Kelso Laddies - KELSO CIVIC WEEK

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)

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

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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)

2017 Craig Logan (230)
2018 Sean Hook (210)
2019 Mark henderson (200)

2020 No Kelso Laddie

R.W. Service

D. Robb

D. Weatherston

J. Hume

B. Nicholson

A. Hastie

A. Balden

G. Swanston

J. Hogarth

J. Hinnigan

G. Little

C. Dumma

C. Henderson

C. Gibson

D. Veitch

D. Harvey

G. Sweenie

C. Gillie

C. Scott

S. Mckenzie

K. Wilson

A. Gajczak

P. Hume

R Henderson

C Logan

1937-1939 Kelso Laddies

D. Brunton

A. Fairbairn

T. Laing

J. Campbell

N. Hume

K. Ballantyne

T. Fairley

I. Cleghorn

D. Hall

G. Hinnigan

G. Halliday

N. Hastie

D. Thomson

J. Henderson

D. Lauder

M. Ballantyne

S. Scott

D. Mckay

M. Halliday

A. Haig

R. Hogarth

C Vickers

F Hastie

S Hook

A. Charters

D Gray

W. Landels

G. McCombie

P. Halley

J. Simpson

A. Neil

L. Stevenson

D. Poloczek

M. Tait

E. Paxton

D. Wichary

G. Young

S. Forbes

S. Dickson

K. Riddell

N. Cowe

D. Stewart

D. Paxton

R. Glendinning

G. Ford

M. Playfair

C Thomson

I Whellans

M Henderson