Community Survey – Results
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Between February and March 2016, PBC carried out a survey of the community. We had a total of 159 responses: Door-to-door: random houses from 28 different streets across the south side of Peebles Canvassing on Peebles High Street Filled in online via PBC website Local stakeholders, organisations and businesses were also invited to respond Thanks [ more… ]
In Pictures: Community Planting Day
Lindsey Gray
A lovely time at the garden today. Help from Bill, Jennie, Rab and Sam, Lorna, Caitlin and Caleb, Dave, Jackie and Andy, Lindsey and Ian and Alexander. Donations of cakes and biscuits also from Jacqueline, Christine, Linda and Liz, Lorna, Jennie and a couple of packets of biscuits via the prayer meeting for next time. [ more… ]
In Pictures: Morag’s Baby Shower
Lindsey Gray
A baby shower was held for Morag on February 15th, and we all had a lovely time drinking tea, eating cakes and sandwiches and taking part in Emma and Moira’s excellent quiz which featured song clips with the word ‘baby’ in them. We showered Morag with some pampering gifts for herself, and a few wee [ more… ]
In Pictures: Diversity Batik Evening
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Diversity had a crafty evening in January – Frances Hider demonstrated the art of batik – painting with wax onto cloth, and then applying coloured dyes to the cloth to create a very individual piece of art. 10 of us took part in the evening, and the whole experience was relaxing and stimulating all at [ more… ]
Not just tatties
Ian Gray
Although we’ve talked about potatoes quite a lot (and we did harvest several bucketfuls of them!) there have been plenty of other things growing in the King’s Meadow this year. Some beautiful wild flowers, parsley, squash, marrows, leeks, and a peculiar green thing that looks like an extra from a sci-fi movie. Can anyone tell [ more… ]
In Pictures: Beds in place
Ian Gray
Our new raised beds (as reported in the previous post) were put in place last weekend by Mark from local firm Graham Irvine. Mark is a grand master of the JCB (actually it was a Caterpillar) – he levelled and lifted and spun and nudged and filled to our hearts delight. There is no doubt [ more… ]
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