Circus parade My mother-in-law remembered circuses on the village green in Norham in the 1930s, and parades of elephants – chained together – arriving from Berwick! Misty memory A foggy damp February morning with Vicar Rob beside the river in Norham for the annual Pedwell Prayer An exciting sighting Spotting egrets at the Lees beat […]

This isn’t really a story, but myself and my daughter are planning on walking the length of the Tweed in 2028, once the whole trail has been finished. We are hoping to complete it in around four or five days. I will come back in hopefully a year’s time to say we did it! [Wishing […]

Join the Uncovering the Tweed team for an engaging, hands-on workshop that explores animal remains in archaeology

Andrew Robeson was born in Kelso in 1654. In about 1682 he sailed to America with his uncle Andro, also from Kelso. Andro purchased land from William Penn and established one of the earliest tracts of land in Philadelphia and called it Roxborough Township. He also became Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. Andrew Robeson had a […]

The unexpected discovery of a 150-year-old painting of Dryburgh Suspension Bridge and the River Tweed offers an insight into the Scottish Borders landmark shortly after it was built in the 1870s. A British Geological Survey (BGS) geologist discovered the Victorian watercolour of the River Tweed on the reverse side of a geological field map. It […]

We lived by the river Tweed at a village called Lennel, downstream from Coldstream. The river and its banks were our playground in the summer and on a warm evening we would wait excitedly till our father got home, him dusty and tired from a hard days work we would then all head down “the […]