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Galashiels
Oct. 13th, 2013 12:21 amAfter seeing Melrose, when the sun went down, we went back to the inn in Clovensford. The next morning we went into Galashiels to look around a little. From what I had seen, Galashiels looked really pretty and old. It wasn't really that spectacular. Not touristy at all. Just your basic town. Or maybe we missed the good parts. Wikipedia says that Galashiels is a major commercial centre for the Scottish Borders. It has a population of around 12,000 people.
Here's the middle of town. The above shows the town hall and Cornmill Fountain, on Cornmill Square. On top of the column, there is a sculpture of foxes trying to get sour plums from a tree. This depicts the town's coat of arms and motto, "Soor Plooms." It is a reference to an incident in 1337 when a raiding party of English soldiers were picking wild plums close to the town and were caught by Scots who came across them by chance and slaughtered them all.
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Here's the middle of town. The above shows the town hall and Cornmill Fountain, on Cornmill Square. On top of the column, there is a sculpture of foxes trying to get sour plums from a tree. This depicts the town's coat of arms and motto, "Soor Plooms." It is a reference to an incident in 1337 when a raiding party of English soldiers were picking wild plums close to the town and were caught by Scots who came across them by chance and slaughtered them all.
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