Minister
visits Heritage Centre
To commemorate St Andrew's
Day the Scottish Minister for Culture, Linda Fabiani,
visited the
Athelstaneford
Heritage Centre on
Friday 30th November. As well as celebrating St Anderw's
Day with local school children, the visit was to mark
the decision by East Lothian Council
to
fly
the
Saltire
from all
public buildings. The decision was made in recognition
of the fact that the birthplace of the Saltire lies
within East Lothian.
Centenary
Dinner Dance
The Centenary St Andrew's Day
Dinner Dance was held on Friday 30th November 2007
at The Braid Hills Hotel.
The evening was a great success with
fine food and enthusiastic dancing, with the highlight
being the toast to "St Andrew and Scotland Yet" given
by our Honorary President, Lord Bruce. A full report
will follow
Social
Calendar 2008
Next year's social calendar is
already filling out nicely.
Sunday 20th April at 2pm visit to Gosford House with conducted tour by Lady Wemyss
followed by cup of tea, and, if time walk round the garden.
Tckets cost £12 and have to be paid in advance.
1st June coah leaves Charlotte Square at 10am to travel to Abbotsford House where
we will tour the house and garden, have lunch, followed
by a visit to Smailholm Tower to see the exhibition of
Scott's books and finally to Melrose for coffee etc returning
to Edinburgh for 5pm.
Flag
Trust Site Goes Live
The Scottish
Flag Trust now has its own dedicated website. While
it is still
under final construction it is now live and can be
found at http://www.scottishflagtrust.com
Centenary 2007 is our Centenary year and we look forward to celebrating
it with various events, some of which can be found
on the “future events” page. The undoubted highlight
will be Centenary St Andrew’s Day Dinner Dance, which
will be held this year on St Andrew’s Day at the Braid
Hills Hotel, Edinburgh. Members and friends, past and
present, are already enquiring about tickets for this
event. To ensure your place at this historic Dinner
contact the Secretary early! We have also marked the
Centenary by commissioning a St Andrew Society Centenary
Tartan which is available exclusively through the Society.
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Price List
Tie - £12
Bow Tie - £14
Scarf - £22
Sash - £38
Cloth - £23/m
P&P - £3.50* |
Contact the Secretary to place your orders
*UK
small orders.
For overseas and large orders contact
the Secretary for a quote .
Mouse Mat Initiative
 In
recent years The Flag Trust's only promotional
merchandise has been the excellent T-Shirts. Funding
for promotions of this type has always been an
issue, as has the lack of local retail outlets. Thanks
to The St Andrew Society The Trust has produced
The Athelstaneford Mouse Mat.
The cost is £2.50 plus 25p
postage and is available from the by emailing
flag@st-andrew.org.uk
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