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Heritage Festival 2017

Where People, Place & Myth Meet PROGRAMME OF EVENTS PICTURING THE PAST: LIGHTING THE BORDERS PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Lantern making workshops Entries by midnight, Friday 11 August 2017 11 August, 11.00–13.00 & 14.00–17.00 Live Borders Libraries & Archives, Village Hall, Newcastleton St Mary’s Mill, Selkirk TD7 5EW TD9 0QD. Parade: Sat 2 September meeting Entry Free at 20.00, Hermitage , Newcastleton Celebrate ’s Year of History, 12 August, 11.00–13.00 & 14.00–17.00 Heritage & Archaeology by capturing Duns Parish Hall, Church Square, Duns TD11 your Borders heritage through photography. 3DD. Parade: Friday 1 September meeting Do you have a favourite building, monument at 19.00 Market Square, Duns or archaeological feature in the Scottish Come along and make your own willow Borders? Why not get out and about with and tissue paper lantern for our spectacular your camera this summer? Entering is easy! public parades in Duns and Newcastleton! 1. You must be within one of these three These workshops are free with a small categories when the competition closes: donation (£2) towards materials appreciated. 11 years and under, 12–17 years, 18–25 years. Wear old clothes and bring your family 2. Download an entry form, which includes along. Drop in sessions – please allow at full conditions of entry: www.liveborders. least 1 hour to make your lantern. For more org.uk/librariesandarchives information on lantern making workshops please contact Sara. 3. A digital copy of the image along with the completed entry form must be submitted via [email protected] email to [email protected]. This should be a .jpeg file of maximum 3 MB in size. Prizes Book token, presentation of image, inclusion in an exhibition for the Borders Heritage Festival 1–30 September 2017. www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) fliveborders tLiveBordersLA w01750 726400 PICTURING THE PAST PRIZE GIVING See 6 September listing in main programme

#BHeritageF17 From Friday 1 September to Saturday 30 September 2017 we celebrate the Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology right across the region from to . Theatre, music, dance, living history, tours, archaeology, family-friendly events, walks, talks, exhibitions and workshops all hosted in spectacular historic sites. Share your photos from the festival with us on social media using #BHeritageF17 and #HHA2017 Visit our web and social media pages for all the details: www.scottishbordersheritage.com fBordersHeritageFestival tBHeritageFest

#BHeritageF17 HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2017 Where People, Place & Myth Meet

Welcome to the 2017 Borders Heritage Where Teviot Rins will be a special perfor- Festival which is now in its 9th year and mance presented in the Wilton Lodge Park the biggest festival yet! We hope you newly refurbished walled garden celebrating will enjoy the unique and special events the rich life and history of the Teviot River in story and song. Stories are being gathered across the Scottish Borders in spectacular from historic research and local residents heritage sites which involve light, music, and will bring to life the history of the river storytelling, re-enactment, theatre and Teviot and its people. performance. Alongside our walks, talks Illuminating the Past will provide the and exhibitions, we’ll be hosting four new finale events of the festival with two highlight events in , tower houses medieval and contemporary music perfor- and abbeys which will bring the unique mances by the Scottish Vocal Ensemble at and colourful history of the Scottish Melrose and Dryburgh Abbeys incorporating Borders alive. the celebrated ‘ Missal Fragment’. This year, Scottish Borders Council and Our new opening event Lighting the Live Borders have teamed up to deliver the Borders has been designated a signature festival with additional funding from Crea- event for the Year of History Heritage and tive Scotland, Event Scotland, & Archaeology 2017. Lighting the Borders will Galleries Scotland and the Fallago Trust and illuminate over 20 historic locations with are working with the newly formed Borders story, song and light from 1–3 September Heritage Forum to promote regional heritage and will include events at , and deliver education and training elements. , Castle Jail, Newark There will be a new website where you will Castle, Eyemouth Fort, Riddell Tower, Old be able to find all festival information and 7 Parish and St Pauls Church and 1 events from partner sites including Historic 0 2 Duns Law. Some of our most iconic, histori- t Environment Scotland, National Trust for h ig cal buildings will be flooded with blue light r Scotland, the Scottish Borders Big Houses se a to mark this year’s special opening event b Group and other venues. a at including , Tower d nd and . We are delighted to be leading the Borders t a gh yri Heritage Festival this year in partnership op A partnership between the Scottish n c row with Scottish Borders Council and the © C Chamber Orchestra, pupils from Selkirk data. Borders Heritage Forum. The funding from ains OS and Galashiels primary schools, and three Cont a range of partners has enabled us to plan historic houses, Aikwood Tower, Bowhill a really exciting programme and we look House and Abbotsford House provides the forward to welcoming you at these events. setting and inspiration for Sounding out the Past. This site specific creative commission Ewan Jackson, with composer Suzanne Parry and Borders Chief Executive, Live Borders writer Jules Horne will culminate in a public performance at the Victoria Hall, Selkirk on www.scottishbordersheritage.com Thursday 7 September by SCO musicians and pupils.

#BHeritageF17 SCOTTISH BORDERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2017 Eyemouth Eyemouth Fort Highlight events Gunsgreen House Duns Duns Law Duns Parish Church Ayton Ayton Castle

Peebles Hume Neidpath Castle Hume Castle Coldstream Community Hall Galashiels Smailholm Old Parish & St Paul's Church Kelso Selkirk Newark Castle Kelso Victoria Halls Melrose Melrose Abbey Kelso Town Hall Yarrow Bowhill House Peniel Heugh Ettrick Ashkirk Aikwood Tower Riddell Tower

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HIGHLIGHT EVENTS MAP KEY This year our highlight events will Illuminated sites take place at the sites shown on the map. Many of the sites will be illuminated for Lighting the Borders highlight event three nights from Friday 1 September – Sounding Out the Past highlight event Sunday 3 September. Where Teviot Rins Sixteen of the sites will also host highlight events during the festival. Scottish Borders Heritage Seminar Illuminating the Past highlight event

#BHeritageF17 Lighting the Borders pupils a multi-movement Song Cycle which Lighting the Borders is a Year of History, will be played by an ensemble of SCO musi- Heritage & Archaeology Signature Event. cians – clarinet, violin, cello and voice. To open this year’s Scottish Borders Heritage Where Teviot Rins Festival (#BHeritageF17) we will illuminate A locally crafted production presented in the Scottish Borders landscape with light, the Wilton Lodge Park’s walled garden in story, performance and song. Hawick celebrating the rich life & history To re-enact the lighting of signal fires, 25+ of the Teviot River – at the heart of the park historic sites will be illuminated across the – through story and song. With the help of Scottish Borders. Eleven performances that local historians, river users and musicians, reflect our historic and cultural diversity the performance will be a narrated explora- have been programmed at a range of historic tion of the history of the telling sites. We will use a variety of lighting to the unique story of the strong links between form a chain across the landscape at dusk on the geography of the region and its people each evening. All buildings in the sequence and how it developed from agricultural to will be colour washed or highlighted in blue industrial to the present day. for three nights from 1–3 September.  Follow the chain of light: Aikwood Tower, Scottish Borders Heritage Seminar Ayton Castle, Bowhill House, Coldstream Witchcraft, wights, myths and authenticity, Community Centre, Duns Castle, Duns Law, a seminar exploring myths and stories of the Duns Parish Church, Eyemouth Fort, Fatlips Scottish Borders and how they may emerge Castle, Floors Castle, Gunsgreen House, into the light of documented history. This Hermitage Castle, Hume Castle, Jedburgh mini conference reflects the theme of the Abbey, Jedburgh Castle Jail, , Heritage Festival and includes presentation Kelso Town Hall, Mary Queen of Scots House, by Dr Simon White, Dr David Welsh and Tom Melrose Abbey, Neidpath Castle, Newark Routledge. Castle, Old Parish & St Paul’s Church, Peniel Illuminating the Past Heugh, Riddell Tower, Smailholm Tower, Stobs Camp and Thirlestane Castle. Two unique choral performance of medieval and contemporary music inspired by the Sounding Out the Past Hawick Missal Fragment, which interprets Sounding Out the Past is a new music com- and reflects the buildings and sites where mission for the Heritage Festival inspired they are performed, using the theme of this by the theme ‘Borders – Where People Place year’s Heritage Festival. The programme & Myth Meet’ and provides an innovative will include the Fragments from the Hawick way of celebrating and interpreting the built Missal which were originally performed in and natural heritage of specific houses in the 2013 and medieval music by Robert Carver, Scottish Borders by drawing on their loca- contrasted with two commissions of modern tion, existing writing and associated stories. music composed in response to the missal. This event will reprise elements of the Composer, Suzanne Parry, Writer, Jules highly-regarded work done by a partnership Horne and a graduate student from the between Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Chamber Orchestra worked with Creative Scotland and the Scottish Borders four classes of primary school children from Archive Centre and Heritage Hub in 2013–14. Yarrow, Ettrick, Selkirk and Galashiels. They There will also be an opportunity to view the explored the history and stories connected Hawick Missal Fragment which is held by the to three historic Borders houses and their Archives and Local Studies Service, based at estates: Abbotsford House, Aikwood Tower the Heritage Hub in Hawick. and Bowhill House. Suzanne Parry has created together with Jules Horne and school

#BHeritageF17 LIGHTING THE BORDERS Neidpath Castle 19.00, Friday 1 September Neidpath Castle, Peebles EH45 8NW Entry £14 adult, £7 child (under 18s) No other concessions Performance at Neidpath Castle by Scottish Vocal Ensemble, Savourna Stevenson & Matt Seattle. The evening begins with Border Piper, Matt Seattle who will pipe the audience into the venue from the rooftop of Neidpath Castle to be followed by site specific performances from the Scottish Vocal Ensemble and Savourna Stevenson, internationally renowned harpist, musician Duns Law and composer. A varied programme which 19.00, Friday 1 September will explore the unique landscape, literature Market Square, Duns TD11 3BX to and culture of the Borders, performed in Duns Law via Duns Castle, Duns TD11 3NW the dramatic setting of this ancient castle. Attendance Free The programme will include The Dream by Lantern Parade, Beacon Lighting, Covenant- Savourna Stevenson inspired by the writing er’s Conventicle, signing of the Covenant of and works that delve into & Free Lantern Making Workshop! Join us the myth and legend passed down in famous as the Church bell rings in Duns Market Border Ballads. Square for a procession to Duns Law. At the Tickets: www.borderevents.com Law there will be a brief presentation on the www.neidpathcastle.com history of the conventicle and re-enactment. fNeidpath-Castle w01721 720333 At the end of the conventicle we will light the beacon that will burn for three nights on Duns Law and procession members will be invited to light their lanterns and sign a copy of the Covenant before participating in a Torchlight Procession past the castle on route to the square. Look out for pop-up sto- rytelling along the way! We are particularly grateful to the owners of Duns Castle and their guests for opening up the private drive- ways exclusively for the procession. Duns Castle lighting will remain visible on Satur- day and Sunday evenings from the core path (no vehicle access) going from the Old High School west end past the Geans House up to the west side of the Castle. Make a lantern for Friday’s procession! Free Lantern Making Workshop open to members of the public on Saturday 12 August from 11.00–13.00 and 14.00–17.00 in Duns Parish Church Hall, Church Square, Duns TD11 3DD www.dunscastle.co.uk fdunscastleestate tDunsCastle

#BHeritageF17 Bowhill House & Newark Castle 19.30, Friday 1 September Newark Castle, Bowhill Country Estate, Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET Entry £9 adult, £6 (under 16s) Torchlight walk to Newark Castle, Bowhill, performances by the Fisher Lassies, pop-up storytelling & torchlight parade. Enjoy a family friendly torchlight walk to Newark Castle, with stories, stops and surprises along the way. The evening begins in the Sunken Garden at Bowhill House, which will be floodlit for the occasion. On the short walk to Newark there will be pop up storytelling followed by a site specific performance from the Fisher Lassies outside Coldstream Community Centre the ruined castle. Newark will be lit from 19:15 for 20.00, Friday 1 September within allowing light to flood out of the Coldstream Community Centre, tumbled down windows and roof space. High Street, Coldstream TD12 4AP The parade will return to the Sunken Garden Entry £13 by torchlight. Scocha Live! Scocha are Scotland’s leading www.bowhillhouse.co.uk ‘Folk n Roll’ band, their concerts have a fBowhillHouse [email protected] traditional feel good factor with a rocky edge. w01750 22204 From haunting ballads to foot stomping an- thems, crowds all over the world have been Jedburgh Castle Jail hooked with the Scocha experience. With 19.00–21.30, Friday 1 September a range of instruments including; acoustic, Jedburgh Castle Jail & , Castlegate, bass and electric guitars, drums, bodhrans, Jedburgh TD8 6QD bazouki, mouth organ, whistles, bagpipes Entry Free and strong Scottish harmonies, Scocha blend Light Years: A participative site-specific these ingredients to produce the perfect mix installation by Sue Scowcroft & James of traditional ‘Scochafied’ songs along with Wyness. Light Years explores the deep original Celtic based material. Tickets can history of Jedburgh Castle Jail, in particular be bought online via Paypal (£1 handling/ the human and social heritage of Jedburgh. postage charge will apply) Centre, Sanderson Visitors are invited to follow a star chart, Butchers and Streamers Sandwich Shop. superimposed on the ground plan of the Tickets: www.coldstream.co/blog/2017/03/ castle, which maps out twelve locations return-scocha-1st-sept-2017 around the Castle Jail and grounds. At these fColdstream-Community-Centre locations the visitor will find short poetic tColdstreamCo w01890 883332 stories, intimate sharings left behind by people from the past, men and women, young and old, who may have passed through the site. The installation honours the work of the 18th and 19th Century ‘Borders Enlightenment’ scientists who were born or based in Jedburgh. www.liveborders.org.uk fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01835 864750

#BHeritageF17 Hume Castle 13.00–21.00, Saturday 2 September Hume Castle, Hume, , TD5 7TR Entry Free. Donations welcome The Road to Pinkie #1 – medieval re-enact- ment, storytelling, living history & tour. Join us at Hume Castle for a day of living history, storytelling and song! Come and see the Kelso Laddie, Greenlaw Maid and entourage ride in on horseback to open the event at 13.00 followed by an afternoon of re-enactment and living history with Riddell Tower the Lothian Levy to include living history Saturday 2 September camp, drill training, skirmishes and the 17.30 Illustrated Talk by Alison Martin in representation of the castle’s fortunes in the Old Laundry House at Riddell – spaces limited . See Lady Hume’s surrender 18.30 Guided Walk from Old Laundry House on the battlements and the Hume Banner to Tower followed by performance from Riddell (Marchmont Standard) flaunted for the first Fiddles and a Norman Feast. time in many centuries! Other highlights Riddell Tower, Riddell Estate, Lilliesleaf, include: Archaeological Walk and Tour with Melrose TD6 9JP Piers Dixon, Hog Roast, Medieval Food, Entry £13.50 adult, £7 child Smailholm Singers, Northumbrian and Norman feast, music from Riddell Fiddles, Scottish Pipers, Poetry, Storytelling and talk by Alison Martin in Old Laundry House. Music. This event is the first of three precur- Come and join us for a magical evening of sors to the re-enactment. illuminating surprises at Riddell! A guided www.humecastle.org stroll through nine centuries of Riddell His- fHume Castle Preservation Trust tory will follow an illustrated talk by Alison Martin about her family firm of masons, responsible for many Borders stone carvings and memorials. Some of these you will see as you walk through the Wild Garden from the Mansion House Ruins to the Mausoleum, the General’s Tower and the 12th Century Motte and Bailey Fort of the de Ridale family. A live performance from the Riddell Fiddles together with other attractions will await you at the Fort. The brave will have a chance to test their nerve as they climb the spiral staircase to the top of the 100ft Tower! A Norman Feast of a Hog Roast is included in the ticket price. The evening will culminate in a Torchlight procession back to Riddell House. Spaces very limited, with any profits split between Lilliesleaf School and Liliesleaf Farm Museum, Johannesburg. Tickets: www.borderevents.com www.riddellestate.co.uk friddellestate triddellestate w07731 538941 for enquiries

#BHeritageF17 of the castle. In the event of rain, the concert will take place in Hermitage Hall. Refresh- ments are available after the concert at Hermitage Hall from 22.00–24.00 hot drinks, licensed bar. Bring blankets and/or folding seating, and don’t forget your torches. All fees go towards funds for Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival. www.newcastleton.com Free lantern making workshop Open to members of the public on 11 August 11.00–13.00 & 14.00–17.00, Newcastleton Village Hall, Newcastleton TD9 0QD Drop in sessions – please allow at least one hour to make your lantern. Old Parish & St Paul’s Church 19.30, Saturday 2 September w013873 75628 Old Parish and St Pauls Church, Eyemouth Fort Scott Crescent, Galashiels TD1 3JU 12.00, Sunday 3 September Entry Free (Collection for donations) Eyemouth Fort, Eyemouth TD14 5BE Tuuslaulajat Finnish Choir, Langlee Commu- (and adjoining holiday park) nity Choir & The String Quartet. Entry Free Mass choir performances from the Finnish The Road to Pinkie #2 begins in Eyemouth and Langlee Choirs and a premier perfor- centre with a reading of Somerset’s Procla- mance of South to Scotland a new compo- mation to the People of Scotland followed sition inspired by the town of Galashiels by a short stroll along the coastal path to by Eric Falconer. South to Scotland will be the fort for skirmishes and living history performed by The Gala Water String Quartet displays. An exhibition and video presenta- and the Tuuslaulajat Finnish choir will per- tion will be housed in the adjoining holiday form parts of their celebration repertoire for park and VR display is available at Eyemouth the centenary of the Finnish independence. Museum. Refreshments and facilities served www.oldparishandstpauls.org.uk at the adjoining holiday park. A ships lantern [email protected] will be housed on the site of the fort for three nights. The Lothian Levy will return Hermitage Castle to Eyemouth Fort the following week to 20.00–22.00 (with interval) begin a force march in The Road to Pinkie Saturday 2 September – see 7 September listing Exterior of Hermitage Castle, Newcastleton, Hawick TD9 0LU www.eyemouthmuseum.co.uk Entry £5 adult, £2.50 child, under 4s free fEyemouthMuseum teyemouthmuseum w01890 751701 Newcastleton Festival presents a concert of Border Music, Song & Story at Hermitage Castle by kind permission of HES. Come and be enthralled at Hermitage with the eerie, atmospheric backdrop of the castle at dusk. Hear melodies, songs and tales of characters of old. Whispers of witchcraft, intrigue and ghostly hauntings; of a royal visitor, and a Reiving history immortalised in balladry. The concert will take place in the grounds

#BHeritageF17 Stobs Camp 14.00–16.00, Sunday 3 September Stobs Camp, 4 miles south of Hawick. Meet at the car park area, TD9 9UQ (nearest) Entry Free. Booking required – limited spaces Stobs Camp Tour & Living History. Step back in time to the early 20th century and join Andrew Jepson, Archaeology Scotland’s Stobs Camp Project Officer, as he explores this internationally important First World War site. Hear about the ear- ly days of the training camp and visit the practice trenches. Then enter the PoW camp, see the barrack hut and discover what life was like for prisoners 100 years ago. Visit the former cemetery where 46 PoWs were buried and hear about recent excavations. Before SOUNDING OUT THE PAST leaving enter the bell tent to see artefacts Bowhill House and clothing and chat to the Living History 18.30 for 19.30, Wednesday 6 September Group ‘Scots in the Great War’. This tour Bowhill House, Bowhill takes place outdoors and will entail walking Country Estate, Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET over uneven ground at times. Stout footwear and outdoor clothing advised. Entry £25.00 (Drinks & canapés on arrival) Sounding Out the Past concert by Scottish www.stobscamp.org Chamber Orchestra ensemble in the intimate fStobsProject tStobsCamp surroundings of Bowhill. [email protected] w0300 012 9878 www.bowhillhouse.co.uk fBowhillHouse [email protected] w01750 22204 Victoria Halls 18.30, Thursday 7 September Victoria Halls, Scotts Place, Selkirk TD7 4LN Sounding out the Past concert performance by Scottish Chamber Orchestra ensemble and pupils from four local schools. Tickets: £5 adult, under 18s free www.borderevents.com www.liveborders.org.uk (Centres & Venues) fliveborders tLiveBordersCV w01750 21382

#BHeritageF17 WHERE TEVIOT RINS Wilton Lodge Park Doors 13.30/14.00, Sunday 10 September Walled Garden, Wilton Lodge Park, 18 Wilton Park Road, Hawick, TD9 7JL Entry £12 Where Teviot Rins is a locally crafted produc- tion presented in the Wilton Lodge Park’s walled garden in Hawick celebrating the rich life & history of the Teviot River – at the heart of the park – through story and song. Leading up to the day of the performance, in collaboration with the Hawick Energy group, there will be a programme of talks, walks and film screenings that connect creativity, ILLUMINATING THE PAST heritage and regeneration in Hawick. Tickets: Heart of Hawick Box Office on Melrose Abbey w01450 360688 (for tickets only) 19.30, Friday 29 September Melrose Abbey, Abbey Street, f wiltonlodgepark Melrose TD6 9LG SCOTTISH BORDERS HERITAGE SEMINAR Entry £8.50 adults, £5 child under 18 years Illuminating the Past an evening choral per- Witchcraft, wights, myths, & authenticity formance of Medieval & Early Music with the 9.30–16.00, Saturday 16 September Scottish Vocal Ensemble at Melrose Abbey by Heart of Hawick, Kirkstile, Hawick, TD9 0AE kind permission of HES. Local schools will Entry £9, includes lunch/refreshments be invited to create lanterns working with a A seminar exploring myths and stories of creative artist, themed around the site, its the Scottish Borders and how they have history and the music and will participate in endured, are documented and presented the event, creating an atmosphere of flicker- today and throughout history to reflect the ing light at Melrose Abbey. theme: Borders – Where People Place and Tickets: www.borderevents.com Myth Meet. Speakers include: Dr Simon www.scottishbordersheritage.com White, Reader in Romantic and Nineteenth- fBordersHeritageFestival tBHeritageFest Century Literature at Oxford Brookes University, talking of sharing glimpses of Dryburgh Abbey the past via the My Mapping Magic project 15.00, Saturday 30 September and Witchcraft and Magic in Literature; Dr Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh, St Boswells David Welsh, lecturer (retired), TD6 6RQ University, and Tom Routledge. Entry £6 adult, £3.60 child, £4.80 concession, Tickets: www.borderevents.com Free for Historic Scotland members www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) Illuminating the Past an afternoon choral fliveborders tLiveBordersLA performance of Medieval & Early Music with [email protected] the Scottish Vocal Ensemble at Dryburgh w01450 360699 Abbey by kind permission of HES. Tickets: historicenvironment.scot/borders-fes- tival www.scottishbordersheritage.com fBordersHeritageFestival tBHeritageFest

#BHeritageF17 SCOTTISH BORDERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2017 All month events

1 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER A JACOBITE STORY 11.00–17.00, High Gallery, House, EH44 6PW Entry £8.80 adult, £4.50 child, £7.80 senior HAWICK MUSEUM – EXHIBITION citizen Mon–Fri 10.00–12.00 & 13.00–17.00, Living history at Traquair A second Sat & Sun 14.00–17.00 chance to see this exhibition first shown in Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, 2015 which brings together rarely displayed Hawick TD9 7JL documents from the archives and examines Entry Free the Traquair connection with the Jacobite Discover a town’s treasures in a historic cause. The Stuarts of Traquair were devout house set in beautiful parkland Famous Catholics and remained loyal to the Stuart painters, motorcycle racing legends, nature monarchy without counting the cost. displays, passionate collectors and local Imprisoned, fined and isolated for their history. There’s always something new to beliefs Traquair became the Jacobites’ see. The Jimmie Guthrie and Steve Hislop most southerly Scottish stronghold. Rooms showcase the lives and achievements www.traquair.co.uk of Hawick’s two tragic motorcycle champi- f traquair.house ttraquairhouse ons. Also – The Old Schoolroom, archaeol- w01896 830323 ogy displays and Gift Shop. Entrance Hall 100 Years Piping – Hawick Scouts Pipe Band ANOTHER FIELD EXHIBITION Centenary Exhibition Photographs, historic Tue–Sat 10.00–16.00, Sun 13.00–16.00 bagpipes, drums, uniforms and memorabilia Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, tell the story of the pipe band, founded in Galashiels TD1 3JS the First World War, that has seen so many Entry Free. Booking essential Hawick youths pass through its ranks over Art exhibition & printmaking workshop the last century – and is still going strong by Morag Eaton A unique visual explora- today. Wheelchair access to the Ground Floor tion of the local farming community by a and the Scott Gallery. Berwick-based printmaker inspired by the www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) farmers’ response to changing market fliveborders tLiveBordersMG conditions in these uncertain economic w01450 364747 times. Of particular interest to her are those farmers who have adopted creative business SMAILHOLM TOWER opportunities. Work is available to purchase. 9.30–17.30, Smailholm Tower, A free printmaking workshop with Morag Sandyknowe Farm, Kelso, TD5 7PG Eaton will accompany this exhibition on Sat Entry £5 adult, £3 child, £4 concession, 2 September 13.00–15.00 at Old Gala House. Free for Historic Scotland Members www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) Visit a place that inspired Sir fliveborders tLiveBordersMG Explore the famous borders tower with an w01896 752611 (details & booking) audio guide that depicts life in the Borders and take a look at the views from the rooftop. www.historicenvironment.scot/smailholm-tower fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory w01573 460365

#BHeritageF17 LIGHT YEARS | Jedburgh Castle Jail ROMAN EXHIBITION Opening event 19.00 Fri 1 Sept, then open Mon–Sat 10.30–16.30. Not Sundays, unless Mon–Sat 10.00–16.30, Sun 13.00–16.00, booked groups. Museum, Jedburgh Castle Jail & Museum, The Ormiston, Melrose TD6 9PN Castlegate, Jedburgh TD8 6QD Entry £2 adult, £1 pupil/student, £5 family Entry Free (usually 2 adults, 2/3 children) Light Years: A participative site-specific Exhibition tells the story of a roman fron- installation by Sue Scowcroft & James tier post & its people Iconic NMS loans Wyness Light Years explores the deep for 2017 season – the Milsington Leg, more history of Jedburgh Castle Jail, in particular than life-size limb torn from bronze statue the human and social heritage of Jedburgh. (at York) and found near Hawick in 19th Visitors are invited to follow a star chart, century. The collection includes examples superimposed on the ground plan of the of female footwear including a child’s, from castle, which maps out twelve locations Trimontium and The Synton Hoard, 228 sil- around the Castle Jail and grounds. At these ver denarii, from Domitian 81AD to Marcus locations the visitor will find short poetic Aurelius 181AD, valued at £10,000 owned stories, intimate sharings left behind by by the Trust and SBC, found near Ashkirk. people from the past, men and women, www.trimontium.co.uk young and old, who may have passed through fTrimontium-Trust w01896 822651 the site. The installation honours the work of the 18th and 19th Century ‘Borders Enlightenment’ scientists who were born or based in Jedburgh. www.liveborders.org.uk fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01835 864750 MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS VISITOR CENTRE Mon–Sat 9.30–16.30, Sun 10.30–16.00 Mary Queen of Scots Visitor Centre, GUNSGREEN HOUSE EXHIBITION Queen Street, Jedburgh TD8 6DN Mon–Sun 11.00–17.00, Gunsgreen House Trust, Entry Free Gunsgreen Quay, Eyemouth TD14 5SD Discover the story of Scotland’s tragic Entry Quote BHF17 for 20% off entry in queen, through paintings, textiles & September objects Mary’s month in Jedburgh in 1566 By day, John Nisbet was an Eyemouth mer- was a turning point in her life. Discover the chant; by night he was a notorious smuggler! story of Scotland’s tragic queen, through Designed by John Adam, Gunsgreen House paintings, textiles and objects associated was specially adapted for Nisbet’s ‘special with her, in the 16th century tower house requirements’ including large cellars direct where, according to tradition, she lodged to the sea and a secret ‘tea chute’ behind the during her time here. Audio tour, foreign walls where contraband loose tea was stored language guides, gifts, books and souvenirs. away from prying eyes. Come and discover Audio-visual display on ground floor for the history of this fascinating house whilst wheelchair users. Tour groups welcome. the children get dressed up as smugglers to www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) complete the rat trails and become a certified fliveborders tLiveBordersMG smuggler! w01835 863331 www.gunsgreenhouse.org fGunsgreen-House tGunsgreenHouse w01890 752062

#BHeritageF17 HERMITAGE CASTLE 9.30–17.30, Hermitage Castle, Newcastleton, Hawick TD9 0LU Entry £5 adult, £3 child, £4 concession, Free for Historic Scotland members Discover a history filled with intrigue, murder, torture & treason Soak up the eerie, powerful atmosphere of an imposing stronghold with a notorious reputation. Look THE COLOUR OF ART EXHIBITION for the garrison’s cesspit, seek shelter under Tue–Sat 10.00–16.00, Sun 13.00–16.00 the great arch and take part in the quiz for Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, kids. Galashiels TD1 3JS www.historicenvironment.scot/hermitage-castle Entry Free fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory An exciting artistic and scientific voyage w01387 376222 of discovery, from sparkling minerals to crushed insects, learn about the surprising TREASURES FOUND EXHIBITION materials used to create pigments and the Mon–Sat 10.00–4.30pm, Sun 13.00–16.00, incredible journeys made by artists in their Jedburgh Castle Jail and Museum, Castlegate, pursuit of new hues. Explore the journey Jedburgh TD8 6QD of colour from lapis lazuli to cobalt blue, Entry Free ancient vermilion to bright cadmium red, Discover treasure trove objects found in the through yellow, orange, purple and verdigris Jedburgh area. Fascinating pieces from the to deep green viridian and finally, gold and Medieval period and earlier. There is also silver. a display of interesting material unearthed www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) by a local metal detectorist, including items fliveborders tLiveBordersMG from more recent times. w01750 726456 & 01896 752611 www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG FISHING & SOCIAL HERITAGE EXHIBITION w01835 864750 Mon–Sat 11.00–16.00 Eyemouth Museum, Eyemouth 100 YEARS PIPING EXHIBITION Entry £3.50 adult, £3 concessions, Mon–Fri 10.00–12.00 & 13.00–17.00, children free Sat & Sun 14.00–17.00 Eyemouth Museum documents the fishing Hawick Museum, Wilton Park Lodge, and social heritage of Eyemouth, brought Hawick TD9 7JL to life in its exhibits and through stories Entry Free from local people. The Local/ Family History 100 Years Piping – Hawick Scouts Pipe Unit will also have a Research Assistant Band centenary exhibition Photographs, available by appointment during those historic bagpipes, drums, uniforms and hours. The Museum will be open Sunday memorabilia tell the story of the pipe band, 3 September for the Friends of Eyemouth founded in the First World War, that has Fort’s re-enactment in Kirk Square seen so many Hawick youths pass through See Lighting the Borders Highlight Events its ranks over the last century – and is still www.eyemouthmuseum.co.uk going strong today. fEyemouthMuseum teyemouthmuseum www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) w018907 51701 fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01450 364747

#BHeritageF17 RANGER TOURS OF ETTRICK FOREST Krakow in the 1970s, in order to commemo- WOODLAND rate Poland’s wartime contribution to By arrangement. Bowhill Country Estate, the defence of Scotland. The Map is the Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET largest outdoor map of its type in the world, Entry £30 adult (£20 child) approximately 50m across. The outline Note: minimum charge £60 is an accurate representation of Scotland. It fell into serious disrepair in the 1980s Rangers Land Rover tour of the ancient but a charity (Mapa Scotland) was formed Ettrick Forest Woodland, Newark Castle in 2012 in order to restore it. This restoration Accompany one of our Rangers on a tour is almost complete. A viewing platform and of the ancient Ettrick Forest Woodland to a safety fence have also been constructed. appreciate the surroundings of the beautiful Most of this work has been completed by Bowhill Estate, before descending to Newark charity volunteers with help from local Castle, the ancient Douglas stronghold. organisations, with contractors brought in www.bowhillhouse.co.uk for specialist tasks. Mapa members are at the [email protected] fBowhillHouse Map most Wednesday and Sundays between w01750 22204 10.30 and 15.00. The Map is always open to the public. Visitors are welcome to view the restoration work. www.mapascotland.org fmapascotland w01721 730395 STORIES IN STONE Mon–Fri 10.00–13.00, Sat & Sun 14.00–17.00 St Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre, Wells Brae, Innerleithen EH44 6RB Entry Free ST RONAN’S WELLS VISITORS CENTRE Local history & heritage exhibition Mon–Fri 10.00–13.00, Sat & Sun 14.00–17.00 Uncover the stories behind the key buildings St Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre, Wells Brae, of Innerleithen and environs in the year Innerleithen EH44 6RB when the Parish Church celebrates its Entry Free 150th and the local school its 60th year. The story of Innerleithen’s rich heritage www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) & connections with the great Scottish fliveborders tLiveBordersMG writers Housed in an historic former spa, w01896 833583 St Ronan’s Wells Visitor centre tells the story of Innerleithen’s rich heritage and connec- HISTORY OF PEEBLESHIRE tions with the great Scottish writers, Sir Mon–Fri 10.30–12.30 & 13.00–16.00, Walter Scott and James Hogg. There is also Sat 9.30–12.30 spring water available to sample on site. Museum & Gallery, www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG fliveborders tLiveBordersMG Entry Free w01896 833583 Local History & Heritage Exhibition Discover this most diverse and fascinating GREAT POLISH MAP OF SCOTLAND county of Scotland through objects, maps Open daily. Mercure Barony Castle Hotel, and photographs from pre-history to the , Peebles EH45 8QW present day. Entry Free www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) This hugely impressive Great Polish Map of fliveborders tLiveBordersMG Scotland was built by Polish students from w01721 724820

#BHeritageF17 SCOTTISH BORDERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2017 1 SEPTEMBER – 17 SEPTEMBER Mid-month INSPIRING SCOTLAND – EXHIBITION BY EMMA HERDMAN Tue–Sat 10.00–16.00, Sun 13.00–16.00 events Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, Galashiels TD1 3JS 1 SEPTEMBER – 10 SEPTEMBER Entry Free SWI 100th ANNIVERSARY CRAFT EXHIBITION A selection of works in watercolours Mon–Sat 11.00–16.00, Sun 12.00– 17.00 and pencil by Emma Herdman, inspired Halliwell’s House Museum, Market Place, by the atmospheric landscape and beautiful Selkirk TD7 4BL buildings of the Scottish Borders. Entry Free Work is available to purchase. To mark this auspicious occasion, a display www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) of traditional craft by members of the fliveborders tLiveBordersMG ‘rural’ which was formed w01750 726456 & 01896 752611 in 1927 and celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. The Selkirkshire Women’s Institute later enabled countrywomen to come together and socialise when their husbands were away at war. The SWI continues to flourish, promoting friendship and skill sharing for all women. Craft demonstrations accompany this exhibition. www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01750 726456 & 01750 20054 PASSCHENDAELE, 1917 Tue–Sat 10.00–16.00, Sun 13.00–16.00 LOVELY LASSIES EXHIBITION Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, Mon–Sat 10.00–16.30, Sun 12.00–15.00 Galashiels TD1 3JS Exhibition Room, Borders Textile Towerhouse, Entry Free 1 Tower Knowe, Hawick TD9 9EN WWI commemorative exhibition Discover Entry Free the crucial role of the destroyed landscape Exploring the roles of the women in Hawick during the Battle and how both armies Common-Riding. Focusing on the Cornet’s were forced to adapt their tactics and equip- Lass and Acting Mothers of the last 50 years ment. The impact on the servicemen, both and showing never-before-seen pictures and physically and emotionally, was enormous. outfits of the Lovely Lassies! Passchendaele is known as one of the most www.heartofhawick.co.uk horrific battles from the First World War, fheartofhawick tTextileTowerhouse with more than half-a-million casualties for w01450 377615 a territorial gain of merely eight kilometres. ‘Passchendaele’ not only became a concept in the history of the First World War, it also became a symbol of the great futility of the violence of war in all its horror. Includes a selection of local history objects from The Scottish Borders Permanent Collections. www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01750 726456 & 01896 752611

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AERO LEATHER CLOTHING EXHIBITION Mon–Sat 10.00–16.30, Sun 12.00–15.00 Catwalk, Borders Textile Towerhouse, 100 YEARS OF SCOTTISH WOMEN’S RURAL 1 Tower Knowe, Hawick TD9 9EN INSTITUTE IN THE SCOTTISH BORDERS Entry Free Open Tues, Thurs & Fri 10.00–16.00, Aero Leather Clothing – classic leather, Borders Family History Society, vintage cool Aero Leather Clothing of 52 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels TD1 1DP Galashiels have a world-wide reputation Entry Free. Donations welcome for their classic leather jackets, clothing Exhibition to celebrate 100 years of the and accessories based on period patterns Women’s Rural Institute in the Scottish and styles. For 33 years, they have combined Borders with photographs and words. craftsmanship and top quality materials to produce their unique garments – worn by www.bordersfhs.org.uk discerning individuals across the world. fBordersFHS tBordersFHS The exhibition shows how the brands w01896 750387 evolved and showcases key products. 7 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER www.heartofhawick.co.uk fheartofhawick tTextileTowerhouse w01450 377615 1 SEPTEMBER – 27 SEPTEMBER DRAWING LINES EXHIBITION Mon–Fri 10.00–12.00 & 13.00–17.00, Sat & Sun 14.00–17.00, Hawick Museum, Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick TD9 7JL Entry Free PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION Drawing Lines: a railway archive Ricca- Mon–Fri 9.30–16.45 Heritage Hub, Hawick, rton Junction has been a long-term family Kirkstile, Hawick TD9 0AE interest for artist Clare Money, who inves- Entry Free tigates ways of archiving forgotten places. This personal collection of artwork, photo- Picturing the Past photography exhibi- graphs and engineering drawings aims tion at the Heritage Hub Judged by Phil to explore different methods of recording Wilkinson (local photographer) and Dr Chris and reflecting Riccarton’s past. Bowles, Scottish Borders Council Archaeolo- gist. Exhibition will run in the Heritage Hub www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) from Thursday 7 September throughout the fliveborders tLiveBordersMG festival. w01450 364747 www.liveborders.org.uk/archives fliveborders tLiveBordersLA w01450 360699

#BHeritageF17 9 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER 16 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER LIVES IN A LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION CONTEMPORARY SELKIRK PHOTOGRAPHY Mon–Fri 10.30–12.30 & 13.00–16.00, Mon–Sat 11.00–16.00, Sun 12.00–15.00 Sat 9.30–12.30 Halliwell’s House Museum, Market Place, Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Chambers Selkirk TD7 4BL Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG Entry Free Entry Free Photography exhibition by Selkirk Cam- Archaeology, heritage & environment era Club Recent photographs of the town, exhibition Many objects now held in and surrounding countryside, by club mem- Tweeddale Museum’s collections originated bers demonstrating their observation skills in very distinctive landscapes. This exhibi- and highlighting the more unusual aspects tion and activities programme, part funded of their home town. by Museums Galleries Scotland, seeks to www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) present those objects in their true context fliveborders tLiveBordersMG and to illustrate the lives of the people, w01750 726456 or 01750 20054 who made, used and sometimes hid them, discovered or donated them. www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01721 724820 FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER PAX EXHIBITION Mon–Sat 10.00–16.30, Sun 12.00–15.00 Exhibition Room, Borders Textile Towerhouse, 1 Tower Knowe, Hawick TD9 9EN OUT OF THE WOODS EXHIBITION Entry Free Mon–Fri 10.30–12.30 & 13.30–16.00, Sat 9.30–12.30 PAX exhibition by Isobel Hall Exciting Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Chambers wall art – handmade books, bags and vessels. Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG Hall is an internationally renowned mixed media and stitch textile artist who exhibits, Entry Free teaches and travels worldwide. She specialis- Exhibition of art, turned wood, sculpture, es in making unique, innovative fabrics paper, pyrography & ceramics Featuring from scratch, building up layers of stitch work by Tessa Asquith-Lamb, Catriona combined with mixed media. Her current Andrews, Stuart Dalgleish, Helen Kemp, work focuses on her desire for peace. Pax, Eben Rautenbach, Kenneth McQueenie people smuggler is one such item. There and Rob Sutherland. A mixed media show is a workshop to accompany the exhibition. celebrating the beauty of trees. From hand turned wooden bowls, prints, paintings www.heartofhawick.co.uk and wildlife scenes burnt onto reclaimed fheartofhawick tTextileTowerhouse wood to abstract sculptures made from w01450 377615 driftwood and ceramic interpretations of trees – an enduring subject matter for artists highlighting the need to protect our natural environment for future generations. Work is available to purchase. www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01721 724820

#BHeritageF17 23 SEPTEMBER – 30 SEPTEMBER ABOUT FACE EXHIBITION Tue–Sat 10.00–16.00, Sun 13.00–16.00 Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, Galashiels TD1 3JS Entry Free Art exhibition by Alex Hain, Derek Jones & Angela Hunter Portraiture, one of the oldest art forms, is the artistic representa- OVER & UNDER – KNITWEAR EXHIBITION tion of a person’s face; the intent of the Mon–Fri 10.00–12.00 & 13.00–17.00 artist to record likeness, personality and Sat & Sun 14.00–17.00 mood of the sitter. Alex Hain, Derek Jones Hawick Museum, Wilton Park Lodge, & Angela Hunter will demonstrate their Hawick TD9 7JL skills as portraitists through painting, Entry Free drawing and sculpture. Work is available Hawick’s world-famous knitwear developed to purchase. This exhibition also showcases from high quality underwear into luxurious a selection of portraits from the Scottish outerwear in the early 1900s. This exhibition Borders Permanent Collection of Fine Art shows the evolution of the product through including Peter Howson, John Bellany and a selection of garments, documents and William Johnstone. objects from Hawick Museum collection. www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01450 364747

GHOST COUNTRY EXHIBITION Tue–Sat 10.00–16.00, Sun 13.00–16.00 Old Gala House, Scott Crescent, Galashiels TD1 3JS Entry Free Lynda Marwood’s Ghost Country describes a series of drawings and paintings conceptu- alised around the notion of passing through and remembering. The process of drawing and painting evokes a feeling of transience and impermanence whilst also recording echoes of time and place. Work is available to purchase. www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG w01750 726456 & 01896 752611

#BHeritageF17 1 SCOTTISH BORDERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2017 A SENSE OF PLACE Mon–Sat 10.30–12.30 & 13.00–16.00 2 Daily events Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Chambers Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG 3 FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Entry Free 4 The Royal of Peebles still has a HIGHLIGHT EVENTS medieval feel to it and the architecture and Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology 5 natural surroundings are portrayed by local 2017 Signature Event today: artists represented in a variety of styles and 6 Lighting the Borders at Neidpath Castle, medium from felt to stone in the art exhibi- Newark Castle, Duns Law, Jedburgh Castle tion A Sense of Place – From the Hills to the 7 Jail and Coldstream Community Hall High Street. 8 See Highlight Events section for full details www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) fliveborders tLiveBordersMG 9 BOWHILL COUNTRY ESTATE TALK & WALK w01721 724820 14.00, Bowhill Theatre, Bowhill Country Estate, 10 Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET Entry £6 adult. Includes cream tea 11 Talk and cream tea at beautiful Bowhill. 12 Followed by a walk around the architectural heritage of Bowhill Estate, highlighting 13 the developments and changes to the house in the late Georgian and Victorian periods. 14 www.bowhillhouse.co.uk fBowhillHouse [email protected] 15 SUMMER SHOW w01750 22204 Mon–Sat 10.30–12.30 & 13.00–16.00 16 CREATIVE PEEBLES FESTIVAL Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Chambers 17 Mon–Sat 10.30–12.30 & 13.00–16.00 Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG Tweeddale Museum & Gallery, Chambers Entry Free 18 Institution, High Street, Peebles EH45 8AG Anne Forbes, Marta Utsler & Jacqueline Watt. Entry Free Contemporary abstract paintings by two 19 Supporting 2017 Creative Peebles Festival: College of Art graduates and an Fri 1 September to Sun 3 September. American artist, trained in Kentucky. These 20 established artists, with successful teaching Festival exhibitions featuring fine art careers, have exhibited both nationally 21 and local history include: A Sense of Place – and internationally. Whilst Utsler and Watt From the Hills to the High Street (1–2 Sept) 22 favour strong vibrant colours in their works, and The Summer Show: paintings by Anne Forbes uses a purer and more muted palette, Forbes, Marta Utsler & Jacqueline Watt 23 creating sensitive studies of tiny insects, (1–9 Sept). plants and trees within her vast landscapes. 24 www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) Work is available to purchase. fliveborders tLiveBordersMG www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) 25 w01721 724820 fliveborders tLiveBordersMG 26 w01721 724820 27

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#BHeritageF17 30 1 KELSO FOLK FESTIVAL | Opening concert KELSO FOLK FESTIVAL | Workshops 2 19.00 for 19.30–23.00, Old Parish Kirk, Abbey Row Community Centre, The Knowes, Kelso TD5 7DH The Knowes, Kelso TD5 7BJ 3 Entry £15, £12 concessions. Entry Free Or buy both nights £25, £20 concessions 4 Workshops aimed at developing confidence The Kelso Folk and Live Music Club are and skills. These are to be held in the Abbey 5 running a weekend mini folk festival from Row community centre throughout the day, 1–3 September with live concerts, sessions, please see website for details and booking. 6 workshops and open mics featuring award www.kelsofolkfest.org winning bands and artists as well as a fkelsofolkclub w01573 223595 7 showcase for local talent. Workshops are paid for on the day, but must be pre-booked KELSO FOLK FESTIVAL 8 by contacting [email protected]. Opening 19.00 for 19.30–11.00, Old Parish Kirk, concert features the fabulous Breabach. The Knowes, Kelso TD5 7DH 9 The event culminates on Sunday 3 Septem- Entry £15, £12 concessions. ber, when we welcome the Tour of Britain 10 Or buy both nights £25, £20 concessions Cycle Race to Kelso town with Farewell and Live on stage: Northern Company, sing around session in the Cross Keys Hotel 11 Tom McConville and Andy Watt. from 12.00–16.00. Tickets: www.borderevents.com, or from 12 Tickets: www.borderevents.com, or from Brown’s Newsagent, Woodmarket, Kelso Brown’s Newsagent, Woodmarket, Kelso. 13 www.kelsofolkfest.org www.kelsofolkfest.org fkelsofolkclub fkelsofolkclub 14 SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER OPEN CHURCHES WEEKEND | Heriot Church 15 HIGHLIGHT EVENTS 10.00–15.30 Sat 2 September Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology 13.00–15.30 Sun 3 September 16 2017 Signature Event today: Heriot Church, Heriot EH38 5YE Entry Free. Light refreshments will be avail- 17 Lighting the Borders at Hume Castle, Rid- dell Tower, Old Parish & St Pauls Church, able 18 and Hermitage Castle The Heritage of the Galawater Valley – Heriot Church Stow and Heriot churches See Highlight Events section for full details 19 have an interesting history, and are pleased SECRETS OF MELROSE ABBEY TOUR to take part in the Borders Heritage Festival 20 Tours: 11.00, 12.00 & 14.00, Melrose Abbey, by opening their doors to the public and Abbey Street, Melrose TD6 9LG offering tours. Heriot Church and lands 21 belonged to the monks of Newbattle from Entry £6 adult, £3.60 child, £4.80 concession, the early fourteenth century until the 22 Free for Historic Scotland members Reformation. Bishop de Berneham conse- Join us on a guided tour that will give you 23 crated a church at Heriot in March 1244, a brief history about the Commentator’s but it is not certain whether this church 24 house and then proceed through the build- lay on the same site as the present one. ing stopping to look and discuss various www.stowandheriotchurch.org.uk 25 artefacts. There are green men, piss pots, inkwells, posset pots, spectacles, heart fstowparisharchive w01578 730237 26 caskets and much more to be seen. www.historicenvironment.scot/melrose-abbey 27 fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory 28 w01896 822562

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30 #BHeritageF17 1 SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL and 16.20 respectively. The route includes Entry Free Abbotsford House, Tweedbank, Melrose, St 2 ‘Come ower the hills tae Peebles and walk Boswells, Dryburgh Abbey, Wallace Statue Tweeddale in the footsteps of the drovers.’ and Scotts View. The tour lasts approximate- 3 The 23rd Scottish Borders Walking Festival ly 90 minutes to complete. Tickets, which are will be based at Peebles in 2017, and will be available from the driver or online, can be 4 hosted by The Community Council of the used on a hop-on hop-off basis. 5 of Peebles and District. The www.citysightseeingglasgow.co.uk/get-tickets/ festival will be held from 3–9 September scottish-borders/scottish-borders/ 6 starting with a welcome reception for our fcitysightseeingglasgow tglasgowtour visitors on the evening of 2 September. w0141 204 0444 7 Bookings and walks list on website. CREATIVE PEEBLES FESTIVAL www.borderswalking.com/Events 8 See 1 September listing fborderswalking tborderswalking 9 A SENSE OF PLACE SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL | See 1 September listing 10 Welcome reception 19.30, Peebles Ex-Servicemen’s Club, SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 11 School Brae, Peebles EH45 HIGHLIGHT EVENTS Entry Free 12 Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology Peebles Community Council will welcome 2017 Signature Event today: visitors this evening with a complementary 13 drink and refreshments. All welcome. Lighting the Borders at Eyemouth Fort and Stobs Camp 14 www.borderswalking.com/Events fborderswalking tborderswalking See Highlight Events section for full details 15 w01721 721136 SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL 16 20.00, Chambers Institution, Museum & Art Gallery, Chambers Terrace, Peebles EH45 8AJ 17 Entry £3 18 Clues to the Past An introduction to the archaeology of Tweeddale. From the haughs 19 of the to the tops of many of our hills, the observant walker 20 will encounter traces of human impact on the landscape. Drawing on the fieldwork 21 CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS projects of the Peeblesshire Archaeological HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR Society, their chairman, Trevor Cowie, will 22 Tours: Sat at 10.00, 12.00, 14.00 & 16.00 provide an illustrated introduction to the 23 Sun at 10:20, 12:20, 14:20 & 16:20 rich archaeological heritage of the area. Trevor Cowie is a retired Senior Curator Galashiels Transport Interchange (Stance 2), 24 Galashiels TD1 1BY from the National Museums of Scotland. Entry £8 www.borderswalking.com/Events 25 borderswalking borderswalking The first tour leaves Galashiels Transport f t 26 Interchange (stance 2) at 10.00, the tours will w01721 724820 operate Saturday and Sunday, at two hourly 27 intervals, between 10.00 and 16.00 and 10.20 28

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#BHeritageF17 30 1 As part of Lighting the Borders view Kelso 2 Town Hall at night, illuminated in red, white and blue to celebrate the Tour of Britain 3 stage in Kelso.

4 KELSO FOLK FESTIVAL 12.00–16.00, Cross Keys Hotel, 5 36–37 The Square, Kelso TD5 7HL Entry Free 6 THE TREES OF DRYBURGH ABBEY TOUR The Kelso Folk Festival welcomes the Tour 7 14.00, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh, of Britain Cycle Race to Kelso town with a St Boswells TD6 6RQ farewell session/singaround in the Cross 8 Entry £6 adult, £3.60 child, £4.80 concession, Keys Hotel. All welcome. Free for Historic Scotland Members www.kelsofolkfest.org 9 Take a guided your around the beautiful fkelsofolkclub w01573 223303 10 ruins of the abbey and learn about the history, trees and parkland. 11 www.historicenvironment.scot/dryburgh-abbey fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory 12 w01835 822381 13 OVO ENERGY TOUR OF BRITAIN CYCLE RACE Time tbc, Cross Keys Hotel, 36–37 The Square, 14 Kelso TD5 7HL 15 Entry Free THIRLESTANE CASTLE Viewing of the Tour of Britain cycle race AND THE MAN WHO RULED SCOTLAND 16 arrival in Kelso town centre The 2017 18.00, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder TD2 6RU OVO Energy Tour of Britain will once again 17 take a spectacular route through the area. Entry £12 including a glass of wine. Booking required 18 Starting in Edinburgh, the route includes the and Coldstream An evening tour of Thirlestane Castle 19 and then follows the River Tweed to Kelso. followed by a talk on one of its most It then goes on to Scott’s View and Melrose, famous residents Take an exclusive guided 20 before a sprint to the finish line back in Kelso tour around the beautiful castle to marvel town centre in the afternoon. All along the at the state rooms and family collections 21 route there will be incredible viewing oppor- before a lecture on the Duke of , tunities. Spectators will also be able to take Secretary of State to Scotland. 22 in both the Grand Depart in Edinburgh and www.thirlestanecastle.co.uk the stage as it travels through the Borders, 23 fThirlestaneCastle tThirlestaneBuzz utilising the between w01578 722430 Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank. 24 Further details of the route, and in due OPEN CHURCHES WEEKEND | Heriot Church 25 course updates on timings, can be found See 2 September listing here: CREATIVE PEEBLES FESTIVAL 26 cyclescottishborders.com/event/tour-of-brit- See 1 September listing 27 ain-stage-1 www.tourofbritain.co.uk/stages/stage-one CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR 28 fToBcycling tTourofBritain w01573 223303 See 2 September listing 29

30 #BHeritageF17 1 and Mediaeval occupation. Strong footwear MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER and good waterproofs are advised. Direc- 2 SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL | tions: turn off A68 200 yards south of the Walking home Ravenswood roundabout /Melrose bypass, 3 20.00, Peebles Burgh Hall, High Street, A6091, via a single track road and park at the Peebles EH45 8AG rear of the Tearoom Courtyard. 4 www.oldmelrosefurniturestudio.co.uk Entry £10. Book via website 5 Tweed Theatre has put together a collection fOld-Melrose-Furniture-Studio-Tea-Room of poetry; prose and song with our festi- w01835 824597 6 val-goers in mind that will make you laugh EXTENSION TO OLD MELROSE MONKS’ WALK and cry, and tug on all your emotions in 7 10.30, Melrose Square, Melrose TD6 9PL between these extremes. This community theatre group have been together for three Entry £2. Children free 8 decades and Director Paul Taylor, retired Starting at Melrose Square and walking 9 librarian, is not as quiet as his career makes to Old Melrose on the pathways that now him sound, he definitely knows how to en- connect the town of Melrose with the place 10 tertain an audience! See website for today’s where St. Cuthbert began his monastic life. walks and to book tickets. Arriving at Old Melrose 12.45 will allow time 11 for lunch before joining the Monks’ Walk www.borderswalking.com/Events at 13.30 On return to the tearoom area at fborderswalking tborderswalking 12 around 15.30 refreshments can be taken w01721 724632 (Hall) before walking the return route to Melrose 13 w01835 825231 (Bookings) via the Rhymer’s Stone. Good waterproofs are advised and strong footwear is required. 14 www.oldmelrosefurniturestudio.co.uk 15 fOld-Melrose-Furniture-Studio-Tea-Room w01896 820200 16

TUESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 17 SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL 18 19.30, Peebles Ex-Servicemen’s Club, School Brae, Peebles EH45 8AT 19 OLD MELROSE MONKS’ WALK Entry £2. Book via website 13.30, Old Melrose Tea Room – Courtyard, Evening Guided Town Walk: a look at 20 Unnamed Road, Melrose TD6 9DF the Royal Burgh of Peebles with Architect 21 (details below) and Listed Buildings expert Mark Douglas Entry £2. Children free who has worked for many years at Scottish 22 Guided walk from the Old Melrose Tea Room Borders Council as the Buildings Conser- Courtyard, walking via site of WWII secret vation Officer. Being both an Architect and 23 bunker and in the footsteps of St Cuthbert Planner he has a keen eye for all the aspects round the peninsula, below Scott’s View. of built heritage. He will point out some 24 See the boundary ditch of the holy site – recondite detail and tell a wee story or two Chapel Knowe, the walled garden, restored in his colourful manner as he opens your 25 Victorian summerhouse and a mediaeval eyes to the finer detail of the town. 26 monk’s face carved into the wall of Old www.borderswalking.com/Events Melrose House before returning up the drive fborderswalking tborderswalking 27 to the Tearoom Courtyard. We’ll take you w01721 721136 past the proposed first excavation site of the 28 peninsula with traces of prehistoric, Roman 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 HAWICK ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY LECTURE ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? 2 19.30, Hawick High School Lecture Hall, 10.00–16.00, Borders Family History Society, Buccleuch Street, Hawick TD9 0EG 52 Overhaugh Street, Galashiels TD1 1DP 3 Entry Free. Non members welcome Entry Free. Booking required 4 Illustrated lecture by Iain Wilson – Discover your family history. Build your In the tracks of Old Mortality: the life family tree. Explore your family history 5 & times of Robert Paterson In 1816, Walter primarily in the Border counties (Berwick- Scott introduced to the world the character shire, Peeblesshire, and 6 of the old stonemason who travelled through Selkirkshire) of Scotland, though we’ll still south-west Scotland for much of the 18th try to help you if your roots are elsewhere. 7 century erecting and repairing the grave- Research provision in Family and Local stones of the Covenanters, Protestant funda- History on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8 mentalists of the 17th century. This lecture throughout the festival. explores the origins of the story of ‘Old 9 www.bordersfhs.org.uk Mortality’, the evidence on which Scott drew fBordersFHS tBordersFHS for the development of his character, and 10 w01896 750387 the life and times of Paterson, the real-life 11 individual on whom the character was based. It also deals with the history of Hawick and 12 social conditions during Paterson’s time in the town, as well as other towns in 13 and Galloway with which he was associated, his family, his trade and the Covenanters. 14 www.hawickhistory.scot 15 fairchieoliver w01450 372429 A FAMILY REVEALED: 16 FLOORS CASTLE PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR THE STUARTS AT TRAQUAIR 14.30, Floors Castle, Kelso TD5 7SF 17 14.00, Peebles Library, Chambers Institute, Peebles EH45 8AG Entry £13.50 18 Entry Free. Booking required A warm welcome awaits you at Floors Castle, the largest inhabited Castle in Scotland and Illustrated talk by Catherine Maxwell 19 home of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe. Stuart, 21st Lady of Traquair, & Marga- Take a private tour of the Castle with one of ret Fox, Traquair’s archivist Discover the 20 our experienced Guides. Floors is dramatic dramatic story of this remarkable family and romantic with its pepperpot spires and over four centuries – from its rise to political 21 domes and contains an outstanding collec- prominence in the 16th century down to its tion of fine art including many paintings 22 almost reclusive existence in the Victorian and tapestries. But its charm as a family era. Drawing exclusively on the family’s rich home is evident and makes a visit especially 23 archival legacy, the talk illustrates how the enjoyable. Follow the Castle tour with a fate of the Stuart family of Traquair was ulti- self-led exploration of the beautiful walled 24 mately determined by its allegiances in both garden and Millennium Garden and view religion and politics. The talk is based on 25 the enchanting summerhouse built in 1867 Catherine and Margaret’s book ‘A Family Life for Queen Victoria to take tea on her visit. 26 Revealed’ which will be available to purchase on the day. w01573 223333 27 www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) fliveborders tLiveBordersLA 28 [email protected] 29 w01750 726400

30 #BHeritageF17 1 WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2 HIGHLIGHT EVENTS Sounding out the past at Bowhill 3

See Highlight Events section for full details 4

PICTURING THE PAST PRIZE GIVING 5 18.00, Heritage Hub, Hawick, Kirkstile, Hawick TD9 0AE 6 Entry Free SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL | Wild & local Prize Giving for the Picturing the Past 7 19.30, Peebles Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Photography Competition. The judges are School Brae, Peebles EH45 8AT 8 Phil Wilkinson (local photographer) and Entry £12. Book via website Dr Chris Bowles, Scottish Borders Council 9 Archaeologist. An exhibition will then run in A local food evening including wild meat and the Heritage Hub from Thursday 7 September locally made ice-cream from Tweed Valley 10 throughout the festival. Venison Ltd and Caldwell’s Luxury Ice- www.liveborders.org.uk/archives Cream. You can learn about Sika deer in the 11 fliveborders tLiveBordersLA Tweeddale Valley, and game sports. Later in the evening Andrew Caldwell will give a talk 12 w01450 360699 about the history of ice-cream, – and yes, he will bring samples! Book on website. 13 www.borderswalking.com/Events 14 fborderswalking tborderswalking w01721 721136 15

MARGARET SKEA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP 16 19.00–21.00, Mary Queen of Scots House, Queen Street, Jedburgh TD8 6EN 17 Entry Free 18 PRIORY OPEN AFTERNOON Join Margaret Skea, author of award-winning 14.00–16.00, , historical novels Turn of the Tide – Beryl 19 Eyemouth Road, Coldingham TD14 5NJ Bainbridge Award for Best First Time Author Entry Free 2014 and Historical Fiction Winner, Harp- 20 er Collins/Alan Titchmarsh Show People’s Friends of Coldingham Priory are hosting Novelist Competition; and A House Divided 21 four open afternoons to show visitors this – Longlisted Historical Novel Society New remarkable site. Precisely when the Anglian Novel Award 2016; to consider how to trans- 22 Monastery at Coldingham was established port readers to another place and time. With is unclear but Bede recounts that in 660AD 23 specific reference to the historical artefacts, Etheldreda, wife of King Ecfrith entered the architecture and setting of Mary Queen existing convent of St Aebba. Visited by St 24 of Scots House, Margaret will discuss and Cuthbert and Mary Queen of Scots, sacked illustrate how focusing on place can inspire by Vikings in 850AD and attacked many 25 plot and how detail can be used to create times over the centuries by our English atmospheric and authentic historical fiction. neighbours, Coldingham has a rich and 26 Booking essential – limited spaces. varied history and remains a place of worship 27 to this day. Join us and discover more of the www.margaretskea.com fascinating history if this now peaceful spot. fMargaretSkeaAuthor.Novels 28 Free parking in village car park. tmargaretskea1 w01835 863331 www.friendsofcoldinghampriory.co.uk 29 fColdinghamStAbbsParishChurch #BHeritageF17 30 1 RIVER WAYS: THURSDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2 A FUTURE HERITAGE FOR HAWICK HIGHLIGHT EVENTS Times vary, Alchemy Film & Arts, 3 Sounding out the past at Victoria Halls 39–41A High Street, Hawick TD9 9BU & Wilton Lodge Park 4 See Highlight Events section for full details Entry Free 5 PICTS AND PRINCESSES TALK A programme of talks, walks & film 18.30 for 19.00, Ebba Centre, , connecting creativity, heritage & 6 Eyemouth TD14 5PL regeneration in Hawick River Ways: A Entry Free. Suggested donation £4 Future Heritage for Hawick is a joint project 7 Archaeology and the National Trust for between Hawick Energy Group, Alchemy Scotland: The National Trust for Scotland Film and Arts and Creative Carbon Scotland. 8 cares for over 13,000 archaeology sites and The diverse programme of talks, walks and film screenings celebrates how river power 9 has spent the last 20 years researching the stories of places and people from Shetland has shaped the cultural and built heritage 10 to St Abb’s Head and Barra to Angus. Trust of Hawick and explores how harnessing this Archaeologist Dr Daniel Rhodes will be heritage offers an imaginative future for the 11 giving a talk about the work he has carried town. River Ways brings together different out over the last 5 years which includes the generations and grass roots, sustainability 12 hunt for St Aebbe’s Monastery, the discovery and regeneration projects to exchange ideas of the lost castle of Erskine; and how the and make connections between the arts 13 site and sound of Fingals’ Cave has drawn and sustainability. Check online listings human’s to the island of Staffa for thousands for specific event times. 14 of years. www.alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk 15 www.nts.org.uk/Visit/St-Abbs-Head fHawick-CommunityEnergyProject fStabbsHeadNationalNatureReserve falchemyfilmfestival w01450 860378 16 fEbbaCentre w018907 71557 SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL 17 TRIMONTIUM WALK QUIZ NIGHT 13.30, depart Trimontium Museum, 21.30, The County Inn, 35 High Street, 18 The Ormiston, Melrose TD6 9PN Peebles EH45 8AN Entry Free. Book direct at County Inn 19 Entry £4 adult, £1 student/pupil, family £10. Refreshments included Scottish Borders Walking Festival quiz 20 Depart from the Museum for a guided Walk night in The County Inn. Get a team together via Melrose Square, Abbey Street, South side at the popular County Inn on Peebles High 21 of Abbey, Abbey grounds, Prior’s Walk path Street for their weekly quiz night (book at through houses, with picturesque views the Inn). It’s a late start folks, to coincide 22 of the Vale of Melrose to Newstead, stone- with the meals finishing for the night – masons’ village, view of North Eildon, extensive food menu available. Prizes 23 closed road towards Leaderfoot and the include a £25 drink/food voucher and a rolling cash prize. 24 three bridges, level embankment, old railway line and circuit www.borderswalking.com/Events 25 of Trimontium Fort to rejoin road from East fborderswalking tborderswalking into Newstead, tea/coffee and comfort stop w01721 720595 26 in Newstead Village Hall at 16.30 and return to Melrose by the original path or by the 27 riverside and the Monks’ Battery Wall at the latest by 17.30. 28 www.trimontium.co.uk 29 fTrimontium-Trust w01896 822651

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FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 3 SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL CEILIDH 4 19.30, Peebles Ex-Servicemen’s Club, 5 School Brae, Peebles EH45 8AT Entry £12. Book via website 6 THE ROAD TO PINKIE #3 Festival Ceilidh: led by local shepherd’s 10.00, send off. Ceilidh Band. Our ever-popular Ceilidh 7 Earthworks of Eyemouth Fort, Eyemouth at the end of the festival week will be held 8 Entry Free in the familiar main hall of the Ex-Service- As part of this year’s Battle of Pinkie men’s Club. Local shepherd, Brian McFarlane, 9 commemorations, a Scottish and an English and his ceilidh band will lead you through soldier from the Lothian Levy re-enactment your steps to dance the night away and 10 society are walking the route of the English have a wee laugh. We will have a wee break invasion of 1547. Soldiers will pass Cold- to enjoy a bowl of stovies for supper 11 ingham and Pass of Pease into East Lothian. (vegetarian option available). 12 From the 1540 fort at Dunglass to the ruined www.borderswalking.com/Events castle at Innerwick, and Dunbar. The final fborderswalking tborderswalking leg of the journey will take them through 13 w01721 721136 Prestonpans, Morison’s Haven and Wallyford 14 to Pinkie Battlefield itself. They will reach ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? the memorial stone for the commemorative See 5 September listing 15 service on Sunday 10 September. If you see PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION our soldiers on their march, please feel free 16 to talk to them about the fascinating history See 7 September listing they are helping to alive: they’ll be glad RIVER WAYS: 17 of the excuse to rest! Follow their progress A FUTURE HERITAGE FOR HAWICK with #battleofpinkie. Leading up to the 18 See 7 September listing battle there are precursors at Hume Castle 1 September and Eyemouth Fort 2 September. SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 19 See Lighting the Borders listings. BORDERS EXPERIENCE OF WWI 20 www.alanbrecksregiment.org.uk 10.00–15.00 (doors open at 9.30) flothianlevy Mac Arts Centre, Galashiels. 21 SHEEP DOG DEMONSTRATION Entry Free. Includes refreshments & lunch. 22 19.15 demonstration (20.00 for Hog Roast), Places must be booked in advance by contact- Cringletie House Hotel, Edinburgh Road, ing: The Heritage Hub, Kirkstile, Hawick TD9 23 Peebles EH45 8PL 0AE Entry £10 p/p. £12 p/p for Hog Roast Saving & Sharing the Borders Experi- 24 ence of WWI Join us for a day of pres- Sheep Dog Demonstration in the Hotel entations about the Borders experience of 25 Paddock. People may attend the hog roast WWI. Themes include: Policing the Scottish only, if they wish. Booking and prepayment 26 Borders in the Great War, Stobs Camp: Past, essential direct to Cringletie House. Present & Future, The Remarkable Life of 27 www.cringletie.com Mary Lee Milne and her Adventures with the fcringletiehouse tCringletieHouse Scottish Women’s Hospital and Forgotten 28 w01721 725750 Poems & Sonnets from the Great War. There will be a keynote presentation from 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 Dr Yvonne McEwen – From Battlefield 2 to Blighty – WW1 Casualty Care and Evacuation Arrangements. 3 www.liveborders.org.uk/archives fliveborders tLiveBordersLA 4 [email protected] 5 w01450 360699 ST ABB’S HEAD ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 6 10.00–16.00 each day, St Abb’s Head National EXHIBITION ABOUT HISTORY OF 7 Nature Reserve, near the less-abled parking NORHAM & LADYKIRK area by St Abb’s Head lighthouse, Sat 11.00–16.00, Sun 10.00–16.00, Norham 8 St Abbs TD14 5QF Village Hall, Castle Street, Norham TD15 2LQ Entry Free Entry Free 9 Digging into the Past: St Abb’s Head History event focusing on the Cross Border 10 Community Action Weekend National communities of Norham and Ladykirk. View Trust for Scotland Archaeologist, Daniel our Exhibition on aspects of village life at 11 Rhodes, will be leading a dig at the site of Norham Village Hall. Exhibition includes the 19th century Signal Station at St Abb’s Village Life, Norham Railway and Salmon 12 Head. An opportunity to find out more about netting on the Tweed. We are also hosting the history of the signal station and the rest an Evening Film Show – Norham 1977 and 13 of St Abb’s Head, or even get stuck in to the other short films of local interest at 19.00 dig itself. on 9 September. Disabled Access Ramps 14 www.nts.org.uk/Visit/St-Abbs-Head and Toilet are available at the Village Hall. 15 fStabbsHeadNationalNatureReserve Donations welcome, refreshments available. w018907 71443 www.norham.org 16 fNorham-Village-Hall w01289 382326 17 WALK THE INNERLEITHEN DAM 10.30, Depart from the Memorial Hall, 18 Leithen Road, Innerleithen EH44 6HZ Entry Free – donations welcome. 19 Booking required. 20 Waterwheels & Woollen Mills – Walking the Innerleithen Dam The National Trust 21 for Scotland: Join members of the Inner- SCOTTISH BORDERS WALKING FESTIVAL | leithen Community Trust and staff and 22 Final day walks volunteers from Robert Smail’s Printing Walks today Peebles Circular by Collie Law Works to walk the Innerleithen Dam and 23 and Redscarhead, Tweed Valley Railway find out about the fascinating history of this Path, Glentress Circular & Janet’s Brae, The fascinating piece of industrial archaeology. 24 Glensax Horseshoe via Dun Rig and Glenrath The walk will take approximately 1.5–2hours. Heights, Dunslair Heights Circular by Shield- 25 www.nts.org.uk/Event/Robert-Smails/Water- green and Glentress. See website for details wheels-and-Woollen-Mills and booking. 26 [email protected] www.borderswalking.com/Events fRobertSmailsPrintingWorks 27 fborderswalking tborderswalking w01896 830206 (Smail’s) 28

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30 #BHeritageF17 1 NORHAM & LADYKIRK SOCIETY who was described by his neighbour Sir UNION CHAIN BRIDGE VISIT Walter Scott as a ‘West Indian Planter, but 2 11.00–15.00, Union Chain Bridge, Horncliffe, himself bred a joiner’. Said to commemorate Berwick on Tweed TD15 2XT Waugh’s house of the same name on his 3 Entry Free Jamaican estate, Harmony was built in 1807 and boasts fine rare plasterwork and cedar 4 Norham & Ladykirk Local History Society panelling that inspired Scott’s decoration of and Friends of the Union Chain Bridge visit Abbotsford. Usually holiday accommodation, 5 the historic Chain Bridge and discover its this is a rare opportunity to see inside this history. The bridge will be manned between 6 splendid house. Please note: only 12 visitors 11.00 and 15.00 on 9 & 10 September. can enter the house at any one time. At other times there is a leaflet dispenser 7 at the English end of the bridge. www.nts.org.uk/Visit/Harmony-Garden/ fNationalTrustforScotland tN_T_S 8 www.unionbridgefriends.com w01896 209504 f unionbridgefriends w01289 382362 9

TWEEDDALE MUSEUM AND GALLERY – 10 SUMMER SHOW See 1 September listing 11

CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS 12 HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR See 2 September listing 13

RIVER WAYS: A Future Heritage for Hawick 14 See 7 September listing POETRY AT THE STEADING – 15 SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER THE HOME OF TIM STEAD 11.00–16.30, The Steading, Blainslie, HIGHLIGHT EVENTS 16 By Lauder Where Teviot Rins Entry £60. Buffet lunch with drinks/wine 17 See Highlight Events section for full details included. Limited spaces A unique opportunity to write poetry 18 inspired by the life and work of woodcrafts- 19 man, community woodlands founder, writer and sculptor: Tim Stead. Poetry writing 20 sessions will be led by poet/tutor Julian Colton. The day also includes private tour 21 of the Tim Stead House & collections at Blainslie. Maggy Stead and Live Borders 22 Museums & Galleries will provide expert insight into his sculpture, furniture, poetry 23 OPEN DAY AT HARMONY HOUSE and philosophy. Participants will have time 10.00–17.00, Harmony, Harmony Garden, to write, participate in readings, explore the 24 St Mary’s Road, Melrose TD6 9LJ house, enjoy collections of sculpture, furni- 25 Entry Free. Donations welcome ture, archives and the garden. Opportunity Harmony is one of the most perfect and pre- to purchase books, beautiful sculpture and 26 cious architectural gems in the possession of furniture. the National Trust for Scotland and shelters www.timsteadfurniture.co.uk 27 the most important Regency interiors in its f timsteadtrust tTimSteadTrust care. Harmony was built for Robert Waugh [email protected] 28 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 MEET THE MASTER MASON | Melrose Abbey 2 12.00–16.00, Melrose Abbey, Abbey Street, Melrose TD6 9LG 3 Entry £6 adult, £3.60 child, £4.80 concession, Free for Historic Scotland members 4 Ever wondered who makes magnificent 5 stone buildings look the way they do? Meet the man who made it happen – the 6 Master Mason. Learn the tools of his fas- cinating trade and how his designs were AFTERNOON TEA AT PAXTON HOUSE 7 brought to life and still remain after 14.00–17.00 daily, Paxton House, Paxton, a millennia. And try your hand at Berwick-Upon-Tweed TD15 1SZ 8 our stain glass craft activity. Entry £16.50 adult, £7 child 9 www.historicenvironment.scot/melrose-abbey Prosecco afternoon tea in the Paxton fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory House picture gallery Listen to the 10 w0131 668 8885 beautiful steinway piano while enjoying delicious sweet and savoury treats. Take in 11 the stunning works of art on loan from our partner, the National Galleries of Scotland. 12 All dietary requirements can be catered for – please state these when booking. 13 www.paxtonhouse.co.uk 14 fPaxtonHouse tPaxtonHouse [email protected] w01289 386291 15 THE TREES OF DRYBURGH ABBEY TOUR 16 HISTORICAL WALK IN DUNS See 3 September listing 14.00, Meeting at Market Cross, Market Square, PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION 17 Duns TD11 3DB See 7 September listing 18 Entry Free The Covenanters in Duns & their legacy UNION CHAIN BRIDGE VISIT 19 (in association with Live Borders) See 9 September listing Kenny McLean leads an interpreted walk CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS 20 exploring the story of the Covenanters HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR in Berwickshire, the encampment on Duns See 2 September listing 21 Law in 1639 which played a key role in spark- ing the Civil Wars, and the signing of the EXHIBITION ABOUT HISTORY 22 National Covenant in Duns Castle. Cove- OF NORHAM & LADYKIRK 23 nanting legacy in the decades and centuries See 9 September listing since is also explored, visiting the Drumclog ST ABB’S HEAD ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG 24 bell and the birthplaces of Thomas Boston and McCrie the Elder. Walk begins by See 9 September listing 25 ascending Duns Law to the Covenanters RIVER WAYS: Stone and General Leslie’s fortifications. A FUTURE HERITAGE FOR HAWICK 26 www.liveborders.org.uk See 7 September listing 27 fliveborders tLiveBorders w01361 884114 28

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30 #BHeritageF17 1 how this small strip of water contributed to MONDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Innerleithen’s success as an industrial 2 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION mill town. There will be an opportunity See 7 September listing afterwards for a question and answer session 3 on the dam. TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 4 www.nts.org.uk/Event/Robert-Smails/Inner- TALK ON WRITING leithen-Dam 5 HISTORICAL SHORT STORIES fRobertSmailsPrintingWorks 14.30–16.30 [email protected] (for details) 6 Coffee Bar, Abbey Row Community Centre, w01896 830206 (Smail’s) Abbey Row, Kelso, Roxburghshire TD5 7BJ 7 YES ARTS FESTIVAL Entry £2. Refreshments provided Yarrow, Ettrick & Selkirk – various venues 8 Open Event. A talk by Peter Munro on Entry Various writing historical short stories and doing 9 research. Some examples of newspaper A contemporary arts festival in the heart articles will be provided for you to have a go. of the Scottish Borders, the Yarrow, Ettrick, 10 All welcome. Selkirk Arts Festival brings together local artists and makers and their communities www.kelsowritersworkshop.blogspot.co.uk 11 with invited guests from further afield, in tkelsowriters a celebration of the unique culture and 12 [email protected] landscape of this beautiful area. This year’s w01573 410277 festival welcomes Scots Makar Jackie Kay, 13 ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? as well as acclaimed dance company Du- dendance. Explore the area through film, art, 14 See 5 September listing music and dance; find your inner bard in our 15 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION poetry challenge, or try your hand at making See 7 September listing a Mile Marker. 16 FLOORS CASTLE PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR www.yesartsfestival.com 17 See 5 September listing fYarrowEttrickAndSelkirkArtsFestival tYesArtsFestival w01750 21997 WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 18 COLDINGHAM PRIORY OPEN AFTERNOON 19 See 6 September listing 20 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION See 7 September listing 21

THURSDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 22 INNERLEITHEN DAM FILM SHOWING 23 19.30–21.30, Innerleithen Union Club, DISCOVER EYEMOUTH FORT WALK Peebles Road, Innerleithen EH44 6QX 24 Entry Free. Donations welcome & VR DISPLAY 14.30, Friends of Eyemouth Fort, Eyemouth Innerleithen Dam – Public showing of 25 Museum, Manse Road, Eyemouth TD14 5JE Jim Lyon’s DVD about the Innerleithen 26 Dam The National Trust for Scotland – Entry £3.50 adult, £3 concessions, children Robert Smail’s Printing Works, with free 27 Innerleithen Community Trust. Discover Eyemouth Fort walk and virtual reality display. Discover the fascinating Join us for a public showing of the DVD 28 history of Eyemouth’s 16th century fort. Innerleithen Dam and find out more about Friends of Eyemouth Fort will take you for 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 an escorted walk followed by a museum FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2 visit where you can experience the Borders’ only virtual reality room. Inside, you’ll be YES ARTS FESTIVAL FILM SCREENING 3 transported to the fort as it was in the 16th Daily at dusk – 22.00, Market Place, Selkirk century. Great fun for all the family. Entry Free 4 www.eyemouthmuseum.co.uk As part of YES Arts Festival, the film 5 fEyemouthMuseum teyemouthmuseum Our Kind of Place, our magnificent place will w018907 51701 be screened in the Market Place, Selkirk on 6 Friday 15, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 each day at dusk until 22.00. Our Kind of Place – 7 Our Magnificent Place will be a unique and in- timate documentary of life and work in this 8 part of rural Scotland. It will be about people, about place, and the relationship between 9 them. The film will involve farmers, mill 10 workers, landowners, shopkeepers, foresters, office workers, schoolchildren 11 and pensioners. It will capture them at work : and at play, perhaps with an emblem of what 12 SELF-TAUGHT WOMAN OF SCIENCE they do or the place to which they belong. 14.00, The McDonald Dryburgh Room, Millfield Participants will be selected from all walks 13 Gardens, Canongate, Jedburgh TD8 6ER of life in Yarrow, Ettrick and Selkirk and Entry Free. Booking required filmed in their own working, playing and 14 living environment. It will be filmed to a Illustrated talk by Isabel Gordon Discover soundtrack of natural sound and local music. 15 how Mary Somerville transformed herself from a young woman with an extremely See 14 September listing for more info 16 limited education into a renowned math- about the YES Arts Festival. ematician, best-selling science writer and www.yesartsfestival.com 17 astronomer who predicted the existence fYarrowEttrickAndSelkirkArtsFestival of Neptune. tYesArtsFestival w01750 21997 18 www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) 19 fliveborders tLiveBordersLA [email protected] 20 w01750 726400

21 ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? See 5 September listing 22 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION 23 See 7 September listing HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT TRAQUAIR! 24 TRIMONTIUM WALK See 7 September listing 11.00–17.00, Traquair, , 25 Innerleithen EH44 6PW Entry £8.80 adult, £4.50 child, £7.80 senior 26 citizen Living history at Traquair A weekend 27 when the past will literally come alive as 28 characters from Traquair’s history re-enact some of the dramatic happenings that took 29 place in this 900 year old castle. As you tour

30 #BHeritageF17 1 the house you will come across some Scottish HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT TRAQUAIR! royalty, priests living in terror and the ups See 15 September listing 2 and downs of family life in the 1700s. There may be even be a chance to find out exactly CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS 3 what happened in 1745 when Bonnie Prince HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR Charlie visited the house in the autumn See 2 September listing 4 of 1745. YES ARTS FESTIVAL 5 www.traquair.co.uk See 14 September listing f traquair.house ttraquairhouse 6 w01896 830323 YES ARTS FESTIVAL FILM SCREENING See 15 September listing 7 ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER See 5 September listing 8

PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION 9 See 7 September listing YES ARTS FESTIVAL 10 See 14 September listing 11 SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 12 HIGHLIGHT EVENT Scottish Borders Heritage Seminar 13 See Highlight Events section for full details FUNGI FORAY – GUIDED FUNGI WALK 13.30–15.30, Bowhill Country Estate, 14 Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET THE SKIRMISH HILL WALK 15 13.30, Melrose Parish Church, Entry £6 Melrose TD6 9SF A beginner’s introduction to the many 16 Entry £3. Free to Trimontium Trust & MHAA species of fungi on Bowhill Estate. You will 17 This walk leads along the riverbank to the have chance to explore the heritage of the 17 information board located on the corner of beautiful policy woodlands of Bowhill and 18 the field, known as the Skirmish Hill, where learn more about the important part they it is said the Battle of Melrose took place on play in the forest ecosystem. 19 25 July, 1526. It was here that Walter Scott www.bowhillhouse.co.uk of Buccleuch led 600 Borderers on horseback fBowhillHouse [email protected] 20 in an ambush attack to free the young King w01750 22204 James V from the forces of the Earl of Angus 21 and Ker of Cessford. A visit will be made OPEN DAY | Langton Parish Church into the grounds of Tower from 13.00–17.00, Tours at 14.00, 15.00 & 16.00 22 where it is said that young James V watched Langton Parish Church, , Duns, the skirmish. The walk continues uphill to Scottish Borders TD11 3QT 23 the ‘Turn Again Stone’ where it is said that, Entry Free. Donations welcome 24 in fleeing from the battlefield, a member Explore the impressive Grade B listed of Buccleuch’s defeated force, turned and Langton Parish Church In association 25 speared to death the pursuing Ker of with Duns & District Parishes this is Cessford. The walk will return downhill a unique opportunity to explore this 26 to the Parish Church grounds via the impressive church, built in 1872 to replace 27 village of Darnick. a previous building on the site and designed by the well-known partnership of Brown 28 & Wardrop. Historical and architectural 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 interpretation will be displayed; congrega- MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2 tional objects on show; and guided tours of the church and churchyard. Selection PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION 3 of photographs of the demolished Langton See 7 September listing House, a Victorian marvel by David Bryce, 4 and rolling presentation on The Rise and Fall TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER of the Breadalbanes. 5 ’S ROUGH WOOING www.dunsanddistrict.org.uk 19.00, Hawick Library, North Bridge Street, 6 Hawick TD9 9QT Entry Free. Booking required 7 Illustrated talk by Isabel Gordon England’s Rough Wooing, Henry VIII’s 8 response to the Scots calling off the 9 proposed marriage of their infant Mary Queen of Scots to Prince Edward (later 10 Edward VI). The talk explores the English invasions of Scotland 1544–47, focussing 11 on the Borders area in 1545. MEET THE MASTER MASON | Dryburgh Abbey www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) 12 12.00–16.00, Dryburgh Abbey, Dryburgh, St Boswells TD6 0RQ fliveborders tLiveBordersLA [email protected] 13 Entry £6 adult, £3.60 child, £4.80 concession, Free for Historic Scotland members w01750 726400 14 Ever wondered who makes magnificent 15 stone buildings look the way they do? Meet the man who made it happen – 16 the Master Mason. Learn the tools of his fascinating trade and how his designs 17 were brought to life and still remain after millennia. And try your hand 18 at our stain glass craft activity.

19 www.historicenvironment.scot/dryburgh-abbey fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory ADHS MONTEATH MAUSOLEUM 20 w0131 668 8885 HERITAGE WALK 10.00–15.00, (7.6miles – approx 5 hours). CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS 21 Depart from Ancrum Village Green, Ancrum HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR Entry Free 22 See 2 September listing The Ancrum & District Heritage Society 23 THE TREES OF DRYBURGH ABBEY TOUR Monteath Mausoleum Heritage Walk will See 3 September listing start and finish at Ancrum Village Green. 24 YES ARTS FESTIVAL Participants should bring a packed lunch and have suitable clothing and footwear. 25 See 14 September listing There will be a talk by Dr Chris Bowles on YES ARTS FESTIVAL FILM SCREENING 26 the Ancrum section of the walk and a talk See 15 September listing by David Freeman on Monteath Mausoleum. 27 www.adhs.co.uk www.friendsofthemonteathmausoleum.org.uk 28 fmonteathmausoleum 29

30 #BHeritageF17 1 ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? THURSDAY 21 SEPTEMBER See 5 September listing 2 BRUCE’S LEGACY: PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION THE STEWART VS DOUGLAS RIVALRY 3 See 7 September listing 19.00, Galashiels Library, Lawyers Brae, FLOORS CASTLE PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR Galashiels TD1 3JQ 4 See 5 September listing Entry Free. Booking required 5 WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Illustrated talk by Isabel Gordon Two immensely powerful families whose 6 fortunes flourished and waned over the centuries between seizing 7 the Scots crown in 1306 and the death of the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne 8 of in 1714. 9 www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) fliveborders tLiveBordersLA 10 [email protected] w01750 726 400 11 A NURSERY FOR ALL SORTS OF VICE & WICKEDNESS: GUNSGREEN HOUSE AND TRIMONTIUM WALK 12 See 7 September listing SMUGGLING AROUND EYEMOUTH 13 19.00, Eyemouth Library, Manse Road, EYEMOUTH FORT WALK Eyemouth TD14 5JE See 14 September listing 14 Entry Free. Booking required ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? Illustrated talk by Derek Janes Derek 15 Janes, the former Manager of Gunsgreen See 5 September listing 16 House, has been researching the history of PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION the House and the smuggling business that See 7 September listing 17 paid for it. He will talk about John Nisbet’s activities over a period of some thirty FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 18 years as the leading merchant-smuggler in THEATRE PERFORMANCE Eyemouth and his downfall at the hands of 19 (18.30–Supper) 20.00, Bowhill Country Estate, the dominant local merchants Robert and Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET Alexander Robertson. 20 Entry £12, £10 under 16s. www.liveborders.org.uk (Libraries & Archives) Pre-theatre supper £13 21 fliveborders tLiveBordersLA A lost historical treasure has been [email protected] unearthed! Some 15 of Jake Thackray’s 22 w01750 726400 songs, hilarious, serious, bitingly satirical 23 COLDINGHAM PRIORY OPEN AFTERNOON (some even banned by the BBC!) are getting See 6 September listing an airing for the first time in this brand new 24 show performed by John Watterson. Long PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION forgotten gems brought to life with a unique 25 See 7 September listing guitar style. www.bowhillhouse.co.uk 26 fBowhillHouse [email protected] 27 w01750 22204 ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? 28 See 5 September listing 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION MELROSE ABBEY MUSEUM TOURS 2 See 7 September listing See 2 September listing

3 SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER ST BOSWELLS ART GROUP EXHIBITION 4 10.00–16.00, St Boswells Church Hall, Main Street, St Boswells (corner of the Wynd & Main 5 Street) 6 Entry Free. Donation for refreshments St Boswells Art Group Exhibition on 7 the theme of Borders Heritage. Everyone welcome, wheelchair access is available. 8 w07483 852 492 9 MEET THE MASTER MASON | Jedburgh Abbey 12.00–16.00, Jedburgh Abbey, Abbey Bridge 10 End, Jedburgh TD8 6JQ Entry £6 adult, £3.60 child, £4.80 concession, 11 Free for Historic Scotland members Ever wondered who makes magnificent 12 stone buildings look the way they do? 13 Meet the man who made it happen – the Master Mason. Learn the tools of 14 his fascinating trade and how his designs OPEN CHURCHES WEEKEND | Stow Church were brought to life and still remain after 15 Sat 23 September 10.00–15.30, millennia. And try your hand at our stain Sun 24 September 13.00–15.30 glass craft activity. 16 Stow Church, Galashiels Road, Stow TD1 2QX www.historicenvironment.scot/dryburgh-abbey Entry Free. 17 fVisitHistoricScotland t welovehistory The Heritage of the Galawater Valley – w0131 668 8885 18 Stow Church Stow and Heriot churches have an interesting history, and are pleased THE MONEY IN TOMMY’S POCKET 19 to take part in the Borders Heritage Festival ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN WORLD WAR 1 by opening their doors to the public and 14.30 (14.00 doors), Ormiston Institute, 20 offering tours. In , the word ‘Stow’ Market Square, Melrose TD6 9PN means a holy or consecrated place. When the Entry Free. Donations welcome 21 Scots conquered Lothian in 1018, the ancient A public talk and slide show by Peter Munro church of St Mary of Wedale passed into 22 about the money soldiers used during World the diocese of St Andrews (and hence into War I, both at home and abroad. Peter will 23 Midlothian). Throughout the Middle Ages, also discuss the cultural difficulties experi- it was famous for being one of only three enced by soldiers, using both primary 24 sanctuaries in Scotland where persons could and secondary sources. find refuge in times of trial. Refreshments 25 available. www.stowandheriotchurch.org.uk 26 fstowparisharchive w01578 730237 27 CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS 28 HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR See 2 September listing 29

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6 SHOW AND TELL EVENT WITH THE BORDER CLANSMEN 7 10.00, Philiphaugh Estate, Selkirk TD7 5LX Entry Free 8 The – Montrose’s 9 downfall – a ‘show and tell’ event with the Border Clansmen. Appearing as the Tweed- PENIEL HEUGH HERITAGE WALK 10 dale Foot – a regiment of covenanters that 10.00 (approx 5 hours) was formed by Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre, 11 Buccleuch in 1643. The club will put on a Ancrum, Jedburgh TD8 6UQ 12 display of attire, arms and tactics from 1645. Entry Free With marching drill, sword combat and bat- The ADHS Peniel Heugh Heritage Walk is tlefield tours. Come and join us as we bring 13 7.7miles/12.4km and will start and finish at the history of the Battle of Philiphaugh alive! Harestanes Countryside Visitor Centre. Start 14 http://www.salmonviewingcentre.com at 10.00 and lasts for approximately 5 hours. fPhiliphaughBattle w01750 21766 Participants should bring a packed lunch and 15 have suitable clothing and footwear. There BOWHILL HARVEST FESTIVAL CELEBRATION will be a talk by on the Battle of Ancrum 16 11.00–16.00, Bowhill Country Estate, Moor. Bowhill, Selkirk TD7 5ET 17 www.adhs.co.uk Entry £4.50, £3.50 child, under 3s free. 18 Family ticket available KELSO WRITERS’ WORKSHOP Theatre performance: The Lost Will & MEMBERS’ STORIES 19 Testament of Jake Thackray Bowhill’s 14.30–16.30, Room 2, Abbey Row Community much loved Harvest Festival with a farming Centre, Abbey Row, Kelso TD5 7BJ 20 and forestry theme. And new for 2017 – Entry By donation. Refreshments available the Bowhill Bake off! 21 Members of Kelso Writers’ Workshop www.bowhillhouse.co.uk will be reading some of their short stories 22 fBowhillHouse [email protected] Open event. The group’s first anthology w01750 22204 will be available for purchase. 23 kelsowritersworkshop.blogspot.co.uk CITY SIGHTSEEING SCOTTISH BORDERS 24 HOP ON HOP OFF BUS TOUR [email protected] See 2 September listing w01573 410277 25

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#BHeritageF17 30 1 WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2 LECTURE BY ISABEL GORDON 3 ABOUT ROBERT FORTUNE 19.30, Mason Hall, 43 Newtown Street, 4 Duns TD11 3AS 5 Entry Free Lecture about Robert Fortune of Kelloe, 6 : Plant Hunter, Adventurer, Spy PENTLAND WRITERS – Isabel Gordon uncovers the story of Robert 7 JOHN BUCHAN EXPERIENCE Fortune, a little-known Berwickshire figure 20.00, John Buchan Story Museum, credited with taking tea to India and discov- 8 Chambers Institution, Chambers Terrace, ering the kumquat. Hear tales of pioneering Peebles EH45 8AJ botany, daring exploration in nineteenth 9 Entry Free century China, and the tribulations of 10 John Buchan loved the rolling hills of the Britain’s favourite drink. Borders and the bonny flowing waters of www.dunsehistorysociety.co.uk 11 the Tweed. Come and hear six members fDunse-History-Society of Pentland Writers Group entertain you 12 with their varied stories, observations and COLDINGHAM PRIORY OPEN AFTERNOON poetry inspired by a selection from the many See 6 September listing 13 artefacts contained within the John Buchan PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION Story Museum. An evening of facts, fun and 14 flights of wild imagination. You will hear See 7 September listing 15 both serious and humorous pieces (each THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER scheduled to be under five minutes duration) TRIMONTIUM WALK 16 on Feathers, Fishing, Walking, the Border Landscape, the Buchan family, and more, See 7 September listing 17 taking you from Warthogs and South Africa EYEMOUTH FORT WALK to Head-dresses and Canada. An Ostrich may See 14 September listing 18 also give you an insight into ‘the meaning of life’! ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? 19 www.westlinton.org.uk/writers See 5 September listing 20 [email protected] PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION w01968 660888 See 7 September listing 21 ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 22 See 5 September listing HIGHLIGHT EVENT 23 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION Illuminating the Past at Melrose Abbey See 7 September listing See Highlight Events section for full details 24 FLOORS CASTLE PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR 25 See 5 September listing

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30 #BHeritageF17 1 is working on a project to research the place-names of the historic county of 2 Berwickshire. Join us to visit our exhibition, learn about the project and its findings, 3 and share local information. The team is especially keen to hear how local people 4 pronounce the area’s place-names. 5 www.gla.ac.uk/reels &Eila.Williamson@.ac.uk 6 TWILIGHT TOUR OF PAXTON HOUSE 19.00–21.00 (17.30 Pre Tour Supper) TALK BY DR SIMON TAYLOR 7 Paxton House, Paxton, ABOUT PLACE-NAMES Berwick-Upon-Tweed TD15 1SZ 19.00, Coldstream Community Centre, 8 High Street, Coldstream TD12 4AP Entry £10 tour ticket. £14 Pre-tour supper Entry Free 9 Back by popular demand following last year’s event, the guides dressed in full costume will Place-names & their place in the history 10 take you on a special tour through the house of Berwickshire A talk by Dr Simon Taylor, during the twilight hours with special addi- Lecturer in Name Studies at the University 11 tions such as the Broadwood and Steinway of Glasgow and Honorary Preses of the piano being played throughout the tour. Scottish Place-Name Society. Exploring 12 Enjoy a delicious pre-tour supper in our the rich heritage of Berwickshire place- Stables Tearoom with a choice of dishes names and what they can reveal about the 13 made from local ingredients. The supper landscape, environment and history of the 14 ticket consists of two courses and soft drinks. southeast Borders. This talk will also intro- duce the work of the Recovering the Earliest www.paxtonhouse.co.uk English Language in Scotland: evidence from 15 PaxtonHouse Paxton House f t place-names project, based at the University 16 [email protected] w01289 386291 of Glasgow and funded by the Leverhulme ARE YOUR ROOTS IN THE BORDERS? Trust. 17 See 5 September listing www.gla.ac.uk/reels [email protected] 18 PICTURING THE PAST EXHIBITION See 7 September listing 19

SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 20 HIGHLIGHT EVENT 21 Illuminating the Past at Dryburgh Abbey See Highlight Events section for full details 22

EXHIBITION ABOUT ‘WHAT’S YOUR PLACE IN 23 BERWICKSHIRE?’ 14.00–17.00, Coldstream Community Centre, SIR WALTER SCOTT’S COURTROOM DRAMA 24 High Street, Coldstream TD12 4AP 13.00, Sir Walter Scott’s Courtroom, 25 Entry Free Market Place, Selkirk TD7 4BT What’s your place in Berwickshire? An Entry By donation. 26 exhibition Have you wondered about the Experience living history as Scott’s Selkirk origins and meanings of place-names in the actors present a period courtroom drama 27 Borders? Do you know any unusual names based on a real court case from the time of that don’t appear on maps? The REELS team, Sir Walter Scott. Presented in the authentic 28 based at the University of Glasgow, setting of an early 19th century court, the 29

#BHeritageF17 30 1 drama performance lasts approximately ARCHAEOLOGY IN ACTION EVENT 2 40 minutes. Please note that access to the 10.00–16.00, Coldingham Priory, Courtroom includes several sets of steps Eyemouth Road, Coldingham TD14 5NJ 3 and is not accessible to wheelchairs. Tickets Entry Free available at the Fleshmarket Steps entrance, Friends of Coldingham Priory are hosting 4 20 minutes prior to the performance, an Archaeology in Action Event. Come max 4 p/p. 5 and view our test pits as we search for the www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) Anglian Priory, settlement and monastery 6 fliveborders tLiveBordersMG of St Aebba. Archaeologists from Dig w01750 726456 / 01750 20761 Ventures and volunteers will be on site 7 to show visitors progress as they undergo REMEMBER SELKIRK live investigations of this remarkable site. 8 11.00–15.00, Halliwell’s House Museum, Parking in village car park Market Place, Selkirk TD7 4BL 9 Entry Free 10 Show & tell event & volunteering opportunity – Live Borders Museum 11 Reminiscence Project (Selkirk) Remember Selkirk ‘Show and Tell’ event to 12 launch a series of new loan boxes, focussing on Selkirk past and present – its heritage, 13 people, shops, traditions and buildings. These loan boxes feature high quality replica 14 objects, photographs, advertising, music BOOKBINDING FOR BEGINNERS and spoken word. All material is suitable for 15 11.00–16.00 The Vale of Leithen Social Club, handling and easy to use. The loan boxes will Leithen Crescent, Innerleithen, EH44 6JL be available for organisations, individuals or 16 Entry £35. Booking required – limited spaces families to borrow for reminiscence sessions, Find out how to make your own 17 community group projects or dementia care activities. Live Borders Museums HQ in traditional sewn notebooks & sketch- books The National Trust for Scotland with 18 Selkirk is also seeking volunteer reminis- cence ambassadors willing to be trained in Robert Smail’s Printing Works are running 19 how to deliver reminiscence sessions, to help Bookbinding for Beginners. Find out how promote community use of the loan boxes. to make your own traditional sewn note- 20 Help us to support local community groups, books and sketchbooks with Robert Smail’s schools, care homes & carers and partner Printing Works. Friendly tuition and all 21 organisations by taking the boxes out and materials provided. about around Selkirk. To register interest www.nts.org.uk/Visit/Robert-Smails/ 22 and find out more: come along to Halliwell’s fRobertSmailsPrintingWorks 23 house on 30 September! [email protected] www.liveborders.org.uk (Museums & Galleries) w01896 830206 (Smail’s) 24 fliveborders tLiveBordersMG [email protected] 25 w01750 726456 26

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ARTIST COMMISSION BY ALEC FINLAY th’ fleety wud, the flooding wood | A mapping of the Upper Teviot watershed: from Teviot Stone to Rule Water Artist Alec Finlay has been commissioned to create a new work of place-awareness and linguistic archaeology, mapping the catchment of the River Teviot, Hawick. A collaboration with Gill Russell, the work will draw on the remarkable, little known research by Douglas Scott – A Hawick Word Book and will be brought to a wider audience through partnership working with The Her- itage Hub in Hawick. The approach reveals the meanings of place-names to create an eco-poetic record of the watershed. Find out about the project through Alec’s blog published later this summer. http://alecfinlayblog.blogspot.co.uk Alec Finlay is an internationally recognised artist, poet and publisher whose work crosses a range of media and forms. A walk and talk are being organised for the programme – check Scottish Borders Heritage Festival social media and web channels for details.

#BHeritageF17 If you are interested in being involved in the 2017 Scottish Borders Heritage Festival and future festivals, either as a heritage group or organisation, business or an interested individual or volunteer, please email us at [email protected]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE SCOTTISH BORDERS HERITAGE FESTIVAL 2017 The Scottish Borders Heritage Festival 2017 programme has been made possible by the generous funding from: EventScotland The Year of History Heritage & Archaeology 2017 Signature Events programme Supported by the National Lottery through Creative Scotland – Open Project Funding Fallago Environment Fund Museums Galleries Scotland Partnerships Fund University of Edinburgh, Santander Graduate Internship programme We would also like to acknowledge the generous help and in kind support given by the following organisations: Abbotsford House Aikwood Tower Bowhill House & Estate Historic Environment Scotland National Trust for Scotland Scottish Chamber Orchestra

We would like to thank the following people and organisations for their kind permission to use a range of photographs in the programme. Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Borders Council, Live Borders, Graham John Nicolls MBE, Jonathan Findlay and Richard Strathie. www.scottishbordersheritage.com fBordersHeritageFestival tBHeritageFest