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Title: BRAW LADS GATHERING

Reference number: 0767

Date: 1947

Sponsor: [ Pavilion Theatre, Galashiels]

Production company: Elder Dalrymple Productions

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 9.00 mins

Description: The historic flag of the Borders town of Galashiels is presented to the Cornet on the balcony of the burgh halls during the festival of the Braw Lads Gathering.

Shotlist: Credits (.15); Historic flag of Galashiels is presented to the Braw Lad on the balcony of the Burgh Halls (.24); Street procession of pipe band precedes him with the flag and the principal Braw Lass, asccompanied by other Braw Lads and Lassies all on horseback. Shots of large crowds watching from pavements (1.12); Shots of brass band which is followed by a large black car (1.24); Braw Lads and Lassies ford the River Tweed on horseback, followed by many other also on horseback. Large crowds watch from river banks (2.23); They arrive at Abbotsford House, former home of Sir Walter Scott, and are greeted by General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, DSO, great-great-grandson of the novelist. They are served with refreshments at the door of the house (3.07); The Cornet and Braw Lass have blooms pinned to their lapels by an unidentified young woman (3.24); Shot of another Braw Lass (3.30); They ford the River Tweed again (3.53); At the Old Market Cross in Galashiels, flowers are presented to the principal Braw Lass, who in turn places them at the foot of the memorial. Large crowds watch the ceremony (4.35); More shots of the Lads and Lassies arriving at Abbotsford House and of refreshments being served (5.31); They depart (5.42); Shots of the crowds (6.08); Shot of statue of a soldier on horse-back, in front of which the Cornet ceremoniously lowers the historic flag (6.35); Show jumping display in park (8.09); Shots of children dancing (8.23); ecs (8.32)