peebles for pleasure: The Mercat Cross

Welcome!

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.

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Tuesday 10 March 2009

The Mercat Cross

Well, I WAS going to add another photo last night but again had problems with blogspot not doing what it oughter! Anyway this morning all is well again so here goes!

This is a view down the High Street, with the Mercat Cross in the foreground. Dating back several centuries, the "cross" has been moved a few times, but is pretty much back where it stood originally. It was the hub of Peebles in years gone by, the place where announcements were delivered to the townspeople, and round which the Peebles market traded. Mercat is the Scots for market, though once, one American visitor, mistook the word, asking at the tourist information centre where she could see the meercats. That caused a bit of amusement all round when the poor woman was put straight!