Showdown sets pace for TV slot

THE committee expressed concern and indignation at the total lack of liaison between itself and Yorkshire TV which intended to make a documentary video of this year’s proceedings.

Last updated 23 July 2008
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Controversial invitation to ‘fancy dress parade’

There was controversy over the Lord Mayor’s Show. The E&L reported: “One of the most important issues discussed at the Common Riding committee meeting held on Monday rose from a letter which had been received that day from David Stevenson, managing director of Edinburgh Woollen Mill regarding the Lord Mayor’s Parade to be held in London on 12th November.

Last updated 23 July 2008
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Anger after vandals split thistle

Extract from the E&L – July 27, 1988: Emblems Hit by Vandals

Last updated 23 July 2008
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Call to dress appropriately

LETTER received and printed in the E&L, July 13, 1988

Last updated 23 July 2008
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A packed day of fun from sunrise on into the night

Last updated 23 July 2008
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Ex-Cornets present the prizes at the Craig ride-out

IT WAS dry and sunny last Sunday when Cornet Simon Richardson and his right and left-hand men Andrew Johnstone and Kevan Grieve led 38 mounted followers on the Craig ride-out.

Last updated 17 July 2008
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Cornet is bowled over by residents’ party

THE residents of Academy Place and Douglas Terrace held a street party for Langholm Cornet Simon Richardson at the cricket club last Sunday.

Last updated 2 July 2008
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Cornet Scott leads the way

LANGHOLM Playcare Common Riding Cornet Thomas Scott impressed the town’s official Cornet Andrew Johnstone at the out-of-school group’s event last Wednesday.

Last updated 2 August 2007
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Sell-out success for Common Riding concert

THE Langholm Common Riding concert in the Buccleuch Centre last Wednesday was a sell-out.

Last updated 2 August 2007
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A DAY TO TREASURE

A SPECIAL Cornet for a special day were the words left ringing in the ears of Andrew Johnstone as he handed back the flag he had carried round the common for the people of Langholm last Friday.

Last updated 2 August 2007
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Flags all over the town on the most important day of the year

THE Common Riding Committee have endorsed the very excellent suggestion that those who have flags in their possession from the Diamond Jubilee celebrations should use them for the decoration of the town on this the most important day of the Langholm year.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Jeweller wins contract to supply the chain of office

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Ian’s magnificent legacy to the town

THE 2007 jubilee Cornet Ian Murray may have been the first of his family to have been the Cornet but he has given a lasting legacy to the town through his own passion for the Common Riding ceremonies.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Andrew flies the flag

SINCE he first rode the Common seven years ago, Andrew Johnstone has always wanted to be Langholm Cornet.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Cornet reaches his semi-jubilee

EVEN from a very young age Roger Maxwell thought of the day he would be Langholm Cornet.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Butcher beats vanman for the Cornet honour

THE 1907 Cornet was John Reid Wallace, a butcher, who was one of two candidates to stand for election that year.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Names of Cornets between 1817 and 2007

THE Riding of the Common began in 1816 when for the first time Archie Thomson, landlord of the Commercial Inn, John Irving of Langholm Mill and Frank Beattie, landlord of the Crown Inn went round the Marches on horseback.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Happy Common Riding from the E&L

THE reporting by the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser of the Common Riding has changed greatly over the years.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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Committee modifies events for the Riding during Great War

THREE years into the war, the Common Riding committee again decided not to convene a public meeting.

Last updated 26 July 2007
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