Welcome
Welcome to the Bright Eyed Daughters Guide to Hawick Common Riding website. The site will give you a taster of the books that are available. As well as containing some useful links to help you find out more.
The worksheet page has a PDF version of the schools Power Point Presentation and we will be adding colouring in sheets and activity sheets soon.
We hope you enjoy the site.
News
Since the Bright Eyed Daughters formed in 2008, responding to the need to revitalise and enhance the knowledge of both schoolchildren and the townsfolk of Hawick about the customs and traditions of Hawick Common-Riding, the association has expanded. Keen to be involved in the community the Bright Eyed Daughters Committee is represented on the 2014 Initiative, which is community led and covers various projects for the year 2014. We, as an association have undertaken the upgrading and improvement to the landscape at Hornshole. We were granted approval at a recent Area Committee meeting to remove the conifers surrounding the monument. Plans are underway to design the planting in such a way that colour and variety can be enjoyed all year round, with added blue and yellow bedding plants for the official ceremonies at the Common-Riding. We endeavour to have the area well established in preparation for the quincentennial celebration in 2014.
Membership of the Bright Eyed Daughters was launched at our dinner last year, which was a great success, and we now have over 100 members.
This years dinner (ladies only) will be on Friday 20th May members are asked to have their menus in by 30th April.
We are also holding a Coffee Morning on 30th April at Hawick Congregational Hall, where members can return their dinner menus, pay sub and come and support the Hornshole coffee Morning. New members are also welcome to come along and join the association at the coffee morning.
Membership is open to all.
If you would like more information about becoming a Bright Eyed Daughter
e-mail: secretary@brighteyeddaughters.co.uk
