Old Travel Blog Photograph Dining Hall Abbotsview Convalescent Home Galashiels Scotland

Old travel Blog photograph of the Dining Hall in Abbotsview Convalescent Home in Galashiels, Scottish Borders of Scotland. The home was was run by the Co-operative Society prior to the Second World War. It was adapted from a two storey house, formerly called Lynhurst, next to the larger Kingsknowes House near the railway line to the south east of Galashiels. A large extension was built to the south. During the Second World War it took evacuated children from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. 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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