June2020

But donations from such gatherings have ‘dried up in lockdown’ with the ban on
such social get-togethers and we’ve had to think of other ways of raising money.
Last week, Stobo & Drumelzier organised an online Zoom quiz - a brilliant way to
keep us in touch with friends throughout the parishes and to raise funds for the
Foodbank at the same time. We raised £165 from a lively evening and another
such evening has been proposed in a few weeks’ time as lockdown continues.
Fundraising and volunteering
efforts continue throughout the
parishes of Peeblesshire as Stobo’s
recent Zoom quiz demonstrates.
But revenue from Eddleston’s Bite
and a Blether, from coffee
mornings and from innumerable
other gatherings have all dried up
during lockdown.
So there’s a two-fold impact on the
Peeblesshire Foodbank: increased
demand and decreased revenue
stream. All the more important we
keep the needs of the vulnerable in
our community in the forefront of
our minds and efforts.
Session Clerk, Jane Gilham
Memories of Lorraine
From Eddleston and beyond
Gathering to remember Lorraine at Eddleston Kirk.
Because of the Covid restrictions, the funeral for our much-loved friend, musician
and Session Clerk, Lorraine Mulholland, was necessarily private and limited in
numbers. Only ten mourners are now permitted at the Borders crematorium
during lockdown, and yet there were so many who wanted to attend her funeral on
11 May. The Eddleston community responded to the growing call for some way to
mark the occasion. In consultation with the Kirk Session, an email was circulated:
A private funeral for Lorraine will take place on Monday 11 May at 12 o’clock in
Melrose. We have been contacted by many people asking how they can mark the
occasion so have arranged for Elaine Steele from the village (whose children were
both taught by Lorraine) to play the bagpipes at the Church gates in Eddleston at