On the evening of Friday 17th April 2026 there was a gathering of former club members at the Thistle Hotel, Edinburgh. For many years the Thistle had been where we met to travel to cross country meetings as well as being the venue for AGMs and Club Prizegivings
FRONT ROW Malcolm Parry, Willie Hunter, Alex Jackson, Ray Watters, Susana Gonzalez, Victor. MIDDLE ROW Ian Mann, Walter Fairnie, Claire Gilchrist, Julia Loecherbach, Betty Gilchrist, Ali McDonald, Siobahn Sellar, Keith Nicol. BACK ROW Malcolm Fraser, Trevor Ridley (hiding as usual) Eddie McDonald, Alex McEwan, Paul Caban, Bob Miller, John Gavin, Kate Kitchin, Keith Weston, John Mitchell, Grant Sellar (Steve Reid took the photo)
Stairs in the Thistle 1992 BACK ROW Malcolm Fraser, Trevor Ridley, John Gavin. MIDDLE ROW Jimmy Cooney,George Ross, Ian Mann, Eddie McDonald, Jimmy Potter FRONT ROW Roddy Nicholson, Ray Watters, Alex Jackson, Alex Bell
Stairs in the Thistle 2026 BACK ROW Malcolm Fraser, Trevor Ridley, John Gavin. MIDDLE ROW Ian Mann, Eddie McDonald. FRONT ROW Ray Watters, Alex Jackson
John Gavin presents Eddie McDonald with a Goat
The significance of John Gavin’s G. O. A. T present
