Lockerbie`s 100th Anniversary

To mark Lockerbie`s 100th year, Lockerbie, Annan and Dumfries will ride out on Saturday 10th July to meet at Joe Graham`s monument at 1.30pm, followed by BBQ and refreshments courtesy of Lockerbie at Armagill at 2.00pm.

The Dumfries Cornet and Lass will set off from Drumbreg Farm , Collin, at 11.00am.

All riders are welcome to join them for this special ride. There will be gallops throughout the ride, so please make sure that you and your horse are capable. We ask that all riders are in black and white and that sashes are worn.

For full route details, please come along to the starting point that morning where all spectators will be given all the details!!.

Thank You.

Kirstie Aitken.  

   04/06/2010 The Guid Nychburris Magazine (shown here) is now on sale at all reputable newsagents and other outlets thrughout Dumfries. Please support Guid Nychburris and buy your copy today and perhaps an extra one for a friend or relative far away who cant join us for the festivities but would appreciate a copy for themselves. 

15/06/10 The Big Parade. Entries are now closed. 

Entries in to date are: Dumfriesshire and Cumbria Greyhound Rescue, AA Fitness Studio, Scottish Rally, The Armed Forces Rally Team, Star Baton Twirlers, Dunlops, South of Scotland Car Club, Lochside Tavern, The Meningitis Team, Solway Sharks Juniors, 4th St Marys Brownies, Queen of the South FC, Tesco at Cuckoo Bridge, The Youth Work Team, The Jolly Harvester, Lochside Baton Twirlers, The Dumfries Musical Theatre Company, Dumfries Limo Company, Dumfries & Galloway Vintage Machinery Club, The Townhouse Hotel, The Karen Little Dancing Academy, Tesco at the Peel Centre, Troqueer Primary School,  Lorna McVay (decorated horse entry), Bannatynes Health Club, The Paterson-Stewarts of the Racks, Dumfries & Galloway LGBT Centre, Dumfries Baton Twirlers, Summerhill Community Centre, Dumfries Sea Cadets, The Collin Mundells (decorated horse entry), Locharbriggs Juniors, Oakbank Services, The Fugitives, Dot Dixon & Friends, Mabie Farm Park, James Gordon Engineers, 3 Wheel Scotland and the Air Training Corps.

Entries Are Now Closed.

If you have entered a float in this year`s parade, please e.mail parade convener Roland Proudlock on roland.proudlock@btconnect and he will return a useful three page guide on how to decorate a parade float. 

04/10. Homecoming Idol Twenty Ten is being run in association with the Granary and WKD and the prize money for twenty ten is £300 for first, £200 for second and £100 for third. Entry rules and forms are available now. Visit the Charity Case website from the link on our `links` page. Heats will take place at the Granary in Dumfries every Thursday for six weeks, commencing on May 6th.

09/04/2010   Big Band Line Up.  We are delighted to confirm that the bands that will provide the music during the 2010 `Big Parade` and at the subsequent `Beating Retreat` are as follows: Buccleuch and Queensberry Pipe Band, Lochmaben Pipe Band, Dumfries Town Brass Band, The Corberry Pipers, Lockerbie Pipe Band, Langholm Town Brass Band and Dumfries & Galloway Police Pipe Band.  

25/06/2009. THE BIG PARADE

Well done to all the participants, including The Three Wheeled Scotland Charity Run, Charlie Lauder Family and Friends, Neil McGarva and his Arrol Johnston, The Jolly Harvester, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Association, The Chinese Lion, William Farries, Dumfries Round Table, Tesco, Gee Gees of Dumfries, Dumfries Baton Twirlers, The Fugitives, Dumfries Sea Cadets, South of Scotland Car Club, James Gordon Engineers, `Junior Section 2nd Dumfries Boys Brigade`, NHS Occupational Health, The Townhouse Hotel, Queen of the South Supporters, Dumfries Lions Club, The Collin Mundells, Calside Kids, 4th Dumfries Brownies, Dumfries Musical Theatre Company, Alive Radio, the Friends of the Paterson Family at the Racks, Summerhill Community Centre Junior Group, The `Base` Youth Group, Summerhill, A/A Fitness Studio Dance Academy & Matt Fiddes Martial Arts, Meningitis Research, Dumfries Childminding Group, Indispense Bar Systems, Dumfries & Cumbria Greyhound Rescue, Locharbriggs Juniors, Mabie Farm Park, Lochside Baton Twirlers, Dumfries & Galloway Vintage Machinery Club and W & J Dunlops plus the Six Bands, namely: Dumfries & Galloway Police Pipe Band, The Corberry Pipers, Lockerbie Pipe Band, Dumfries Town Band, Buccleuch & Queensberry Pipe Band and Lochmaben Pipe Band.

It was a big parade but more importantly, it was brilliant !!!! Well done to all who participated.                                                                                            Roland Proudlock.

25/06/09 THE QUEEN SAILED  INTO TOWN !. A long forgotten tradition of Guid Nychburris was ressurected on Monday, June 15th 2009, when the Queen of the South Elect, Beth Mercer, arrived in town with her attendants aboard a boat.

This was last done several years ago, (20 or more ?) but no one seems to know why it stopped. Anyway, Roy Kerr of Ladypark Farm, decided to offer his services as a boating/yachting enthusiast and his boat, for the purpose and for a trial run in 2009. As it was a success, this could now become a permanent feature of Guid Nychburris.

Beth set off from the Rowing Club at 6.45pm and arrived downstream at the Devorgilla Bridge at 7.00pm. She then alighted on the South side of the river, near the Burns Centre and walked over the Bridge accompanied by Baillie Micky Collins, where she was met by a pipe band, which escorted her to the Municipal Chambers on Buccleuch Street. There she joined the entire company of dignitaries and officials, who paraded to the Midsteeple for the traditional Installation Ceremony which took place at 7.30pm.      

20/05/09 The appeal for local business support in bringing the Queen of the South`s Float up to date has been very successful. Several local businesses have come forward and pledged their support to renew the float and we are pleased to announce that Dumfries Timber Company will provide the raw materials needed while DW Construction will provide the craftsmen to build it all. In addition, Loreburn Housing will provide the funds to purchase the paint and graphics needed to decorate the float. Thank you all and to Kellwood Engineering and Good Man Home Improvements who also offered their services and may yet be called upon !. Now, are there any volunteers to paint the float? Contact Roland Proudlock on roland.proudlock@btconnect.com to volunteer. 

Guid Nychburris launch, the Cornets Club were forced to go back on the hunt to find a replacement. Scott Cowan has now been announced as the fourth Lynor and we wish him all the best in his duties.   

 on Guid Nychburris 2010 will appear here as it happens. 

If you have images or `snaps` of any Guid Nychburris events or Cornets, Cornets Lasses or Queens of the South from previous years, send them in to roland.proudlock@btconnect.com and subject to suitability and quality, they may appear on this website.