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Borders Textile Towerhouse
Borders Textile Towerhouse Review
This museum in the former Drumlanrig Tower at the southern end of High Street in Hawick includes a good exhibition about the textile industry, once the lifeblood of the Borders, but brings it up to the present. Plenty of interactive elements make it interesting for children as well. One room commemorates the demonstrations by textile workers who were demanding the right to vote in the 1880s. On the upper floor are up-to-the-minute fabrics that define the 21st century. Check out the shop, too.
- Address: 1 Tower Knowe, Hawick, TD9 9BZ | Map It
- Phone: 01450/377615
- Cost: Free
- Hours: Apr.--Oct., Mon.-Sat.10--4:30, Sun. noon--3; Nov.--Mar., Mon. and Wed.--Sat. 10--4
- Website: www.heartofhawick.co.uk
- Location: Selkirk
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