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The
1940s and 1950s
After the Second World War, the club was reformed, and although it
was a lean time as far as trophies were concerned, the club had some
great players, including Hughie McLeod, Robin Charters, George
Stevenson, George Willison, and Derrick and Oliver Grant.
It was
in 1958 that the PSA first negotiated with the Town Council for the
waste ground at Burnfoot, the present home of the club. Hard
work meant the clubrooms were completed on time, with some great
help from Rob Welsh and Wilson Patterson, both apprentice joiners at
that time. The clubrooms were opened in April 1960,
after a game between two teams of mixed Hawick and PSA players. |
| FIRST
PHOTO» |
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| FARMYARD
FRESH |
 I
remember trying to catch Jumbo Douglas who played as a wing and was
quite fast, and with a diving last ditch tackle I missed but landed
beautifully in a fresh cow's plat. I let out an oath and was
immediately told off by Andra [Bowie, the referee] for swearing at
the player, and when I stood up and faced him with the rest of the
players pissing themselves laughing, I think he realised what I was
swearing at, but like all top referees who make a decision, looked
but never admitted any more. |
| Robin
Charters on a 1946 trial |
| THE
NEW PITCH |
| What
a bloody pitch at first! Drainage was awful, the players
had to collect stones from the pitch before every game, and never a
lot of grass. However, it was a beginning and above all a
place to train and play... |
| Robin
Charters |
| HAWICK
DIPLOMACY |
| Tommy
Dickson...was remembered not only for his winning of the Skol Lager
Sprint, but when asked what he would like to drink by the sponsors
he replied, "A Tennents Lager, please". |
| Robin
Charters |
| AND
THE REST IS HISTORY |
| It
was the PSA who got me started in the game. Prior to
that I had not played the game at Hawick High School, preferring to
skive off and do a little rabbiting! Indeed it was once
when I was out with the dogs looking for a rabbit or two, and in the
company of of Tom Hinton, a PSA committee stalwart, that he and my
brother-in-law, Alex Telfer, persuaded me to go up to join the PSA
and give the game a trial |
| Hugh
McLeod |
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