News

Dear member, it is with the utmost regret that we must inform you of the decision taken last evening by the Executive Council members, to cancel our forthcoming events in January including the Burns Nicht on 22 January and our Ceilidh Dance sessions on 4th and 18th January. As you can understand this decision was Read More

A couple of amusing examples of Scottish sayings recently spotted on social media… Read More

My apologies to all you Gaelic speakers and Scots alike for mis-spelling “sgian dubh” in the last newsletter. I do at least know most of the history of it – or at least the most popular version, but thought our other members may be interested – if they didn’t know already. There are many sites Read More

Fred Wilson: 10 Sept 1934 – 26 May 2021 For those who were unable to attend Fred’s funeral, I give below excerpts from “The Tribute to Fred read on behalf of the family by Tracey Jones” “Having been born on the 10th of September 1934 in Aberdeen, Fred was the youngest of four siblings who, Read More

Congratulations to Betty Sheppard on her 100th birthday that took place on 24th June. The Executive Council were delighted to hear of Betty’s centennial gift to the Scottish Association of an inscribed skein dhu (or dagger) to be used at our forthcoming Burns Nights. On behalf of everyone in the Scottish Association, congratulations Betty and Read More

Congratulations to Mabel Keith, a resident at Bethany Homestead who celebrated her 100th Birthday on 17th September. Mabel received a bouquet of flowers and a card on behalf of the Association. Read More

It was during a Council Meeting on 26 August that the idea of delivering “goody bags” to our members first arose. At that time the Executive Council had been considering how best to remember our members during this challenging period of lock downs and restrictions due to the covid-19 pandemic. Recently appointed to the Executive Read More

Bill, our Communications Officer, appeared on BBC Radio Northampton on John Griff’s show on 21 August to talk about the group and how it’s been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. You can listen to the interview below… Read More

With a little bit of social distancing involved due to the current pandemic, we were still able to surprise Betty Sheppard and celebrate her 99th birthday in style recently complete with piper to keep everyone in tune when singing ‘Happy Birthday’. You can read more about it on the Northampton Chronicle & Echo website, as Read More

Here you can read the latest edition of the Scottish Presidents’ Association newsletter. Just click to expand into full screen. If you prefer to download a PDF version to read offline, you can do that below. Read More