162 REPORTS OF MEETINGS FOR 1910 



Berwick. 



The Annual Business Meeting was held in the Berwick 

 Museum on Thursday, 13th October, at one o'clock. Among 

 those present were : — Rev. Matthew Culley, President ; Rev. 

 J. J. M. L. Aiken, B.D., Secretary ; Mrs Anderson, and Miss 

 Anderson, The Thirlings, Wooler ; Mr Robert Carmichael, 

 Coldstream ; Mr R. H. Dodds, Berwick ; Miss C. H. Greet, 

 Norham ; Mr J. Lindsay Hilson, Kelso ; Mr J. C. Hodgson, 

 Alnwick ; Mr G. P. Hughes, Middleton Hall, Wooler ; Mr W. J. 

 Marshall, Berwick ; Rev. W. S. Moodie, Ladykirk ; Captain 

 Norman, R.N., Berwick ; Mr Henry Rutherfurd, Fairnington ; 

 Mr B. P. Selby, Pawston ; Mr T. B. Short, Berwick ; Mr Wm. 

 Weatherliead, and Mr Edward Willoby, Berwick. 



The President chose for the subject of his Annual Address 



"The History of the Border," referring in detail 

 President's to the state of its fortified places immediately 

 Address. after the battle of Flodden, and concluding with 



a short reference to the Memorial I'ecently 

 erected to mark the scene of the engagement, as follows : — 

 "I have much pleasure in reporting officially (what is already 

 fully known), that the resolution passed by the Club at their 

 annual meeting in 1907, with reference to the absence of any 

 mark or memorial on Flodden Field, has resulted in the erection 

 of a memorial cross on Piper's Hill at Branxton, which was 

 formally inaugurated by Sir George B. Douglas, Bart., on 

 27th September 1910, in the presence of a large concourse 

 of spectators from both sides of the Border." On the motion 

 of Mr Henry Rutherfurd a hearty vote of thanks was accorded 

 him for his interesting Address and kindly conduct of the 

 meetings of the Club during the year. 



The Secretary read a brief summary of the yeai-'s report, 



from which it appeared that the several meetings 

 Secretary's at Brinkburn and Felton; Mindrum and Yetholm; 

 Report. Leaderside and Corsbie ; Belsay Castle ; and 



Weens and Bedrule, had been successfully carried 

 through, though not productive of much that was novel. He 

 urged the advisability of reverting to the policy of the pioneers 



