Slideshow: 1970s Common Ridings in colour

By The Newsroom

Published 31st May 2016, 11:59 BST

Updated 31st May 2016, 14:02 BST

With Common Riding season in the Borders about to begin,here are a selection of our archive pictures from the 1970s ... published in colour for the first time.

Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Melrose, Gala and Selkirk all feature in this nostalgia trip.