Hawick, The Mair, UK. Hawick Common Riding - Thursday Morning Chase. Caption: Cornet Gareth James Renwick accompanied by Acting Father John R. Lyle, Right Hand Man Alistair M George and Left Hand Man Euan Reilly, as they leave The Mair, carrying the Unbussed Banner Blue. The Hawick Common Riding is the first of the Border Common Ridings and celebrates both the capture of an English Flag, by the youth of Hawick at the military skirmish of Hornshole in 1514 and the ancient custom of riding the marches or boundaries of the common land. (Photo: Rob Gray) Credit: Rob Gray/Alamy Live

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