Little Jottings
Smallest room in the hoose
LANGHOLM must be high on the list for numbers of holiday-makers taking their newspapers abroad to have them photographed in exotic locations.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Proud rulers of no man’s land
LOUIS Pelosi sent us an email after he’d been reading one of the Rough Guide series, this particular one being Rough Guide to the World’s Best Festivals.
Last updated 3 March 2010
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Hope of spring is in winter air
“IF WINTER comes can spring be far behind?” This is the line with which the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley ends his poem Ode to The West Wind.
Last updated 25 February 2010
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Home from home
I MENTIONED once that I intended going on holiday to Namibia and would try to locate the Langholm Hotel which Bill and Rita Dalgliesh had twice visited during their worldwide cruises.
Last updated 17 February 2010
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African streets put us to shame
I’VE been told that when I go on holiday and someone else takes over Little Jottings, readers recognise that it’s not my input.
Last updated 10 February 2010
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Farewell to Man That Oo Ca’ Bill
A FINAL word on Bill McLaren, whose funeral was held last week in his home town of Hawick, a place he was never tempted to leave for the bright lights, despite many offers.
Last updated 4 February 2010
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Pipe band on a rocket tour
Langholm pipe band have been entertaining the people of the town for longer than anyone cares to remember but their reputation isn’t confined only to the burgh boundaries.
Last updated 27 January 2010
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Phones and sat navs get wires crossed
THE saga of the phones at the E&L Advertiser office continued last week, with four different BT engineers from both Glasgow and Edinburgh having been sent since before Christmas to try to investigate why they weren’t working.
Last updated 20 January 2010
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Pixies invade
It’s been some few weeks here in the E&L Advertiser office. On top of having to deal with Christmas and New Year deadlines and shorter working weeks, to say nothing of the freezing weather, the festive pixies have been doing their worst to disrupt work.
Last updated 13 January 2010
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Man behind the mansion revamp
WE HAVEN’T heard the name Alastair Johnstone around the town for some time. The Langholm property developer seems to have departed the scene.
Last updated 6 January 2010
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Lord, hear our prayer for TV
BAH, Humbug. This was the message on the front of a Christmas card sent to me by friends in Lauder who always design their own cards.
Last updated 30 December 2009
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A bit chilly!
What a shock to the system it was, returning from temperatures in the 30s in South Africa to sub-zero in Langholm.
Last updated 23 December 2009
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McLaren surely a voice loved by all
LAST week I was talking about great Scots being featured in an exhibition to celebrating Homecoming Scotland.
Last updated 17 December 2009
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Highland welcome
As Scotland’s Homecoming year comes to an end, its message is being taken to an international audience – to the heart of Europe itself – in Brussels.
Last updated 9 December 2009
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Ken your scoogie frae your daidle?
BETTY Little’s wonderfully vivid wartime memories which the paper featured in its previous two editions have been provoking some debate in the town.
Last updated 2 December 2009
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Washed out
The unprecedented amount of rainfall we had last week has affected everyone, not least the sport fixtures, with all the rugby and football matches cancelled.
Last updated 25 November 2009
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These subtitles need subtitles
I HAD recorded last week’s BBC wildlife programme Autumnwatch Unsprung and was watching the recording at the weekend.
Last updated 18 November 2009
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Support for the Hope from US
MY “COOSIN” as he likes to call himself, the Reverend James A Beverley, has sent me an airmail letter – how rare nowadays to receive one of these in this age of emails.
Last updated 11 November 2009
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Nurturing seeds of inspiration
AT TIMES I’m fair fashed to find something to write about every week. My sympathy goes out to the woman who writes a weekly column in one newspaper about allotments.
Last updated 5 November 2009
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Nurturing seeds of inspiration
AT TIMES I’m fair fashed to find something to write about every week. My sympathy goes out to the woman who writes a weekly column in one newspaper about allotments.
Last updated 5 November 2009
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