Suin efter the daith o her faither she jyned Border TV as a onscreen continuity annooncer, initially thinkin she wad anerly dae it ""for a month"", but it became her career for the next twinty-seiven years. She wis the first body seen on screen at Border, openin the station's transmission wi the wirds ""Good Evening and welcome to Border Television"" when it went on air at 5:45 on 1 September 1961.