Adam’s labour of love: Accordion and Fiddle Club chairman bows out after 30 years
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | LifestyleAFTER being at the helm of the Langholm Accordion and Fiddle Club for 30 years, chairman Adam Grant has stepped down. At the club’s final get-together this season Adam retired from his roles as chairman and MC, a position he…
Jilly . . . Langholm’s magical MasterChef: Humble champ charms and impresses the audience
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | NewsSTILL riding high after her success in this year’s MasterChef, Jilly McCord wowed the audience at the Buccleuch Centre last Sunday with her cookery demonstration. As reported in last week’s E&L Advertiser, this was a fundraising event organised by Langholm…
Steps taken towards new sports centre
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | NewsA TEAM has been put together to progress a project to create a new leisure centre in Langholm. The working group was established by the project team after a well-supported community meeting was held in the Buccleuch Centre in March.…
The bluebells of Eskdale
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | LifestyleTHE gardens at Westerhall near Bentpath will open once again for Scotland’s Garden Scheme on Sunday, May 26, and raise money for charity. It has been a busy two years since the previous open day and regular visitors will see…
Broken cattle grid sets off elderly couple’s airbags: Resident has to constantly pick up debris from damaged vehicles
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | NewsA CATTLE grid is in such appalling condition that it is wrecking cars, it has been revealed. Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk community council heard that the cattle grid had been “fixed” but the repair was totally inadequate. Anne Elliot of…
Trio of hopefuls
Week: 19 | 9th May 2019 | NewsTOMORROW night the public of Langholm and surrounding areas will go to the polls to elect the 2019 Cornet. This year the three young men are Henry Jeffrey, who is standing for the second time, Lloyd Johnstone and Lawrence Ewart,…
Exhibiting a passion for wildlife
Wendy Patterson of Newcastleton is currently exhibiting her paintings in…
Langholm flooding plan hits cost hitch: Holmwood project likely to go up by £150,000, a 40 per cent rise
A FLOOD protection scheme in Holmwood, Langholm may rise by…
Fresh start
Bowling VICE-PRESIDENT Kevin Irving opened the New Town bowling club’s…
Great finish to the season
Rugby Annan U14 23 Langholm U14 24 LANGHOLM were out…
No fog on Tynemouth
Hounds AT WEST Woodburn Tynemouth and Ranger set off with…
Nine-wicket defeat
Cricket LANGHOLM 2nds began their campaign in the Sunday league…
Watsonians are supreme: Langholm Sevens is still one of the best tournaments in Scotland
Rugby WATSONIANS retained the Scott cup in devastating style at…
Cracking Copshaw Cabaret: Standing ovation for society’s first big production
Copshaw Cabaret brought the audience to its feet on both…
Capturing history in the spoken word: Langholm voices included in Ewart Library ethnology project
THE recording of voices talking about lost ways of life…
A fresh start in Eskdale
In our final instalment on the life of Janet Armstrong,…
Water births to laptops - a midwife’s life
THE speaker at the Canonbie SWI meeting this month received…
New Zealand envoy visits scenic Eskdale: Sheep farmers discuss opportunities and challenges
EVERYDAY life, farming and the history of a remote and…
Motorbikers find the best breakfast in the Borders
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2019 | NewsMEMBERS from the Morecambe Bay and Estuaries Advanced Motorcyclists group “recharged their batteries” with a delicious Langholm breakfast last Saturday. They were having a weekend away and there was no better start to their trip than a breakfast in the…
Kirsty’s On Call Africa
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2019 | NewsFOR more than 20 years Langholm Rotary Club has been best known for organising the annual Umbrella Walk. Together with top-ups from local trusts and gift aid, the event has now raised almost £250,000 for local organisations. This year’s walk…
Four are lying for Copshaw Tub
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2019 | NewsFOUR candidates have put forward their names for the 2019 Copshaw Common Riding. Those lying for Tub are Paddy Laing, Val Collins, Fraser Laing and Paula Downey, who is having a second go. The public vote is to be held…
Objections may prompt a lengthy public inquiry: Double yellow lines proposal in High Street remain unresolved
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2019 | NewsTHE proposal for double yellow lines in Langholm High Street hangs in the balance and will be further delayed if it goes to a public inquiry. The double yellow lines are proposed for outside Station Buildings at the southern end…
Ciaran’s fundraiser is a slam dunk
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2019 | NewsCIARAN Park of Langholm Academy volunteers twice a week at Langholm Day Centre. Sandra Graham, manager, told him that after the day centre was refurbished, they hoped to buy a therapy bed. He decided to do a fundraiser for them…
Day takeover bid for retailer fails
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2019 | NewsWOMENSWEAR retailer Bonmarche claims a £5.7m takeover offer by Philip Day undervalues the company. Last month Mr Day, who owns Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group, acquired more than half of the company’s shares through holding company Spectre, triggering a mandatory takeover…
Great achievement
NE of Langholm’s most well-known sportsmen has been honoured with…
Flooding a huge concern for windfarm objectors: Faw Side protesters say Ewes and Langholm are at risk from development
THE risk of flooding to homes, roads, businesses and farms…
Near miss against Victoria
Football Langholm Legion 2 Selkirk Victoria 3 LEGION looked like…
Cross country excellence: Langholm and Canonbie pupils show a clean pair of heels
Cross Country CROSS country runners from Langholm and Canonbie primary…
Superstars one and all
Rugby ANOTHER hugely-successful Langholm Lions and Cubs mini-rugby festival was…
Millennials plot route to prosperity: Pidgin Perfect and Upstart give Langholm High Street a real buzz
THE High Street was buzzing last Saturday as families and…
Clan marks 500 and 50 year celebrations: Armstrongs have two reasons to shout from the rooftop
TWO historic events, one from 500 years ago and another…
Stunning landscapes
BOB McLure talked to members of the Buccleuch Centre patrons’…
Pupils draw their favourite wildlife
AUTHOR and wildlife artist Wendy Patterson read from her new…
Swimming and tennis may be big attractions: Project to reopen sports centre is ready to run feasibility study
A FEASIBILITY study into whether the sports centre in Townfoot…
Commission shows its worth to tenants
THE news that a Langholm couple are being allowed to…
A ray of African sunshine
A GROUP of 20 primary school children from Uganda, who…
£80,000 boost for groups in Eskdale: Windfarm cash aids projects for people of all ages and abilities
Week: 15 | 11th April 2019 | NewsMORE than £80,000 is being pumped into Eskdale, thanks to funding from a windfarm. Among the groups to receive funding are Langholm Playcare, Langholm Initiative, Gilnockie hall, Langholm show and a public defibrillator project in Eskdale. The Dumfriesshire East Community…
Lewis wins at Tranent
Week: 14 | 4th April 2019 | Athletics SportAthletics LEWIS Bell competed in the Lothian trials at Meadowhill Sports Complex near Tranent and won his event for the fourth year in a row. The competition attracts athletes from the East of Scotland mainly from Dundee, Edinburgh, Lothians and…
Success for Langholm Youth
Week: 14 | 4th April 2019 | Rugby SportYouth Rugby LANGHOLM Youth Rugby players enjoyed a successful day at the Dumfries tournament last Sunday. P6/7s finished runners-up. They started with a draw against Moffat, with Greig Cartner scoring. The second game was against Dumfries P7 team. Langholm fielded…
Club awards shield
Week: 14 | 4th April 2019 | Athletics SportMUCKLE Toon Sloggers and Joggers joined the ADAC Potholm run on Tuesday evening. This year the club decided to award a shield to go to the club which posted the best three combined male and female times and this was…
A victory to remember: Langholm lads help pave the way in decisive win over Jed
Week: 14 | 4th April 2019 | Rugby SportRugby Hawick under 18s 43 Jed Thistle 7 THREE Langholm players were on the team which won the Border Semi Junior Cup last Saturday. In an outstanding clinical performance by an injury-hit squad last Tuesday the team disposed of a…
The only way is up!: Langholm Rugby Club promoted
Week: 14 | 4th April 2019 | Rugby SportRugby Langholm 64 Gala YM 17 LANGHOLM sealed second spot in East League 2 and with it promotion with an emphatic 64-17 win against Gala YM at Milntown last Saturday. In front of a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters they…
Testament to modest artist: Many treasures on display in retrospective exhibition
By Margaret Walty of Langholm HELEN Irving, who died last…
The Holm’s got talent, too: This week’s Copshaw Cabaret’s blog features Sophie Mitchell
Sophie Mitchell is 16 and currently studying at Hawick High…
Meet my cousin Keith: Genealogy expert discovers a new branch of her family tree
By Christine Ewart I’M NOT sure whether it was fate,…
Timeless love story enthralls youngsters
LITERATURE’S most famous star-struck lovers entranced an audience of Langholm…
Dr Seuss inspires readers: Refurbished library will be a great source of information for pupils
LANGHOLM Academy pupils are benefiting from a newly-refurbished library teeming…
Outdoor club comes inside
MEMBERS of the Newcastleton Wildlife Watch Club were invited to…
Railway is step closer: UK government says it will fund its part of the feasibility study
THE UK government has announced it is backing a full…
Langholm pupils win youth vote
TWO Langholm Academy pupils have been voted onto the first…
Four generations mark opening of their new shop
FOUR generations of Cochranes got together to mark the opening…
Hotel is the best
THE Liddesdale Hotel in Newcastleton has won a second gold…
Youngsters engage in Upstart project: High Street to be taken over this Saturday as project finale
A SERIES of events engaging with people aged 14 to…
A hop, skip and a jump to school
AMBER Foster and Aidan Elliot, the junior road safety officers…
