A MEMORIAL will be erected in Tweedbank to honour those who have contributed positively to the community over the years.

Tweedbank is renowned for its green spaces and natural beauty, and a commemorative plaque will pay homage the residents who dedicated their time and effort into making the village a nice place to live, and visit, over the past forty years.

One particularly important figure in Tweebank's history is Andrew Brackenridge.

Back in the 1970's, Andrew supervised the build for the central feature of the whole community, Tweedbank's Gunknowe Loch.

Tweedbank community councillor Andrew Bramhall said: “The landscape of the village would be very different if it wasn't Andrew's work with the loch. Everybody knows Gunknowe Loch and Tweedbank wouldn't have the same identity if it wasn't there.”

A grassy area beside the loch is set to feature a small semi-circle seating area and a stone dyke displaying a plaque listing local figures who contributed in some way to the landscape design of Tweedbank. It will be decorated with flowers and is intended as a peaceful place to sit and admire the surrounding beauty that those commemorated worked tirelessly to preserve.

A remembrance garden was initially discussed but it was decided that a simpler format would be easier to set up and maintain.

Others Tweedbank locals featuring on the plaque are David Solway, a resident who took a great interest in the village and its environment, Tom Smail, who was part of the park maintenance team, and Marjory Webb, who was Chariman of the Community Council for a number of years and was devoted to keeping up and enhancing the appearance of the landscaped areas.

The arrival of the Borders railway has brought tourists to Tweedbank en masse over the past few months and this memorial will enable visitors to learn a little more about the history of the village and the figures who were instrumental in it's creation.

The council are currently looking for funding for this project which they hope will be underway in 2016.