Artikelname: Borders Railway Rambles
Artikelbeschreibung: Between 1846 and 1901 the Borders acquired no less than eighteen individual railway routes, chief among them the Waverley line, and yet by 1969 only the East Coast main line remained. However, plenty of clues to the region's railway past still exist and railway historian Alasdair Wham has walked all of the old routes to provide a detailed account of what can still be found. Combining history book and walking guide, Borders Railway Rambles tells how the Borders' railway network developed and searches for the heritage that is left. Accompanied by detailed maps and around forty period photographs, the book is packed with facts, figures and insights and is ideal for both serious ramblers and armchair enthusiasts.

Artikelname: Bygone Galashiels
Artikelbeschreibung: This attractive selection of photographs covers many aspects of life in Victorian and Edwardian Galashiels, with views of two of the town's former tweed mills, pictures of two dramatic railway disasters, and good coverage of all the main streets and important buildings in the town. Forte's Cafe, with its impressive billiards room, the fire at Victoria Mills in June 1905 and the flood of the same month, plus pictures of various Braw Lads gatherings, are some of the historical events featured.

Artikelname: Lost Railways of the Scottish Borders
Artikelbeschreibung: By the latter part of the nineteenth century most towns in the Scottish Borders had a rail service. Falling passenger numbers led to line closures from the 1930s onwards, and this collection of photographs illustrates many of the area's lost stations, along with historic rolling stock.

Artikelname: Old Coldstream and Cornhill
Artikelbeschreibung: From the Introduction
...Many of the villages shown here saw much sharper falls in population, and the loss of village services such as shops and schools. Today, many of the villages are fortunate to retain a shop or pub, necessitating trips to Coldstream or Berwick. That was not yet the case when the bulk of the images in this book were made, from the late Victorian period to the 1920s. Here we see crowded school photographs, village streets with shops and inns and curious bystanders, as well as the bustling streets of Coldstream. But in some later pictures motor cars begin to appear, harbingers of a different kind of society. Particularly in the form of the motor bus they made travel much easier for ordinary people across the area: for work, for shopping, and, not least, for pleasure. It has been suggested that the provision of bus services allowing young people from local villages to experience the pleasures of the cinema or the dance hall in Berwick accounted for a twentieth century boom in cross-border marriages!...

Artikelname: Old Galashiels
Artikelbeschreibung: This is a follow-up and complementary volume to "Bygone Galashiels" and there is no overlap of pictures between the two books. Among the pictures featured are Channel Street 1896, Market Street, Railway Station in the 1920s, the Abbotsford Arms Hotel, Bank Street, Millers the butcher, the Glassite Chapel, German Gypsies incident of 1906, Netherdale Mill, Langhaugh Spinning Mill, D Company of the KOSB and many more of this busy Borders town. Also featured are Clovenfords (4 pages), Caddonfoot (2 pages), Lindean, Abbotsford and Netherbarns.

Artikelname: Old Hawick
Artikelbeschreibung: Dating from the thirteenth century, Hawick has a proud history as a market town and the centre of the Borders' textile industry. It is also home to the Common Riding, the traditions of which date back to the early sixteenth century. All of these aspects of the town's past are featured in this book, which contains over 180 period photographs, many never published before. Long-gone sights include Andrew Oliver's auction mart, the opening of the old swimming baths, the railway station, the Auld Mid Raw, Buffalo Bill's Circus, and there is a special section devoted to the Common Riding. There are pages of photographs of the town's various bands, organisations, sporting clubs, and many of the community events that have been held over the decades (including the unveiling of the Horse memorial and the roller skating carnival of 1917!). The communities surrounding Hawick are also featured, including: Adderstonshiels, Appletreehall, Ashkirk, Bedrule, Bonchester Bridge, Chesters, Denholm, Hobkirk, Minto, Mosspaul, Roberton, Stobs and Teviothead.

Artikelname: Old Innerleithen, Walkerburn and Traquair
Artikelbeschreibung: Reaching a peak of seven mills in the 1870s, Innerleithen and Walkerburn owe their development, if not their existence, to the worldwide demand for the textiles they produced. In just forty years during the Victorian era, the population of Innerleithen alone grew five-fold and, with the coming of the railway, tourism for the local spa - named after Scott's 'St Ronan's Well' - also contributed to local prosperity. But it couldn't last. The mills have declined and the nineteenth-century fashion for health tourism has long passed. However, this book remembers the glory days, a time when the local choral society staged wonderfully costumed performances of Gilbert & Sullivan and when the Cleikum gathering could command the attention of the whole town and surrounding area. Other sights recalled include the local railway stations, the early golf course (sabotaged by a local farmer), the magnificent mansion house, The Glen, which burnt down in dramatic circumstances in 1905, and the golden jubilee of Walkerburn Co-op in 1913

Artikelname: Old Jedburgh
Artikelbeschreibung: Also featuring Ancrum, Cessford, Crailing, Eckford, Nisbet, Oxnam and Pennymuir, this collection of 56 photographs details life in and around historic Jedburgh in the early years of the twentieth century. Accompanied by the history of the town and area, the subjects include - amongst many others - the 'United' Sunday School picnic of 1910, when all of the town's Sunday schools got together for a combined day out (attendance - 741!), the area around the Abbey Bridge before the swimming pool was built, the long-forgotten Sheep and Dog Show, crowds gathering for the Handba game, a vintage team of Jedforest RUFC, the Oxnam Picnics, and the embarkation of local lads on their way to Flanders in 1914.

Artikelname: Old Melrose, St Boswells and Bowden
Artikelbeschreibung: Also featuring Dryburgh, Gattonside, Maxton, Mertoun and Newtown St Boswells, this book covers the history of the villages surrounding the Eildon Hills, an area notable for its connections with Sir Walter Scott. The book features over fifty period photographs dating from a century after Scott, when there was a railway, grand country houses such as Ravenswood were still occupied by the local gentry, and when military adventures (in this case the surrender of Pretoria during the Boer War) could still excite popular celebration.

Artikelname: Old Peebles
Artikelbeschreibung: One of the most dramatic events to occur in Peebles over the last century was the burning down of the magnificent Hydropathic Hotel in 1905. One photograph shows the original structure - eight storeys high in parts - while two others reveal the incredible aftermath of the fire. Elsewhere there are photographs of the station and viaduct over the Tweed before Peebles lost its railway link in the late 1960s. Other views show the town's tidy streets, shops and businesses as well as the golf course, football team and some local mansion houses. Three pictures of Stobo are included too.

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Artikelname: Old Selkirk
Artikelbeschreibung: Selkirk owed its expansion in the mid-nineteenth century to its mills and the workforce they required, but this period of industrial fervour lasted only a century. However, in the town's heyday there were prosperous shops and myriad sporting clubs and associations. In this history of the town, this heyday is recaptured through more than fifty period photographs. Subjects include the public hall under construction, curling at Thorniehall, the horse-drawn coal cart on Curror Street, the railway station, the Corn Mill on Station Road, manoeuvres of the Lothian & Border Horse, the opening of the footbridge to Ettrickbank, the Common Riding, and the various rugby, soccer and cricket clubs.

Artikelname: Old West Linton
Artikelbeschreibung: Dating from the days when West Linton had a railway station, these sixty photographs represent the village when it was just beginning to attract new settlers from Edinburgh and when a trip down the main street by a wealthy local in his new car could still bring the crowds out to watch. The book also features images of Carlops, Lamancha, Romanno Bridge, Mountain Cross, Blyth Bridge, Kirkcurd and Dolphinton.

Artikelname: Old Yarrow and Ettrick
Artikelbeschreibung: The Yarrow and Ettrick valleys are almost as remote now as they were in the mid 1800s, although by the end of the nineteenth century telegraph communication had been introduced and road links had improved to exploit the area's agricultural wealth. This history of the various communities scattered throughout the valleys features many images from a time when coach and charabanc tours were the main source of traffic. These include the Duchess Garden at Bowhill, the Old Bridge at Deuchar, Yarrow Hall, Yarrow Feus Post Office, and the still well-patronised Gordon Arms and Tibbie Sheils' Inn.

Artikelname: Old Yetholm, Morebattle, Hownam and Mowhaugh
Artikelbeschreibung: Both Yetholms are included together with the other settlements in the title. Town Yetholm illustrations include The Green, Romany House, Morebattle Road, outing to Spittal, St.James Church and the nearby Venchen Cottages. Kirk Yetholm is featured with The Green, High Street, The Gypsy Palace, Scout Camp, George V Coronation Celebrations etc. Also included are Primside Mill, Clifton,Attonburn, Yetholm Loch and a number of photographs of the 1911 Yetholm Show. The Morebattle pictures include the Quarry Brig, the school and the quirkily named Teapot Street. Mowhaugh School and Post Office, sheep dipping and the school pupils, represent this tiny place. Finally there are two photos of Hownam.

Artikelname: The Berwickshire Coast
Artikelbeschreibung: Includes Ayton, Berwick on Tweed, Burnmouth, Cockburnspath, Cove ,Coldingham, Eyemouth, Grantshouse, Reston and St.Abbs.

Artikelname: The Borders' Last Days of Steam
Artikelbeschreibung: Now that the Waverley line may finally be reopened, the Borders could soon enjoy the convenience of a railway once again. But in the meantime, this book recalls the line and the many branches as they once were, back in the fifties and sixties before the closures were made. Covering the whole of the Borders region, including England, this collection of fifty-five images includes the stations at Langholm, Reston, Burnmouth, Eyemouth, Coldstream, Jedburgh, Galashiels, Hawick, Carlisle, and many others, as well loads of evocative photographs of locomotives puffing across the rolling Borders countryside.