Galashiels, Selkirkshire, UK. 28th June, 2014. Braw Lads Gathering 2014 Galashiels Pipe Band ahead of the mounted cavalcade in Scott Street. Established in 1930 to celebrate the town‘s 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. Credit: Rob Gray/Alamy Live News
Galashiels, UK. 28 June 2014 Braw Lads Gathering 2014 Galashiels Pipe Band ahead of the mounted cavalcade in Scott Street. Established in 1930 to celebrate the town‘s 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: Rob Gray)
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