Longest Serving Club Members & Office Bearers

 

 

The Longest Serving Members of 'Let it Blaw' 

 
Jock Taylor - 64 years (1921 to 1985)
Willie Shanks BEM - 63 years (1932 to 1995)
John Fairbairn - 58 years (1881 to 1939)
Harry Rankin - 58 years (1925 to 1983)
 Thomas Horsburgh - 57 years (1881 to 1938)
James Orr - 51 years (1923 to 1974)

(only those in excess of 50 years listed)   

                                                    

Most Years as President 

 Thomas Horsburgh - 29 years
Eddie McCue - 12 years
David B. Fairbairn - 12 years (not consecutively)
Bertie Tennant - 11 years
George Y. Robertson - 11 years (not consecutively)
Jock Taylor - 7 years
Alex Hood - 6 years
Jim Tait - 4 years

(only those in excess of 3 years listed)    

   

Most Toasts to the "Immortal Memory of Robert Burns" 

 (only those who have proposed the Toast on at least  3 occasions are listed) 

 

Longest Serving Secretaries

John Fairbairn - 52 years

Willie Shanks BEM - 16 years
Gordon Grant - 7 years
Niall Donaldson - 6 years
Jamie Buchanan - 6 years
James Orr - 5 years (not consecutively)
George Orr - 5 years

(only those in excess of 5 years are listed)   

 Is John Fairbairn's 52 years of service as Secretary a record within the Burns movement ?
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Longest Serving Treasurers 

George Calder- 29 years
Ken McDonald - 15 years
James Craik - 14 years
Willie Shanks BEM - 12 years
Bill Stark - 7 years
Alex Hood - 5 years
Ron Hardy - 5 years

(only those in excess of 5 years are listed)    

    

Longest Serving Bards 

Willie Shanks BEM - 31 years
George Y. Robertson - 21 years (not consecutively)
Bill Hill - 12 years
Andrew Falconer   11 years
John Davidson - 8 years
James Orr - 7 years
Alex Hood  - 6 years

(only those in excess of 5 years are listed)   

  

Longest Serving Pipers 

                           Kerr Cowan MBE - 41 years ( Nov 1978 to       )
Bobby Peat - 13 years
David Ross - 7 years
Willie Shand - 7 years

(only those in excess of 5 years are listed)   

  

 Most Popular Supper Venues

Malleny Arms - 49 occasions
Kestrel Hotel - 24 occasions
Balerno Bowling Club - 17 occasions
Henderson's Inn / Mr Brows Inn / The Grey Horse - 16 occasions