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This blog is to introduce you to my town - Peebles, in the Scottish Borders - just one photo at a time, with perhaps a little description and maybe some history thrown in. I hope you will find it interesting. The title comes from a historical comment made by someone who preferred Peebles to the great and famous cities. I know how they felt. It's always a pleasure to return here however long you've been away.

If you want to make a comment, ask me a question, or merely just want to say "hello, I've dropped in", you can do that by using the comment section below each entry. (Just click on the word COMMENT and follow instructions. ) I'd love to know what you think of what you see of my town.

I don't have an expensive elaborate camera so the photo quality may not be brilliant, but I'd like to think my pics will please you. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks to Mary H for the lovely designs I used for my background, and thanks too to all of you who have chosen to support my blog by becoming "followers".

Thursday, 29 January 2009

The Old Town House

Built in 1753 this is Peebles Town House, at the rear of which was the Corn Exchange. Look closely at the Peebles coat of arms on the triangular pediment above the upper middle window. Here there are two salmon swimming upstream and only one swimming down! Someone got it wrong!
This is referred to as the Poachers' arms. Two salmon going upriver, the poacher caught one (illegally) so only one swims down!

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