An exhibition is planned

Richard Demarco (right) at Millburn House Moffat on Thursday (May 8th) discussing the nuts and bolts of his exhibition in Moscow in June with Masha Popova (left) of the State Library for Foreign Literature (VGBIL) while Alan Thomson takes notes and Janet Wheatcroft listens

Past, present and future met at Millburn House on Thursday (May 8th) when Richard Demarco and Terry Newman of the Demarco European Foundation called in to discuss arrangements for Richard's exhibition on Lermontov's Scottish places, opening in Moscow at the State Library for Foreign Literature on June 22nd 2014.

Lermontov, one of Russia's greatest Romantic poets and artists, was a Learmonth by descent. Moffat will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth at a conference here in October.

 Richard plans a pilgrim road from a Learmont castle on Fife Ness to Ercildoune, present-day Earlston, in the Borders where Thomas the Rhymer, Earl of Learmonth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Rhymer met the Fairy Queen and thence to Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott. 

John McAdam

Potholes in School Lane, Moffat (looking north)

Potholes in School Lane, Moffat (looking south)

On November 26th, 'Previously...in Moffat' will mark the 178th anniversary of the death of road builder extraordinaire, John Loudon McAdam, one of the most distinguished occupants of Moffat's pre-Reformation St Mary's church yard. 

Previously...in Moffat

Silver-gilt replica of gold Roman fibula marking the 20th anniversary on 20th November 303AD of the reign of the Emperor Diocletian found above Moffat in 1787 by a man digging for peat - entry forms available now at Moffat museum for a competition speculating on the reason for the loss of the brooch

Every year since November 2011,  Scotland-wide history festival  'Previously...' has celebrated the history of north Britain.

This November for the first time Moffat will participate. 'Previously...in Moffat' events will bring residents and visitors together to celebrate our legacy.