Robert Paterson: Last News

Motherwell could have seen a 9/11 tower tragedy after a fire attack in a block whose residents include families and pensioners.

Perth Forever’ - was the official 2021 League Cup Final song, a cheery part Gaelic, part English anthem for St Johnstone FC.And its words of “the Saints are coming up for the cup” proved prophetic on Sunday as the Perth men scored a 1-0 victory over Livingston to take the trophy.The popular song was released specially for the final and was put out by the Gaelic-speaking St Johnstone fan club Comann Naomh Eòin through the official St Johnstone FC social media on bandcamp.com and on YouTube.In a tub-thumping chorus to cheer on the team, there are pipes and accordion and Crieff-based singer Robert Paterson, with local Perth trad players Mad Ferret Band leading the singing, along with children from Goodlyburn Primary’s Gaelic Medium Education

The day before his death he had won life-sized sandstone sculptures of “Old Mortality” and his pony in a lottery and they are housed in the building.They were created by Dumfries’ John Currie and are of an itinerant stonemason, called Robert Paterson (1712-1800), who spent his life maintaining, erecting and re-inscribing monuments dedicated to the Covenanters all over Dumfries and Galloway.