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January 2016 – Thomas Ruddy (1842-1912)
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The life, work and times of a Victorian Head Gardener. Lessons from the French. London Bridge Station. Image by Jean Marchant, 1845. RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collections. He soon found that his French lessons from a book at Minto House garden bothy were not sufficient to get by when it came to practical conversation. Help came from an unlikely source:. By the time he left France 8 months later, Thomas had acquired enough French to be the assistant himself:. January 28, 2016. March 5, 2016.
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1814 Walter Wilson and the Hanging in the Haugh | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . 1814 Walter Wilson and the Hanging in the Haugh. Posted by Neil Wallace. June 20, 2011. 91st Regiment of Foot. 1814 was quite a year for Walter Wilson to be Cornet, and the end of an era. The long Napoleonic wars seemed finally to be over – Napoleon had invaded Russia, and then retreated from Moscow. And then the...
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A Rough Guide to Cornets | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. A Rough Guide to Cornets. The last Cornet to see the Hawick Oil Refinery. The Cornet who rode Pawkie Paiterson’s Auld Grey Yaud. One of the Cornets from Selkirk. The Cornet who was a top mason. The Cornet who suffered from piles. The Cornet who kept cows. The Cornet who drank 17 cups of tea. The Cornet who became a batchelor banker.
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1868 William Inglis and the Hawick Oil Refinery | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . 1868 William Inglis and the Hawick Oil Refinery. Posted by Neil Wallace. March 14, 2011. William Inglis was the son of another father and son Cornet pairing: William senior in 1827, and William junior in 1868, so there was quite a time between them – 41 years. The card was found with a handwritten weekly menu.
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1779 James Ekron and his smokers cough | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . 1779 James Ekron and his smokers cough. Posted by Neil Wallace. February 14, 2011. Always been intrigued by James Ekron – and his nickname “The Blast”. First the very Biblical sounding name – Ekron. Is a city in Canaan. In their secret parts. Therefore they sent The Ark of God to Ekron. Is this where the “B...
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About the Record Office. Catalogues & documents. History of the Record Office. Branxton & Flodden. News & Events. Http:/ www.experiencewoodhorn.com/berwick-record/. Berwick Museum and Art Gallery. Http:/ berwickmuseum.org.uk. Http:/ www.experiencewoodhorn.com/. Http:/ www.northumberland.gov.uk/. Http:/ www.berwick-tc.gov.uk/. Http:/ www.experiencewoodhorn.com/collections/. The Heritage Hub at Hawick. Http:/ www.heartofhawick.co.uk/. The National Archives of Scotland. Http:/ www.nas.gov.uk/. Includes some...
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1847 Thomas Hay died aged 23 | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . 1847 Thomas Hay died aged 23. Posted by Neil Wallace. March 19, 2011. Thomas Hay, who was to be Cornet in 1847, was living in the Crown Inn on the High Street as a 12 year old in 1840, when Cornet Charles Smith. The 1840 Common Riding is described in much more detail here. His sister Jane was left to carry on the...
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1808 William Beck | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . Posted by Neil Wallace. March 19, 2011. The Caledonian Mercury on 24 March 1808 carried an advert which would have been of interest to anyone wishing to have tweels, diaper, damask or cloth bleached at the Roslin Bleachfields. Or through agents – like William Beck. Merchant in Hawick , and our cornet in 1808.
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1846 James Smith and the Flood | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . 1846 James Smith and the Flood. Posted by Neil Wallace. April 14, 2011. Records of flooding in the Teviot Catchment. Go back many years,with a recent speeding up of runoff through new agricultural drains and lack of buffering by wetlands. For “new” read 1836, when one local. He painted the water level on the wall...
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1834 Robert Beck, Third Class Clerk | Hawick Common Riding Cornets
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Hawick Common Riding Cornets. Just another blog about Hawick, the Common Riding, and some of the Cornets since 1703. A Rough Guide to Cornets. About Hawick Cornets and me. You're reading about . 1834 Robert Beck, Third Class Clerk. Posted by Neil Wallace. February 12, 2011. I thought I would push my census sources as far as they would go, to the 1841 census , with a fair chance that I would be able to pick up a 25-30 year old ex-1834 Cornet Robert Beck. Was apprenticed to Bailie Hardie in 1775 and, accor...
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