by Genscu | Jun 12, 2025 | Bloggings
🔥 Early Community Firefighting: Buckets, Bells and Volunteers (17th–18th Centuries) Before formal fire brigades existed, communities in the Scottish Borders relied on simple tools and collective effort. In the 17th and 18th centuries, if a blaze broke out in a town or... 
by Genscu | May 19, 2025 | Bloggings
Introduction: A Glen of Mystery and Magic On a misty evening in the Scottish Borders, the Fairy Glen near Galashiels whispers with ancient secrets. Beneath mossy oaks and along the banks of the Allan (or Elwand) Water, locals once found small round “fairy stones”... 
by Genscu | May 17, 2025 | Bloggings
Map of Scottish Highland clans (green areas) and Lowland families (blue labels), reflecting the regional divide. Highlands (north and west) remained Gaelic-speaking and clan-based, while Lowlands (south and east) were Scots-speaking with feudal families. Geography and... 
by Mark Nicol | Aug 7, 2022 | Videos
Of all Sir Walter Scott’s Border Ballads “The Douglas Tragedy” is the only one with an exact geographical location in the story.  But the places in this stirring romantic tragedy have been lost to the sands of time. Today I go looking for them, in the beautiful... 
by Mark Nicol | Feb 8, 2020 | Videos
Mark searches for a legendary forgotten old jail deep in the Scottish Borders...