Old photograph of Tower Knowe in Hawick, Scotland. Tour Scottish Borders. When the English entered Hawick in 1570 the inhabitants unthatched their houses, burnt the thatch in the streets and fled under cover of the smoke, which impeded the invaders. Nevertheless, the whole town was burnt.
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