Common Riding
Books and prizes for young Common Riding fans
LANGHOLM mothers and toddlers’ group welcomed Cornet Graeme Murray and his right and left-hand men to their get-together in the sports centre last Wednesday.
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Large congregation for church service
THE Kirkin of the Cornet service was attended by a large congregation in Langholm parish church last Sunday.
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Business visits are the tour of the town
BUSINESSES and their staff invited Cornet Graeme Murray and his right and left-hand men Derek Hogg and Simon Richardson to their premises around the town to wish him good luck for tomorrow.
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Backing a winner
AN INNOVATION of the Common Riding this year was the wearing of the Derby winner’s colours.
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Cornet election results from 1920 to the present day
1920 WA Lightbody 251, William Ross 88, Foster Jackson 13. Total 352.
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Two black eyes and a scratched face...
CONSIDERABLE amusement was caused on Thursday afternoon in the High Street by the behaviour of a man and woman evidently of the huckster fraternity.
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I just wept with relief
THE emotional rollercoaster of seeing her two sons as Cornet is something that Margaret Hotson will never forget.
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Rider in the storm
WHENEVER people talk about the Common Riding in 1985, the one thing they always remember is the appalling weather.
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5th time lucky after years of bad breaks
WITH his father and grandfather both Cornets, there was going to be no holding back Graeme Murray in his ambition to represent Langholm on Common Riding day.
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‘The races were a miserable failure while the wrestling was indifferent...’
AT A meeting of the supporters of the Common Riding held in the Town Hall about a fortnight ago, Mr James Lauder, blacksmith, was elected Cornet of this year. The sports are to be held this year on the holm above Langholm Lodge.
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Cornet Paisley won by 7 votes
CHARLES Stewart Paisley, the 1935 Cornet, came from a well-known business family in the town and he still has relatives living here today, including his sister-in-law, Rosie Paisley, who is now 90.
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Bridge in the pipeline for the last 12 years
COMMON Riding meetings are considered to be quite staid affairs but one from 1935 was full of laughter and jocularity.
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The cavaliers canter on gaily to the meet
A SLIGHT frost was followed by a dull calm morning. Scarcely a breath of wind stirred but the air was chilly. When the fife and drum band heralded the advent of another Common Riding, there were many to answer the call, and go forth to participate in the first item of the programme – the hound trail.
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Colourful revolution proposed
AT THE Common Riding election meeting James Beattie stood up and proposed that the Cornet pick his own colours.
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Published list of exiles was reader’s brainchild
JUNE 16, 1950 – A suggestion (not from the Common Riding committee this time) comes from a reader.
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Pirate just loses out on the treasure trail
WEATHER conditions were very grim when the members of the Flute Band assembled at the Townfoot at 5am.
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Southpaw Andy makes his mark
ANDY Gillespie (Andy) Morgan was the son of Scott and Isabella Morgan, 20 Holmwood Drive, Langholm, and a brother to Ray Helen Milligan.
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I could hardly believe it
JEANETTE Donaldson could not have been prouder when her son, Kenneth, was elected Cornet in 1985.
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Generations of excellence
SUSAN Irving will have more than one reason to remember the 2010 Langholm Common Riding, with family connections to this year’s Cornet Graeme Murray and the 1910 Cornet Arthur Irving.
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