Memorial statue and Mill Bell, Walkerburn
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Memorial statue and Mill Bell, Walkerburn by Jim Barton as part of the Geograph project.
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Memorial statue and Mill Bell, Walkerburn
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 17 Dec 2020
The figure of the soldier stood at the original War Memorial, unveiled in 1920. It was stolen in August 1998 but replaced by a full size statue the following year. In 2000 the smaller stolen figure was recovered and placed here. The Mill Bell dates from 1885; it summoned the workforce to the textile mill established in the 1850s by Henry Ballantyne. See http://www.walkerburn.com/History.htm for more on Walkerburn's history. The cutout figures are part of the Christmas decorations. Taken to replicate the first Geograph for this square, Image taken by Kevin Rae in 2005.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.623777
Longitude
-3.019299