It’s known that annual Suppers took place throughout the period 1961 to 1969 but, unfortunately, most of the records and some of the Toast Lists for this period have been lost.
Records of some of the Club’s Office Bearers during this period do exist and can be found elsewhere on this Website. Anecdotal evidence tells that the Suppers were very much on the lines of the first Toast List below for 1961.
There’s no doubt that Harry & Robin Rankin were to the fore throughout the period. Robin “Addressed the Haggis” and recited “Tam o Shanter” every year, and Harry sang the bothy ballad sung at the very first Supper in 1881 annually, a duty he took over from John Fairbairn c.1939. Over the years it became known as “The Balerno Song.” Harry gave annual renditions of what he always referred to as “There was a Lad,” known elsewhere as “Rantin, Rovin Robin.”
Active in the Club during this period were other long-time members Jock Taylor and Bertie Tennant both of whom were Club Presidents, Willie Calder, Willie Shanks and Bobby Peat who was Club Piper.
If anyone reading this section is able to add to the detail of any Supper, they are invited to contact the Club’s Office Bearers who will arrange to have their contributions added to Club Records.
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January 1961
Click for Supper Programme 1961
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Chairman
Croupiers
Piper
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“Address to a Haggis”
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Toast : “The Queen and Kindred Clubs”
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Toast : “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns”
Reply
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Toast : “Let it Blaw”
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Toast : “The Lasses”
not recorded
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Toast : “Chairman”
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Toast : “Landlord and Landlady”
Reply
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Songs and Recitations
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“Tam o’ Shanter”
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The Balerno Song
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“Rantin, Rovin Robin [There was a Lad]”
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Office Bearers
President – Bertie Tennant
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January 1962
Click for Supper Programme 1962
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Chairman
Croupiers
Piper
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“Address to a Haggis”
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Toast : “The Queen and Kindred Clubs”
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Toast : “Immortal Memory of Robert Burns”
Peter Whitelaw
Reply
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Toast : “Let it Blaw”
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Toast : “The Lasses”
W. A. Hogg
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Toast : “Chairman”
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Toast : “Landlord and Landlady”
Reply
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Songs and Recitations
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“Tam o’ Shanter”
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“The Balerno Song”
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“Rantin, Rovin Robin [There was a Lad]”
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Office Bearers
President – Bertie Tennant
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January 1963
Click for Supper Programme 1963
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Chairman
in the absence of Bertie Tennant through illness
Croupiers
Piper
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“Address to a Haggis”
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Toast : “The Queen and Kindred Clubs”
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Toast : “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns”
Reply
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Toast : “Let it Blaw”
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Toast : “The Lasses”
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Toast : “Chairman”
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Toast : “Landlord and Landlady”
Reply
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Songs and Recitations
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“Tam o’ Shanter”
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“The Balerno Song”
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“Rantin, Rovin Robin [There was a Lad]”
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Office Bearers
President – Bertie Tennant
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January 1965
Click for Supper Programme 1965
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Chairman
Croupiers
Bard
Piper
Pianist
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“Address to a Haggis”
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Toast : “The Queen and Kindred Clubs”
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Toast : “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns”
Reply
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Toast : “Let it Blaw”
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Toast : “The Lasses”
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Toast : “Chairman”
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Toast : “Landlord and Landlady”
Reply
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Songs and Recitations
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“Tam o’ Shanter”
Bard’s Oration
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“The Balerno Song”
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“Rantin, Rovin Robin [There was a Lad]”
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Piper’s Selection
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Office Bearers
President – Bertie Tennant
Secretary – Alastair Robertson
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January 1966
Click for Supper Programme 1966
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Chairman
Croupiers
Bard
Piper
Pianist
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“Address to a Haggis”
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Toast : “The Queen and Burns Federation”
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Toast : “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns”
Reply
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Toast : “Let it Blaw”
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Toast : “The Lasses”
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Toast : “Chairman”
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Toast : “Landlord and Landlady”
Reply
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Songs and Recitations
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“Tam o’ Shanter”
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Bard’s Oration
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“The Balerno Song”
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“Rantin, Rovin Robin [There was a Lad]”
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Office Bearers
President – Jock Taylor
Secretary – Alastair Robertson
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Letter from George Orr to Nelson Baillie re 1968 Annual Supper
Letter from George Orr to Nelson Baillie re 1969 Annual Supper
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January 1970
Click for Supper Programme 1970
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Chairman
in the absence of President, Jock Taylor
Croupiers
Harry Rankin & Willie Currie Jnr.
Bard
Piper
Pianist
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“Address to a Haggis”
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Toast : “The Queen and Kindred Clubs”
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Toast : “The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns”
Reply
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Toast : “Let it Blaw”
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Toast : “The Lasses”
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Toast : “Landlord and Landlady”
Reply
Mr David Donaldson [Malleny Arms]
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Songs and Recitations
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“Tam o’ Shanter”
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Bard’s Effusion
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“The Balerno Song”
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“Rantin, Rovin Robin [There was a Lad]”
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Office Bearers
President – Jock Taylor
Secretary – George Orr
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