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A Year on the Farm (DVD)

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With commentary by Bill McLaren and music by Jim Mackay and his Band

Agriculture is recognised as the world's largest, oldest and most important industry. This video takes a look at modern farming methods along with some from the past.

Featured in this video - Horses Ploughing, Vintage Tractor, Ploughing Match, Modern Tractor Ploughing, Drilling Grain, Bedding Cattle, Lambing Time, Sewing Fertiliser, Crop Spraying, Potato Planting, Sheep Inoculation, Turnip Drilling, Crop Irrigation, Pig Farming, Border Landscapes, Silage Mechanisation, Hay Making, Sheep Shearing, Pea Harvesting, A visit to the Border Union Show, Harvest Time, Potato Spraying, Sheep Dipping, Kelso Ram Sales, Threshing Mill, Potato Harvest and Winter Tractor Ploughing.

Running Time 60 mins. PAL format only

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Ploughing Memories (DVD)

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HORSES - TRACTORS - PLOUGHMEN INCORPORATING THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Narrator and Interviewer - Alistair Campbell

Ploughing matches, competitive ploughing still provides a glimpse into farming history.

This video provides personal and visual memories of the dramatic changes witnessed during the 20th century, as ploughmen worked the land with horse and tractor.

Ploughmen now sit in comfort and no longer walk behind the trailing plough. The spud wheels have been replaced by multi purpose hi-tech, four-wheel drive machines.

Clydesdale and Shire - Fordson, Ferguson and David Brown - all names associated with the craft of ploughing.

Running Time 58 mins. PAL format only

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Scotland's Border Country (DVD)

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Commentary by Bill McLaren

Scotland's beautiful Border Country, stretches from the rolling hills and moorlands in the west, through gentler valleys to the rich agricultural plains in the east, to the rocky Berwickshire coast, with its picturesque fishing villages. Through the centre, tracing a silvery course to the sea, runs the River Tweed. You will discover friendly towns, charming villages, Historic Castles and Stately Homes, which illustrate the exciting and often turbulent history of the Borders.

Features - Gretna, Canonbie, Langholm, Locherbie' Moffat, Grey Mares Tail, St Mary's Loch, Tweedsmuir, Manor valley, Neidpath Castle, Peebles, Traquair House, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Abbotsford House, Galshiels featuring the Braw Lads Gathering. Melrose, Selkirk and Hawick,including scenes from the Common Ridings, Denholm, Jedburgh, Ancrum, St Boswells and Newtown, Newstead, Sir Walter Scott's Favourite View at Bemersyde, Dryburgh Abbey, Earlston, Lauder, Thirlstane Castle, Mellerstain House, Sandyknowe Tower, Floors Castle, Kelso and the installation of the Laddie, Morebattle, Yetholm, Birgham, The Hirsel, Coldstream, Ladykirk, Paxton House, Greenlaw, Duns, Chirnside, Ayton, Eyemouth, Coldingham and St Abbs.

Running Time 60 mins. PAL format only

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Bridging the Tweed at Kelso (DVD)

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Also a short history of the Border town featuring the construction of the Hunter Bridge

Commentary by Alistair Campbell

This video commences with a study of the early history of Kelso, its predecessor The Royal Burgh of Roxburgh and Kelso Abbey.

Early ways of fording the River Tweed, Kelso's first bridge and Rennie's bridge. A look at the town's buildings, hospitals, schools, churches and sporting activities.

The occasion of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester accepting the freedom of Kelso on behalf of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Memories of Kelso station and Spittal trip.

The installation of the 1998 Kelso Laddie, memories from 1995, 1973 and 1948's Civic Weeks.

Running Time 48 mins. PAL format only

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My Borderland - Teviot & Tweed (DVD)

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A SCENIC JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORIC BORDER COUNTRY, DOWN THE VALLEYS OF THE TEVIOT AND TWEED

With commentary by Bill McLaren

From its source at Tweed's Well to the sea at Berwick the world famous River Tweed traces a course rich in history. Today the river and its tributaries flow peacefully through one of the most beautiful and unspoilt areas of Great Britain.

Places featured - Tweed's Well to Tweedsmuir; Tallawater; Broughton; Dawyck Botanic Gardens following the river to Neidpath Catle and Peebles; Eddleston; Kailzie Gardens; Innerleithen; Traquair House; Walkerburn; Clovenfords; the River Ettrick upstream to Selkirk. Back to Tweed at Abbotsford; Galashiels and the Braw Lad's gathering; ceremonial ride to Abbotsford; Roses ceremony at the Old Town Cross; Melrose; Newstead; Leaderfoot; River Leader upstream to Earlston and Lauder; Thirlstane Castle; Sir Walter Scott's favourite view at Bemersyde; Dryburgh Abbey; Newtown St Boswells. Follow the river through Rutherford Estate to Kelso; Bonnie Teviotdale; Hawick; Denholm; Minto; Ancrum. Jedurgh with highlights from the Callants Festival Day. Crailing; Heiton; Roxburgh back to the meeting of the waters at Kelso. The installation Ceremony of the Kelso Laddie. Down river to Birgham; Carham; Wark and Coldstream. Tillmouth; Ladykirk; Norham to Berwick.

Running Time 55 mins. PAL format only

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The Pilgrims Way (DVD)

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A pilgrimage to Iona, a look at early Christian life in Scotland and the Borders.

With commentary by Bill McLaren

1400 years after the death of St. Columba we visit the small, Hebridean island of Iona, travelling by sea from Oban then across the island of Mull. Yeavering, once a royal township, where St. Paulinus baptised Christians in the river Glen. Lindisfarne or Holy Island, one of the most important centres of early Christian life, founded by St. Aiden in 635AD. Learn about St. Cuthbert, a Border shepherd, who came to Lindisfarne to be Prior. Visit St. Cuthberts shrine in Durham Cathedral. Queen Margaret and her little chapel at Edinburgh Castle. Coldingham and its Priory. The history of the Border Abbeys, founded by King David I. Kelso Abbey and Kelso Churches. Jedburgh Abbey and Queen Mary's House. Melrose and Dryburgh Abbeys. John Knox, the reformer, who preached in St. Mary's Haddington and St. Giles in Edinburgh. Greyfriars in Edinburgh's Grassmarket, where the National Covenant was signed. The Covenanters encampment on Duns Law. Hear about Grissel Hume of Polwarth, the early church at Ancrum and Alexander Peden, who preached to the Covenanters on Ruberslaw.

The video concludes with a tribute to Sir Walter Scott.

Running Time 55 mins. PAL format only

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My Scottish Homeland (DVD)

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A SCENIC AND HISTORIC JOURNEY FOLLOWING THE EAST COAST TRAIL TO EDINBURGH

With commentary by Bill McLaren

Travel the East Coast Railway, follow the roadways or take the coastal paths, whichever way you go you will be well rewarded by spectacular coastal scenery, tranquil bays, historic harbours, bustling towns and peaceful villages.

From the moment you arrive in Edinburgh you'll be awe-struck by its magnificent architecture complimented by the green spaces and ornate gardens. The deeper you dig the more the city will reward you.

Some of the places visited in the video - Burnmouth, Ayton, Eyemouth, Coldingham, St. Abbs, Fast Castle, Cove Harbour, Cockburnspath, Torness, Dunbar, Stenton, Garvald, Nunraw, Gifford, Bolton, Haddington, Athelstaneford, Preston Mill, East Linton, The Bass Rock, Tantallon castle, North Berwick, Dirleton Gullane, Aberlady, Longniddry, Port Seton, Cockenzie, Prestonpans, Musselburgh.

Some of the places visited in Edinburgh - Portobello, Duddingston, Holyrood House, visiting all the places of interest up the Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle. Princes Street gardens, Calton Hill, Gearge Street, Dene Village, Royal Botanic Gardens, Leith and finishing at the Forth Bridges.

Running Time 55 mins. PAL format only

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My Borderland (DVD)

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ST. CUTHBERT'S WAY

With commentary by Bill McLaren

Learn the story about St Cuthbert, a shepherd lad in the Borders, who one night while attending his sheep in the lonely Boredr hills saw a vision of angels in the sky. The next day he joined the monastery, then at Old Melrose. After several years he went to the monastery at Lindisfarne to be a prior.

The route of St. Cuthbert's Way goes through some of the most beautiful scenery in Great Britain, the walk links a number of places associated with his story and probably the way he travelled to Lindisfarne.

St. Cuthbert's Way starts at Melrose, over the Eildon Hills to Bowden, along Bowden Burn to Newtown, follow the River Tweed to Dryburgh and St Boswells, then by Mertoun Bridge to Maxton. Follow Dere Street to Monteviot, visit Harestanes Centre, follow Dere Street to Crailing Hall and Cessford Farms, follow the road to Morebattle, up the Kale Valley and over the hills to Yetholm. From Kirk Yetholm take the Pennine Way the over the Cheviot Hills by way of the Colledge Valley to Wooler. On leaving Wooler, walk over Weetwood and Doddington Moors, then take the path to Holburn Grange, visit St. Cuthbert's Cave, follow the paths and bridleways to Fenwick. After Fenwick follow the route to Holy Island.

Learn about St. Cuthbert's pilgrimage on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Visit Durham Cathedral and St. Cuthbert's Shrine.

Running Time 58 mins. PAL format only

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My Borderland Pictorial (DVD)

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The Seasons Throughout the Year

Featured in this video - Winter scenes at Kelso, Lempitlaw and Yetholm area. Featuring spring flowers with snowdrops and primroses and daffodils at the Marie Curie Field of Hope, Melrose. Spring ploughing near Newstead. Mary Queen of Scots house, Jedburgh. Springtime at Kelso; oil seed rape at Lochton; The Hirsel Lake and Dundock Woods, Coldstream. Cattle grazing at Holefield and harvesting silage at Lurdenlaw. A visit to Jedburgh's Jedforest Deer and Farm Park; Kelso Dog Show, Peebles and Selkirk; Wilton Park and the Walled gardens at Hawick; Tweedbank Lake, Bank Street Gardens in Galashiels. A short visit to The Border Union Show, Kelso to see the 50th anniversary of the Ferguson Tractor. Harvesting at Lochton, Fireburnmill and Holefield; and vintage ploughing at Brunton Airport. Travel up the beautiful Bowmont Valley. Autumn scenes at Melrose, Hownam and the River Kale; along the Rink Road and St Marys Loch. A frosty morning at Berwick.

Music played by Variety Video Music and Border Tunes by Alistair Marjoribanks.

Running Time 60 mins. PAL format only

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My Scottish Homeland (DVD)

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THE GATEWAY TO THE HIGHLANDS

Commentary by Bill McLaren

Featuring the story of Rob Roy MacGregor

The area around central Scotland is alive with history, Stirling Castle was a favourite Royal residence, the National Wallace Monument overlooks Stirling Bridge, the site of Sir William's famous victory. King Robert the Bruce is remembered at the Bannockburn Heritage Centre. The beauty of Loch Lomond has been celebrated in song and verse. The Trossachs epitomise the very best of Scotland, magnificent scenery, this is Rob Roy country, where the legendry folk hero carried out his daring exploits. Perthshire is the very heart of Scotland, Bonnie Dundee is rightly named the City of Discovery. The centre of Scotland is the gateway to the Highlands, this video shows the very best it has to offer.

Some of the places featured in this video:

Linlithgow, Falkirk, Stirling, Bonnockburn, Dunblane, The Lake of Monteith, Callander, The Trossachs, Loch Katrine, Aberfoyle, Loch Lomond, Luss, Bonnie Strathyre, Balquidder, Killin, Loch Earn, Comrie, Crieff, Fairways Heavy Horse Sanctuary, Scone, Perth, Dundee, Blairgowrie, Dunkeld, Aberfeldy, Loch Tummel, Blair Athol, Aviemore and a journey on the Strathspey Steam Railway.
Music by Tommy Newcomen and A-One Music, who supplied the music for this video

Running Time approx. 55 mins PAL format only

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Beautiful Scotland (DVD)

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BEAUTIFUL SCOTLAND

A Musical Journey around Bonnie Scotland with Tommy Newcomen and his accordion

Music - Location

Scottish Marches - St Mary's Loch

Reel Time - Dundock Woods

Marches - Farming in the Borders

Scottish Waltzes - Alloway, Kirkoswald, Ayr

Robbie Burn's Melody - Tarbolten, Ellisland, Dumfries

Scottish Jig - Edinburgh, Royal Mile and Castle

Classic Waltzes - Edinburgh, Princes St. Gardens, Forth Bridges

Reels - Kinghorn, Elie, Kirkcaldy and St. Andrews

Scottish Melody - Tayport and Tay Bridges

Dundee Medley - Dundee, City of Discovery

Postie's Jig - Perth, Rodney Gardens and Fairview Horse Sanctuary

Scottish Waltzes - Blair Atholl, Queens View

Jig Time - Pitlochry, Blairgowrie, and Callander

Highland Reels - Loch Katrine, Strathyre and Loch Voil

Scottish Marches - Stirling and Bannockburn

Slow Air, John Roy Lyall - Inveraray, Connel and Oban

Slow Waltzes - Oban and Iona

Slow Air, Glencoe - Glencoe Village and Glencoe

Marches (Gay Gordons) - Fort William and Glen Nevis

6/8 Marches - Glenfinnan, Commando Memorial, Spean Bridge and Fort Augustus

Slow Air Music of Spey - Loch Ness, Urquart Castle and Glen Affric

Slow Air, Highland Cathedral - Inverness

Running Time approx. 60 mins. PAL format only

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A Highland Journey (DVD)

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A HIGHLAND JOURNEY

Commentary by Bill McLaren

The Highlands of Scotland have something for everyone, for people who like to travel. there's a different view round every corner, each area has it's own particular character and appeal, attractions and activities. Highlanders value their land, heritage and culture, and are keen to share them with visitors.

A Highland Journey. We travel through Glenshee, in the middle of winter, stopping at the ski fields, then to Braemar, visitthe Royal Family's Scottish residence at Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside and Crathie Church, then to Ballater. Visit spectacular Dunnotter Castle and Stornoway. Travel to Aberdeen, Elgin, Forres and Nairn, the battlefield at Culloden, then to Fort George. Our next stop is at Inverness, the capital of the Highlands, along the Caledonian Canal, and Lock Ness to Urquart Castle, then on to Fort Augustas, back to Drumnadrochit and visit the beautiful Glen Affric. We now take the 'Road to the Isles', past the Five Sisters of Kintail, and Eilean Donnan Castle at Dornie. Stop at the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. A tour up Glen Nevis. Travel the Jacobite Stean Train to Mallaig, on the West Highland Railway, stopping at Glenfinnan. From Fort William to Glen Coe and hear the story of the Massacre, then by Connel Bridge to Oban. Our journey ends on the historic Isle of Iona

Running Time approx. 58 mins. PAL format only

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