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Jim Hogarth with the Dryden field map of where the spitfire came down.

Jimmy recalls the night Canadian pilots fell out of the sky at Dryden

REMINISCENCES from readers about the crash of an RAF Beaufighter in the Dryden area near Selkirk during the Second World War are still generating plenty of interest in Selkirk and beyond.

Councillor David Parker and Neil Calvert at the Scottish Borders Council Headquarters in Newtown St. Boswells ahead of the announcement of the final budget.

Young ‘should make a stand’ in May poll

Scottish Borders Council leader David Parker was this week asked if he felt the gloomy outlook for sustaining local authority spending and developing projects to stimulate the economy would deter people from standing for election on May 3, writes Andrew Keddie.

Gunn says closure could lead to incest

A SELKIRK councillor’s plea for the registration of births and deaths and the posting of marriage banns to be maintained in every Borders burgh fell on deaf ears at last week’s meeting of Scottish Borders Council, writes Mark Entwistle.

Reading the small print on independence referendum

Oh well, I suppose enough of the great independence referendum plot has emerged into the public domain for us to believe it might eventually take place – so I reckon we had better get on with it.

A jubilant objector, Stuart Bell with the 20 kilometre Broadmeadows visibility map which contributed to the rejection of the proposed windfarm

IT’S SO APPEALING FOR VALLEY

EIGHT giant wind turbines proposed for the heart of the Yarrow Valley would have had an unacceptable impact on the landscape, according to the Scottish Government reporter who this week threw out an appeal by the company involved.

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Sport rss

King Cup retry

A THAW is much desired tomorrow as once again Selkirk FC prepare for their King Cup first round battle against Coldstream at Home Park.

Selkirk High School pupils with Brian Renwick and Chris Patterson during the Skills Rugby Training for schools on the new 3G pitch at Netherdale.

Skills school for Selkirk’s stars of the future

SELKIRK HIGH SCHOOL rugby stars of the future had the exciting opportunity to train with current day heroes on Monday afternoon.

Roond the Stick

FRIDAY night saw hosts Ettrick Forest play the Ladies in the Roond the Stick league, continuing their winning streak with a fine 7-1 victory, although the individual games were much closer than the score suggests.

Bad day at the office as Heriot’s marksmen shoulder past Selkirk

YOU win some you lose some was definitely the ethos at Selkirk Rifle club this week as the team suffered one shock defeat and one much-needed victory.

Lifestyle rss

Nichol retuns for Burns role

SELKIRK’S John Nichol returns home to conclude Ideoms’ alternative Burns Night Borders tour.

THE PILGRIM

Right, pay attention at the back. This is important stuff you all need to know, excepting maybe those who already know it, in which case keep quiet for now or find yourselves something useful to do until this is over.

When so-called experts’ advice is in bad taste

Ho hum, another new year, another new food scare, so what’s new about that? Why must we suffer a constant bombardment of food frighteners?

Dougie Young, Lochcarron sales manager, with the company's new Help for Heroes tartan.

SELKIRK FIRM HELPS THE HEROES

A SELKIRK mill has answered the call to produce a tartan for Britain’s largest charity supporting wounded servicemen and women.

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Cunning plan to stop poachers

A CUNNING plan has been hatched by the organisers of this year’s Great Selkirk Haggis Hunt to prevent poachers bagging the birds, writes Bob Burgess.

Community rss

Merchant Company Curling

Skip Skip and co edge Merchants on Ice title

The Selkirk Merchant Company’s annual curling competition reached a conclusion last Thursday when the final was played between the teams skipped by David Heard and Skip Houston.

Dismissing pancreatic cancer

If The Pilgrim is going to have the arrogance to criticise the cancer research work of a professor from one of Europe’s largest medical universities, he should perhaps first have the decency to read the study he is criticising.

Councillors brought to book in Selkirk library controversy

Following the article published in the December 16 issue of The Wee Paper, entitled “Councillors defend decision to back Selkirk library merger”, it would be reassuring to think that elected members of Scottish Borders Council also checked their facts before they started to complain about other people.

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Sunday 05 February 2012

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