Borders Bletherings
Borders Bletherings
Everyone knows the history of Scotland: the romance of the highlands with Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Northern Isles with their Pictish and Viking heritage, Dundee with Jute and Jam, Glasgow and its shipyards and Edinburgh and the New Town Enlightenment. But what of the Borders? A published historian and archivist, Mary, and her friend, Doug, explore the less well-trodden paths of Scottish history and folklore as they shine a light on some of the best kept secrets of times past and present in the Scottish Borders. Join them as they chat and natter about the chequered history of the Borders regi...
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20 de sep. de 2026
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Episodios
Great Storm of 1953 08.02.2025 42:12
Mary and Doug blether about the Great Storm of 1953 and its devastating effects on the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and James 19.01.2025 47:14
Mary and Doug take another look at the Stewarts blethering about Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bite-sized 05.01.2025 21:30
A borders Bletherings bitesized ‘Beware the redcaps, shellycoats and shellybacks.' Mary and Doub blether about some mythical creatures of the Borders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Winter 1947 15.12.2024 34:06
Mary and Doug blether about the weather and what it meant for the people of the Borders in 1947. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
James I & IV 01.12.2024 35:31
James I and IV, too stupid to rule or just unlucky? Mary and Doug delve into the Stewart Dynasty with a discussion about the lives of James I and James IV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Trail of Blood 10.11.2024 45:37
Mary and Doug blether with author Andy Nairn about his Border based murder mystery set just after the battle of Flodden. Murder, politics, intrigue and lots of historical goodies a real slice of the shadowy Border history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Stewarts 27.10.2024 39:32
Mary and Doug investigate the Stewart Dynasty - were they fit to rule? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What If - part 2 13.10.2024 54:32
Join Mary and Doug as they continue to wonder what if? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What If - part 1 29.09.2024 45:30
What if? Mary and Doug discuss what would have happened if history had changed slightly and how would that have affected the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
World War 2 and the Home Front - part 3 15.09.2024 48:00
Mary and Doug are still blethering about the second world war. How did war-time propaganda go down in the Borders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
World War 2 and the Home Front - part 2 05.09.2024 45:05
Join Mary and Doug as they explore the Borders during the Second World War - Dad's Army, illegal pigs and what did Land Jill's have to do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
World War 2 and the Home Front - part 1 18.08.2024 47:09
Join Mary and Doug as they start to explore the Borders during the Second World War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bite-sized 07.07.2024 14:22
A bite sized podcast where Mary and Doug discuss packing their buckets and spades and heading off on their holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Lowlands of Holland 25.06.2024 45:18
Mary and Doug discuss the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century, the Naval press-gangs and how they impacted the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
James Hogg 09.06.2024 37:50
Join Doug and Mary as they explore the life of the autodidact James Hogg: genius, poet, ballad gatherer, song creator and writer of articles and novels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Bondagers 26.05.2024 38:53
The Bondagers - Mary and Doug explore the world of the bondagers: female rural workers in the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Battle of Philiphaugh 12.05.2024 49:04
Join Mary and Doug as they discuss the battle of Philiphaugh, its causes and its aftermath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Burgundians 28.04.2024 41:41
Listen in as Mary and Doug discuss Burgundy wine, Borders wool and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Burke and Hare 15.04.2024 47:25
Join Mary and Doug as they talk about all things macabre, graverobbing and the surgeons of Edinburgh University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gypsies' Field of Blood 31.03.2024 39:17
Join Mary and Doug as they discuss a gypsy battle, murder most foul and even a missing body in the late 17th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Buchan 17.03.2024 39:53
John Buchan - Novelist, historian, journalist, intelligence officer, politician and Borderer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Rough Wooing 03.03.2024 50:12
Mary and Doug discuss the reality of the rough wooing and how the Borders bore the brunt of a marriage proposal gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Great War part 2 18.02.2024 46:24
What were the consequences of the aftermath of the Great War in the Scottish Borders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Great War part 1 05.02.2024 38:51
How the Great War affected the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Luddites 05.02.2024 45:58
Doug and Mary discuss the artisan croppers who fought for their way of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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