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Island Street, GALASHIELS, TD1 1NU

This is a bakehouse and office on the southwest side of Island Street. There is another Dalgetty shop in the High Street in the town Image] and one in Melrose Image

This is the entrance step to this bakehouse Image Originally this must have been Wilkie Bakers.

The office is on the southwest side of Island Street. Michael Moore is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk and is the Secretary of State for Scotland.

This used to be the constituency office for Michael Moore, MP before he lost his seat at the last general election. For a view of the premises before the election, see Image

This photo shows my mother at the shop entrance in Island Street that she opened for the Campaign with my father on 5th December 1981. They had owned and ran a ladies and gents outfitters shop in the town and set up this shop by raising £92, obtaining a borrowed till and a £10 float. They relied on public donations of clothes, shoes, toys and bric-a-brac and were helped by a dedicated support of voluntary staff. In the first year the shop raised a net profit of £22,000 and within six years the net profit was £150,000. They moved to new premises in High Street in 1993 and retired from voluntary work in March 1996, by which time £440,000 had been raised. The success of the Galashiels shop spawned a chain of Cancer Research Campaign shops throughout the UK and in 1988 my mother was awarded the British Empire Medal for her charity work, which included starting up the Oxfam shop in the town where she stayed for eight years prior to opening the cancer shop. The Island Street shop was converted into ground floor flats.

For more information and a full view of the shop, see Image

This SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health) resource centre was recently opened in Island Street and it is the first of its kind in the Scottish Borders. The walk-in centre is available to anyone interested in information about mental health. Also in the same building is the re-launched SAMH Fresh Start employability service that provides advice and support to people with mental health problems.

This is a view down to the traffic lights. The premises from left to right are the Cancer Research Campaign shop, Alex Brown Bookmaker and the Bridge Inn. This was copied from a black and white negative.

This small shop at the foot of Island Street sells trash. Well, second hand goods at very reasonable prices.