Article: The amazing beauty queen still reigning after 54 years; She won her crown at a pageant at the age of 15 - and never lost her title.

Article: Peeblesshire
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      297 words ...Peeblesshire or Peebles pē´belz , former county, SE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Peeblesshire became (1975) part of the new Borders region (now the Scottish Borders council area).

Article: Country houses with the best of home comforts; Country retreats: ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... into three family houses. Offers over [pounds sterling]895,000 to Strutt & Parker in Edinburgh. In the heart of Peeblesshire, Stobo Castle is another haunt of the stressed and weary who are looking to rejuvenate themselves in luxurious surroundings ...

Article: Traquair House, Peeblesshire.(one of Scotlands oldest ...
History Today;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...* Never bought or sold since 1491, and a home of lost causes, Traquair is perhaps the most romantic mansion in all Britain. Visitors follow in the footsteps of no fewer than twenty-seven Scottish and English kings and queens since the twelfth century. The harled white walls, little windows and

Article: Watchdog body says Peeblesshire nursing home can stay ...
Southern Reporter (Selkirk, Scotland);  December 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Lawrie Davidson, the national watchdog's regional manager, has acknowledged that Guardian Care Homes Ltd a owner of the Whim Hall Care Home near Lamancha a is "now beginning to take necessary improvements required to bring up the standard of care provided for residents and their families".He

Article: Caledonian Mummers Traquair House, Peeblesshire
The Scotsman;  December 20, 1999 ;     475 words ...FORGET your wassailing and your carol singing: the play's the thing - or at least it was in days all but forgotten when small groups of teenagers from isolated rural communities travelled the countryside at Christmas to act out brief folk-plays for a few coins in the hat. Mummers once provided

Article: Ideal property of the week Tigh-an-Uillt, Innerleithen, ...
The Scotsman;  January 24, 2002 ;     469 words ...How much? Offers over GBP 295,000. Where is it? Five miles south-east of Peebles in the Borders. What do I get? An Edwardian country house of great character, with magnificent views across the Tweed Valley. Sitting on the banks of the River Tweed, Tigh-an-Uillt - meaning "the house of the stream" -

Article: Ideal property of the Week Medwyn House West Linton ...
The Scotsman;  August 10, 2000 ;     441 words ...How much? Offers over pounds 975,000. Where is it? On the edge of West Linton in a private garden and grounds adjacent to the golf club. West Linton is a pretty countryside conservation village 17 miles south-west of Edinburgh, which offers excellent local amenities. A daily bus service runs from