Plough Inn, Yetholm
I came across this old photograph in Trove archive. I was struck by the positions of the people in the photograph: it was almost as if they had been styled … Continue reading Plough Inn, Yetholm
Tag: Scottish Borders
‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’
What follows is a an incomplete timeline relating to the hill farms of Cunzierton and Harkers in the Scottish Borders: 22 November 1839, Kelso Chronicle: 3 January 1843, Kelso Chronicle: … Continue reading ‘One of the soundest and healthiest sheep pastures’
Calroust
Calroust farm, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders: 1859 Ordnance Survey Map: Ordnance Survey Book description of Calroust, 1859: John and Violet Oliver of Calroust farm: Berwickshire Advertiser, 22 June 1887: Berwickshire Advertiser, … Continue reading Calroust
Seefew
The Berwick Ramblers have visited Seefew many times. An old shepherd’s cottage in the Scottish Borders, it is now a roofless ruin: Berwick Advertiser, 24 October 2002: Southern Reporter, 14 … Continue reading Seefew
Thirlestane Tower
Caledonian Mercury, 2 April 1753: The New Statistical Account for Scotland, 1797: 1837: This date has been suggested as the year in which Thirlstane Tower, Yetholm, was “pulled down” [WikiTree] … Continue reading Thirlestane Tower
Tuppie’s Grave
In the Ordnance Survey Book for Yetholm parish, Scottish Borders is the following entry for ‘Tuppie’s Grave‘: Here, as marked on the first edition 25″ to a mile ordnance map: … Continue reading Tuppie’s Grave
Perhaps I was history itself
This film is based on faded photographs displayed in the window of the now vacant Radio & Gramophone Co, 9 Canongate, Jedburgh: Perhaps I was time itself: To play this … Continue reading Perhaps I was history itself
Afa big wardrobe
Peter and Sian had a break in the Scottish Borders, September 2020. We stayed in Kelso, at Ednam House. Somewhere on the other side of the afternoon’s horizon: To play … Continue reading Afa big wardrobe