Robert Aytoun of the first Scots to write in standard English. His major work was "Diophantus and Charidora". "Inconstancy Upbraided" is perhaps the best of his short poems. He is credited with a little poem, "Old Long Syne", which probably suggested Robert Burns's famous "Auld Lang Syne". He is also the author of a ballad called "Bothwell" about the battle fought by James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell with the border reiver, John Elliot of Park, also known as Little Jock Elliot or Little Jock of the Park. The ballad recounts how Bothwell, in attempting to arrest Little Jock Elliot, suffers life-threatening
Daleside Brewery his wife, Catherine Braganza, who was described as being "Moorish", was rediscovered in the early 1990s after being lost and was given to Daleside under special licence. Morocco Ale is specially brewed for Levens Hall in Cumbria, who are the owners of the secret recipe. Daleside produce a wide range of beers including; Daleside Brewery sponsor the annual Auld Lang Syne fell race in Haworth every New Year's Eve. Daleside Brewery Daleside is an independent brewery founded in 1988 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Daleside Brewery was established in the mid 1980s in Harrogate. It moved to Starbeck in 1992