The Association for the Preservation of Rural Scotland (A.P.R.S.) 

FOUNDED 1926 

THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 

1961 

TO BE PRESENTED 

AT 

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

TO BE HELD 

AT 

15 RUTLAND SQUARE, EDINBURGH 1

On WEDNESDAY, 22nd MARCH 1961 

At 2.30 p.m. 

Commander Sir GEOFFREY HUGHES-ONSLOW, 

K.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. 

will give an Address 

OFFICE-BEARERS 

Honorary President 

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF HADDINGTON, K.T., M.C. 

MELLERSTAIN, GORDON, BERWICKSHIRE 

President 

THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF GALLOWAY 

CUMLODEN, NEWTON-STEWART 

Vice-President 

SIR SAMUEL STRANG STEEL, BT. 

PHILIPHAUGH, SELKIRK 

Chairman of Council 

COMMANDER H. C. COURTNEY CLARKE, D.S.O., R.N. 

CLAIRINSH, MELROSE 

Vice-Chairman of Council 

ALAN STEWART-CLARK 

18 LAUDER ROAD, EDINBURGH 

Hon. Treasurer 

IAN D. ROSS, 

1 THISTLE COURT, EDINBURGH 

Organising Secretary 

KENNETH MACRAE, W.S. 

Office: 15 RUTLAND SQUARE, EDINBURGH 1 

Telephone FOU 7631 

THE COUNCIL 

ELECTED MEMBERS 

Chairman – Commander H. C. COURTNEY CLARKE, D.S.O., R.N. 

T. D. ANDERSON, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., Southfield, Duns, Berwickshire 

J. BARTHOLOMEW, M.C., LL.D., F.R.G.S., Manor House, Inveresk 

E. S. BELL, F.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.S., Cranstonhill, Stirling 

Mrs D. A. BROWNE, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Burntisland 

Mrs M. A. COWAN, Eastfield, Bowden, Melrose 

Mrs RAMAGE DAWSON, Balado, Kinross 

W. FERRIS, 159 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1 

A. CAMPBELL FRASER, Borthwickshiels, Hawick 

The Hon. T. G. D. GALBRAITH, M.P., Barskimming, Mauchline, Ayrshire 

W. M. GLASS, R.S.A., 38 Drummond Place, Edinburgh 

Captain E. W. HARDY, R.N., Balnachoile, Gullane 

Mrs R. M. HEDDERWICK, 44 Coates Gardens, Edinburgh 12 

Miss A. KIDSTON, 21 Market Street, St Andrews 

R. R. KILLICK, 39 Heriot Row, Edinburgh 

LESLIE GRAHAME MACDOUGALL, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.S., 6 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh 3 

Captain A. F. MATHESON, R.N., Lower Kincraig, Invergordon 

J. A. H. MOTTRAM, A.R.I.B.A., P.R.I.A.S., 14 Frederick Street, Edinburgh 2 

B. N. H. ORPHOOT, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., Well House, Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh 12 

Major R. A. OSWALD, Cavens, by Dumfries 

Mrs A. E. ROBERTSON, 17 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10 

ALAN STEWART-CLARK, 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh 9 

Brig. ALAN H. C. SWINTON, M.C., Kimmerghame, Duns, Berwickshire 

WM. WILSON, R.S.A., 11A Belford Mews, Edinburgh 4 

Miss V. C. YOUNG, Castle Hill, Dalbeattie 

CONSTITUENT BODIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 

AFFILIATED SOCIETIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES 

ANNUAL REPORT, 1961 

THE Council have pleasure in submitting the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Association, together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December 1960. 

General

 As will be seen in this Report, hydro-electric development has received a great deal of consideration and thought. 

The tourist “Come to Scotland” movement sponsored by the Government has increased in its intensity during the year under review, with a consequent increase in the litter problem in scattered rural areas. The anti-litter campaign, therefore, needs to be steadily and continuously pressed. 

While the Highland Local Authorities are now fully alive to the litter problem, they are working under considerable handicaps, both financial and also because of the lack of the necessary legal powers. New legislation urged by the A.P.R.S. as a result of the January 1960 Conference has been under consideration by the Government and it is hoped that something definite will have materialised before the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

 The need for more small burgh and village Amenity Committees is stressed in this Report. 

The Council

The Council learned with the deepest regret of the death of Mrs Mackenzie Anderson, which took place suddenly on 10th March 1960. Mrs Mackenzie Anderson was an original member of the A.P.R.S. and had served on the Council for many years. She had taken an active part in its work and was intensely interested in all matters concerning rural Scotland. As the representative of the Glasgow Tree Lovers’ Society her principal interest was the preservation of trees and woodlands, but she also took a great interest in the control of advertisements and the landscape treatment of roads. The Council will greatly miss her at their meetings and they have recorded their appreciation of all her work for rural Scotland in their Minutes. An appreciation written by the Chairman appeared in The Scotsman and The Glasgow Herald, and the Organising Secretary represented the A.P.R.S. at the funeral. 

The Council welcomed the following new representatives of Constituent Bodies and Affiliated Societies: Miss I. F. Anderson, Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland Limited; Mr Tom Gibb, Cockburn Association; and Mrs M. Graham, Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes. 

In May 1960, Mr R. R. Killick; in June 1960, Miss V. C. Young; and in January 1961, Mr T. D. Anderson, were co-opted as members of Council. 

The Council have accepted with regret the resignations of Lady Trevelyan, Mr F. Charles Rogers and Mr D. J. McArthur as members of Council. 

Lady Trevelyan represented The Council for the Preservation of Rural England on the Council, but so far a successor has not been appointed by that body. Mr Alan Stewart-Clark has been appointed the A.P.R.S. representative to the Council of the C.P.R.E. in place of the late Mrs Mackenzie Anderson and he also represents the A.P.R.S. on the Council of the National Trust for Scotland. 

The Council have met regularly each month, August and September excepted, and good attendances continue to be the rule. The Chairman’s Advisory Committee has met regularly in the forenoon prior to the monthly meetings of Council augmented as necessary by additional members of Council. Ad Hoc Committees have been appointed during the year to deal with particular matters as necessary. 

By courtesy of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, the monthly meetings of the Council continue to be held at 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, and the Annual General Meeting was again held there in April 1960. The Council once more wish to express their thanks to the Royal Incorporation for the very valuable support given to the Association in this way for so many years. 

Membership

In March 1960 The National Farmers’ Union of Scotland joined as a Constituent Body. The total number of Constituent Bodies and Affiliated Societies is now 45. 

The following deaths of members have been noted by the Council with the deepest regret:- 

LIFE: 

Mrs Mackenzie Anderson. Miss E. M. Kennedy. 

Mr R. H. Dundas. 

ASSOCIATE: 

G. N. W. Buckingham. 

The resignation of Mrs Norman Kennedy, O.B.E., an Annual Member, was accepted with regret. 

During the period of this Report the following new members have joined:- 

LIFE: 

Mr H. E. Gatcliff, London (transferred from Annual). 

ANNUAL: 

Miss Mary Curle, Melrose (transferred from Associate). 

Mr R. H. Stewart, Edinburgh. 

Mrs G. E. Crabbie, Edinburgh. 

Mr Malcolm Murchison, Edinburgh. 

Mr R. D. R. Dundas, Dunning. 

Lieut.-Colonel H. H. Elliot, C.I.E., M.C., Melrose. 

Mr T. D. Anderson, B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E. 

Annual General Meeting, 1960

The Annual General Meeting was held at 15 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, on 6th April 1960. In the absence of the President, The Right Honourable The Earl of Galloway, who had engagements in London which he was unable to avoid or postpone, the Chair was taken by Sir Samuel Strang Steel, Bt., the Vice-President, who introduced the speaker, The Right Honourable The Lord Craigton, C.B.E., Minister of State for Scotland. 

Lord Craigton said that no organisation in Scotland had done more than the A.P.R.S. in trying to bring home to the public the selfishness of the litter lout. The conference organised by the A.P.R.S. in January 1960 had earned valuable publicity and also showed how much goodwill already existed for any measure aimed to combat litter. But, he said, “there is a conspiracy of silence when it comes to admitting that one has oneself been guilty. I regret I am obliged to say, on information given to me and after exhaustive personal research, that in the spreading of litter women are no tidier than men. For example, even in Edinburgh – one of the tidiest of Scotland’s cities – you can see her proud citizens, both men and women, allowing their ‘bus tickets to fall to the ground within a few paces of a bin provided from their own rates. They would be highly indignant to be called law breakers and spendthrifts. Yet they are law breakers, running the risk of a £10 fine; and spendthrifts, too, since they pay quite heavily to meet the cost of a tidy city. And we all know that the same tendency spreads to the normally respectable citizen in a motor car who has been known to leave broken glass at Glencoe, old tins at Tomintoul, and so on.” 

The A.P.R.S. appreciated the problems, but what they still wanted to find was the solution. Lord Craigton thought that there were several answers. More could be done by education. There would have to be prosecutions under the Litter Act. The Annual Report referred to the large number of injuries caused by broken glass and there would be general agreement that carelessness with bottles must be treated as a serious offence. Next, there was publicity, and Lord Craigton announced that the Government had decided to stage in Scotland an Anti-Litter Week in June 1960, during which they would use all methods of publicity both in the cities and in the country districts to make people positively aware of the damage and danger of litter. Finally, there was the contribution which all could make as individuals or as members of organisations. They could take their litter home and could set a stern example to their families. 

Lord Craigton then dealt with the caravan problem (mentioning that a Government Bill for the control of caravan sites had now received its Second Reading), control of advertisements and the intention of the Government to issue instructions to Local Authorities about Green Belts, in all of which matters the Association was interested. In mentioning river pollution, another matter in which the A.P.R.S. takes so much interest, he referred to the Scottish River Purification Advisory Committee, then being reconstituted after completing its first three-year term of office, on which their Chairman had been a very active member.

In conclusion, the Minister said that the Government’s aim was clean air, clean food and clean cities and countryside.” Your Association,” he said, “has a vital part to play in the making of a cleaner Scotland.” 

In moving the adoption of the Annual Report, Commander Courtney Clarke, Chairman of Council, made particular reference to the section of the Report dealing with the litter menace and he repeated the appeal to all occupants of motor vehicles to take any litter away with them to their nightly destinations. In conclusion, he made a sympathetic reference to the sudden death of Mrs Mackenzie Anderson which had taken place since the Annual Report went to press. 

After the formal business, there was a discussion in which views were expressed, not only about the litter problem but also with regard to the proposed hydro-electric development in Glen Nevis, the felling of Scots pine in Rothiemurchus Forest, Green Belts, etc. Lord Craigton answered a number of questions which were put to him by members, and subsequent to the meeting he very kindly amplified some points in his answers in a letter to Commander Courtney Clarke. 

Tea was served after the meeting and members had an opportunity of meeting each other and having an informal discussion in which Lord Craigton and his Private Secretary joined. 

Hydro-Electric Development

PROGRESS IN 1960

During the year, work continued on the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board’s Schemes at Strathfarrar and Kilmorack, Loch Awe, Glashan and Mucomir. 

The Board have continued with their planting and seeding operations, and in 1960 completed planting at Glascarnoch reservoir and undertook new planting at Lawers pipeline, Shin power station, and Kintore, Windyhill, Charleston, Stoneywood, and various distribution sub-stations. In 1961 it is proposed to carry out planting at Lochay power station, Port Ann, Lochgilphead, Lunanhead and Taynuilt sub-stations and at Shin staff houses. Additional planting will also be done at the Abernethy sub-station. Small distribution sub-stations will be treated by planting as and when considered necessary. 

GLEN NEVIS SCHEME AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Council have for the last nine or ten years had a very close and friendly liaison with the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board and they much appreciate the interest taken in the work of the A.P.R.S. by the officials of the Board, and they hope that this will continue. 

The Council consider that the Board have done a splendid job of work in providing electricity throughout the Highlands and Islands, at the same time endeavouring to preserve amenities and fisheries as far as they can, compatible with their primary function of providing electrical power. The Council wish to make it quite clear that their action taken as regards the Glen Nevis Scheme, as stated in the following paragraphs, implies no criticism of the work of the Board, who, they fully realise, are merely carrying out their statutory obligations under the Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Act, 1943. 

The most important event which took place during the year was the publication by the Board of their Constructional Scheme No. 37 for the Nevis Project. The Scheme provides for the utilisation of the waters of the Water of Nevis and its tributary streams and of certain other streams, and the generation of electricity at a main generating station on the shore of Loch Leven, near Kinlochleven. The works to be constructed for the purposes of the Scheme include a reservoir to be formed by a dam across the Water of Nevis at a point just above the Nevis Gorge, a tunnel commencing at the western end of the reservoir and terminating at the generating station at Loch Leven, and aqueducts or lines of pipes to impound the waters of various burns which flow into the Water of Nevis. 

The Council have had the Nevis Scheme under consideration for more than two years. In October 1958 the Vice-Chairman of Council and the Organising Secretary visited Glen Nevis with officials of the Board and the Scheme was explained to them on the ground. At that stage, the Council decided to keep the matter under observation, as it was not definite that the Scheme would be proceeded with. 

In May 1960, when it seemed likely that the Scheme would go ahead, the Council gave it renewed consideration and resolved that they could not decide whether they should oppose the Scheme or not until they had received further detailed information. They felt also that, before taking any definite action with regard to the Scheme, they should satisfy themselves that, from the national point of view, it was necessary to proceed with this Scheme and the further Schemes which the Board were known to have under survey. Since the Board were set up by the Hydro-Electric Development (Scotland) Act, 1943, they have carried out a great part of their programme of hydro-electric development in the Highlands and Islands and, in view of the building or projected building of nuclear power stations and new thermal power stations in Scotland, it was felt that the time had come to call for a re-appraisal before the Board promoted further Schemes under the Act.

 Accordingly, on 9th May 1960, a letter was sent to the Secretary of State for Scotland asking how far the process of hydro-electric development in the Highlands was to be carried and how it was related to the Government’s policy for the generation of electricity from other resources, and questioning whether the hydro-electric schemes now being projected are really necessary and whether the Nevis Scheme with its relatively small capacity could not be dropped. In this letter the opportunity was taken of stating that the A.P.R.S. was not attacking the Board, and it was agreed that the generation of electricity from hydro-electric schemes in the Highlands was necessary and undoubtedly has brought vast benefits to the North of Scotland. A reply was received to the effect that the demands of existing consumers, the needs of potential consumers, the available power resources, the economics of proposed new schemes, and the effect on amenities were all factors taken into account by the Secretary of State in his consideration of new projects and to which full regard would be had by him in his consideration of the Glen Nevis Scheme. 

The Constructional Scheme for the Nevis Project was published on 7th October 1960, and on 20th October a further letter was sent to the Secretary of State urging that, in view of the growing body of opinion which was questioning the need for further hydro-electric schemes in the Highlands at that stage, there should be an inquiry as to the future development of electrical power in Scotland and as to what parts respectively nuclear power, coal and oil should play as far as could be foreseen, and to what extent further hydro-electric projects were required in the national interest. It was also requested that in order to allay growing public anxiety, an official general statement should be made as soon as possible. A formal acknowledgment of this letter was received. 

On 28th October 1960 a sub-committee of the Council called at the offices of the Board and were given a full account of the Glen Nevis Scheme. They reported to the Council at their November meeting and, as there had been no response to the requests for an overall inquiry, the Council resolved to reaffirm their previous decision to urge the desirability of such an inquiry and that meantime the A.P.R.S. should lodge a holding objection to the Glen Nevis Scheme. This was done in a letter to the Secretary of State dated 9th November 1960, which contained a formal objection to the Scheme on the ground of amenity. This letter was formally acknowledged. 

At their February 1961 meeting the Council gave renewed consideration to this matter, particularly in view of statements which had appeared in the Press giving the impression that the A.P.R.S., along with other objectors, had withdrawn their objections to the Scheme, which allegation, as far as the A.P.R.S. was concerned, was refuted in a statement which was published in The Scotsman on 23rd January 1961. The Council resolved to continue to concentrate on securing an overall inquiry at the present stage, and a further letter has been sent to the Secretary of State requesting him to give a fuller reply to the A.P.R.S. letters suggesting the holding of such an inquiry. This letter also has, at the time of going to press, merely been acknowledged. 

Litter

GENERAL

There has been some improvement generally in Scotland, helped no doubt by the weather! Local Authorities are endeavouring to deal with the problem in rural areas, but it is a little disappointing that the proposed Bill to help to deal with the problem envisaged in the summer has not yet materialised, but it is hoped that something definite will be done before the Easter holidays. Meantime continuous and steady progress must be carried on in educating the public to be litter-minded. 

The National Conference on litter convened by the A.P.R.S. on 22nd January 1960, and attended by representatives of fifteen national bodies and representatives from the various Departments of the Scottish Office, St Andrew’s House, was fully reported in the Annual Report for 1960. As decided at the Conference, the Chairman wrote to the Secretary of State for Scotland drawing attention to the great difficulty that County Councils had, especially in the Counties with large areas sparsely populated, in extending their scavenging schemes to rural areas. 

On 3rd March 1960 the Chairman and Organising Secretary had an informal meeting at St Andrew’s House with representatives of the Department of Health, when a general discussion took place as regards the Chairman’s letter to the Secretary of State. Amongst other points, Commander Courtney Clarke agreed to contact the Chairman of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to see if the Board could extend their activities in dealing with litter in the vicinity of their power stations, dams, etc. Lord Strathclyde promised that they would do all they could to increase their efforts to help the Anti-Litter Campaign. 

On 23rd March 1960 the Department of Health for Scotland arranged a conference to discuss the Anti-Litter Campaign for 1960. The A.P.R.S. was represented by Commander Courtney Clarke and the Organising Secretary. The Cities were represented at this conference, and it served a very useful purpose. A very interesting point was mentioned, namely, that clearance of litter receptacles provided by highway authorities on classified roads was eligible for an Exchequer grant. When the question of anti-litter notices was discussed, the official small green notice with the £10 fine mentioned on it was generally considered by the conference to be a very good one and thousands of these notices were subsequently issued during the 1960 campaign.

Following the conference, the Department circulated all Local Authorities inviting them to take part in an Anti-Litter week during the first week in June. It was agreed to hold a further meeting in October. 

PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE LITTER ACT, 1958

The following is a list showing the number of prosecutions under the Act during the period from 1st October 1959 to 30th September 1960, with the corresponding figures for the previous year shown in brackets:- 

City and Burgh Police Forces 

Aberdeen – 1 (2)

Airdrie – 1 (4)

Ayr – 1 (1)

Coatbridge – 4 (5) 

Dundee – 13 (9)

*Edinburgh  – …

Glasgow – 390 (279)

Greenock – … (1)

Hamilton – 3 (…)

Inverness – 2 (3)

Kilmarnock – … (2)

Motherwell – 7 (8)

Paisley – 1 (2)

Perth – 1 (…)

Total – 424 (316)

County and Combined Police Forces 

Angus – 5 (8) 

Argyll – 7 (3) 

Ayr – 13 (10) 

Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk – 14 (4) 

Caithness – … (2) 

Dumfries and Galloway – 9 (28) 

Dumbarton – 20 (15) 

Fife – 18 (16) 

Inverness – 3 (5) 

Lanark – 37 (45) 

Lothians and Peebles – 29 (46)

Orkney – 2 (…)

Perth and Kinross – 4 (1) 

Renfrew and Bute – 29 (35)

Ross and Cromarty – 5 (10)

Scottish North-Eastern Counties – 28 (32)

Stirling and Clackmannan – 28 (10)

Sutherland – 2 (1)

Zetland – … (…)

Total – 253 (271) 

[Overall] Total for 12 months – 677 (587) 

*Edinburgh cases are taken under the Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act, 1954. 

A.P.R.S. NOTICES

Country Code with special emphasis on Litter. Among those issued this year by request were:- 

Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes – 1,200

Local Authorities – 1,000

Chief Constables – 900

Total – 3,100

ROSS AND CROMARTY COUNTY COUNCIL

At the invitation of the above County Council, the Chairman and Mr Alan Stewart-Clark attended a conference at Dingwall. The meeting was held to discuss the County Council’s proposal to start a pilot scheme in their South-West District for dealing with litter. The meeting proved a very interesting one and indicated how very keen the Local Authorities in Ross and Cromarty are in their desire to make every effort to combat the litter problem. 

Commander Courtney Clarke mentioned the point that grants could be obtained for dealing with litter on classified roads, but this would not help them with their unclassified roads which was probably their most difficult problem during the summer. He said that he would get in touch with the Department of Health for Scotland on his return to see if anything was being done to improve the facilities for Local Authorities in this connection. 

Commander Courtney Clarke wrote to the Department of Health and subsequently visited St Andrew’s House to discuss the problem. He gathered that a Bill was being drafted, suitable for presentation as a Private Member’s Bill, giving Local Authorities more latitude in dealing with the financial side of the problem. In October it was understood that a Government Bill was being considered instead, which would include the litter problem and that the proposed conference at St Andrew’s House was postponed until the New Year. It is now understood that it may be convened in March 1961. Pending this conference the A.P.R.S. have not arranged any special programme for 1961 beyond their usual activities. 

POINT-TO-POINT MEETINGS

Most of the Scottish Hunts staged ‘Litter Drives” at their meetings in 1960 and they are being asked to do the same again this season. 

It is considered that these have a special educational value as they make the public “litter conscious” in respecting the private property to which they are allowed access and which is practically all agricultural land. Broken glass bottles can be a special menace to the farm stock. 

OTHER LITTER ITEMS

In the summer the Chairman received a complaint from Ayrshire regarding the flying of paper streamers from touring buses which results in hedges in some places being festooned with these. The Chairman wrote a letter to The Glasgow Herald drawing attention to this annoyance and to the unsightliness caused by the masses of broken-off lengths of streamers. He also sent a copy of his letter to H.M. Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland, who replied that he would do all he could in the matter. 

The promotors of the Highland Games at Pitlochry again carried out a “litter drive” at their 1960 meeting and the result was satisfactory. 

Prior to the Easter holidays in 1960 letters were again sent to the Press appealing to the thousands of holiday-makers who were about to go to the country to be litter conscious. 

The Keep Britain Tidy Group in association with the National Benzole Company are organising a national competition for schools in 1961. The A.P.R.S. has agreed to undertake the organisation of this competition as far as Scotland is concerned. 

The Council of Industrial Design, in association with the Ministry of Housing and Local Government and the Department of Health for Scotland, held a Litter-Bin Competition for which manufacturers were invited to submit new designs. An exhibition was held in London in October 1960 of the entries considered to be of a sufficiently high standard of design to warrant inclusion in the design index maintained by the Council of Industrial Design. 

River Pollution

RIVER PURIFICATION AUTHORITIES

The whole of Scotland except the basins of the North and South Esk is now covered by the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act, 1951. 

SCOTTISH RIVER PURIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The Committee was reconstituted by the Secretary of State in June 1960 for a second period of three years, General Sir Philip Christison, Bt., being appointed Chairman. 

Commander Courtney Clarke was reappointed a member of the Committee. The terms of reference of the Committee are to advise the Secretary of State on any matter relating to the cleanliness of the rivers and other inland waters and the tidal waters of Scotland and to the prevention of pollution of such rivers and waters; to consider the enactments relating to the prevention of pollution of such rivers and waters and to make to the Secretary of State such representations as the Committee think desirable concerning the matters aforesaid. 

The first meeting of the reconstituted Committee was held on 27th June 1960 followed by one on 17th October 1960, and another on 16th January 1961. The Committee have been kept very busy as a number of questions have been considered by them – e.g., the application of the provisions of the Clean Rivers (Estuaries and Tidal Waters) Bill to Scotland; control over the abstraction of water from streams for spray irrigation for agricultural purposes; the application to Scotland of the recommendations of a Sub-Committee of the Central Water Advisory Committee on the control of pre-1951 Act discharges to rivers; and the organisation of a training course for sewage works operators, etc. 

TIDAL WATERS 

FIRTH OF FORTH (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION) (TIDAL WATERS) ORDER, 1960

The Secretary of State made this Order on 6th July 1960. The Order, which came into effect on 1st August 1960, applies the provisions of the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act, 1951, to those tidal waters of the Firth of Forth west of a line from Kincraig Point to Gullane Point. 

The tidal waters of the Firth as far west as Stirling are now subject to the provisions of the Act and the discharge of poisonous, noxious or polluting matter into these waters is now an offence. New or altered outlets for the discharge of effluents and all new discharges of effluents to these waters require the consent of the Forth or the Lothians River Purification Boards. Complaints of pollution in the Firth should be made to the River Inspector of the appropriate Board. 

FIRTH OF CLYDE

Consideration is being given to the preparation for a draft Tidal Waters Order for the Firth of Clyde – i.e. those waters north and east of a line from Cloch Point to Castle Hill, Dunoon, including the waters of the Holy Loch, Loch Goil, Loch Long and the Gareloch. 

OTHER SCOTTISH RIVERS AND ESTUARIES

The Secretary of State referred the question of a Scottish Bill on the lines of the Clean Rivers (Estuaries and Tidal Waters) Bill for England and Wales to the Scottish River Purification Advisory Committee for advice. Members representing fisheries and amenity interests were generally in favour of a Scottish Bill but the majority of the Committee preferred leaving each River Purification Board to deal with their tidal waters under the powers in the Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act, 1951, and to apply to the Secretary of State for a Tidal Waters Order. This recommendation was accepted. 

All those interested in remedying pollution in the tidal waters of any river or estuary should get in touch with the River Purification Board for the area and press for action. 

BYE-LAWS UNDER SECTION 25 OF THE 1951 ACT

LITTER

No new Bye-laws have been made during the year and so the position remains as stated in the A.P.R.S. Report for 1960 -i.e., Litter Bye-laws are in force in the areas of the Tweed, the Solway, the Ayrshire, and the Banff, Moray and Nairn Boards. 

It is noted from the Annual Report of the Tweed Board that special efforts are being made to check the litter nuisance. 

SHEEP-DIP

No Bye-laws have been made under the 1951 Act so far for regulating the siting and construction of outlets for the discharge of effluent from sheep dippers. Sheep dipping is not compulsory in some large areas of Scotland and the danger is not so great at the present time. Many River Purification Boards have been listing and examining sheep dippers to ensure that dip does not discharge into streams. The Boards have been doing good work in preventing pollution from these sources. 

The A.P.R.S. again made its annual appeal through the Press reminding farmers and others concerned of the danger of sheep dip to fish life. 

POLLUTION OF BEACHES AT KIRKCALDY, ETC

Mr Alan Stewart-Clark represented the A.P.R.S. at a conference at Kirkcaldy on 1st November 1960, attended by representatives of Kirkcaldy Town Council and other Local Authorities and various bodies, including the National Trust, the Forth River Purification Board and the Kirkcaldy Naturalists’ Society. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the problem of the spoliation of the foreshore and harbours of Kirkcaldy and district caused by pollution from colliery bings. The meeting resolved to inform the National Coal Board that all the bodies represented were united in deploring the damage done and were resolved to take all possible steps to have the position rectified. It was also agreed that arrangements should be made for a deputation to meet the Secretary of State and the Minister of Power to discuss the whole problem of the pollution of the Fife beaches. 

The A.P.R.S. are keeping in touch with the situation and have promised to give all possible support. 

The Forth River Purification Board are considering what should be done to remedy this long-standing problem of pollution from colliery refuse now that a Tidal Waters Order has been made and the tidal waters come within the jurisdiction of the Board. 

Control of Advertisements

 In the last Annual Report it was mentioned that the Department of Health for Scotland were considering what changes were desirable and necessary in the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations and in March 1960 a draft of the proposed Regulations was received from the Department with a request for the comments of the A.P.R.S. A Sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of Brigadier Swinton was appointed by the Council to deal with this matter and a detailed Memorandum drawn up by this Committee was submitted to the Department, which it is understood was found very helpful. 

Dryburgh Abbey Hotel Advertisements

The British Transport Commission were refused permission by Roxburgh County Council, as Local Planning Authority, for the continued display of four Dryburgh Abbey Hotel signs. An appeal was lodged and the A.P.R.S. offered to support the County Council at the inquiry, but the County Council thought that the statement to be made by their representative would be sufficient and they did not accept the offer. The appeal was allowed in the case of three of the advertisements, much to the surprise and regret of the A.P.R.S. Council. While it is appreciated that the hotel is on a back road, Dryburgh Abbey itself is well signposted. No objection would have been taken by the A.P.R.S. to a sign marked “Dryburgh Abbey Hotel.” The advertisements are now taken down for the winter months but, if the old detailed advertisements are replaced again in the summer, the A.P.R.S. will consider if any further action can be taken. 

Town and Country Planning Procedure

During September 1960 the Secretary of State for Scotland invited representatives of the A.P.R.S., the National Trust, the Saltire Society and the Cockburn Association to meet him to discuss various issues of interest to bodies concerned with amenity in Scotland. This meeting took place at St Andrew’s House on 3rd October 1960, when the A.P.R.S. was represented by Commander Courtney Clarke, Chairman of Council, and the Organising Secretary. There was a very interesting discussion mainly on matters arising under the Planning Acts such as the possibility of devising some arrangement to enable interested organisations to make their views known on applications for planning permission. It was felt that the meeting was very much worthwhile and it was gratifying to know that the Secretary of State and his officials were fully aware of the part played by the A.P.R.S. 

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park

The Organising Secretary represented the A.P.R.S. at a meeting at Aberfoyle on 16th September 1960, convened by the Conservator, West, of the Forestry Commission, to obtain the views of bodies likely to be interested in the Commission’s development of land they had acquired near the Trossachs Hotel. The objects of management will be to retain the essential hardwood character of the area while improving the stocking of commercially attractive timber and to work gradually to this, avoiding conspicuous clear felling, large areas of pure conifer and straight planting boundaries. 

Dirleton

The Council were informed that during the summer of 1960 working parties organised by the Civic Trust had removed old beach defences near Dirleton. The Council sent a letter to East Lothian County Council congratulating them on the work which had been done through the agency of the Civic Trust and also expressing appreciation of what the County Council were doing at Yellowcraig Wood. 

Allermuir, Pentland Hills

A letter was received from the Town Planning Officer of Edinburgh Corporation inviting the views of the Association regarding a proposal to erect a radio installation on Allermuir Hill in the Pentlands, which lies within the boundaries of the City of Edinburgh. This would involve the erection of a tower of approximately 150 feet high on the summit of the hill and also a power line from Swanston Village. The Council viewed this proposal with concern. This hill forms part of the sky-line to the south of Edinburgh and is prominent in a view of the Pentlands which is loved and appreciated by many thousands of people who live in Edinburgh. 

The hill is also part of the sky-line of the Pentland Hills as viewed from the surrounding districts in the Lothians. In the opinion of the Council it would be a desecration to erect a tower of approximately 150 feet high on the summit of the hill. Moreover, the power line would damage the amenity both of Swanston village and of the very popular approach to the hills from that direction. The Council therefore resolved to oppose this proposal and a letter in suitable terms was sent to the Town Planning Officer in May 1960, but so far there have been no further developments. 

Relayed Piped Television

The attention of the Council was drawn to the unsightly poles and wires being erected between Galashiels and Selkirk in connection with the supply of piped television. It was ascertained that planning permission had already been granted by Selkirk County Council for this development and it was agreed that a letter should be sent to the Press deploring the unsightly way in which the line had been erected and expressing the hope that in future plans for such schemes should be most carefully investigated and amenity societies consulted. 

Amenity Aspect of Road-Widening Schemes

The attention of the Council having been drawn to the question of unsightly road-widening schemes in rural districts and in particular ugly and dangerous kerbs, the lack of tree planting, etc., the Council invited the Scottish Home Department (Roads Division) to send representatives to meet them. The Council were very glad to welcome Mr J. E. Jones, the Chief Road Engineer, and Mr A. C. Cowan, Assistant Secretary in charge of the Roads Division, at their January 1961 meeting, when there was a general discussion on the planting of trees and shrubs on roadsides and in the centre of dual carriageways, the various types of kerbs which were most suitable and safe, the landscaping of roads, etc. The Council were glad to be assured that the Scottish Home Department pay due regard to amenity both in planning new roads and the re-alignment and improvement of existing roads. 

There is consultation with the Royal Fine Arts Commission for Scotland when road schemes involving questions of architectural treatment or having relation to buildings of historic or antiquarian interest are promoted by the Department or are under consideration for road grant. The Ministry of Works are consulted if any scheme appears to involve interference with an ancient monument or a bridge which may be of sufficient archaeological interest to warrant its preservation. Advice to local Highway Authorities on the aesthetic aspect of road and bridge schemes is included in the official memorandum dealing with the design, construction and lay-out of these works. A new memorandum on the lay-out and construction of roads is being prepared which will deal more fully with the amenity aspect of road construction. 

Highway Authorities have powers to lay out grass margins on highways and to plant and protect trees and shrubs. Planting schemes in conjunction with improvements and new construction are eligible for grants as part of the scheme and the upkeep of trees, shrubs and grass margins for maintenance grant. Sowing with grass seed and turfing or planting the slopes of cuttings and embankments with trees or shrubs has long been practiced as an engineering method of stabilizing slopes and Road Authorities have the power to carry out such work, which is also eligible for road grant. Local Authorities also have wide planning and control of development powers under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts 1947 to 1959. 

Proposed Limestone Working near Dunbar

In the spring of 1960 The Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. applied to East Lothian County Council, as Local Planning Authority, for planning permission to carry out developments consisting of the winning and working of limestone for cement manufacture in two areas of land extending respectively to 210 acres or thereby south of the main-line railway and 115 acres or thereby north of the Al trunk road at Oxwell Mains near Dunbar.

 Because the land in question was allocated for agricultural use in the County Development Plan and being of opinion that important local and national interests were involved, East Lothian County Council brought the applications to the notice of the Secretary of State. In view, on the one hand, of the large area of agricultural land involved and of the bearing of the development proposed on amenity and on agricultural production in the locality and, on the other hand, of the importance of the project from both the local and national standpoints, the Secretary of State decided that the applications, together with a further application for permission to erect a cement works on adjacent land, should be formally referred to him for determination under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1947. 

This important development having been brought to the attention of the Council, they appointed a Sub-Committee under the Chairmanship of Sir Samuel Strang Steel to look into the matter. The Sub-Committee visited the site and reported to the Council. The Council, having regard to the County Council’s view that the proposed development was both in the local and national interests, decided with great reluctance not to oppose the development proposals as far as the area south of the railway line was concerned. They were strongly opposed, however, to any development to the north of the A1 trunk road as they felt that such development between the sea and the road would ruin the amenities of a fine stretch of coastline. They were prepared to accept that the area south of the railway should be allocated for the open-cast winning and working of limestone provided that planning conditions were imposed to the effect that the cement works would be adequately landscaped and suitable trees would be planted, that smoke and dust would be effectively suppressed at all stages of the process and that the land would be progressively restored to agricultural use of as high a standard as possible. Written objections to this effect were lodged. 

In exercise of the powers conferred on him under the Act, the Secretary of State ordered a public local inquiry, which took place at Haddington on 25th July 1960. The A.P.R.S. was represented at the public inquiry by Sir Samuel Strang Steel and Commander Courtney Clarke, the former of whom made a verbal submission in support of the Association’s written objections and strongly opposed the grant of planning permission in respect of the area north of the A1 trunk road. 

The Council was subsequently informed that the Secretary of State accepted the view that the amenity of the coastal strip would be adversely affected by development to the north of the trunk road and he withheld planning permission for that development. He decided to grant planning permission, subject to stringent conditions, for the development by the open-cast winning and working of minerals of the 210 acres south of the railway and an area of 279 acres also south of the railway, which was subsequently referred to him for determination, and for the erection of a cement works south of the railway. Detailed plans of the lay-out of the area to be used for the cement works are to be approved by Local Planning Authority and the method of winning and working the limestone and the phasing of these operations are to be as provided in a scheme to be prepared by the applicants after consultation with the Local Planning Authority and approved by the Secretary of State, which scheme will provide for the progressive restoration of the land to agricultural use. 

As stated above, the Council felt that in view of the national interest they could not oppose this project in its entirety and they were gratified that the views expressed by them with reference to the proposed development to the north of the Al trunk road had prevailed. 

Kelso Development Plan

About the middle of December 1960 a Kelso member of the A.P.R.S. wrote to the Chairman and asked if the Association could do anything about this Plan as there was considerable local anxiety about it. The Chairman urged the member to try and get an Amenity or Preservation Committee formed in Kelso as it was so much easier to help in these matters if there was one in being. The Chairman made a preliminary examination of the Plan at the County Offices and at the monthly Council Meeting on 4th January 1961 an ad hoc Sub-Committee was appointed to look into the matter as and when required. 

When the Kelso Preservation Society was initiated the Chairman wrote to the Press welcoming on behalf of the A.P.R.S. the formation of the Society and urged other small burghs and villages to follow Kelso’s example and do the same. Subsequently he wrote to the Chairman of the Kelso Preservation Society offering the help of the Sub-Committee if required when they had made up their minds what they wanted. 

There is no doubt that the Preservation Society was badly needed in Kelso, and the same need applies to many other burghs and villages. Those that are already in being have done excellent work. 

Miscellaneous. 

Various other amenity matters were considered by the Council, some of which are still being dealt with. These included the transmission line to the proposed ski-lift on Cairn- gorm; Rattray Old Kirkyard; a proposed motel at Groundistone Heights, Hawick; development at Guildry Site, Blackness, etc. 

Finance

A Statement of Accounts for the year to 31st Dec- ember 1960 is annexed to this Report. There is an overall increase on Income Account, so that there is a satisfactory sum in hand at the close of 1960. The income from subscriptions has dropped, however, which emphasizes the need to recruit new members. A substantial part of the cash in hand and in bank has been invested since this Report was printed. 

The Council have gratefully acknowledged donations received from the following:- 

Unfortunately there are not so many County Councils in this list this year. This, it is hoped, does not reflect lack of support, but is due to the fact that the usual letter to County Clerks was sent out later than usual. 

The following subscriptions were paid by Constituent Bodies for 1960:

AFFILIATED SOCIETIES: 

Chairman’s Remarks.

AMENITY AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEES IN SMALL BURGHS AND VILLAGES

I would like to stress the value of these bodies. Things they can keep an eye on include: (1) The effect of road developments; (2) Village lighting, lamp standards, etc.; (3) Trees on village greens and in other places, looking ahead and arranging for new planting a few years before old trees have to be cut down; (4) Public foothpaths and stiles; (5) The replacement of condemned houses by new ones to harmonise with the surroundings. 

Generally, keep in touch with the Planning Officer. He will no doubt be glad of help and advice, instead of criticism when it is too late! 

LITTER

Again I appeal to all those in motor vehicles to take their litter away with them, and, please, do not throw empty cigarette-packets and ice-cream cartons and the like out of vehicles. This simple contribution will lighten the almost impossible burden of Local Authorities in dealing with the task not only of cleaning up the roadsides but of emptying overflowing litter-baskets, especially in remote rural districts. Think how much the tax-payer would be saved if everyone was litter minded! 

Litter offences may now cost the litter louts a fine of up to £10. Are prosecutions the only way to bring this home to them? 

The slogan for 1961 should be:- 

“TAKE YOUR LITTER AWAY WITH YOU.” 

H. C. COURTNEY CLARKE, 

Chairman of Council. 

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LIST OF MEMBERS 

Note.- As far as possible the year of joining is shown. “1939″ indicated that the member joined between 1926 and 1939. Where no year is given the member is understood to have joined between 1939 and 1951. 

1. LIFE MEMBERS 

1944 Allen, F. D. Campbell, Faunoran, Crathie, Aberdeenshire. 

1956 Ancaster, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, T.D., Drummond Castle, Crieff. 

1939 Arbuckle, H. M. I. S., 1 Murrayfield Gardens, Edinburgh. 

1956 Baillie, Major S. E. H., Harleyburn, Melrose. 

1945 Bartholomew, John, M.C., LL.D., F.R.G.S., Manor House, Inveresk. 

1939 Bell, E. S., F.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.S., Cranstonhill, Stirling. 

1939 Bilsland, The Rt. Hon. Lord, K.T., M.C., LL.D., D.L., Hon. A.R.I.B.A., 75 Hyde Park Street, Glasgow, C.3. 

1944 Bird, C. K., 30 Esmond Court, Kensington Square, London, W.8. 

1939 Blackie, W. G., Auchengower, Helensburgh. 

1939 Blair, John S., 15 Merchiston Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 Buccleuch, His Grace The Duke of, K.T., G.C.V.O., P.C., Bowhill, Selkirk. 

1935 Buchanan, Colonel E. P., M.C., Touch, Stirling. 

1957 Butter, Major David, Eastwood, Dunkeld, Perthshire. 

1939 Campbell, Sir George, of Succoth, Bt., Crarae Lodge, Minard, Argyll. 

1939 Campbell, Colonel The Hon. Ian, D.S.O., Auchindoune, Cawdor Nairn. 

1944 Carruthers, Simon F., F.L.A.S., Dormont, Lockerbie. 

1939 Carus-Wilson, C. D., F.R.I.B.A., The Cottage, Hardwick, Gloucester. 1939 Chinnery-Haldane, Alex., Gleneagles, Auchterarder. 

1939 Cooper, Captain George, Merdon Manor, Hursley, Winchester. 

1958 Cormack, John B., Dryburgh Abbey, St Boswells. 

1939 Courthope, Miss E. J., c/o Messrs Williams Deacon’s Bank, 20 Birchin Lane, London, E.C.3. 

1939 Courthope, R., Sprivers, Horsmorden, Kent. 

1939 Cowan, Major A. S., Eastfield, Bowden, Melrose. 

1939 Cowan, Mrs M. A., Eastfield, Bowden, Melrose. 

1956 Craigmyle, The Rt. Hon. Lord, Fairnilee House, Galashiels. 

1956 Craigmyle, Lady, Fairnilee House, Galashiels. 

1946 Dalrymple, Sir Mark, Bt., Newhailes, Musselburgh, Midlothian. 

1955 Edge, Dr W. L., Mathematical Institute, Chambers Street, Edinburgh. 

1953 Elliot, Mrs Jock, Borthaugh, Hawick. 

1946 Errington, Mrs E. H., Beeslack, Milton Bridge, Midlothian. 

1945 Ferguson, James A., Over Courance, by Lockerbie. 

1939 Ferguson, Mrs Janet, Burrance of Courance, by Lockerbie.

1944 Ferris, William, 159 West Nile Street, Glasgow, C.1. 

1939 Fletcher, Ian, Dunans, Glendaruel, Argyll. 

1945 Forbes-Howie, Arthur G., 72 Netherby Road, Edinburgh 5. 

1959 Forbes of Callendar, Lieut.-Colonel Wm., C.B.E., D.L., Callendar House, Falkirk. 

1947 Forman, Lieut.-Colonel Arthur N., M.C., B.Sc., Farmston House, by Callander. 

Forman, Rev. A., Duncrieff, Moffat. 

1944 Foster, William R. B., Lexham Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. 

Fraser, Charles I., Reelig House, Kirkhill, Inverness-shire. 

1939 Furness, Sir Christopher, Bt., Netherbyres, Eyemouth, Berwickshire. 

1939 Fyfe, H. H., 21 West George Street, Glasgow. 

1944 Galloway, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Cumloden, Newton-Stewart. 

1939 Gardner, Arthur, F.S.A., Oakhurst, Mount Park, Harrow-on-the-Hill. 

1961 Gatcliff, Herbert, c/o Y.H.A. (London), 4 Playhouse Yard, London, E.C.4. 

1944 Glass, W. M., R.S.A., 38 Drummond Place, Edinburgh 3. 

1961 Gomme-Duncan, Colonel Sir Alan, M.C., Dunbarney, Bridge of Earn. 

Graham, Miss E. A., The Croft, Hoylake, Cheshire. 

1939 Graham, Miss M. A., The Croft, Hoylake, Cheshire. 

1939 Grant, I. M., Levishie Lodge, Glenormiston. 

Gray, Mrs C., Craigie Cottage, Port of Menteith. 

1939 Greig, R. C., Cloak, Kilmacolm, Renfrew. 

1939 Haddington, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, K.T., M.C., Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire. 

Haig, The Rt. Hon. The Earl, Bemersyde, Melrose. 

1947 Hamilton, Mrs Ian, Lowood, Melrose. 

1954 Hardy, Captain E. W., R.N., Balnachoile, Gullane. 

1939 Harrison, Alex., C.B.E., C.A., 15 Alva Street, Edinburgh 3. 

1939 Harrison, E. S., The Bield, Elgin. 

1939 Harrison, John, Levenlea, Selkirk. 

1939 Harvey, Sir Charles M. Barclay, K.C.M.G., Dinnet. 

1939 Hay, Sir Duncan, Bt., Haystoun, Peebles. 

1945 Hedderwick, Mrs R. M., 44 Coates Gardens, Edinburgh 12. 

1939 Home-Robertson, J. W., Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed. 

1939 Howden, W. A., Clippens House, Johnstone, Renfrewshire. 

1944 Hutchison, Miss H., Carlowrie, Kirkliston. 

1944 Hutchison, Miss Isobel Wylie, Carlowrie, Kirkliston. 

1945 Innes, Gilbert, Gartaneaglais, Killearn, Stirlingshire. 

1939 Jeffrey, Mrs, The Lea, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Kemble, Captain, M.V.O., Laggan, Scaniport, near Inverness. 

1939 Kennedy, Miss M., 38 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10. 

1959 Kennedy, T. H., Blackwood, Auldgirth, Dumfriesshire. 

1939 Keswick, Mrs F., Cowshill, Tower, Dumfries. 

Kidston, Miss A., 21 Market Street, St Andrews. 

1953 Kidston, Miss M. H., 21 Market Street, St Andrews. 

1939 Landale, S. E. A., Whitechester, Duns, Berwickshire. 

1946 Leckie, Alexander, 93 Upper Richmond Road, Putney, London. 

1939 Leith-Buchanan, Sir George, Bt., Garlochraggan, Alexandria, Dunbartonshire. 

1939 Loch, Mrs J. C., House of Narrow Gates, St Boswells. 

1952 McArthur, D. J., 39 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 MacDougall, Leslie Grahame, R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., 6 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 MacGregor, Miss A. R., M.B., F.R.C.P.E., A’Cromraich, Silverburn, Penicuik. 

1939 Mackenzie, Sir E. W. Compton, O.B.E., 31 Drummond Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 Mackenzie, G. B., Callian, Var, France. 

1939 Mackintosh, H. B., M.B.E., F.S.A., Redhythe, Elgin. 

1939 Macleod of Macleod, Mrs Flora, Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye. 

1932 Macphail, J. G. S., Overton, West Road, Haddington. 

1945 Mann, Major A. R. H., Locks Farm, Bishop’s Waltham, near Southampton, Hants. 

1956 Martin, Colin D., Friarshall, Melrose. 

Melville, Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. I. Leslie, Bridgelands, Selkirk. 

1957 Menzies, John, Kames, Duns. 

1939 Molteno, D. J., Glen Lyon House, Fortingall. 

1939 Murray, Miss E. G., Moore Park, Cardross, Dunbartonshire. 

1939 Murray-Usher, Mrs, Cally, Gatehouse-of-Fleet. 

1939 Nicholson, Miss Astley, Arisaig House, Arisaig. 

1944 Ogilvy, Sir D. J. W., Bt., Winton House, Pencaitland, East Lothian. 

1939 Orphoot, B. N. H., R.S.A., Well House, Easter Belmont, Edinburgh 12. 

1939 Orphoot, Miss E., Well House, Easter Belmont, Edinburgh 12. 

1944 Reed, James, B.Sc., M.I.C.E., 135 George Street, Edinburgh 2. 

1939 Richardson, Francis, Blairforkie, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Rose, Miss E., Cromraich, Silverburn, Penicuik, 

1957 Ross, Ian D., W.S., 1 Thistle Court, Edinburgh. 

Rowallan, The Rt. Hon. Lord, M.C., Rowallan, Kilmarnock. 

1956 Roxburghe, Her Grace The Duchess of, Floors Castle, Kelso. 

1939 Russell, Arthur W., O.B.E., W.S., 25 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh 9. 

1939 Russell, G. H., The Burn, Glenesk, Brechin. 

1939 Salvesen, Captain H. K., Inveralmond, Cramond, Midlothian. 

1939 Salvesen, Noel G., B.A., 20 Grosvenor Crescent, Edinburgh 12. 

1939 Scott, Mrs, Balfunning, Balfron. 

1939 Shepherd, Miss Nan, Dunvegan, West Cults, Aberdeenshire. 

1939 Simpson, R. A. C., Wellnage, Duns, Berwickshire. 

1939 Sinclair, The Rt. Hon. Lord, Milton Park, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire. 1939 Smith, Miss A., Addistoun, Ratho, Midlothian. 

1939 Steel, Sir Samuel Strang, Bt., Philiphaugh, Selkirk. 

1944 Steen, Miss Jessie, Straith, Milverton Road, Whitecraigs. 

1939 Stewart, Mrs A. E., Glengarden, near Ballater. 

1947 Stewart, Mrs T. Grainger-, 1 Easter Belmont Road, Edinburgh 12. 

1953 Stewart-Clark, Miss E. M., 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh. 

1944 Stewart-Clark, Alan, 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh. 

1953 Stewart-Clark, J. C., 18 Lauder Road, Edinburgh. 

1947 Stirling, Major Sir John, K.T., M.B.E., T.D., Fairburn, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire. 

1939 Stodart, Charles, Leaston House, Humbie. 

1939 Swinton, Rev. A. E., Swinton House, Duns. 

1939 Swinton, Mrs, Swinton House, Duns. 

1953 Swinton, Brigadier Alan H. C., M.C., Kimmerghame, Duns. 

1939 Thomson, Miss B. L., Glenpark, Balerno. 

1939 Thomson, Sir Ronald J., Kaimes, West Linton. 

1939 Thomson, Miss S. W., Glenpark, Balerno. 

1939 Vlasto, Miss O., 1 Dundas Street, Edinburgh 3. 

1939 Wallace, H. Frank, Little Wyrley Hall, Pelsall. 

1939 Walker, William, A.R.E., Marchlea House, Coldstream. 

1939 Walker, Mrs Wm., Marchlea House, Coldstream. 

1939 Wallace, Captain P., 50 Pall Mall, London. 

1953 Walmsley, Major Alan, M.C., Culderry, Garlieston, Wigtownshire. 

1939 Wilkie, Major A. H., Corrie Lair Lodge, Glenormiston. 

1939 Wilson, Sir James R., Invertrossachs, Callander. 

1939 Yorke, Maurice, West Court, King’s Road, Longniddry. 

1939 Yuille, James, 27 Wellington Street, Kilmarnock. 

2. ANNUAL MEMBERS 

1952 Alexander, Miss E. K., Red House, Bridge of Allan. 

1939 Allan, Miss Janie, Invergloy House, Invergloy, Inverness-shire. 

1953 Anderson, Miss Mackenzie, 69 Southpark Avenue, Glasgow, W.2. 

1952 Anderson, Miss Nance, Inistore, Helensburgh. 

1939 Anderson, Miss, 25 Hillhead Street, Glasgow. 

1961 Anderson, T. D., B.Sc., A.M.I.C.E., M.I.Mun.E., Southfield, Duns, Berwickshire. 

1956 Ballantyne, T. D., Cardrona House, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire. 

1958 Bernard, J. F. Fleming, B.A., F.L.A.S., Dunsinnan, Balbeggie, Perthshire. 

1946 Bisacre, Mrs, Kilmory, Helensburgh.that 

1939 Blair, Sir J. Hunter, Blairquhan, Maybole, Ayrshire. 

1958 Brooke, Vice-Admiral B. C. B., C.B., C.B.E., c/o Admiralty. 

1954 Brown, Adam G., 4 Blythswood Street, Glasgow. 

1957 Brown, Alan Lindsay, 64 Reform Street, Dundee. 

1939 Brown, J. H., Craignahullie, Skelmorlie. 

1939 Brown, S. H., Tayhill, Perth. 

1959 Burns, Miss Jean D., Sorrowlessfield, Earlston, Berwickshire. 

1958 Buist, Mrs Margaret E., Kirkbank, Kelso, 

1953 Calder, Mrs John, Ardargie, Forgandenny, Perthshire. 

Cameron, W. W., C.A., 1 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 

1956 Carter, W., C.B., C.B.E., 5 Comiston Springs Avenue, Edinburgh 10. 

1953 Cassett, E. M. S., Gledswing, Fenwick Park, Hawick. 

1953 Clarke, Mrs E. L. C. Courtney, Clairinsh, Melrose. 

1939 Clarke, Commander H. C. Courtney, D.S.O., R.N., Clairinsh, Melrose. 

1939 Cooper, J. R., 12 Bon-Accord Square, Aberdeen. 

1939 Cox, Major T. H. C., Wooden, Kelso. 

1960 Crabbie, Mrs G. E., 15 Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh. 

1959 Curle, Miss Mary Weirknowe, Weirhill Place, Melrose. 

1958 Dalrymple, Lady Marjorie, Oxenfoord Castle, Ford, Midlothian. 

1953 Dawson, Mrs Ramage, Balado House, Kinross. 

1939 Debenham, Miss M. B., Manor House, Glanvilles, Wootten, Sherborne, Dorset. 

1959 Demuth, R. P., Watercombe House, Oakridge, Glos. 

Dickson, Miss A. M., Woodhouse, Dunscore, Dumfriesshire. 

Douglas, Mrs, 1 Dundas Street, Edinburgh 3. 

1960 Dundas, R. D. R., Keltie Castle, Dunning, Perthshire. 

1956 Eglinton and Winton, The Dowager Countess of, Oxenfoord Castle, Ford, Midlothian. 

1957 Eglinton and Winton, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Monkwood House, Ayr. 

1952 Elibank, The Rt. Hon. The Viscount, C.M.G., D.S.O., 602 Carrington House, Hertford Street, London, W.1. 

1961 Elliot, Lieut.-Colonel H. H., C.I.E., M.C., Springbank, Melrose. 

1958 Elliot, Mrs Magda, Maxpoffle, St Boswells. 

1954 Elliot, Mrs Marthe R., Broughton Place, Broughton, Peebleshire. 

Elliot, The Rt. Hon. Baroness, of Harwood, D.B.E., Bonchester Bridge, Hawick. 

1954 Fairfax-Lucy, Lady Ramsay, St Boswell’s Bank, St Bowells. 

1939 Forbes, Hector, of Culloden, Ryefield, Conon Bridge. 

1953 Fraser, A. Campbell, Borthwickshiels, Hawick. 

1956 Fulton, A. A., C.B.E., F.R.S.E., B.Sc., M.I.C.E., M.I.Mech. E, 16 Rothesay Terrace, Edinburgh. 

1956 Fraser, Mrs Campbell, Borthwickshiels, Hawick. 

1954 Galbraith, The Hon. T. G. D., M.P., Barskimming. Ayrshire. 

Gatcliff, Herbert, 28 Meadway Court, Hampstead Gardens, London, N.W.11. 

Gibson, Mrs H. M., 17 Belgrave Crescent, Edinburgh. 

Glasgow, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of, Kilburn, Fairlie, Ayrshire. 

1947 Govan, H. A. Rendel, A.R.I.B.A., 46 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Graham, Mrs W., 52 Old High Street, Kirkcudbright. 

Gray, Stewart, Ambarrow Farm, Sandhurst, Camberley. 

1959 Greig, Mrs Ethel M., Morton Lodge, Radlett, Herts. 

1959 Greig, Professor J., Morton Lodge, Radlett, Herts. 

1958 Haddington, The Countess of, Tyninghame, Dunbar. 

1954 Hamilton-Meikle, Mrs, O.B.E., Brankstone House, Bogside Station, Alloa. 

Harrison, Mrs B. A., M.B.E., Levenlea, Selkirk. 

1939 Haslam, Oliver H., Cairngill, near Dalbeattie. 

1956 Home, Captain R. G., Bassendean, Gordon, Berwickshire. 

1956 Hood, Mrs Evelyn, The Old Manse, Midlem. 

1956 Hood, J. Douglas, The Old Manse, Midlem. 

Howden, Mrs Eva, Clippens House, Johnstone. 

Huntsman, Miss Joan, Couldoran, Strathcarron, Ross-shire. 

1939 Johnstone, J., 3 Glenfinlas Street, Edinburgh. 

1959 Killick, R. R., 39 Heriot Row, Edinburgh. 

1939 King, R. B., Arntomy, Port of Menteith. 

1953 Kirkwood, Mrs E. M. D., Glenview, Innellan, Argyll. 

1955 Lauderdale, The Dowager Countess of, Thirlestane Castle, Lauder. 

Lees, Miss Marjory, Glenmoidart House, Kinlochmoidart, Fort William. 

1959 Lloyd, Miss E. M., 5 Wilmot Road, Glasgow, W.3. 

1954 Logan, Miss, Kinellan Road, Edinburgh. 

1940 Lothian, The Most Hon. The Marquess of, Monteviot, Ancrum, per J. B. Aikman. 

1939 Lownie, J. H. W., 6 Polwarth Grove, Edinburgh. 

1957 Lynn, Colonel G. Rigby, Yarrow Cottage, Yarrow, Selkirk. 

1939 McKay, J. R., R.S.A., F.R.I.B.A., 8 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 Mackinlay, Mrs Ian, Aithernie, Barnton Avenue, Edinburgh 4. 

Maclagan, Miss A., New Hall, Carlops, Penicuik. 

1959 MacPhee, Miss Flora S., Dalfruin, 1 W. Montrose Street, Helensburgh. 

1960 Matheson, Captain A. F., R.N., Lower Kincraig, Invergordon. 

1939 Mears, Lady, 9 Lonsdale Terrace, Edinburgh. 

1958 Melville, Lieut.-Colonel Hon. I. Leslie, Bridgelands, Selkirk. 

1957 Miller, Miss Agnes S., Wellfield, Duns, Berwickshire. 

1939 Mitchell, Miss E. B., Langlees, Biggar. 

1956 Molteno, Mrs D. J., Glen Lyon House, Fortingall. 

Moncur, Miss B. G., Somerville House, Broughty Ferry. 

1956 Morrison, William M., 41 Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh 9. 

1958 Mottram, J. A. H., A.R.I.B.A., F.R.I.A.S., A.M.T.P.I., 14 Frederick Street, Edinburgh. 

1959 Muirhead, Miss Lois, Woodhall Cottage, 55 Woodhall Road, Edinburgh 13. 

Muirhead, Miss S. S. F., Woodhall Cottage, 55 Woodhall Road, Edinburgh 13. 

1960 Murchison, Malcolm F., 4 Carlton Street, Edinburgh. 

1960 Murray, Sheriff Charles de Bois, 6 Moray Place, Edinburgh. 

1960 Murray, Mrs Hope de Bois, 6 Moray Place, Edinburgh. 

1939 Nelson, T. E., of Ach-na-cloich, Connel, Argyll. 

1939 Nisbet, A. C. T., Caledonian United Services Club, Edinburgh. 

Noble, John, of Ardkinglas, Argyll. 

1957 Ogg, William, A.R.I.A.S., Grianach, Newmills, Balerno. 

1939 Orr, Dr Ellen B., 64 Glencairn Drive, Glasgow, S.1. 

Oswald, Major R. A., of Cavens, Dumfries. 

1957 Perfect, Alan P. G., W.S., 27 Woodmarket, Kelso. 

1956 Playfair, J. M., Baltilly, Ceres, Fife. 

1956 Playfair, Mrs Marjory, Baltilly, Ceres, Fife. 

Pocock, Maurice, Wynncote,” 59 Longden Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. 

1956 Pollock, George, F.R.C.S.Ed., 14 Moray Place, Edinburgh 3. 

Polwarth, The Rt. Hon. Lord, 3 Albyn Place, Edinburgh. 

1955 Ranken, Mrs Marion, 23 Campden Hill Square, London, W.8. 

1957 Ritchie, Miss M. H., Kirkton, Bowden, St Boswells. 

1939 Roberts, Sir J., Wellwood, Selkirk. 

Robertson, Mrs A. E., 17 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh 10. 

1956 Robertson, Mrs Eleanor, 12 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh 8. 

1954 Robertson, Miss J. E., Cawderstones, Berwick-on-Tweed. 

1953 Rogers, F. C., L.D.S., F.R.P.S., 27 Abercorn Terrace, Edinburgh. 

Romanes, Miss, 6в St Margaret’s Road, Edinburgh. 

1952 Ross, Mrs Elsa, 37 Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh. 

1958 Shann, Mrs C. E. A., Topland, Ronachan, Clachan, Tarbert, Argyll. 

Smith, Mrs John, Woodhill, 25 The Loaning, Whitecraigs, Renfrew-shire. 

1948 Smith, Miss Janet, Addiston, Ratho. 

1959 Stewart, R. H., 92 Morningside Drive, Edinburgh. 

1952 Still, Mrs Jane D., 23 Fonthill Terrace, Aberdeen. 

1939 Stirling, The Hon. Mrs, Morar Lodge, Morar, Inverness-shire. 

1960 Sutherland, Lieut.-Colonel A. H. C., Cringletie, Peebles. 

1958 Taylor, John, M.P., House of Commons, London, S.W.1. 

1939 Thomson, Mrs E. G., Callands, West Linton, Peeblesshire. 

1939 Thomson, H. M., 30 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. 

1956 Thomson, Mrs Margaret, Caverton Mill, Kelso, Roxburghshire. 

1956 Trevelyan, Lady, Wallington, Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland. 

1956 Usher, Sir R. Stuart, Bt., Hallrule, Hawick. 

Wallace, Miss Margaret I. R., Old South Hill Avenue, Harrow, Middlesex. 

1957 Warren, J. D. N., Balmains, near Stanley, Perthshire. 

1953 Watherston, Mrs C. M., Menslaws, Jedburgh. 

1958 Watherston, J., Ruecastle, Jedburgh. 

1958 Wilson, James, 27 Roddinghead Road, Whitecross, by Giffnock. 

1958 Wilson, Miss Jessie I. M., The Cottage, Carlops, West Linton. 

1939 Wilson, R., F.R.I.A.S., Vicar Street, Falkirk. 

1956 Young, Miss V. C., Castle Hill, Dalbeattie. 

1956 Younger, Colonel R. D., Inchdura House, North Berwick. 

3. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 

Brown, Miss C. M., Mackenzie-Robinson Hotel, Drumsheugh Gardens Edinburgh. 

Brown, Mrs May, 30 Oaktree Square, Kirkcaldy. 

1959 Browne, Walter L., 5 Greenmount Avenue, Burntisland. 

1957 Buller, Mrs J. R., The Holmes, St Boswells. 

1957 Cameron, Mrs K., Auchengillan, Blanefield, Stirlingshire. 

1939 Dick, Sir Wm. Reid, 31 Grove End Road, London. 

1957 Donald, Commander Wm., D.S.C., R.N., 20 Howe Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Fraser, W. H., W.S., 16 Castle Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Gardiner, James, 3 County Place, Paisley. 

1939 Geddes, Miss L. B., 12 Moray Place, Edinburgh. 

1959 Greig, Dr Isabel C. A., Morton Lodge, Radlett, Herts. 

1939 Greig, Lady Maud, Shaws, Barnton, Midlothian. 

1939 Hardie, Alan S., 26 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, 

1957 Hughes-Onslow, Commander Sir G. H., K.B.E., D.S.C., R.N., Alton Albany, Barr, Ayrshire. 

1955 Macniven, Dr Angus, Royal Glasgow Mental Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, Glasgow. 

1939 Macpherson, Sir Hugh, K.C.I.E., C.S.I., 171 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh. 

1939 Moffat, D. L., Ashgrove, 6 Calder Drive, Cambuslang. 

1956 Molteno, Miss Gillian, Glen Lyon House, Fortingall. 

1953 Oliver, Mrs Anne, Thirlestane, Yetholm, Kelso. 

Parker, Mrs W. W., The Gondola, Fairlie, Ayrshire.

1957 Robertson, Miss Lily S., 28 Roseneath Place, Edinburgh 9. 

1939 Scrimgeour, Miss Helen M., Bay House, Newport-on-Tay. 

1953 Sharpe, Mrs Gladys, The Park, Earlston. 

Somervail, Miss M., Hoselaw, Kelso. 

Stirling of Garden, Mrs Archibald, Sandyholes, Kippen Station. 

1959 Trainer, Dr James L., Halidon, Kelso. 

1939 Wildrige, Mrs Ella, 1 Garscube Terrace, Edinburgh. 

1939 Wimberley, Miss H. I. C., Willow Cottage, Inverness. 

1957 Young, Miss I. T., 7 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh. 

1939 Young, Miss K. F., Little Raith, Broughton, by Biggar. 

Younger, Miss G. M., Grianach, Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire. 

JUNIOR MEMBERS 

1959 Browne, Miss Nora, 5 Greenmount Avenue, Burntisland. 

1959 Fraser, Robert, 2 Lady Helen Street, Kirkcaldy. 

1958 Humphrey, J. M. Marcus, Rhu-na-haven, Aboyne. 

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