Old Photograph Roxburgh Street School Galashiels Scotland

Old photograph of Roxburgh Street School in Galashiels, Borders, Scotland. The school was constructed in 1894 by the Galashiels Burgh School Board to handle a rising child population driven by the local thriving textile and woollen mill industry. Robert Burns wrote two poems about Galashiels, " Sae Fair Her Hair " and " Braw Lads ". The latter is sung by the some of the townsfolk each year at the Braw Lads Gathering. Sir Walter Scott built his home, Abbotsford, just across the River Tweed from Galashiels. The Sir Walter Scott Way, a long distance walking path from Moffat to Cockburnspath passes through Galashiels.



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