These great pictures from our archives show different aspects of life in the Hawick area from a bygone time, mainly the 1950s and 60s, showing people at work, school and play, as well as how some familiar places and landscapes looked back then. There’s also a visit from the Queen and a couple of Common Ridings events.
9. 1958
Aerial shot of the site of the livestock mart, which was built in 1883 and closed in 1992. Safeway built its supermarket on the site in 1993, and it became a Morrisons in 2005. Photo: Southern Reporter Archives
10. 1958
Hawick Auction Mart, with auctioneer Kenny Oliver in the ring, 1958. Photo: Southern Reporter Archives
11. 1959
Pringles knitting factory, March 1959. Photo: Unknown
12. 1959
The Flodden Memorial with a Scotsman / Evening Dispatch delivery van in front, March 1959. Photo: Unknown