Honorary Member of ‘Let it Blaw’
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President
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2022, 2023, 2024
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Vice President
1995, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
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Secretary
2005, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025
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Treasurer
1988, 1989, 1990, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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Bard
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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1991, 1992
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Proposer of the Toast “Our Hosts” or “The Landlord – Landlady” 1985
Proposer of the Toast “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns” 1986, 2013, 2025
Proposer of the Toast “Let it Blaw – the Balerno Burns Club” 1988, 2018, 2020
Sang the “Balerno Song“
1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Proposer of the Toast “The Artistes” 1992
Recited the Address “To a Haggis” 1994, 2020
Proposer of the Toast : “Chairman, Croupiers & Artistes” 1995
One of Let it Blaw’s “Jolly Beggars” 1999, 2003, 2016
Proposer of the Toast “The Immortal Memory of Robert Fergusson” 2001, 2025
Proposer of the Toast “New Members & Guests” 2003
Reply to the Toast “New Members & Guests” 2008
Proposer of the Toast “The Lasses” 2015
Reply to the Toast “The Lasses” 2016
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Served as Committee Member
1987, 1993, 1994
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Alex became a member of ‘Let it Blaw’ late in 1984 but first contributed to the harmony at the Supper in January 1984 when he attended as a Guest. He is the son of Club Member Jim Hood and father of Club Member Andrew Hood
The digitised copy of the 1954 Burns Chronicle was sponsored by Alex.
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