IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Market Square, DUNS, TD11 3AL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Market Square, TD11 3AL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (138 Images Found)
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A dreich morning in Duns
Paved streets in the town centre.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 1 Dec 2008
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Duns, it's a cracker
Collecting "tin" in the centre of Duns. Collecting for the Christmas lights. The square is the site of the now demolished Town Hall.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 25 Nov 2008
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Old Town House, Market Square
Built in 1820.
Image: © kim traynor
Taken: 11 Sep 2013
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The Cross, Duns
The first building on the right is the former Working Men's Institute.
Image: © Gordon Brown
Taken: 12 Sep 2020
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Private Wojtek 'The Soldier Bear'
The statue of the soldier bear was erected in Duns in April 2016.
Wojtek was discovered as a three month old, orphan cub in Iran by Polish soldiers who had been based near Duns in Berwickshire. They adopted the tiny animal, fed him and nurtured him and brought him to maturity, a maturity which became more human than bear. Wojtek lived with the troops, ate with them and drank...ale with them, he even enjoyed a cigarette. When the division took to battle at Monte Cassino in Italy, Wojtek's job was to carry shells to the gunners and load them in to the artillery. On returning to Duns after the war, Wojtek, naturally, returned with them.
In 1947, he was gifted to Edinburgh Zoo where he, surprisingly, settled well even though he was more used to human ways. He lived the rest of his life at Edinburgh and died in 1963 aged 21.
Monuments to him have been erected in Edinburgh, two in London, Krakow in Poland, Grimsby and Ottowa in Canada and now in Duns.
After a service by a Polish priest, the beautiful monument was unveiled in the square at South Street in Duns by the Mayor of Zagan, Poland, a town which is twinned with and has close ties with Duns.
There is also a beautiful War Memorial in Duns Public Park, in memory of the Polish soldiers who died during World War II after being billeted in Berwickshire. Those brave men would be so proud of one of their favourite 'sons' Private Wojtek - "The Soldier Bear'.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 29 Apr 2016
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Market Square, Duns
Vernal Equinox 2013.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 20 Mar 2013
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Private Wojtek: The Soldier Bear
The statue of Wojtek, unveiled earlier in the afternoon, at Golden Square, Duns.
Image: © James T M Towill
Taken: 24 Apr 2016
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Wojtek the Soldier Bear, Duns
A statue of the bear adopted by the Polish army, many of whom were quartered here in WW2. This was given to Duns by the people of Zagan, Duns' twin town in Poland, in April 2016.
Another statue of Wojtek is located in Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh - see Image
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 6 Mar 2017
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