The Soutars o' Selkirk
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The Soutars o' Selkirk
Image: © James Denham Taken: 18 May 2011
A frieze depicting a souter (shoemaker) on the gable end of a more modern building. Shoemakers were the largest of the trades in the town of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, thus the nickname of the natives of the town - Soutars.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.545879
Longitude
-2.840567