What’s in a Name?

In a letter to the magazine celebrating it’s 25 years, Eddie Hutchings explains:

In September 1976 eight people who were interested in Scottish Country Dancing together with Phil, my wife, and myself, met in a room under the Public Hall, Kingskerswell. On that night we were uncertain of a future but enthusiasm was high and we decided to meet again. The news of our activity quickly spread and more joined in and we decided to ‘make a go of it’. What should we call ourselves? Various names were thought of and discarded; then Phil had a book from the library in which it said that “CARSWELLA” was the old Saxon name for Kingskerswell – no more thought, our decision was made and so “CARSWELLA SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCERS” was formed.

From this class the need for information and communication was identified and hence “THE CARSWELLIAN” was born.

The badge used on the front cover of the magazine is that of Carswella Scottish Country Dancers and was designed by Laurie Corbin, a member of the group. It was first introduced on Issue 10, and has been used ever since.