette demonstrations. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>
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visit. These included the erection of a tent, measuring 220 feet by
60 feet with seating accommodation for about 4000 people - this when the
population of Earlston in the 1911 census was only 1677! How
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them “The Berwickshire News” with a lengthy article, published on 29<sup>th</sup>
September 1908: </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">"T<i>here is no building in Earlston big enough
for a mass meeting of any sort, and as the sudden return of summer could not be
foreseen or depended upon, provision has been made in a marquee to afford
sitting accommodation for some four thousand people." </i></span><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>
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advanced, and everything points<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to the
gathering being a record one………..Houses and shops are being painted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and decorated and made to look their
best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">" <br /></span></span></i><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1TVB6lmTrGh63oNuwsqF3ElDT8ugfF0Q1owF4L-qotV0p8e0ikJmctxB6SUc_LeP3Hc1slb0x7NgFhyRKtOedZ7-fyW_0F3KPG2ooF8zx4UcuE6jrNnZPQxsWDi2lV7d892zZQosS0QE/w400-h250/PM+Visit+1908+-+Bunting+on+High+Street.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></i><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><br /><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"For the benefit those
desirous taking advantage of the special trains are asked to state that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it has now been arranged that there shall be
five special trains to Earlston the afternoon bringing passengers from
Edinburgh, Berwick, Dunbar, 'Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, and other stations en
route………"</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"Every available room in Earlston
is spoken for……tickets are being given: away freely, upon application, to Unionists
well as to' Liberal, —in fact to any respectable person who is not likely cause
any disturbance at the meeting."</span></i></span></span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
report concluded with an exhortation that local residents respected the honour
that was due on the occasion:</span><br /></span></span></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 54pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It
is to be hoped Success will attend Asquith’s meeting in Earlston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is an event of no ordinary importance,. It
will be the first time in the political history Berwickshire that a Prime
Minister of Great Britain has delivered a speech at public meeting the county, and
there is a desire on the part of the in</i>habitants<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> to show their appreciation, of the honour which is about to be conferred
upon them.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></i></span></span></span><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; margin-left: 54.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt 54pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“The Sheffield Daily Telegraph” presented
to its readers a picture of Earlston, waxing lyrically that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the remote village was more a land of
poetry and romance than politics and politicians” .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The paper also questioned <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Why
Earlston?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>The answer was the Prime
Minster had never spoken in Berwickshire and his son in law Mr. Harold John
Tennant was the local MP. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Threats
Of Suffragette Intervention</span></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This was
a serious preoccupation for the organisers as evidenced by the press coverage,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which used such terms as <i>"the dreaded suffragettes, </i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“pernicious feminine politicians”, “militant political women”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“displaying their usual offensive manners”,</i> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and<i> "mischievously disposed females."</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Rumours abounded that suffragettes
would <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>follow in motor cars the Prime Minister’s
party to Earlston, with the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>waving of flags
and banners and shouts of their motto” Votes or Women” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and the approach of the picturesque
procession to the various villages and hamlets the way being heralded by the
ringing of bells to herald their presence. In the event, the Prime Minister arrived by train, </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgekBi1u4vtFl2gaBJJBq1S6aeAihxt8MRHj8Kk5z4JJYrYxcndioQhmRWHzdKF0kdBkyYrLv2MUPTc6nzEiQMbA3UdadaorvK0rANDRqnlSCebT-CvHH-yVZHqqzlccLJJNQsPjExVt72/s1600/PM+Visit1908+-+Party+Leaving+Station.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgekBi1u4vtFl2gaBJJBq1S6aeAihxt8MRHj8Kk5z4JJYrYxcndioQhmRWHzdKF0kdBkyYrLv2MUPTc6nzEiQMbA3UdadaorvK0rANDRqnlSCebT-CvHH-yVZHqqzlccLJJNQsPjExVt72/s1600/PM+Visit1908+-+Party+Leaving+Station.jpg" width="252" /></a></span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Prime Minister Asquith arriving at Earlston Station </span></span></i></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The strategy
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the organisers was to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sit all ladies attending the event in a
specially designated part of the marquee;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>or as “The Sheffield Daily Telegraph” said <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Put the
Ladies in a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compound</i>” – a policy
well covered by the local press and further afield by such titles as “The
Huntly Express”, “The Aberdeen Press and Journal” and “The Daily Record”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM7gM-i6YuYIsRrOJFMNf8qIClmLxll965QIWBRoXjSXPQsYAEGym_cOZh2huUAwq3SEWsUbdFUldYQj6iilOtPWlHS5ZiDrkw03tH7U9DtRPyqYSVgjuh97_DMiSIbCng5lErd6MszI_/s457/Suffragetts+Compound.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="54" data-original-width="457" height="38" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNM7gM-i6YuYIsRrOJFMNf8qIClmLxll965QIWBRoXjSXPQsYAEGym_cOZh2huUAwq3SEWsUbdFUldYQj6iilOtPWlHS5ZiDrkw03tH7U9DtRPyqYSVgjuh97_DMiSIbCng5lErd6MszI_/s320/Suffragetts+Compound.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Ladies would not be admitted to any other part of the building <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">even </i>if they possessed tickets for other
parts.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“The purpose of this arrangement is evident”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Names and addresses were also required ,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
precaution is specially intended to keep out any suffragettes who may attempt<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to be present and carry out their policy in
their<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>usual offensive manner.”</i></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“The Daily Record” of 26<sup>th</sup> Sept 1908
noted: </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“The decision that they<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>must ail
sit together has been arrived at, is<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>scarcely necessary to say, because of the probability of a suffragette
disturbance. With the women in a bunch, it is believed that any
need for ejectment will be the more easier accomplished than if the ladies were
dotted all over the marquee”.<br /></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRilMVuf_lwWhEC4enhRYvgGhJZ2Y9OAyt1MTFphyphenhyphenWeaxeoG8Tfb7dbXHmcYAFsujMazXgxBcFlvoOxaiZKx4eFUbjsCSANCXbTCzACJ75kX5Hq04bufIIKoS7IScTyJcwyNxcq-VeRJOI/s407/Suffrgettes+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="134" data-original-width="407" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRilMVuf_lwWhEC4enhRYvgGhJZ2Y9OAyt1MTFphyphenhyphenWeaxeoG8Tfb7dbXHmcYAFsujMazXgxBcFlvoOxaiZKx4eFUbjsCSANCXbTCzACJ75kX5Hq04bufIIKoS7IScTyJcwyNxcq-VeRJOI/s320/Suffrgettes+6.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The
Berwickshire News reported on 29<sup>th</sup> September that </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"A few days ago, two ladies who had been
inquiring where the meeting was held and when tickets were to be had. were
directed to the Secretary of the local Liberal Association. In the course of a
talk with him they said that they were Unionists, and admitted they were<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>suffragettes, but not of the wild <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>description, and they offered to pay for
tickets. They were told, however, that the tickets were not for sale, and that
they must <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>apply to the local secretary
of the district from which they came – A<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
safeguard against actions <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>contemplated
these pertinacious feminine politicians. </span></i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"The Southern Reporter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>noted that the local motto of suffragettes
was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Ask Asquith with All Your Mig<span>ht"</span></i></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdralxjeqaB8kzVKqo9_ZpaUvfU67AgxtmSeVBrjm3HWUNCf4wA9RKDxkAnmmUKu42MpQaVQ75fHyxx8JtP6atgkr6-zZu1cqpA-0jQTyJunfDkoOTRtniq2ARtH9wx9VnFrVbqHFosJLE/s327/Suffragetts+headline+5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="327" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdralxjeqaB8kzVKqo9_ZpaUvfU67AgxtmSeVBrjm3HWUNCf4wA9RKDxkAnmmUKu42MpQaVQ75fHyxx8JtP6atgkr6-zZu1cqpA-0jQTyJunfDkoOTRtniq2ARtH9wx9VnFrVbqHFosJLE/s320/Suffragetts+headline+5.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: red;">The
Prime Minister’s Visit: Saturday </span></b></span></span></p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b><span>“The Aberdeen Press and Journal” of 10<sup>th</sup>
October 1908 presented a colourful report as the village awaited the arrival of PM
Asquith. </span></span></span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>"In<span> </span>all its history the little
Berwickshire town of Earlston <span> </span>has not witnessed
such scenes on Saturday. Its High Street under normal conditions can boast of
about a dozen people on it at one time, except on Saturday evening, when
country people lend a brief spell of life to the town, it might thought that it
was only peopled by the ghostly contemporaries of <span> </span>Thomas <span> </span>the Rhymer, whose ruined tower still stands at
the southern end of the village. <br /><br />On Friday night Earlstonians went to bed
unknown; Saturday they awoke to find the eyes of the British-speaking world
focussed upon their quaint little town, and in the afternoon the erstwhile
solitary street was crowded with motor cars, traps, cycles, and close on 8000
people. Earlston had, however, risen to the occasion. Within its bounds was to
speak Britain’s greatest political figure and statesman, the Prime Minister,
and the town did not hesitate to do him honour. From east to west of the long
High Street flags and streamers waved profusion; Union Jacks and other
patriotic emblems”.</span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="579" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS5miDhpIJwNfz-UGBMU9IxyPgcrV7cIXMcB6qCCbWixjYGesLbLlkcWeUTCwY8pq_JCBILQQyGK9dQaeXAFjY5b8eSBQSmmlbIQEApkiaWcFvmwx7uP3QL4mD4pUf0houKzrEOVFhbPo/s400/00+JW+NEW+5.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 6.24pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span> </span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">It proved to be a notable
occasion, disrupted by the late
arrival of reporters and M.Ps on a delayed Edinburgh train which took three
hours to reach Earlston; crowds spilling out of from the crowded hot marquee, and noise from the <i>"shunt, snort and whistles"</i> of
a railway engine threatening to drown
out the speakers. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span>
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waved hats and handkerchiefs and cheered with great cordiality".</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><i><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: red; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A Suffragette Interruption </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">However Mr Asquith had only said a few words when,
at his remark <i>"My primary purpose in coming here this
afternoon is........., a woman startled her neighbours by exclaiming " “Give
votes to women!". </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
“The interrupter was a young woman of graceful figure and pleasant features,
and, having borne her testimony, she smiled and waited. She had not to wait
long before she was attended to. One of the stewards quickly realised the
situation. Ah., ha, here you are, are you", he seemed to say, and he made his
way to the fair suffragette. She was <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>calm and unresisting, but with her sailor hat
somewhat awry , and they a little excited and very energetic, but not severe.
As far as one could judge the suffragette had no confederates beside her, for
the ladies in whose all she stood appeared most surprised of all when the demand for their civil emancipation came from their midst, and there not a flutter
among them while the furbelows that had been ruffled were re-arranged. Of course they were cruel men who shouted "Put her out". She didn't care - she had done what she could. </span></i></span></span></span></h2><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“The Huntly Express” referred to
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“the stylishly-dressed young suffragette,
who <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>within a few seconds was in the arms
of a stalwart Gala steward, and was borne out amid the laughter of the audience.
She appeared to be the only one of her kind who had succeeded in effecting an
entrance, and the Prime Minister proceeded without further interruption”.</i></span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /><br />The “Votes for Women”, publication in London not surprisingly gave a different slant on the incident:</span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
“In <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>spite of the most elaborate
precautions to exclude any but ardent supporters, a woman found her way into
Mr. Asquith's meeting at Earlston, and at an early stage in the proceedings
protested that he ought to give votes to qualified women. She was, of course,
ejected after considerable uproar, being followed by a large crowd, who were
evidently more interested in the Suffragettes than in the Prime Minister.
Meanwhile, a man who interrupted the speaker several times was left in
undisturbed possession of his seat.”</i></span></span></span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"The Jedburgh Gazette" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>reporter clearly found this incident far
more interesting than Mr Asquith's speech which he described as<i>
"Unimpassioned with no striking phrases." </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span><span>
</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<span style="color: #990000;"><b><i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">B</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ut on a brief
Saturday afternoon in October 1908</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Earlston was on the national stage politically.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>
</i></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2E0ExgekG9G8v1807iV2LMTVYjEMLPpJeWvxI9GmXSspfYx9jfck9TNBJ0t14JpWHLY-t34oJ5IVkVFfi_FMTCRehh4CgbfWHHi0ClV8xhvNNYsEJ167lycKmlZZEXFCIMx87aq-Uop9o/s1600/PM+Visit+1908+-++Official+Photo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2E0ExgekG9G8v1807iV2LMTVYjEMLPpJeWvxI9GmXSspfYx9jfck9TNBJ0t14JpWHLY-t34oJ5IVkVFfi_FMTCRehh4CgbfWHHi0ClV8xhvNNYsEJ167lycKmlZZEXFCIMx87aq-Uop9o/s1600/PM+Visit+1908+-++Official+Photo.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Official photograph taken by Walter Swanston, an Earlston-born photographer</i></span></span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i> who set up a studio on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i> ***********</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">But the Asquith incident was not the end of suffragette activity in the village. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"The Berwickshire News": 10th August 1909 printed the following report: <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Suffragettes.—On
Friday week three ladies of the Suffragette “persuasion” visited
Earlston, and at the dinner hour of the factory workers addressed an
open air meeting in the open space at Rhymer’s Mill. There was large
attendance of the factory' workers and others who listened to the
speeches of the ladies with attention. Two of them spoke of the advantages
that would accrue to the country if the franchise were extended to
women, who at present laboured under wrong and injustice in being denied
it, Mrs Hope of Sunwick and other ladies who hold the views of the
speakers were present. The Suffragettes left Earlston on the four o’clock
train to Duns. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZLqIunLhIi7sqBC7oTXSuO3S5karcJU-XC2OVMdBx-CJfK8nuGh5W7H9Md8sUjyM7Zcwsc2DsCUfHH4L6UuTsJLkd2t1yCcBn6DEcx2IMcLi7d57ZRab8TfiPrIQph9GwEKqhy3sR692/s400/Mill+2.jpg" width="400" /> <br /></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Women workers at Simpson & Fairbairn Mill, Earlston - early 1900's</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">1913 saw more militant activity - this time in Kelso<i>, </i>when:<i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i> <br /><br /></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>"A couple of women, presumably suffragettes, had been caught
red handed in an attempt to destroy by fire the new stand which had been
erected in the paddock at the Racecourse.......The fire was subdued
before any damage could be done and the suffragettes
arrested......In the walk down to Kelso Police Station, the Ladies
beguiled the time by giving lusty voice to the suffragette song " March
On." </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "sans-serif"" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i><br /><br />The
women were conveyed to Jedburgh and apprehended before the Sheriff.
A big crowd collected in the vicinity of the court room to catch a
glimpse of the daring but mischievously disposed females."</i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The
protesters were committed to prison and taken by train to Edinburgh,
They were found guilty as charged and sentenced to nine months
imprisonment in Calton Jail, Edinburgh. However they were liberated
within a week having gone on hunger strike. The terms of their
temporary release stated that they must return after a stipulated
number of days - an instance of the infamous "cat and mouse" policy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Postscript</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>But it was the role of women in the First
World War, undertaking men's work that did as much as anything to show
their ability and commitment. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>So in November 1918 the Representation
of the People Act gave the vote to <u>some</u> women i.e. those over the age of 30, </span><span> who were householders, the wives of householders,
occupiers of property with an annual rent of £5, and graduates of
British universities. </span></span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was to be a further ten years in 1928, before women gained the vote on the same basis as men. </span></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">**********<br /></span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Source of Information: <b><a href="http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk">www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk</a></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <i>Contributed by Susan Donaldson of the Auld Earlston Group </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><br /></i></div><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-81220818695878319462021-10-23T14:28:00.024+00:002022-03-15T11:33:46.601+00:00THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY IN EARLSTON <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>A</i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">uld
Earlston member Sheila McKay was delighted to find during her family history
research that her great grandfather Robert Frater had been a founding member of
the local Cooperative Society. She was prompted to find out more about the
Co-op’s history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">Background</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In Scotland, Fenwick Weavers in Ayrshire set up in
1769 the first Co-op using bulk buying to buy essentials for workers to
purchase at affordable prices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other </span><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">early co-operatives
were soon established – Hawick and Galashiels in 1839 and by 1867 Scotland had 130
such societies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Key principles behind
their operation were:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>voluntary and open
membership, democratic members’ control, a community ethos, and payment of
dividends based on purchases. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">Early Days
in Earlston </span></b><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>The
earliest record found online, at <a href="http://britishnewspaperarchive.gov.uk"><i>British</i> N</a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://britishnewspaperarchive.gov.uk">ewspaper
Archive,</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was in “</i>The Southern
Reporter:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>19<sup>th</sup> April
1883<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when a meeting was held in the Good
Templar Hall, Earlston<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to hear a talk on
the subject on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Co-operation – its principles and benefits
to the working classes”</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>delivered by
Mr. J. McNair, Glasgow; Mr. J. Allan and Mr. T. Little, Galashiels and Mr.
Lochhead, Edinburgh,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The chair was
occupied by Mr. R. H. Dunn, tweed manufacturer, and elected as first Secretary
was Robert Frater. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvSXrEXAmnl7g_ARRMPX7uMy5ZvcosCrRS_vNUYlZW9KcMaqiJ8r91-j9gCwyuViBpscUmDy5ru8Tx31vr3-yAD7wJqSkVBZf1a2hRqMvR_hT_Ji-JfFYmOU-VDfbZBDx1TeMOW6wBp7h/s479/Co-op+Headline.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="479" height="63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAvSXrEXAmnl7g_ARRMPX7uMy5ZvcosCrRS_vNUYlZW9KcMaqiJ8r91-j9gCwyuViBpscUmDy5ru8Tx31vr3-yAD7wJqSkVBZf1a2hRqMvR_hT_Ji-JfFYmOU-VDfbZBDx1TeMOW6wBp7h/s320/Co-op+Headline.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“There was a good attendance, and the addresses were
listened to with the greatest interest and attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the close, a party of ten formed
themselves into a committee for the purpose of endeavoring to obtain support
for the establishment of a co-operative store in the town.”</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">Who was
Robert Frater?</span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhSgpwfTyZsHI5sSmazknFY0OH3Vl18PfMOwXLJApcM4kQVTxC8PJeBQKTNo7A7tXGeDUhhAJ8Gsj7NJX8oGDi0N7EXpezF6EFi1sVW0O6FIN8orfaoVJZKgODrDJb7yfR6M7Xh1vFkqg/s600/Robert+Frater+%2526+family.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="384" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhSgpwfTyZsHI5sSmazknFY0OH3Vl18PfMOwXLJApcM4kQVTxC8PJeBQKTNo7A7tXGeDUhhAJ8Gsj7NJX8oGDi0N7EXpezF6EFi1sVW0O6FIN8orfaoVJZKgODrDJb7yfR6M7Xh1vFkqg/w256-h400/Robert+Frater+%2526+family.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Robert Frater
(1846-1938) was born in Galashiels, son of William Muir Frater and Janet Smith,
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His father was very active in
Galashiels affairs, serving as a Councillor and a strong advocate for the Co-operative
movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>19 year old Robert <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>came to Earlston to work in the local Tweed
Mill, at that time owned by Mr. Charles Wilson, and continued working there as
a woollen warper until his retirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was closely involved in the local Earlston community - a staunch
member of the Temperance movement, as well as being a follower of Liberal
politics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a keen Rifle Volunteer,
attending what became to be known as ‘The Wet Review “at Edinburgh in
1881.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also a prominent member
of the Bowling Club, Horticultural Society and the Reading Room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robert was one of the villagers involved in
the setting up of the Co-operative Society in Earlston in 1883 as its first secretary
and was elected to President in 1906. </span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Robert
married Janet Thomson in 1870, and they had eleven children, eight daughters
and three sons, all of whom survived to adulthood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robert died in 1938 at the grand old age of
92 in his home at Janefield, Earlston where he had lived with three of his
unmarried daughters for many years.</span> <br /></span></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Photograph:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robert with his wife and two of their
daughters outside their home in Rodgers <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Place. </span></i></span></span>
</p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">The
Turn of the 19<sup>th</sup> Century </span></b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">saw the Co-operative Society in Earlston with
200 members, and in 1898 it purchased the Old Parochial School on Station Road.<span style="color: #c00000;"> </span>“The Southern Reporter” of 28<sup>th</sup>
December 1898 noted: </span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“The old parish school and playground purchased by Mr.
Carter, Berwick, when the new school <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">[at the East End]<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> was opened in 1877, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has been sold by him to the Co-operative Store
Company at, it is said, £400.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
company intend to make extensive alterations and additions, for which the
playground affords ample space, in order that the premises may be adapted to
their greatly increased and increasing business”. </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdjJH7kObRuI1bHGKrmJKLdtJ-ZjiTbmDO6Yz4sTgpyzZXlHuZkkPORQFmb2vreOKssRDJOd1av1Op_4iU29oywnsaE6x52B_qMsNmpn1EgreAGKBmK_DsWhjMVlYRnIlWIz_Z4WJCYr-/s600/CO-OP+C+STATION+ROAD+Colorized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpdjJH7kObRuI1bHGKrmJKLdtJ-ZjiTbmDO6Yz4sTgpyzZXlHuZkkPORQFmb2vreOKssRDJOd1av1Op_4iU29oywnsaE6x52B_qMsNmpn1EgreAGKBmK_DsWhjMVlYRnIlWIz_Z4WJCYr-/w400-h254/CO-OP+C+STATION+ROAD+Colorized.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The Co-op on Station Road the right </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaXUd1SA9Pjf-kfB2ZF9SN4h-_ON-MxndogwmNSCVht74sSVrJpclVRFZfP3ZAioCyNbyNEAMu7JL3dam6jIDf2f3FILzeF4nw5EJSUpRt9g6PgthV6lkXNrBPgt7SNsoyl3L0KOV9u4w/s973/CO-OP+STATION+ROAD++SM+Colorized+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="973" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaXUd1SA9Pjf-kfB2ZF9SN4h-_ON-MxndogwmNSCVht74sSVrJpclVRFZfP3ZAioCyNbyNEAMu7JL3dam6jIDf2f3FILzeF4nw5EJSUpRt9g6PgthV6lkXNrBPgt7SNsoyl3L0KOV9u4w/w400-h256/CO-OP+STATION+ROAD++SM+Colorized+.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #990000;"><b>An
interesting “Situations Vacant”</b> n</span>otice<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>appeared in ”The Southern Reporter” 20<sup>th</sup> June 1901 for van
drivers at a time when cars were still regarded as luxury travel for pleasure
and only beginning to be introduced for business purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(No such thing as driving tests to prove
competency at this early date).</span><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">"Wanted, a Man to drive Grocery Van; also a Baker who is
capable of driving a van.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apply,
stating wages, etc. to Robert Frater, Secretary, Co-operative Society, Earlston.”</span></i> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #990000;">Annual Festivals</span></span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #990000;"> </span>The
local press revealed that besides the quarterly and annual business meetings,
the Society had an <span>Annual Festiva<b>l</b></span> in the Corn Exchange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 1906 report commented on:</span><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“A large attendance. Mr. Robert Frater, president of the
society, occupied the chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After tea,
the Chairman referred to the fact that Earlston Co-operative Society was the
only association of the kind in Berwickshire, and that it had distributed
amongst its members a sum of something approaching ten thousand pounds during
the twenty three years of its existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If the members of the Earlston Society wished to keep up their dividend,
they should be thoroughly loyal in their support of the store, and show their
interest in the society by attending its meetings”</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">A
“Soiree” followed of musical entertainment and:<br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> “</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">T</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">he hall was then cleared for dancing, which was taken
part in by many young people, who kept it up till early the following
morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Excellent music was provided
by the Earlston Orchestra."</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">For the 1907 festival the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>audience enjoyed: </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">"An exhibition of animated pictures with songs
interspersed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pictures that were
thrown on the screen being mostly of a humorous kind called forth repeated
plaudits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of them excited roars of
laughter”. </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Semi Jubilee</b></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;"><b>1</b>908
marked the 25th anniversary of the Co-operative Society in
Earlston</span><b> </b></span>and was celebrated in a grand fashion, as reported in “The Southern
Reporter”:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>25<sup>th</sup> June. </span></span></span>
</p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">"On Saturday, a long procession of boys and girls,
carrying flags and banners, marched through the town, headed by Melrose Pipe
Band, who, in their kilts and philabegs made a brave show, and discoursed
excellent music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the town they
made their way to the scene of the sports, and the president of the society,
Mr. Robert Frater, welcomed the huge assemblage, which numbered little, if
anything, short of 1000 people all told. </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></i><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5O9oWypEhJ2HWR3IzyE7TbVOZtbet31S_tvNIhRKbofVa-0Aw7pSLz_0Ort5YZQpWQ_uaNhNV4wCVbs5vfJWItHVA5jDm7S1Oc3RdHtu5bX0L1tPeieEcQ_Qbeg159Jgeb-Lq85ctl8Un/w400-h257/007++004+1908++SQUARE++EARLSTON+TEMPERANCE+SOCIETY+SEMI+JUBILEE+20.06.jpg" width="400" /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The occasion was celebrated<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> “in the finest summer weather, and on the
beautiful ground of Sorrowlessfield Haugh, on the right bank of the Leader,
opposite Cowdenknowes mansion house, which from this point of view has its most
striking aspect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The society
entertained a vast number of children and other guests to an abundant tea, and
provided prizes for numerous sports which were keenly and numerously
contested."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHOJhOe1u5j7xVFdIrECJYBlJZ8AToJ9pgXi5HfcwAtlvOg9-UwUCxih0vURR9D2CNLh0HhIGp8t18VWaV_j-B_09qifG6z60jypHz6IwPh5zIMXwiCZ9oTZGDHJssblmzydZCAvs8OEi/s600/5+EARLSTON+CO-OP+++++1908-Colorized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="600" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaHOJhOe1u5j7xVFdIrECJYBlJZ8AToJ9pgXi5HfcwAtlvOg9-UwUCxih0vURR9D2CNLh0HhIGp8t18VWaV_j-B_09qifG6z60jypHz6IwPh5zIMXwiCZ9oTZGDHJssblmzydZCAvs8OEi/w400-h228/5+EARLSTON+CO-OP+++++1908-Colorized.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">The speeches made note that no less a sum
than £10,000 had been handed over to the working men and working women of
Earlston in dividends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr. Robert Frater
was presented with a handsome silver mounted walking stick as the only survivor
of the six original office-bearers of the Society.</span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">“In the
course of the afternoon many sports were engaged in, and amusements of all
kinds were provided for young and old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Earlston Orchestra also gave their services gratuitously, and to
their stirring strains the lads and lasses danced right merrily on the
grass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fete was a great success.”</span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Robert
Frater was last noted in press reports as President in 1909. He died in 1938 at
the grand age of 92 with the local press paying fulsome tribute to him in
obituaries. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000;">Impact
of the First World War </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In
1914 membership of the Society stood at 280 and initially reports showed that it
was in a good financial position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">But
as conscription was introduced, there <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">was
“in consequence a shortage of labour”, with the store severely depleted of its
bakery staff. “<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>Shop hours were
reduced, with a closure at lunchtime, and earlier closure in the evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Appeals
were made to the Military Tribunals to exempt staff and these were regularly
reported in the press – as in this example from 1916: </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“The President of the Earlston
Co-operative Society petitioned on behalf of three workers:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Brash, manager was granted a temporary
exemption until the end of stock-taking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and that a man was found to take on his duties;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>baker John Burrell,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was given an “absolute exemption", with
van man Walter Brotherston’s claim<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>refused.”</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In January 1916 the financial situation was
more precarious and a request was made to other Co-operative Societies, as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Earlston, in existence for 26 years,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">in a very bad way</i>”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Societies responded with generous donations
totalling £400 - £23,618 in today’s money terms. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">By
November 1918, the situation had reached crisis point and “The Berwickshire
News” of 19<sup>th</sup> November reported on a take-over by Galashiels
Co-operative Society. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiF-vuA946pOu2E462MXTqsHrMWUSVsTDKVM9tQyDh6jroIdqe0Odtl_iRxcHWyP7AoJxGnmwtShMJFVhMIto5-Y1hSz7C6KhWmxjR-NlZMawelRQED6M7sUmj4m26b7vJYF9ZJ_w4PQA/s427/BN+Nov.+1918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="427" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifiF-vuA946pOu2E462MXTqsHrMWUSVsTDKVM9tQyDh6jroIdqe0Odtl_iRxcHWyP7AoJxGnmwtShMJFVhMIto5-Y1hSz7C6KhWmxjR-NlZMawelRQED6M7sUmj4m26b7vJYF9ZJ_w4PQA/w400-h219/BN+Nov.+1918.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Galashiels Co-operative reported the event in
“The Southern Reporter” 14<sup>th</sup> November 1918:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI-vPxEtiKxWJzeTVOzujaadHOPJqLp2SyZ9avqsE-sF8Qp2QOnmydJsLU056v-S352O1WD8NqDANAdrSZK-n5-4MdWDY6YtqQ9KYfh9ayaYPE5V_doFjwz9ln6aB5YAfpL_Ic7P0YF-6/s405/Co-op+Gala+PC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="405" height="93" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI-vPxEtiKxWJzeTVOzujaadHOPJqLp2SyZ9avqsE-sF8Qp2QOnmydJsLU056v-S352O1WD8NqDANAdrSZK-n5-4MdWDY6YtqQ9KYfh9ayaYPE5V_doFjwz9ln6aB5YAfpL_Ic7P0YF-6/w400-h93/Co-op+Gala+PC.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: red;">Post 1918</span></b></span></span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In
the inter-war period there was little news in the press on the activities of
Earlston Cooperative Society, now part of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>the Galashiels group of stores. In contrast the Earlston Co-operative
Women’s Group received plenty of coverage on their regular meetings and
activities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In the 1930’s a new shop was built on the
site facing the Green. Note the shop fascia signage, identified as Earlston
Branch – Galashiels United Co-operative Society Limited. </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81vJW8bhRA4x97LCKfy2vAEw2FcVANN85v06UUCnNBdDv2shqMb4wUiw0UETzZ9MybqyshrRoHZ-TNpWxIswQp957WpQzDwyWlJAuZhSAQDARJzX8DzEJKc4BnWq84OAVBhcQ9YnFuXnR/s400/davie+waite+1.jpeg" width="400" /> <br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;">The chaps on the photo with the mobile shops are: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> Left: Davie Waite; Centre: Jim Waite (Davie's father) and Right:
Doug Kerr.</span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquf-_Tja0YgDNbETge0w8iyfMjtdReQrIUh1AodcThAhJg3lhOAaHWgvLZllDxZymAzySMty-h8raMbgAn-sdQg0cMFdk90CpXPDSV292dklEkLhFlgIMsG19c76TPbagf_hBDt-A-pYw/s400/COOP+VAN+AT+ST.jpg" width="400" /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: black;">David Waite out and about in his Co-op van. </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif""><br />
**********</span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: red; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Shopping
Memories </span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> FFor </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">an Auld Earlston exhibition in 2019, </span></span></span></span>members
of Earlston Wednesday Club gave their memories of shopping in the Co-op.
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"It was very different shop in the 1950’s
- no self-service of course, but wooden counters all the way around where
assistants waited to serve you with your groceries." </span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CJwTB9JH6AatVXWgbGkiwFjPFUZ3UtnEu1d9p2WYX87hM674PrO89sGHa0xeR0nC9poKLe7VdaQ41pdmgn7Ex-as_2n97F7r8tjJRwhVQ757h0j83Zf1GZv9Izd1hDWbCp3Ap2GP73QC/s576/Co-op+a-Colorized-Enhanced+%25282%2529c.1950s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="576" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CJwTB9JH6AatVXWgbGkiwFjPFUZ3UtnEu1d9p2WYX87hM674PrO89sGHa0xeR0nC9poKLe7VdaQ41pdmgn7Ex-as_2n97F7r8tjJRwhVQ757h0j83Zf1GZv9Izd1hDWbCp3Ap2GP73QC/w400-h275/Co-op+a-Colorized-Enhanced+%25282%2529c.1950s.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"Shoppers
could hand in their order or “message line” and leave it to be put together and
delivered by the message boy on his bicycle, with a large basket on the front.
All the grocers in the town offered a delivery service." </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"The
manager of the Co-op, Mr. McQuillin, who sang in the church choir, sat in
a very important little booth and handed out milk tokens, to have milk delivered
to the doorstep daily." </span></i><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"Twice
a year, Co-op members received “the divi”. A note was kept of the total amount
of shopping done by each member and this was totalled up and paid as a loyalty
dividend. This was a particularly busy day at the Co-op as members had to queue
up at the manager’s booth to collect their cash." <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"My
mother relied on getting the “Divi” to buy us children our shoes.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> **********</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 1; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="color: #c00000; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">In More Recent Times</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">In
the 1960s the shop was converted into a self-service store. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsBMdyBU8VDVIdd7-z6Rp1e0NQ3wSJcX6VojGXC4oMzIBEY_5BpuixuGOED0ekN07dbWrqjCoXLRGDZZb0bylGfV6YJ9npbB4hxefRAl72BUarJsRyU4tzvW_NUoaStvSXgwsfB_viLwI/s960/Co-op+B+Color-Restoredc1970.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="960" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsBMdyBU8VDVIdd7-z6Rp1e0NQ3wSJcX6VojGXC4oMzIBEY_5BpuixuGOED0ekN07dbWrqjCoXLRGDZZb0bylGfV6YJ9npbB4hxefRAl72BUarJsRyU4tzvW_NUoaStvSXgwsfB_viLwI/w400-h260/Co-op+B+Color-Restoredc1970.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Earlston Co-op overlooking the Green, c.1980's.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note the changed fascia heading.</span></i></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Through the 1990's Galashiels United Co-operative Society expanded through mergers to become the Lothians, Borders & Angus Co-operative Society. In 2008, the Board and Membership voted to transfer its assets to the much larger Co-operative Society. </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <br /></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlwRvU8ZdL-WMLjmA5UB_D3b7n-uEiO87gHyzg1GU2h4dZcIk89lh_JXJxFujHXwvnmTIMd3QWwyyqjWgdsQFKWjO9m3sU2q-ECm_ITxdD1r612-Hjr-iFlkOmhLaKihxKOznncwZHbJO/s600/helen%2527s+last+day+at+coop++2014+002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlwRvU8ZdL-WMLjmA5UB_D3b7n-uEiO87gHyzg1GU2h4dZcIk89lh_JXJxFujHXwvnmTIMd3QWwyyqjWgdsQFKWjO9m3sU2q-ECm_ITxdD1r612-Hjr-iFlkOmhLaKihxKOznncwZHbJO/w400-h300/helen%2527s+last+day+at+coop++2014+002.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Helen
Reid, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(great granddaughter of Robert
Frater, first Secretary of Earlston Co-operative Society, and later its
President) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on her last day of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>working at the store on the Green in 2014.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">December 2015 saw the Earlston Store
relocating to enlarged premises on to the A68 Melrose Road at the former Rutherford’s
petrol station and shop, with 19 staff and provision for parking of 32
vehicles. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">Nine months later, the team at Co-op Earlston was celebrating after the store was crowned <i>"Scotland's Best Forecourt Retailer 2016", </i>as reported in "The Border Telegraph": 22nd September 2016.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"">2020 saw the launch of the Co-op Local Community Fund, helping local groups, as featured in "the Border Telegraph: 17th January. Groups from across the region, including Earlston have benefited from access to a share of millions of pounds of charitable donations, made by Co-op members using their membership cards. <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iispan face=""Arial","sans-serif""><span style="color: #212529;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">So the same community ethos that inspired the founders of the movement in the 19th century is still reflected in it operation today. </span></span></iispan></span></span></b></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Contributed by Sheila McKay and
Susan Donaldson of the Auld Earlston Group </span></i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span></span></span></span></span>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600045510518841750.post-48040346268966543132021-09-25T11:40:00.003+00:002022-11-03T14:51:51.609+00:00September Events in Earlston in Times Past <div style="text-align: justify;">
<b><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">What
was making the news in Earlston in September in Times Past? Below
are some items from the local press. They are
important in giving us a picture of life at the time, as written at the
time. So read on about War Weapons Week in 1941, in 1933 a Rugby Sevens match, opinions on new street lighting, a devastating 1874 fire, a public affray in 1850 - plus advertisements of the day. </span><br /></span></i></b></div><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b>80 YEARS AGO in 1941 - WAR WEAPONS WEEK </b></span></span></span><br />
</p><p>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">In 1941 War Weapons Week was held across Britain as a major
national fund raising campaign to provide for the replacement of weapons
lost in the evacuation from Dunkirk. <br /><br /> Each town was given a
figure to raise. Earlston's target was £8000. In fact <i>"the patriotic
investors of Earlston" </i>raised £23.006, 18 shillings and 4 pence - a
phenomenal amount and equivalent to over £1 million pounds today.
[Source: <a href="https://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/relativevalue.php?use%5B%5D=CPI&use%5B%5D=NOMINALEARN&year_early=1941&pound71=23000&shilling71=&pence71=&amount=23000&year_source=1941&year_result=2016">Measuring Worth] </a></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZczrVJSfrsBPsoSUanUtjxc3ounhf8o_dLe60hW7jIbSE3j_Ug9WrA72xT1-lQ55S5TYrtNzCNlDbeKOE104N9NeqIB8BjkFKa-XpvYGsum99kOq7fsR0rYH1fLwwMLMFwg6ctmootz1/s600/Fancy+Dress+War+Weapons+Week++Week.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="600" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ZczrVJSfrsBPsoSUanUtjxc3ounhf8o_dLe60hW7jIbSE3j_Ug9WrA72xT1-lQ55S5TYrtNzCNlDbeKOE104N9NeqIB8BjkFKa-XpvYGsum99kOq7fsR0rYH1fLwwMLMFwg6ctmootz1/w400-h274/Fancy+Dress+War+Weapons+Week++Week.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The
fancy dress parade included a float depicting Mary Queen of Scots and
her the Four Mary's - Peggy Betts, Ella Montgomery, Lizzie Burrell,
Mary Young and Mame Weatherstone.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i>Earlston Home Guard, drilling at Carolside.</i></span></span><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i> </i></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><i> </i></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> 88 YEARS AGO IN 1933 - EARLSTON RUGBY SEVENS <br /></span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</span><p><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">140 YEARS AGO IN 1881 - RAILWAY BETWEEN EARLSTON AND LAUDER? </span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3mMo7TdlDbb-62K-VMm2MIp5452lxHQDK-S4NKDPnixcYjL-vWzf9LlQrnOIaUcjXlAitVjMUEB1czgl93Ajgnq6boBhbu9ziV7De9W2VNovvgK-9KKW3Vq-0Djd4YIH2K74mYuzdMuQ/s314/Light+RAilway+1881.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="314" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3mMo7TdlDbb-62K-VMm2MIp5452lxHQDK-S4NKDPnixcYjL-vWzf9LlQrnOIaUcjXlAitVjMUEB1czgl93Ajgnq6boBhbu9ziV7De9W2VNovvgK-9KKW3Vq-0Djd4YIH2K74mYuzdMuQ/w400-h234/Light+RAilway+1881.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> Southern Reporter: 22nd September 1881</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> 147 YEARS AGO IN 1874 - DEVASTATING FIRE </span></span></b></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The Southern Reporter of 17th September 1874 reported the news of a devastating fire in Earlston at the joiner's workshop of John Wallace. </span> <br />
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</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>"The
inhabitants of Earlston were at nine o' clock on Thursday last,
alarmed by the unusual and ominous cry of "Fire". A cry which turned
out to be all too true; the workshop, a wooden erection of Mr. John
Wallace, joiner being discovered to be in flames. </span></span></span> </blockquote>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Plenty
of willing workers, men, women and even children rushed to the scene,
but all saw at a glance that the shop and its contents were
doomed.......Hardly had some of the men withdrawn when part of the shop
fell with a crash thereby endangering the dwelling
house of Mr Wallace which forms one of the range of two storey houses
known as New Street. So imminent the danger that at this time most of
the dwellers had removed their household goods and chattels. And that
with such a hurry and confusion to cause no little damage. </span></span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span><br /></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></div><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>During
the dire struggle to save the house, the fire spread in another
direction. and caught hold of a stable in the adjoining property
belonging to Mr David Jameson, grocer. All that could be done was done
to save it, but the flames gained their mastery, but not before,
however, the livestock were got out.</span> </span></span></div></blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>The
damage sustained by Mr, Wallace is estimated as fully £500, and is
not covered by insurance. The workmen in his employment have also lost all their tools....... <span style="font-size: x-small;">[</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span>£500 in 1874 is equivalent to £41,500 today}</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Great sympathy is expressed by the public to Mr.
Wallace. and his men.....and a public meeting was held in the Corn
Exchange on Thursday night ...... A subscription was at once opened
....on Monday the sum amounted to upwards of £140." </span></span></span></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">S<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">e</span>ven </span> years on in the 18<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">8</span>1 ce<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">ns</span>us, John Wallace was back in business, described as master joiner employing 5 men.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> </i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;">1</span></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;">71 YEARS AGO IN 1850 - A SERIOUS AFFRAY IN EARLSTON </span></span></span></b><i>
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span style="color: black;">"A
serious disturbance took place in the village of Earlston between the
hours of six and eight o'clock in the evening of Sunday last. A number
of Irish shearers on leaving some of the public houses in the village,
where they had been drinking during the day, commenced to quarrel and
fight with one another, and latterly to interfere with the villagers,
who turned out in considerable numbers, and after some fighting,
succeeded in expelling the Irishmen from the village. One or two of the
villagers were cut rather severely with the reaping hooks in the
possession of the opposite party, and several of the Irishmen did not
escape altogether from injury." </span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="color: black;">(Caledonian Mercury, Edinburgh: 12th September 1850.) <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></div></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">
</blockquote><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span><span><span>178 YEARS AG0 IN 1843 - ADVERTISEMENT </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></span></b><i><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh) : 29th September 1843 </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div>
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">NEW COACH EDINBURGH TO JEDBURGH VIA EARLSTON </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Calling at Pathhead, Carfrae Mill, Lauder, Earlston, Leaderfoot</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> To Jedburgh in Five Hours </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Fares to Jedburgh only 5 shillings outside; 6 shillings inside</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><u>Note</u>:5 shillings is equivalent to approx. £15 today. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">********** <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">178 years later from this coach advertisement above saw the opening of the Borders Railway in September 2015 <span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>when part of the Waverley Line re-opened for 35 miles south of Edinburgh
into the central Borders at Tweedbank. </span></span>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;">With thanks to Auld Earlston members <br /></span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: #990000;">for finding these little gems on life in Earlston in times past. </span></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><b><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></i></b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Sources: </span></span></b>
</span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers">FindMYPast - British Newspapers Online</a> </span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/">British Newspaper Archive </a></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><a href="https://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/relativevalue.php">Measuring Worth</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Photographs from the Auld Earlston Collection </span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span></span></span></span></b><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">**********************</span></span></span></span></b><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span></b><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"></span></span></span></span></b></div><b><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /></span></b></div><div><p></p><p><br /></p><p></p></div>ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.com0