Neill Gilhooley Posted 24 December , 2019 Share Posted 24 December , 2019 Hello, I've had a fruitless search for this location, it is the sort of industrial site that will have been swept away a long time ago, I suspect. 3/9th Royal Scots were formed at Peebles, moved to Selkirk, then later to Stobs and Catterick. It may not be any of those places of course. Selkirk is possible though, with the industry near the Ettrick and the slope of the hill. They are crossing a bridge, though it looks too overgrown for a railway, so perhaps a burn. But, I have also found myself getting lost (on Streetview) in Peebles and Hawick. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 26 December , 2019 Share Posted 26 December , 2019 Doesn’t look much like Peebles and it does look like the Borders. Which doesn’t help. Any idea what the “No. 45 R C” means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neill Gilhooley Posted 26 December , 2019 Author Share Posted 26 December , 2019 No idea, perhaps the photographer's reference, or perhaps at a stretch, recruits company, though 45 means nothing to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 26 December , 2019 Share Posted 26 December , 2019 The relative locations of the two mills, front right and back left are distinctive, but I can't make it match anything on the 25 inch maps of Peeble or Selkirk. I wonder if the bridge is over a mill leat? RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 28 December , 2019 Share Posted 28 December , 2019 My guess (and only a guess) given the mills and the hills is Galashiels. Can't find anything definitive. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyacinth1326 Posted 29 December , 2019 Share Posted 29 December , 2019 Yes, I was thinking Galashiels or Hawick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 I've lived in the Borders for most of my life and know all the towns really well. The mills with the rising hill in the background appear just right but, as you say, many of the mill buildings have gone. I've taken to examining old large-scale maps of Gala, Hawick, Selkirk, Innerleithen, Walkerburn and Peebles but drawn a blank. Frustrating with what appears to be a substantial bridge there. I'll attach the address of the map search site in case anyone else wants to try their hand. Ian https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=5&lat=56.0000&lon=-4.0000&layers=102&b=1&z=1&point=0,0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 Just had a rare brainwave - the 'RC' in the bottom right hand corner almost certainly indicates Robert Clapperton a prolific Selkirk photographer. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 Is that not a railway station left background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 Just now, seaJane said: Is that not a railway station left background? Could be... I've had a response to feelers I've put out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 good match; Clever people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 Google Image tells me that's Selkirk Station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 (edited) courtesy NLS Selkirk station c 1900. Photo taken lower end of Station Street. Bridge is over the old Mill Lade which disappears under some of the buildings. Out of curiosity I followed this thread because of ancestors close by ! Edited 1 January , 2020 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 It looks like that sunken bit under the bridge, just to the right of the D of RD, is still there today -but not much else ! from googleearth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 1 January , 2020 Share Posted 1 January , 2020 Lovely stuff. I think they may well be marching away from Selkirk Station. As Charlie962 points out, unrecognisable today. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neill Gilhooley Posted 2 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2020 Tremendous work, clever indeed, a sort of industrial archaeology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neill Gilhooley Posted 2 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2020 I remember seeing chimney stacks on Station St on Canmore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 2 January , 2020 Share Posted 2 January , 2020 The 'bridge' which confused me for so long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neill Gilhooley Posted 2 January , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2020 Thank you all, excellent evidence gathered together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 2 January , 2020 Share Posted 2 January , 2020 Here it is on the 25 Inch to 1 Mile map, courtesy of the National Library of Scotland: RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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