WELCOME to the website for Peebles Gutterbluids Society, which is based at Peebles, in Scotland. Peebles is the county town for Peeblesshire, (also known as Tweeddale), and is located some 25 miles south of Edinburgh.

The word 'gutterblood' (Scot.) means 'a low born person', while the term 'gutterbluid', regarded by some as unique to Peebles, is used to describe one who was born in Peebles, often from a family whose forebears were in Peebles for several generations.
According to J. L. Brown and I. C. Lawson in their book, 'History of Peebles 1850 ~ 1990', it had been said that the nineteenth century was the century of the 'Gentlemen's Club' and certainly this could be true of Peebles. "In addition to the Gutterbluid Club formed in 1823, the following were active during the period: the Incomers Club, the Peeblesshire Society, the Edinburgh Peeblean Club and so on." The Gutterbluid Club survived until the outbreak of the First World War. It was resurrected in 1974 as the Peebles Gutterbluids Society.
The objects of the Society are to maintain and improve amenities within and around the Royal Burgh of Peebles by active participation and to undertake similar activities deemed appropriate by the Committee.