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Melrose Road, GALASHIELS, TD1 2AE

This late November sunrise was viewed from the end of the High Road. The approaching vehicles are on the Melrose Road.

These buildings have been empty since the Borders College transferred all functions in April 2009 to the new campus at Netherdale Image The day after I took this photo on 22/4/09, the Borders College sign was removed. According to the framework for redevelopment of the 1.93 hectare (4.77 acres) site in the Scottish Borders Local Plan and Planning Brief, these buildings could be converted into flats with new houses built on the remaining area of the campus site. The Queens Sports Centre on the site is owned by Scottish Borders Council and will remain in situ. The original house on this site, called Oaklea, was converted into a school for Galashiels Academy in 1910 with extensions built over the years before the academy moved to a new school in the Gala House Policies in 1964 Image The site was used by Galashiels Technical College after the academy moved to the new school and then by Borders College from 1984 to 2009. I spent my first two years of secondary school here with few happy memories until the transfer to the more relaxed atmosphere of the new academy building. (Source: SBC Planning Brief and Galashiels, A Modern History).

These buildings have been empty since the Borders College transferred all functions in April 2009 to the new campus at Netherdale Image The day after I took this photo on 22/4/09, the Borders College sign was removed. According to the framework for redevelopment of the 1.93 hectare (4.77 acres) site in the Scottish Borders Local Plan and Planning Brief, these buildings could be converted into flats with new houses built on the remaining area of the campus site. The Queens Sports Centre on the right is owned by Scottish Borders Council and will remain in situ. The original house on this site, called Oaklea, was converted into a school for Galashiels Academy in 1910 with extensions built over the years before the academy moved to a new school in the Gala House Policies in 1964 Image The site was used by Galashiels Technical College after the academy moved to the new school and then by Borders College from 1984 to 2009. I spent my first two years of secondary school here with few happy memories until the transfer to the more relaxed atmosphere of the new academy building. (Source: SBC Planning Brief and Galashiels, A Modern History).

A private road but right of way on the pedestrian route up Blaikie's Hill.

This photo at the junction of the High Road and Melrose Road was taken by my father. My mother is standing by the telegraph pole. This was copied from a Kodachrome slide.

The Borders Railway making progress to its destination at Tweedbank, here seen from the bridge on Station Brae. Compare with Image taken in December last year.

This photograph, taken on 09/11/06 from the first floor of Galashiels Health Centre, shows demolition work continuing on the East abutment after the steel framed Station Brae Bridge had been dismantled. The removal of the bridge was delayed because of complications in diverting B.T. cables within the structure. The scaffolding on the right is part of the construction work for the South end of the Waverley rail link bridge.

The railway heading eastwards on the last short stretch to cross the Tweed to the new terminus station at Tweedbank.

These buildings have been empty since the Borders College transferred all functions in April 2009 from Melrose Road to the new campus at Netherdale Image This shows the east side of the former Galashiels Academy facing Langhaugh Lane. According to the framework for redevelopment of the 1.93 hectare (4.77 acres) site in the Scottish Borders Local Plan and Planning Brief, these buildings could be converted into flats with new houses built on the remaining area of the campus site. The original house on this site, called Oaklea, was converted into a school for Galashiels Academy in 1910 with extensions built over the years before the academy moved to a new school in the Gala House Policies in 1964 Image The site was used by Galashiels Technical College after the academy moved to the new school and then by Borders College from 1984 to 2009. I spent my first two years of secondary school here with few happy memories until the transfer to the more relaxed atmosphere of the new academy building. (Source: SBC Planning Brief and Galashiels, A Modern History).