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Apart from its winter and summer activities the Society has contributed over the years to the social and cultural life of Tweeddale. It is often consulted about local historical matters by other societies and organisations, students, and people seeking information about their Border roots.
Past efforts have included an exhibition of old maps of Tweeddale, a survey of local place names and a history of the Chambers Institution. It also helped in the compilation and update of an inventory of public records relating to the period before the reorganisation of local government in 1975.
There is a great deal to be gained from recording our Oral History and the Society recently recorded and transcribed the memories from some of our more senior citizens.
This has now been published under the title "Peebles Remembered"
The Society has also been involved recently in conjunction with the Scottish Borders Council Museum Service in the re-issue of "Gleanings from Grandfather' Attic".
This is a collection of papers retrieved from the attic of J & W Buchan, W.S. by the late Sheila Scott (with the help of Eric Stevenson) which provide a fascinating insight into life in an earlier age. The papers are available in booklet form and as a CD-ROM (JPEG, TIFF, PDF).
Sheila Scott was a noted local historian and active member of the Tweeddale Society. She was much involved in the setting up of the John Buchan Centre in Broughton and these papers were one of several publications Miss Scott produced.
Copies can be obtained from Peebles Library.
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