There are times when running a marathon just isn’t enough
IT is being billed as the hardest race ever staged in the Scottish Borders.And amongst the many who will tackle Jedburgh Running Festival’s first Three Peaks Ultra Marathon is TheSouthern’s own Kenny...
View ArticleJubilee highlights a complex relationship
The Borders and the rest of Britain have changed a lot during the 60 years since Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne.In 1952, you could get a suit made at Arthur Armstrong & Co.’s shop in...
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ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 123 clean cattle, 88 OTM cattle, 315 spring lambs, 136 old season lambs and 435 ewes. Bullocks (57) averaged 207.3p per kg (+0.4p on the...
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Two reports on the problems – but let’s not forget the pleasures – of living and working in rural areas were published last week.A fact I found particularly interesting was that during the first 10...
View ArticleHedging one’s bets can pay off in future
The Scottish Agricultural College has organised a farm walk in the Borders next month.The event will be hosted by Jamie Scott of Kirklands Estate at Furlongs Farm, Ancrum, on June 19 and anyone with an...
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Galashiels Swimming Baths at Wilderhaugh were packed to capacity on Sunday, November 20, 1983 when a farewell gala was held to mark the closure of the 69-year-old pool.The event was organised by Gala...
View ArticleA lotus land for batsmen
IF PHILIPHAUGH, blessed by gorgeous sunshine on Saturday, was not quite the Trent Bridge of yore, a place described by the Guardian’s Neville Cardus as “a lotus-land for batsmen where it is always...
View ArticleDarling pledges one last season at Philiphaugh
ONE of Selkirk rugby’s all-time greats, Neil Darling, announced he would play one more season before hanging up his boots at Friday night’s annual dinner.Addressing 80 members and guests in the...
View ArticleSun shines on Denholm’s ‘wacky races’ as village hosts the best ever bogie...
THEY came from all over the UK to take part in what has become a major event on the Scottish Carte Grand Prix circuit.It all happened on Saturday as Denholm, bathed in glorious sunshine, hosted the...
View ArticleSBC apologises for info slip-up
in last week’s Southern we reported on a response from Scottish Borders Council following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request by a member of the public who asked how many empty properties were...
View ArticleLottery cash raises Roadhouse revival hopes
PLANS to transform a large derelict pub in the region’s largest public housing scheme into a community hub have received a major boost.It follows Tuesday’s news that the Big Lottery Fund has confirmed...
View ArticleBerwick wins battle to be new home for KOSB Colours
OVERWHELMING support by veterans from the King’s Own Scottish Borderers has won the battle for Berwick Barracks to be selected as the final resting place for the Regimental Colours. It brings to a...
View ArticleHeading up a giant woodlands project
IF YOU go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise. A giant one to be precise.For Bowhill woodlands and Glentress Forest are hosting giants’ heads made of wood in their trees.They are part...
View ArticleRail route buffs lining up Whitrope celebrations
June promises to be a busy month for local railway heritage buffs as they prepare for the 150th anniversary of the inception of the Carlisle-Hawick rail link – the Border Union Railway (BUR) – on July...
View ArticleShopping tops Jedburgh chairman’s list
JEDBURGH people want a bigger better supermarket according to the town’s community council chairman Richard Gordon, writes Sally Gillespie.Giving his report to fellow councillors at last week’s annual...
View ArticleGala vet’s links with Chariots of Fire legend Liddell
it was a glorious summer evening, as sunshine bathed the July 11 crowds packing Paris’s Colombes Stadium, for one of the highlights of the 1924 Olympic Games.Oblivious to both the crowds and the...
View ArticleLet me explain why I show do love going to the dogs
Well now, as this edition of The Pilgrim is on the stocks the present state of play is there has been no rain for three days, maybe more, but not much more than that.Across the UK the weather doomers...
View ArticleStone unveiled as Auld Wat’s legacy spans 400 years
It must have been a wild, stormy night when the legendary Auld Wat of Harden crossed the Ettrick in flood about five miles upstream from Selkirk nearly 400 years ago, writes Judy Steel. A child was...
View ArticleNew cashmere centre spins jobs benefit for Hawick
Twenty new jobs have been created by Johnstons of Elgin opening its new, state-of-the-art cashmere visitor centre at the Eastfield Mills site in Hawick, writes Mark Entwistle. Friday’s opening ceremony...
View ArticleHeadteacher gets top marks to lift Borders chess championship
this year’s Borders Individual Chess Championship lived up to all expectations and once again provided a thrilling finish. There are five rounds to this event and matches are played over a six- month...
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