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2012 Winter the Digital Conversion of This Burns Chronicle Was Sponsored by RBWF Past President Robert Stewart Robert Burns World Federation Limited www.rbwf.org.uk 2012 Winter The digital conversion of this Burns Chronicle was sponsored by RBWF Past President Robert Stewart The digital conversion was provided by Solway Offset Services Ltd by permission of the Robert Burns World Federation Limited to whom all Copyright title belongs. www.solwayprint.co.uk Burns Chronicle Winter 2012 Printers, Dumfries. Tel: 01387 262960 Tel: Printers, Dumfries. the Solway Offset Solway Offset Over half a century ago people said that our new chocolate biscuit was unbeatable so we haven’t changed them. The nineteen fifties saw the introduction of lots of very interesting ideas. One of them was the Tunnock’s Caramel Wafer. With food rationing only recently ended this big biscuit was especially welcome with its layers of wafer and caramel and the generous milk chocolate coating. It quickly became and remains a favourite here and all over the world. Today it’s exactly the same and just as popular because the only thing different is the dark chocolate alternative. Thomas Tunnock Ltd., President Robert W. M. Stewart 34 Old Mill Road, Uddingston G71 7HH Tel: 01698 813551 Fax: 01698 815691 Email: [email protected] www.tunnock.co.uk Burns Chronicle Winter 2012 Message From The President My first act in my tenure as your new President must be to express my thanks and highest regards to our Immediate Past-President, Jim Shields, to the Board of Directors, to the members of the Executive Committees and, to our C.E.O. Alison C. Tait for all the support and guidance I have received from them during my recent periods of service as J.V.P. and S.V.P. At all Board and Executive Meetings, I was truly impressed by the professionalism and dedication of the people mentioned and, above all, their commitment to the on-going business of the Robert Burns World Federation. There is a saying - “that it’s better to be lucky than good”. In this respect, I consider myself very lucky to be your President and I can only say what an extraordinary honour and humbling privilege it is to serve you in this role. The R.B.W.F. must be seen as an outward looking and progressive organisation for all Burnsians, and other people, around the world. In this, as President, I consider and believe my main duties and aims to be threefold and I will grasp every opportunity to achieve these: Firstly, to enhance and publicise the benefits of membership and so raise the profile and increase the world wide membership of the Federation; Secondly, to improve the way in which we engage and communicate with our members around the UK and the world; And last, but by no means the least, to continue to support the endeavours of the Board and C.E.O. Alison with, as required, advice from Shirley Bell, to get our organisation onto a sound and enduring financial footing. It should be noted that, in this latter context, and in the current economic situation of the Federation, an increase in the annual subscriptions (though regretted, is likely to be unavoidable) may well have to be addressed, as was mooted at the recent A.G.M. held at the Conference in Harrogate. It really doesn’t need saying but I’ll say it anyway, that all of us are glad of the contributions and support our Editor- Bill Dawson, and Webmaster- Cameron Goodall, make towards the above three aims which I have stated. May I take this opportunity to thank all of you for the kind messages of support, congratulatory cards and good wishes received at Conference and later by post. It was indeed heart-warming to receive these and makes one proud to be a member of the Burnsian family. From my perspective, the President must serve as an ambassador and, as such, my talents (what I have of them!) and my time, are there for engagement. Robert W.M. Stewart 1 Burns Chronicle Winter 2012 The Robert Burns World Federation Office Bearers, Directors and Conveners PRESIDENT SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT JUNIOR VICE-PRESIDENT Jane Brown James Thomson The Globe Inn, Robert Stewart 6 Glebe Court 56 High Street, ‘Strathisla’, 24 Court Kilmarnock KA1 3BD Dumfries, DG1 2JA Hillock Gardens, Kirriemuir, [email protected] [email protected] Angus DD8 4JZ [email protected] 01575 572267 IPP & FINANCE SCHOOLS HERITAGE Jim Shields Isa Hanley Walter N Watson 62-1 Dundee Terrace 24 Kirklands Road, Heathhall 7 John Street Edinburgh EH11 1EF Dumfries DG1 3RN Biggar ML12 6AE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 0131 337 0312 01387 255182 01899 220708 CONFERENCE MARKETING LITERATURE B David Baird Murdo Morrison Mike Duguid 3 Urquhart Court, Calside Craigellachie, 108/110 Campbell Braeside, 51 Main Street Dumfries DG1 4XE Street, Wishaw, ML2 8HU Twinholm DG6 4NL [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 01387 267794 01698 372638 01557 860040 USA CANADA PACIFIC RIM May Crawley Jim O’Lone 5 Pine St 14 Marine Terrace St Catherines Fremantle Ontario L2N 4TS Western Australia 61060 [email protected] [email protected] 08-9335. 7303 (001) 905-932-9169 Leslie Strachan ARCHIVIST WEBMASTER 630 Mountain Ave John F Haining Cameron Goodall Bedford, VA 24523 115 Ralston Avenue [email protected] [email protected] Paisley PA1 3BY 540 586 4446 [email protected] EDITOR 0141 883 2059 Bill Dawson [email protected] INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE Alison Tait The Dower House, Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock KA3 1XB [email protected] 01563 572469 2 Burns Chronicle Winter 2012 WINTER 2012 Contents A Message from the President, Robert Stewart .......................................................1 Directors of The Federation .....................................................................................2 Burns Inscriptions on Windows ...............................................................................4 An Early Printing of the Patriach Letter, Dr Patrick Scott ........................................7 Dates on Burns Letters ...........................................................................................11 News from around the Burns World ......................................................................13 2012 Conference, Harrogate, pictures and report .................................................24 Our new Directors ...................................................................................................27 The Advantages of Membership, John Skilling .....................................................30 Life is all a Variorum, Thoughts on a new Burns Edition, Patrick Scott ..................31 Future Conferences and seminar ..........................................................................32 Glasgow University Kilmarnock Edition Seminar ................................................33 Reviews ....................................................................................................................34 Reading the Bumps of Genius, the Phrenology of Burns, Dr Megan Coyer ...........41 Contributions should be emailed to [email protected]. They should be in a “word” document or similar format, as an attachment to the email, not embedded within, in a simple clear format, cased and capitalised as appropriate, please check spelling, punctuation and spacing. Pictures should be sent separately, not embedded in the feature, jpegs or similar, in as high definition as possible. If you cannot email, mail on a DVD, USB stick, flashcard or similar common medium to the Federation office, The Dower House, Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock KA3 1XB. Copy deadline for the Spring 2013 edition is Friday 16th February 2013 If anyone has problems in complying with these requirements contact the Editor. Appraise the Editor of anything you have in mind to submit, even before the event or function. [email protected] The Robert Burns World Federation Ltd does not accept any responsibility for statements made or opinions expressed in the Burns Chronicle, contributors are responsible for articles signed by them; the Editor is responsible for articles initialled or signed by him and for those unsigned. All communications should be addressed to the Federation office, The Dower House, Dean Castle Country Park, Kilmarnock KA3 1XB. Copyright rests with The Robert Burns World Federation Ltd unless otherwise stated. 3 Burns Chronicle Winter 2012 Cover Story; The Stirling Lines The cover of this edition of the Burns Chronicle has an illustration of the replica of the “Stirling Lines” written by Burns on a window of Wingates Inn, now the Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling, overnight 26-27th August 1787 while on his Highland Tour with William Nicol “Here Stewarts once in glory reign’d, And laws for Scotland’s weal ordain’d; But now unroof’d their palace stands, Their sceptre fallen to other hands; Fallen indeed, and to the earth, Whence grovelling reptiles take their birth. The injured Stewart line is gone, A race outlandish fills their throne: An idiot race, to honour lost – Who know them best despise them most.” This replica is in the Smith Gallery and Museum in Stirling along with a number of other interesting historical artefacts. The gallery has established a walk around the various Burns associations within the Burgh, and in 2009 very proudly produced a pamphlet “Burns and Stirling – an anniversary guide for visitors”. Staff are always very willing to advise visitors on the numerous sights worthy of visiting around the gallery and Burgh. The gallery has recently launched a new website. Burns Inscriptions On Windows. Part 1; Inscriptions on the Tours. Burns friend and patron, James
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