I knew a local who used to do an awful lot of poaching, and a certain policeman in Peebles was always trying to catch him. He was coming along the street on his bike, and the policeman spied him with a big parcel under his arm. And he says, ‘What have you got in the […]

When I was 12 or 13 we had this new teacher who suggested we went on a nature walk. ‘Certainly, Sir!’ So we’d go up Cademuir and the Manor, and when we were up Manor we were away killing salmon! That was the last nature walk we ever got. I left school on the Friday […]

The Mill Dam was emptied once a year at the Annual Mill Holidays in August. Lots of the young lads would ‘guddle’ the trout that were left in the clearing [catch the fish with their hands]. The Dam also had a bridge over it at the end where it went into the Tweed. This was […]

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We very often walked along the Tweed at Peebles, through the park and over the footbridge. We would then walk along the old railway line and through the tunnel. Due to a bend in the tunnel, you couldn’t see the other end and it was pitch black. We used to have a stick to rub […]

We had friends who lived in Peebles, having moved there from Edinburgh in retirement. Unfortunately, the guy had a stroke, which confined him to using a mobility scooter outdoors. We appreciated the tarmac paths alongside the River Tweed, which enabled us to still ‘walk’ together as a foursome to enjoy it and the surrounding beautiful […]