Hawick, Scotland, UK. 10 Jun 2016. Hawick Common Riding 2016. 6am Halberdiers. Drums and Fifes “Rouse the population”. Hawick Common Riding is the first of the annual Border events, it celebrates the capture of an English Flag from a raiding party in 1514 by the youth of Hawick at Hornshole and the ancient custom of riding the marches or boundaries of the common land. Credit: Troy GB Images/Alamy Live News
10 Jun 2016. Hawick Common Riding 2016. 6am Halberdiers. Drums and Fifes “Rouse the population”. Hawick Common Riding is the first of the annual Border events, it celebrates the capture of an English Flag from a raiding party in 1514 by the youth of Hawick at Hornshole and the ancient custom of riding the marches or boundaries of the common land. Though Hawick Common RIding is claimed as the first in the Borders the English town of Berwick upon Tweed's Bounds are ridden several weeks earlier and are ridden on the 1st of May each year.
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