Galashiels, Torwoodlee Broch c.1955
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G193006
Photo ref:
G193006
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A Selection of Memories from Galashiels
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Galashiels
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I attended the Academy from Primary 1 until senior 6th year starting in the wing of the school for primary pupils in Melrose Road and then latterly in the Scott Park. I have the old school magazines from that time but unfortunately two have been lost over the years.
My younger brother was in the last primary class in the school in Melrose Road before the Primary moved to the Langlee school. I can recall three of the ...see more
I went to Galashiels Academy when it was on the Melrose Road. There was a big horse-chestnut in the front playground . There was a tree covered slope leading down from the school to the gym and cookhouse, near the railway. The gym had been the original stable block, I suppose. The cookhouse where people got school lunches served up by Mrs Fairbairn, the janitor's wife, was a building with a tin roof, across the ...see more
I spent many summers at Torwoodlee Lodge with my Nanny (Jessie Scott Stewart) and a great uncle, Robert Brockie. As soon as school was out Mum, one of my brothers and myself would pack and catch the train to Glasgow, another to Edinburgh and finally board the bus headed for Galashiels. We'd get off at Torwoodlee Lodge which was within walking distance of Galashiels. What great times we ...see more
My memory of gala homepage is of no pics of gala. Well done dont need any only in your head. Wrigh Hock only a select few remember forever.
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