Derek Robertson
@hawickremembering.bsky.social
Compiler of 'Hawick & District and the Great War 1914 - 1918'. WW1 and general history geek. Golfer, genealogy, motorcyclist, walker - but not all at the same time. Red squirrel conservationist. Former Paramedic.
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Big Country - Ships (Official HD Remaster)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
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December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Remembering the supremely talented Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Skids fame who died #OTD in 2001.
RIP Bonnie Lad.
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RIP Bonnie Lad.
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Ships
Ships performed at the Glasgow Barrowlands ( 1993). For all my BC friends and a special mention for Patricia , Becky , skapaul, amanda, and JL( pascalobistro...
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December 16, 2023 at 9:20 AM
Remembering the supremely talented Stuart Adamson of Big Country and Skids fame who died #OTD in 2001.
RIP Bonnie Lad.
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RIP Bonnie Lad.
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RIP Stanley Baxter, Scottish comedian and all round good guy.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
RIP Stanley Baxter, Scottish comedian and all round good guy.
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You know you're getting old when 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Wish You Were Here' are both 50 years old. 🤧
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
You know you're getting old when 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and 'Wish You Were Here' are both 50 years old. 🤧
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Zero chance of me joining the Tartan Army for next Summer’s World Cup. I suspect a pretty substantial chunk of them would also fail the test. Let’s hope we make it to a group stage tie in one of the other 2 saner countries.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Zero chance of me joining the Tartan Army for next Summer’s World Cup. I suspect a pretty substantial chunk of them would also fail the test. Let’s hope we make it to a group stage tie in one of the other 2 saner countries.
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Memorial plaque. St. Cuthbert’s Church, Norham, Northumberland. Commemorating Piper Daniel Laidlaw V.C. of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, the Piper of Loos. #LestWeForget
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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My first comment on seeing Scotland draw Brazil in the #WorldCup26 was "toe poke".
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My first comment on seeing Scotland draw Brazil in the #WorldCup26 was "toe poke".
My top 5 podcast listens of 2025.
Absolutely depressing 😞
Though I did have frequent guffaw laugh moments at the 'Chipping Forecast'
Absolutely depressing 😞
Though I did have frequent guffaw laugh moments at the 'Chipping Forecast'
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My top 5 podcast listens of 2025.
Absolutely depressing 😞
Though I did have frequent guffaw laugh moments at the 'Chipping Forecast'
Absolutely depressing 😞
Though I did have frequent guffaw laugh moments at the 'Chipping Forecast'
My top Spotify track of 2025 🥰
My Top Song of 2025
Spotify
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December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My top Spotify track of 2025 🥰
@crusaderproject.bsky.social
FYI
A very recent podcast by Roger Morehouse and Patrick Bishop discussing whether Rommel was a hero or villain.
I was left a little underwhelmed by it tbh.
#WW2
FYI
A very recent podcast by Roger Morehouse and Patrick Bishop discussing whether Rommel was a hero or villain.
I was left a little underwhelmed by it tbh.
#WW2
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@crusaderproject.bsky.social
FYI
A very recent podcast by Roger Morehouse and Patrick Bishop discussing whether Rommel was a hero or villain.
I was left a little underwhelmed by it tbh.
#WW2
FYI
A very recent podcast by Roger Morehouse and Patrick Bishop discussing whether Rommel was a hero or villain.
I was left a little underwhelmed by it tbh.
#WW2
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The cover up & miscarriage of justice continues.
Margaret Aspinall: “I cannot accept or understand how 97 people can be unlawfully killed, the police can lie, and nobody is held accountable.”
Please see the KENNY DALGLISH film if you don’t know the story
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Margaret Aspinall: “I cannot accept or understand how 97 people can be unlawfully killed, the police can lie, and nobody is held accountable.”
Please see the KENNY DALGLISH film if you don’t know the story
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Hillsborough families decry ‘bitter injustice’ that no officers will face disciplinary proceedings
None of the former officers named by the IOPC will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all retired
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December 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The cover up & miscarriage of justice continues.
Margaret Aspinall: “I cannot accept or understand how 97 people can be unlawfully killed, the police can lie, and nobody is held accountable.”
Please see the KENNY DALGLISH film if you don’t know the story
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Margaret Aspinall: “I cannot accept or understand how 97 people can be unlawfully killed, the police can lie, and nobody is held accountable.”
Please see the KENNY DALGLISH film if you don’t know the story
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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We are back!🎄
110 years after the First World War Taff opens the batting, once again, with some natty pieces of 1915 headgear and introduces #HutVent2025
(With grateful thanks to Ramsey Green)
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110 years after the First World War Taff opens the batting, once again, with some natty pieces of 1915 headgear and introduces #HutVent2025
(With grateful thanks to Ramsey Green)
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December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We are back!🎄
110 years after the First World War Taff opens the batting, once again, with some natty pieces of 1915 headgear and introduces #HutVent2025
(With grateful thanks to Ramsey Green)
youtu.be/7na3SWTP_Jg
110 years after the First World War Taff opens the batting, once again, with some natty pieces of 1915 headgear and introduces #HutVent2025
(With grateful thanks to Ramsey Green)
youtu.be/7na3SWTP_Jg
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Less than 1000 signatures to go
Just 13k more signatures and the call for a public inquiry into Russian interference has to be debate in Parliament
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Less than 1000 signatures to go
The film 'Kenny Dalglish' is currently available on Amazon Prime and is well worth the watch.
What a tremendous footballer AND a remarkable human being 'King' Kenny is.
My only quibble is that the film doesn't show Kenny nutmegging Ray Clemence at Wembley in 1976 😬. #Scotland #Celtic #Liverpool
What a tremendous footballer AND a remarkable human being 'King' Kenny is.
My only quibble is that the film doesn't show Kenny nutmegging Ray Clemence at Wembley in 1976 😬. #Scotland #Celtic #Liverpool
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The film 'Kenny Dalglish' is currently available on Amazon Prime and is well worth the watch.
What a tremendous footballer AND a remarkable human being 'King' Kenny is.
My only quibble is that the film doesn't show Kenny nutmegging Ray Clemence at Wembley in 1976 😬. #Scotland #Celtic #Liverpool
What a tremendous footballer AND a remarkable human being 'King' Kenny is.
My only quibble is that the film doesn't show Kenny nutmegging Ray Clemence at Wembley in 1976 😬. #Scotland #Celtic #Liverpool
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Perhaps a good time to launch an investigation...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Perhaps a good time to launch an investigation...
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The cost of conflict... A Northern Irish tragedy, 50 years on by @nwscotty.bsky.social
50 years on. About a bomb that changed a small community -and part of my family- forever.
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50 years on... on the ripples of trauma.
An Irishman in Scotland...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The cost of conflict... A Northern Irish tragedy, 50 years on by @nwscotty.bsky.social
Upcoming free webinar on 20th century CWGC burials.
#WW1 #WW2 #GreatWar
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#WW1 #WW2 #GreatWar
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20th Century CWGC Burials - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
This database of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) contains WWI and WWII military burials world-wide. Not all burials in CWGC cemeteries are military....
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Upcoming free webinar on 20th century CWGC burials.
#WW1 #WW2 #GreatWar
familytreewebinars.com?p=54157
#WW1 #WW2 #GreatWar
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Please sign and share if you can!
For decades, the “Guga hunt”, on Sula Sgeir has been defended as sustainable, harmless, and woven into cultural heritage. But the science emerging today tells a very different story.
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
For decades, the “Guga hunt”, on Sula Sgeir has been defended as sustainable, harmless, and woven into cultural heritage. But the science emerging today tells a very different story.
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
petitions.parliament.scot
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Please sign and share if you can!
For decades, the “Guga hunt”, on Sula Sgeir has been defended as sustainable, harmless, and woven into cultural heritage. But the science emerging today tells a very different story.
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
For decades, the “Guga hunt”, on Sula Sgeir has been defended as sustainable, harmless, and woven into cultural heritage. But the science emerging today tells a very different story.
petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Where to even begin with the worst and most confusing set of results after a search on Scotlands People.
Surnames of Chalmers, Chambers and Chamers all for the same family. And with the mother's surname ranging from Brotherstone, Brotherstone and Brotherstones. #genealogy #confusing #Scotland
Surnames of Chalmers, Chambers and Chamers all for the same family. And with the mother's surname ranging from Brotherstone, Brotherstone and Brotherstones. #genealogy #confusing #Scotland
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Where to even begin with the worst and most confusing set of results after a search on Scotlands People.
Surnames of Chalmers, Chambers and Chamers all for the same family. And with the mother's surname ranging from Brotherstone, Brotherstone and Brotherstones. #genealogy #confusing #Scotland
Surnames of Chalmers, Chambers and Chamers all for the same family. And with the mother's surname ranging from Brotherstone, Brotherstone and Brotherstones. #genealogy #confusing #Scotland
Something to cheer up an otherwise dismal Sunday
#redsquirrel 😍
#redsquirrel 😍
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Something to cheer up an otherwise dismal Sunday
#redsquirrel 😍
#redsquirrel 😍