KELSO CIVIC WEEK
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      • Monday
        • Art Exhibition
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        • Equestrian events
      • Tuesday
        • Ride to Stichill, Hume & Ednam
        • Darts Competition
        • Karaoke
      • Wednesday
        • Children's Sports
        • Installation of Kelso Laddie
        • Torchlight
      • Thursday
        • Children's Fancy Dress
        • Ride to Floors Castle
        • Fun Cycle Run
        • Grand Civic Week Ball
      • Friday
        • Swimming Gala
        • Slater's Show Visit
      • Saturday
        • Gentleman's Breakfast
        • Ride to Yetholm
        • Entertainment in the Square
        • Fancy Dress Procession
        • Presentation of Cups
  • Songs & Poems
    • Yetholm Day
    • Civic Week in Kelsae is Really Hard to Beat
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    • Bonnie Kelsae Toon
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  • 2020 Events
    • Special 2020 Events
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    • 10k Run
    • Poetry Competition
    • Garden Fancy Dress
    • Art Competition
    • Childrens Pet Show
    • Spot the odd object
  • Gallery
    • Your 2019 Photos
    • Pre civic Week
    • Kelso Civic Week
      • Declaration
      • Morebattle Rideout
      • Saturday
        • Tennis Challenge
        • 5-a-side Football (Senior)
        • Golf Gents Open
        • Clay Pigeon Shoot
      • Sunday
        • 10K Run
        • Family Day
        • Baby Show
        • 5-a-side Football (Junior)
        • Laying of Wreath
        • Kirkin of Laddie
      • Monday
        • Art Exhibition
        • Pet Show
        • Ride to Heiton & Roxburgh
        • Whipman's & Sprouston Ride
        • Equestrian events
      • Tuesday
        • Ride to Stichill, Hume & Ednam
        • Darts Competition
        • Karaoke
      • Wednesday
        • Children's Sports
        • Installation of Kelso Laddie
        • Torchlight
      • Thursday
        • Children's Fancy Dress
        • Ride to Floors Castle
        • Fun Cycle Run
        • Grand Civic Week Ball
      • Friday
        • Swimming Gala
        • Slater's Show Visit
      • Saturday
        • Gentleman's Breakfast
        • Ride to Yetholm
        • Entertainment in the Square
        • Fancy Dress Procession
        • Presentation of Cups
  • Songs & Poems
    • Yetholm Day
    • Civic Week in Kelsae is Really Hard to Beat
    • Kelsae Bonnie Kelsae
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Gallant Chiels O' Kelsae
    • Bonnie Kelsae Toon
    • Kelso, Jewel Upon the Tweed
    • The Bonnet Blue
    • Bonnie Kelso
    • Charming Banks O Tweed
    • Dae Richt Fear Nocht
    • Ride on, Kelso Laddies, Ride on
    • Footsteps of the Brave
  • Newsletters
  • Merchandise
  • Ex Kelso Laddies Club
  • History
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Colour Bussers
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  • 2021 Golden & Silver Laddies

Kelso Laddies

from 1937 onwards

Legends all


We thank Hector Innes Photography, Kelso, for donating these photographs.
(Hector Innes Photography was established the same year as Kelso Civic Week)

Kelso Laddies

Below you will find the year that each of the Kelso Laddies were in service. The number in brackets states the number of followers on horseback to Yetholm for that year.
Those who have passed on remain legends of the town and are marked *



1937  R.W. Service*
1938  Rodger Fish, Jnr*
1939  David W. Clow*
1946  Alex. Charters*
1947  Dickson Robb* (58)
1948  David Brunton* (87)
1949  David Gray* (80)

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1950  David Weatherston* (91)
1951  Adam Fairbairn* (80)
1952  Walter Landels* (77)








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1953  John Hume* (84)
1954  Tom Laing (86)
1955  George McCombie (61)






​1956  Bert Nicholson (62)
1957  James Campbell* (52)
1958  Peter Halley* (66)



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1959  Arthur Hastie (70)
1960  Norman Hume* (78)
1961  Jimmy Simpson (64)






1962  Angus Balden (67)
1963  Kenneth Ballantyne* (100)
1964  Alastair C. Neil* (105)





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1965  George Swanston (89)
1966  Tom Fairley (108)
1967  Len Stevenson* (111)







1968  Jim Hogarth (118)
1969  Ian Cleghorn* (142)
1970  Dennis Poloczek (168)







1971  James Hinnigan (114)
1972  Derek Hall (142)
1973  Michael Tait (160)







1974  Gordon Little (166)
1975  George Hinnigan (205)
1976  Eric Paxton (214)






1977  Colin Dumma (190)
1978  George Halliday (204)
1979  Derek Wichary (175)





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​1980  Colin Henderson (207)
1981  Neil Hastie (256)
1982  Graham Young (237)




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​1983  Colin Gibson (232)
1984  David Thomson (265)
1985  Scott Forbes (306)






1986  Douglas Veitch (274)
1987  Jim Henderson (343)
1988  Steven Dickson (268)






1989  Douglas Harvey (268)
1990  Derek Lauder (254)
1991  Keith Riddell* (274)






1992  Graham Sweenie (241)
1993  Michael Ballantyne (269)
1994  Neil Cowe (251)







1995  Chris Gillie (247)
1996  Steven Scott (243)
1997  David Stewart (212)






1998  Craig Scott (217)
1999  David McKay (205)
2000  Darren Paxton (224)

2001  No Kelso Laddie




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2002  Scott McKenzie (186)
2003  Mark Halliday (206)
2004  Ross Glendinning (195)







2005  Kevin Wilson (203)
2006  Andrew Haig (162)
2007  Gareth Ford (187)







​2008  Adrian  Gajczak (166)
2009  Robert Hogarth (137)
2010  Murray Playfair (164)







​2011  Phil Hume (152)
2012  Callum Vickers (147)
2013  Calum Thomson (184)






​2014  Ross Henderson (228)
2015  Fraser Hastie (213)
​2016  Ian Whellans* (256)
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​2017  Craig Logan (230)
​2018  Sean Hook (210)
​2019 Mark henderson (200)

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​2020 No Kelso Laddie

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R.W. Service
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D. Robb
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D. Weatherston
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J. Hume
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B. Nicholson
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A. Hastie
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A. Balden
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G. Swanston
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J. Hogarth
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J. Hinnigan
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G. Little
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C. Dumma
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C. Henderson
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C. Gibson
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D. Veitch
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D. Harvey
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G. Sweenie
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C. Gillie
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C. Scott
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S. Mckenzie
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K. Wilson
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A. Gajczak
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P. Hume
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R Henderson
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C Logan
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1937-1939 Kelso Laddies
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D. Brunton
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A. Fairbairn
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T. Laing
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J. Campbell
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N. Hume
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K. Ballantyne
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T. Fairley
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I. Cleghorn
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D. Hall
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G. Hinnigan
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G. Halliday
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N. Hastie
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D. Thomson

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J. Henderson
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D. Lauder
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M. Ballantyne
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S. Scott
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D. Mckay
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M. Halliday
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A. Haig
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R. Hogarth
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C Vickers
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F Hastie
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S Hook
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A. Charters
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D Gray

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W. Landels
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G. McCombie
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P. Halley
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J. Simpson
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A. Neil
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L. Stevenson

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D. Poloczek
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M. Tait

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E. Paxton
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D. Wichary

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G. Young
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S. Forbes
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S. Dickson

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K. Riddell
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N. Cowe
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D. Stewart
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D. Paxton

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R. Glendinning
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G. Ford
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M. Playfair
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C Thomson
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I Whellans
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M Henderson
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  • 2020 Events
    • Special 2020 Events
    • Civic Week at a Glance
    • 10k Run
    • Poetry Competition
    • Garden Fancy Dress
    • Art Competition
    • Childrens Pet Show
    • Spot the odd object
  • Gallery
    • Your 2019 Photos
    • Pre civic Week
    • Kelso Civic Week
      • Declaration
      • Morebattle Rideout
      • Saturday
        • Tennis Challenge
        • 5-a-side Football (Senior)
        • Golf Gents Open
        • Clay Pigeon Shoot
      • Sunday
        • 10K Run
        • Family Day
        • Baby Show
        • 5-a-side Football (Junior)
        • Laying of Wreath
        • Kirkin of Laddie
      • Monday
        • Art Exhibition
        • Pet Show
        • Ride to Heiton & Roxburgh
        • Whipman's & Sprouston Ride
        • Equestrian events
      • Tuesday
        • Ride to Stichill, Hume & Ednam
        • Darts Competition
        • Karaoke
      • Wednesday
        • Children's Sports
        • Installation of Kelso Laddie
        • Torchlight
      • Thursday
        • Children's Fancy Dress
        • Ride to Floors Castle
        • Fun Cycle Run
        • Grand Civic Week Ball
      • Friday
        • Swimming Gala
        • Slater's Show Visit
      • Saturday
        • Gentleman's Breakfast
        • Ride to Yetholm
        • Entertainment in the Square
        • Fancy Dress Procession
        • Presentation of Cups
  • Songs & Poems
    • Yetholm Day
    • Civic Week in Kelsae is Really Hard to Beat
    • Kelsae Bonnie Kelsae
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Gallant Chiels O' Kelsae
    • Bonnie Kelsae Toon
    • Kelso, Jewel Upon the Tweed
    • The Bonnet Blue
    • Bonnie Kelso
    • Charming Banks O Tweed
    • Dae Richt Fear Nocht
    • Ride on, Kelso Laddies, Ride on
    • Footsteps of the Brave
  • Newsletters
  • Merchandise
  • Ex Kelso Laddies Club
  • History
    • Kelso Laddies
    • Colour Bussers
    • Whipman's Ceremony
  • 2021 Golden & Silver Laddies