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Information on the village of St. Boswells in Scotland.
Details of entries for this section of the site should be given as early as possible, to St Boswells Post Office who will pass them on, or if you wish material put into the calendar please contact us via the Contact page with your e-mail address and we will get back to you with an e-mail contact for the person who is maintaining the site. This rather devious method has been brought about by the s ... [more]
28/12/2006
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28/11/2005
The total raised yesterday at the gardens in St Boswells was £412.00 - of which the Church gets 40% and the teas and plant sale raised £301.00. Thanks to all who took part, supported us in any way and especially those who came along to see the gardens. ... [more]
13/07/2008
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 26th June 2008, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.00pm. Present Cllrs. A.Reed ( chairman ), D.Dawson, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, M.Murray, D.Oliver, G.Sinclair, R.Wild. 3 members of the public. Apologies : A.Drummond, R.Lawrie, G.Mitchell, I.Skinner. RAF Low Flying Present ... [more]
04/07/2008
Thanks to all who supported the Fund Raising Brunch held last Sunday. As a result of all the hard work and the excellent turnout, the sum of £410 was raised for Church funds. ... [more]
05/07/2008
BOSWELLS BULLETIN – SUMMER 2008 Summer holidays are nearly here – by the time you read this we will be involved in Mid Summer Week at St Boswells and raring to go to all the events and activities. Hopefully you didn’t miss all the posters and flyers and you did well in the Hidden Talent Show too! Our Rocking Reporters this issue have been:- Erin Laidlaw, Gemma Watson, Alisha Mann, Molly ... [more]
01/07/2008
Every child in St Boswells Primary School received a beautiful bowl, made at Smailholm Pottery to celebrate the School’s Jubilee. The bowls were funded by the St Boswells Parents & Friends Partnership and it shows the School name, logo and 1957 – 2007. ... [more]
30/06/2008
Maxton & Mertoun with Newtown with St Boswells Church Newsletter July/August 2008 Hello from the Manse I was reading an excerpt from a friend’s Church newsletter the other week that had come from another friend’s Church Magazine, and I thought I would share it with you. Perhaps it’s something for you to think about over the summer? “The Salvation Army caused a stir when they put Hymns ... [more]
28/06/2008
Newtown St. Boswells & District Horticultural Association held the continuation of their AGM on Wednesday 24th November. Two new members joined the committee. The Community Council had expressed concern and had advised the Committee that some workers from Milestone Garden Centre had offered to help for the Flower Show day. Cath Young agreed to take on the Assistant Secretary’s job. We a ... [more]
04/12/2007
FRIENDS OF CHOGORIA HOSPITAL NEWSLETTER November 2007 The visit last month of Jane Nyamu, Matron of Chogoria Hospital, was a very busy two weeks, centred on the Linlithgow friends who had made the visit possible. For the time spent with me, we talked Chogoria non-stop. Then Jane was able to meet many of you, friends of Chogoria, and feel the strength of Scottish support for the work in Ch ... [more]
01/12/2007
A new group has started up which plays carpet bowls in the Royal British Legion, St Boswells on Monday afternoons from 2pm till 4pm. New members will be made most welcome - so come along and see us. ... [more]
06/10/2007
The Local Authority Council Members are: Cllr Jim Brown Cllr Sandy Scott Cllr Len Wyse ... [more]
05/06/2007
The weekly Lunch Club is based in the St Boswells Parish Church Hall, it serves lunches - soup, filled roll, coffee and biscuits each Friday from 12 noon till 1.30pm. Adults £2, School- age children £1, Pre-schools 50p. All are welcome to come along. Note that the Lunch Club closes for its Summer Break on Friday 27th June and reopens on Friday August 22nd ... [more]
27/06/2006
. . . . ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PATHS AND WALKING? The Five Parishes Paths Group, which covers Maxton, Mertoun, St Boswells, Newtown St Boswells and Bowden, was formed to promote the use of local paths, open up old ones and new ones, improve the signage, publicise the paths and to get funds to carry out those tasks. The Group has done a great deal of the recording, has opened or improved some pat ... [more]
27/11/2005
Walk It Walks Think of our walks as a starter pack for your health and well-being. They are designed for people who are seeking a healthier lifestyle and are fun, social events. They usually last between 30 to 45 minutes and are over easy routes – no long distance hill walking is involved. The walks are free and all you need is a pair of comfortable shoes. So why not join our friendly ... [more]
08/02/2007
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28/05/2004
The 124th Annual Flower Show will be held on Sunday 24th August 2008 in the Community Wing Newtown St Boswells at 2pm. Admission £1, Children Free. Tea & Biscuits £1 Schedules are now available from local shops. ... [more]
24/08/2008
Date of Next Meeting: Thursday 28th August 2008, at 7.30pm, in the Lesser Village Hall. ... [more]
28/08/2008
September 9th "Triore" – Demonstration by Wendy Underhill. Comps: Pin Cushion Jar of Raspberry Jam Hostesses: Mrs Rutter & Mrs Colebrook Meetings held in St Boswells Lesser Village Hall at 7.30pm ... [more]
09/09/2008
October 14th Hospitality Night Entertainment by Rodger & Co. Comps: Favourite Pen Floral decoration in an Egg Cup. Meetings held in St Boswells Lesser Village Hall at 7.30pm ... [more]
14/10/2008
November 11th AGM "Border Search & Rescue" – Talk by Stuart Fuller-Shapcott. Comp: Decorated Wooden Spoon. Hostesses: Mrs Wilkinson & Mrs Imlach Meetings held in St Boswells Lesser Village Hall at 7.30pm ... [more]
11/11/2008
December 9th "Cake Decorating" – Demonstration by Pam Payne. Comps: Individual Cake judged on decoration. Small decorated Parcel. Hostesses: Mrs Blackwood & Mrs Hinton. Meetings held in St Boswells Lesser Village Hall at 7.30pm ... [more]
09/12/2008
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18/03/2004
Welcome to the first Boswells Bulletin of 2008. Rocking Reporters this issue are Lucy Melrose, James Ross, Natalie McNeill, Erin Laidlaw, Emma Cowan, Caitlin Jackson, Alisha Mann, Molly Burns, Zoe Bruce, Spencer McCann, Ella Warner, Megan Shepherd and Gemma Watson. In February, the Rocking Reporters sadly said “Goodbye” to our wonderful friend Atwiya Nakirijja. Atty came to Scotland in J ... [more]
18/04/2008
NEWTOWN AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION The Annual Flower Show was again held this year in St. Boswells Village Hall on Sunday 19th August, when, despite the poor weather this summer, a good display of flowers and vegetables was entered – but there is always room for more! The industrial section was also well supported. Miss Mary Ross, Headteacher, St. Boswells Primary School kindly ... [more]
19/08/2007
The St Boswells Church was simply beautiful for the festival and visited by many people. A total of £575.24 was collected for Church funds. A HUGE thank you to all who created arrangements to illustrate our theme of 'New Beginnings', to the folk who baked for the teas and who served in the hall, to the members who were in the Church throughout the festival, and for the facility for music – ... [more]
01/07/2007
Thanks are due to Blair Cummock for taking and supplying these pictures of the 2007 St Boswells Church Flower Festival for the website. Because of space limitations on the site, a selection has had to be made, and this has been done at random. Copyright is held by Blair. ... [more]
01/07/2007
BOSWELLS BULLETIN WINTER 2006 ST BOSWELLS NURSERY, PLAYGROUP AND TODDLERS It has been a busy few months for everyone at the toddlers, playgroup and nursery. We all had fun on our autumnal walk and sponsored scavenger hunt at Harestanes in October. Early November saw the annual nursery visit to the Firestation in Galashiels which was a huge success – not sure who enjoyed themselves more the ch ... [more]
21/01/2007
A letter of thanks, with accompanying photographs, has arrived from Dr Alison J Wilkinson, Chief Medical Officer of Chogoria Hospital. News from Chogoria ... [more]
18/07/2006
While visiting Kenya on Farm Africa business, Nigel took the opportunity to visit the hospital at Chogoria for which the Big Project provided a new laundry machine. While there, he took photos of the hospital and the new machine in use. To see the pictures: Chogoria Hospital 2006 ... [more]
28/10/2006
Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax. Oh Saturday 22nd October the Melrose Historical Association marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with a ceremony at Benrig Cemetery, St Boswells by the grave of local naval hero Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax. Admiral Fairfax (1837 – 1900) was in every respect heir to Nelson’s great victory in 1805 which ushered in a century of British supremacy at ... [more]
09/11/2005
NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS AND DISTRICT FLOWER SHOW A.G.M. HELD ON WEDNESDAY 25th OCTOBER 2006 IN THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS PRESENT: Marlyn McCall; Shenagh Ellershaw; Cliff Ellershaw; Janet Irons; Pam Gordon; Jan McGibbon (new member) APOLOGIES: There were none. FINANCIAL REPORT: Teas, Raffle and entrance money were all up It was agreed that the Show had been more of a succes ... [more]
14/11/2006
NEWTOWN AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION The Annual Flower Show was held this year in St. Boswells Village Hall on Sunday 20th August, when a good display of flowers and vegetables was entered – but there is always room for more! The industrial section was also well supported. Major Alastair Hewat kindly presented the Cups. Cups were won by the following: Novice Cup: Peter Warne ... [more]
22/08/2006
The report of the HMIe following the school inspection of April 2006 has just been made available. As expected, it shows that the standard of education continues to improve as the result of the total commitment of the staff, parents, pupils and friends to the quality of the educational experience provided. To view the report: St Boswells Primary School Report ... [more]
13/09/2006
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 29th May 2008, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm. Present : Cllrs. A.Reed ( chairman ), A.Drummond, D.Dawson, C.Ellershaw, R.Lawrie, G.Sinclair, R.Wild. PC D.Begg ( Lothian & Borders Police ) SBC Cllr. J. Brown 3 members of the public. Apologies: A.Gillan ... [more]
29/05/2008
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 24th April 2008, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.00pm. Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, R.Lawrie, D.Oliver. PC D.Begg ( Lothian & Borders Police. ) Mr. J. Frater ( SBC ) 36 members of the public. Apologies ... [more]
24/04/2008
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 27th March 2008, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm. Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, A.Drummond,R.Lawrie, D.Oliver, G.Sinclair, I.Skinner. S.B.C. Cllr. Jim Brown. 5 members of the public. Apologies : C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, M.Murray, R.Wild. PC ... [more]
03/04/2008
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 29th November 2007, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm. Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, J.Grieve, M.Murray, G.Sinclair, R.Wild. S.B.C. Cllr. Jim Brown. P.C. D.Begg (Lothian & Borders Police). Mr. Jim Hogg ( ... [more]
06/12/2007
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 25th October 2007, in the Lesser Village Hall, immediately following the 2007 Annual General Meeting Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), D.Dawson, A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, J.Grieve, R.Lawrie, M.Murray, D.Oliver, I.Skinner, R.Wild. S.B.C. Cllrs. Jim Brown and Len Wyse. ... [more]
01/11/2007
ST. BOSWELLS PARISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 25th October 2007, at 7.30pm in the Lesser Village Hall. Present: Cllrs. A.Reed ( chairman ), D.Dawson, A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, J.Grieve, R.Lawrie, M.Murray, D.Oliver, I.Skinner, R.Wild. SBC Cllr. Jim Brown, 2 members of the public. Apologies : G. Mitchell, G.Sinclai ... [more]
01/11/2007
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 27th September 2007, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, A.Drummond, A.Gillan, J.Grieve, M.Murray, D.Oliver, G.Sinclair, I.Skinner, R.Wild. S.B.C. Cllr. Jim Brown, P.C. D. Begg ( Lothian & Borders Police ) 5 mem ... [more]
27/09/2007
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 23rd August 2007*, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson,A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, J.Grieve, R.Lawrie, M.Murray, G.Sinclair, I.Skinner, R.Wild. S.B.C. Cllr. Len Wyse. P.C. D. Begg ( Lothian & Borders Police ... [more]
23/08/2007
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 28th June 2007, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm Present : Cllrs A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, C.Ellershaw, A.Gillan, J.Grieve, M.Murray, D.Oliver, I.Skinner. S.B.C. Cllrs. Jim Brown and Len Wyse. P.C. Mark S ... [more]
28/06/2007
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minutes of Meeting of St Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 31st May 2007, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30pm Present: Cllrs A.Reed (chairman) G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, J.Grieve, R.Lawrie, G.Sinclair, R.Wild. SBC Cllr. A.Scott P.C. D.Begg (Lothian & Borders Police) 8 members of the public. Apologies : ... [more]
31/05/2007
ST. BOSWELLS PARISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL Minutes of Meeting of St.Boswells Parish Community Council held on Thursday 26th April 2007, in the Lesser Village Hall, at 7.30 pm. Present: Cllrs. A.Reed (chairman), G.Mitchell, D.Dawson, A.Drummond, C.Ellershaw, J.Grieve, R. Lawrie, G.Sinclair, R.Wild. PC D. Begg (Lothian & Borders Police ). 9 members of the public. A ... [more]
26/04/2007
While visiting Kenya on Farm Africa business, Nigel took the opportunity to visit the hospital at Chogoria for which the Big Project provided a new laundry machine. Some of his photos are attached. ... [more]
27/10/2006
From Dr Alison J Wilkinson, Chief Medical Officer, Chogoria Hospital, Kenya To the Rev Bruce Neill. Dear Mr Neill I write with the warm and grateful thanks of all the Hospital Administration Team ... [more]
18/07/2006
Sales of the spring issue of the Boswells Bulletin reached a staggering 270 copies, which, along with donations, raised £211. This bought 7 of the bicycles which were handed over at the recent ceremon ... [more]
21/04/2006
The e-mailed message from Nserester shows the handover of the first bicycles from Agrimart to the children of the school and a message from one of the girls who was given a bike.. This is where your generosity in supporting the project by buying the Boswells Bulletin has made all the difference to this particular girl. Message from Najjuma Josephine My Dad died when I was nine years old, my mo ... [more]
25/04/2006
ST BOSWELLS PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS NEWS On the 13th March all the Primary 7 girls attended a dance festival in Selkirk. There were a couple of groups involving Hip Hop, Creative and Scottish. We were ... [more]
21/04/2006
MINUTES OF MEETING OF St.BOSWELLS PARISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY 25/5/06AT 7.30p.m. IN THE LESSER VILLAGE HALL. PRESENT. Cllrs. R. Lawrie, D. Oliver, G. Sinclair, D. Dawson, C. Ellershaw, A ... [more]
05/06/2006
MINUTES OF MEETING OF St.BOSWELLS PARISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY 30/3/06 IN THE LESSER VILLAGE HALL. PRESENT. Cllrs. M. Murray, R. Lawrie, D. Oliver, A. Reed, I. Skinner, A. Wilson, R. Wil ... [more]
14/04/2006
MINUTES OF ST.BOSWELLS PARISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON THURSDAY 23/2/06 AT 7.30pm IN THE LESSER VILLAGE HALL. Present. Cllrs. R Wild (Chairperson) I Skinner M Murray D Dawson A Reed J Grieve R Lawrie ... [more]
05/03/2006
St Boswells Parish Community Council Minute of the meeting of Thursday 26th January 2006 held in the Lesser Village Hall at 7.30pm. Present Councillors Wild (Chair), Ellershaw, Tait, Oliver, Wil ... [more]
05/03/2006
"Hat Night" Thanks to all who contributed, in any way, to this most enjoyable and successful evening which raised the grand sum of £377.55p for Maxton & Mertoun Kirk Funds. Ann Smith ... [more]
22/08/2004
About the 5 Parishes Paths Group The Opening of the New Path at Newtown ... [more]
09/10/2003
The Flower Festival held in Mertoun Kirk was a wonderful example of both skill and artistry. As a result of all the hard work, the magnificent sum of £1653 was raised. Well done to all concerned. The theme was "Country Skills and Trades", as represented on Mertoun Estate. ... [more]
04/08/2003
Congratulations to all the organisers and exhibitors who put together such a splendid exhibition. Thanks to all those who came, from far and near, to marvel at the outstanding display of talent on display, and take part in such a sociable event. The question is -"Why has so much talent been hidden away for so long?" For those who missed it, a taste of the quality and range of ... [more]
30/05/2003
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