Everyone knows the history of Scotland: the romance of the highlands with Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Northern Isles with their Pictish and Viking heritage, Dundee with Jute and Jam, Glasgow and its shipyards and Edinburgh and the New Town Enlightenment. But what of the Borders? A published historian and archivist, Mary, and her friend, Doug, explore the less well-trodden paths of Scottish history and folklore as they shine a light on some of the best kept secrets of times past and present in the Scottish Borders. Join them as they chat and natter about the chequered history of the Borders region and reveal that, despite the best efforts of Hollywood, not all of the dramatic, historical intrigue and derring-do took place in the Scottish Highlands.
Ally bally bee - Mary and Doug blether about Coulter's Candy assisted by folk singer Tom Bonnar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug and Mary go on another journey following the Vikings as they travelled from Norway to the Black Sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The men from the North - a blether about the Vikings and their effect on the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they discover the life of the Celtic saint. of old Melrose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug blether about the names of fields of the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
class='odd'Mary and Doug finish their Stewart odyssey with Charles I and Bonnie Prince Charlie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug blether about the Great Storm of 1953 and its devastating effects on the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug take another look at the Stewarts blethering about Mary, Queen of Scots and her son James. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A borders Bletherings bitesized ‘Beware the redcaps, shellycoats and shellybacks.' Mary and Doub blether about some mythical creatures of the Borders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug blether about the weather and what it meant for the people of the Borders in 1947. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
James I and IV, too stupid to rule or just unlucky? Mary and Doug delve into the Stewart Dynasty with a discussion about the lives of James I and James IV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug blether with author Andy Nairn about his Border based murder mystery set just after the battle of Flodden. Murder, politics, intrigue and lots of historical goodies a real slice of the shadowy Border history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug investigate the Stewart Dynasty - were they fit to rule? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they continue to wonder what if? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What if? Mary and Doug discuss what would have happened if history had changed slightly and how would that have affected the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug are still blethering about the second world war. How did war-time propaganda go down in the Borders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they explore the Borders during the Second World War - Dad's Army, illegal pigs and what did Land Jill's have to do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they start to explore the Borders during the Second World War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A bite sized podcast where Mary and Doug discuss packing their buckets and spades and heading off on their holidays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug discuss the Anglo-Dutch wars of the 17th century, the Naval press-gangs and how they impacted the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Doug and Mary as they explore the life of the autodidact James Hogg: genius, poet, ballad gatherer, song creator and writer of articles and novels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Bondagers - Mary and Doug explore the world of the bondagers: female rural workers in the Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they discuss the battle of Philiphaugh, its causes and its aftermath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listen in as Mary and Doug discuss Burgundy wine, Borders wool and the Order of the Golden Fleece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they talk about all things macabre, graverobbing and the surgeons of Edinburgh University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they discuss a gypsy battle, murder most foul and even a missing body in the late 17th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
John Buchan - Novelist, historian, journalist, intelligence officer, politician and Borderer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug discuss the reality of the rough wooing and how the Borders bore the brunt of a marriage proposal gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What were the consequences of the aftermath of the Great War in the Scottish Borders? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How the Great War affected the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug and Mary discuss the artisan croppers who fought for their way of life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they look for Santa whoever and wherever he may be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug and Mary revisit the case of the Murder in Stow with new evidence of the aftermath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary, Doug and Tom as they discuss the Borders Ballad 'the Dowie Dens 'o Yarrow' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug blether about Guy Touzeau and his travels, with his donkey Rosie, through the Scottish Borders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary and Doug as they tell some Border tales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug discuss the tragedy of the Eyemouth fishing disaster of 1881. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug tells Mary all about Florence Dixie the great pioneer of women's football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug and Mary Merlin and Lailoken- were they one and the same? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Doug and Mary discuss the Arthurian legend. Who were Arthur and Merlin and what were their Scottish Borders connections? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug blether about holidays, past and present. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mary and Doug discuss the closure of the railway line and the protests that arose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Doug and Mary as they try to answer listeners questions about Borders Bletherings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why do Doug and Mary blether about Myths and Legends when they say Borders Bletherings is a history podcast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is history? What is the role of politics in history? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What is history? What is it for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Mary as she tells Doug the folk tales that have entranced generations. Hares, faeries and boiling cauldrons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Doug and Mary as they discuss the standing stones and stones circle in the Borders. When were they built, why were they built and what were they for? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The monastic life in an abbey and how that changed over the years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Abbeys part 1 - The Border abbeys: how and why they were built Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Maharajah - the elephant who walked to Manchester Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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