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Old Photograph Crook Inn Tweedsmuir Scotland
Old photograph of the interior of the Crook Inn in Tweedsmuir in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. The Crook Inn in the village is where Robert Burns wrote some of his poems. It was licensed in 1604. Robert Burns wrote " Willie Wastle's Wife " there. It has served as a coaching inn, a Post Office and source of employment. In the early 20th century a halt was built on the Talla Railway to serve it. The inn attracted much passing trade from the labourers who were building the Talla Reservoir, which the railway was built to serve. It has also, over the years, become a place of pilgrimage for members of the Porteous family, visiting the site of nearby Hawkshaw, their former ancestral home on the hills above Tweeddale and the Fruid Reservoir. A reunion of Porteous family members was traditionally held at the inn every five years, attracting visitors from all over the world.
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