Galashiels, Scotland, UK, June 30: Braw Lads' Day 2018 (Braw Lads Gathering) Braw Lad Greg Kelly carrying the Burgh Standard, galloping up Scott Street ahead of Braw Lass Kimberley O'May during the Braw Lads Gathering annual festival, part of the Scottish Common Riding season, on June 30, 2018 in Galashiels. Established in 1930 to celebrate the town's history. Credit: Rob Gray/Alamy Live News
GALASHIELS, SCOTLAND - June 30: Braw Lads' Day 2018 (Braw Lads Gathering) Braw Lad 2018: Greg Kelly carrying the Burgh Standard, galloping up Scott Street ahead of Braw Lass 2018: Kimberley O'May during the Braw Lads Gathering annual festival, part of the Scottish Common Riding season, on June 30, 2018 in Galashiels. Established in 1930 to celebrate the townÔs history. Preliminary events precede the main ceremonies on the Saturday which begin with the Braw Lad receiving the Burgh Flag and leading his mounted supporters to the Raid Stane. Here in 1337 Gala lads killed English raiders in a field of wild plums. The ride continues with crossing the Tweed to Abbotsford and returns to the Old Town cross where the creation of Galashiels as a Burgh of Barony in 1599 is recalled. The ceremony of sod and stone (sasine) is enacted and red and white roses mingled on a base of thistles to commemorate the marriage of James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor. (Photo by Rob Gray / Freelance)
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