News & Events

Jenny Biddle will be performing a live show in the Village Hall on Saturday 20th November, starting at 7-30pm. It’s more than two years since Jenny has performed in the Borders, recording her 7th album ‘Live in Scotland’. What a great way to mark the return of St...

Puppies in the hall Tweed Dogs Puppy Training Class has been so successful they’ve now booked two Sunday slots in the hall. Our Chairperson’s little dog is one of the puppy pupils!  For more pictures taken on 7.11.21 see under the Pictures and Memories: Events in the...

We’re delighted to have hosted the wedding of Gordon McPherson and Jojo McPherson (née Bell) on the 9th October. This was the first wedding held in the hall for over a year and a half, due to pandemic restrictions. Many others have been booked! For other pictures of...

Thursday 23rd September: Ian Rankin: The Dark Remains. The hall is delighted to host Mainstreet Trading Company’s celebration of an extraordinary new publication that brings together two of Scotland’s masters of crime fiction. William McIlvanney’s Laidlaw trilogy...

The village hall website is attracting the interest of local historians. The hall committee’s secretary was asked to write an account of it for ‘Clish-clash’ (meaning ‘repeated gossip’), the e-newsletter of the Scottish Local History Forum, which also publishes the...

On Tuesday 31st August a truly memorable event was held in the hall – Alistair Moffat reading and introducing extracts from his new book, The Secret History of Here. This eloquent and crystal-clear performance, splendidly organized by The Mainstreet Trading Company,...

The repainting of the hall's external woodwork is now well under way, the work being undertaken by the St Boswells company J and J. Tait. A great job!

Badminton returned to the hall on the evening of Sunday 15th August, the first game since (roughly) a year and a half ago. This was made possible by the easing of lockdown restrictions. A happy event! Thanks to Ben Rodriguez for the photo. Another one taken by Ben has...

The Mainstreet Trading Company has organized a reading in the hall by Alistair Moffat on Tues 30th August. He will be talking about The Secret History of Here – the story of a single place, his farm in the Borders, a site that has been occupied since pre-historic...