Paper boy has alerted Huttonian to the lavish attention paid by the BBC to Coldstream Civic week and the Flodden commemoration
Coldstream remembers Flodden Day
More than 300 horses and riders took part in this year's Flodden Day Coldstream has celebrated the biggest day of its civic week calendar with the traditional Flodden Day.
In a ceremony at the Market Square, Coldstreamer Stuart Robson received the Home colours from the Earl of Home.
The event marked the Earl's ancestors' role in leading the Borders into battle at Flodden Field in 1513.
More than 300 horses and riders took part in the cavalcade to the site of the battle on Thursday and a ceremony was held to commemorate those who died. Front page stuff its not and three days late it is.
It is true that the Home's led the Borderers into battle but many say (Including Glaswegian taxi drivers and eminent historians-where different) it was the Borderers who left the field at half time having dominated the proceedings, got all the booty they needed and rode off (perhaps via Norham?) leaving James IV and the rest of the Scottish army to its fate.
Smart move, in my book.
