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Peebles Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking south at the closed Leadburn station in snow.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/67.jpg "Leadburn")
![Eddleston station viewed from the north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/784.jpg "Eddleston")
![Esk Valley Junction viewed from the north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/785.jpg "Esk Valley Junction")
![Rosewell and Hawthornden station viewed from the north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/786.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![Leadburn station viewed from the south end.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/788.jpg "Leadburn")
![Bonnyrigg station from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/789.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![Pomathorn station viewed from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/792.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Rosslynlee station viewed from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/793.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![Loanstone looking south towards Penicuik and Peebles.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/4000/4020.jpg "Loanstone Sidings")
![Looking south at the approximate site of Peebles Engine Shed where the extension east to Galashiels left the original Peebles station on a short spur.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7048.jpg "Peebles Engine Shed")
![Peebles totem now in a private collection.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney Collection //]](/images/63000/63373.jpg "Peebles [2nd]")
![View north as class J37 no 64587 stands at Pomathorn at the head of the SLS <I>Farewell to Peebles</I> railtour on 3 February 1962, with the locomotive straddling the level crossing over the B6372. The imposing building in the background is the former Pomathorn paper mill, currently (2009) in use as a storage facility. Pomathorn station closed in 1962 and is now a private house [see image 6277]. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 03/02/1962]](/images/23000/23614.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Class J37 0-6-0 no 64587 pauses on the crossing alongside Rosslynlee station on 3 February 1962 on its way south with the <i>Farewell to Peebles</I> railtour over the Peebles loop. The line was closed to passenger traffic south of Hawthornden Junction two days later. District Operating Inspector David G Kerr, who accompanied many of these specials, is standing on the left of the picture with his back to the crossing gates. <br><br>[K A Gray 03/02/1962]](/images/25000/25306.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![The driver of the 0744 Edinburgh-Peebles-Galashiels DMU exchanges single line tokens with the signalman at Peebles Engine Shed signal box on 3 February 1962, the last day of passenger services on the line.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/27000/27541.jpg "Peebles Engine Shed")
![View through the driver's cab of the 07.54 Edinburgh-Galashiels via Peebles train shortly after leaving Leadburn on the last day of service, Saturday 3rd February 1962.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/28000/28287.jpg "Leadburn")
![The Leadburn signalman exchanges tokens with the driver of the 07.54 Edinburgh-Peebles-Galashiels train on the last day of service, Saturday 3rd February 1962. The Leadburn platforms survive to this day [see image 1436].<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/32000/32009.jpg "Leadburn")
![The SLS <I>'Farewell to Peebles'</I> railtour with J37 0-6-0 no 64587 in charge captured shortly after leaving Pomathorn en route to its next stop at Leadburn on Saturday 3rd February 1962, the last day of passenger services over the line. Pomathorn paper Mill (closed in 1975) can be seen in the left background [see image 23614]. <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 03/02/1962]](/images/32000/32829.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![SLS Farewell to Peebles Tour 3rd February 1962<br><br>
64587 at the miniscule and short-lived Rosslynlee Hospital Halt.<br><br>[Jim Currie (Courtesy Stephenson Locomotive Society) 03/02/1962]](/images/39000/39519.jpg "Rosslynlee Hospital Halt")
![SLS Farewell to Peebles Tour 3rd February 1962<br><br>
64587 at Leadburn, where the special was the last passenger train to call there.<br><br>[Jim Currie (Courtesy Stephenson Locomotive Society) 03/02/1962]](/images/39000/39520.jpg "Leadburn")
![The SLS <I>'Farewell to Peebles'</I> railtour on the level crossing at Pomathorn on 3 February 1962. The special is hauled by J37 0-6-0 no 64587 [see image 28603]. The large building in the left background is Pomathorn paper mill, which closed in 1975.<br><br>[David Stewart 03/02/1962]](/images/45000/45888.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![The SLS <I>Farewell to Peebles</I> railtour makes a photostop at Rosslynlee Hospital Halt on 3rd February 1962. J37 0-6-0 no 64587 is in charge.<br><br>[David Stewart 03/02/1962]](/images/45000/45975.jpg "Rosslynlee Hospital Halt")
![Local residents, railway enthusiasts and one eejit turn out at Leadburn station on 3 February 1962 to witness the visit of the SLS <I>Farewell to Peebles</I> railtour. The special, hauled by J37 0-6-0 no 64587, ran from Princes Street over the Peebles Loop, returning north via Galashiels to terminate at Waverley.<br><br>[David Stewart 03/02/1962]](/images/48000/48273.jpg "Leadburn")
![Looking back over the crossing towards Rosslynlee station on 3 February 1962 showing J37 0-6-0 no 64587 with the <I>Farewell to Peebles</I> railtour. The Peebles Loop was closed to passenger traffic south of Hawthornden Junction two days later.<br><br>[David Stewart 03/02/1962]](/images/48000/48289.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![Photograph taken at Rosewell and Hawthornden on 08 September 1962. This was the last day of passenger services at the station, which had retained a local DMU service to Waverley following closure of the Peebles Loop between Hawthornden Junction and Kilnknowe Junction, Galashiels, some 7 months earlier. The seat displays the name originally carried from the station's opening in 1855 until the change in 1928. <br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 08/09/1962]](/images/37000/37320.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![Information. Last day of services at Rosewell, 8 September 1962. [See image 37320] <br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 08/09/1962]](/images/37000/37367.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![Last day of passenger services at Rosewell on 8 September 1962 with a DMU for Waverley at the platform. The destination blind reads 'Edinburgh - Inner Circle'. [See image 37367]<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 08/09/1962]](/images/37000/37400.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![Desolation at Rosewell & Hawthornden looking north towards Hardengreen Junction in 1970. The station had closed to passengers in 1962 with the last freight (off the Penicuik branch) having passed through in April 1967 [see image 29992].<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/05/1970]](/images/5000/5287.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![Looking north over the former goods yard at Eddleston, being used to house the miniature railway of the Edinburgh Society of Model Engineers.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1972]](/images/59000/59992.jpg "Eddleston")
![Old level crossing gate box at Pomathorn relocated to north end of the platform and facing into the former goods yard, in 1975. [See image 23614]<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1975]](/images/35000/35466.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Rosewell and Hawthornden station site, looking towards Edinburgh in December 1976.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton /12/1976]](/images/59000/59909.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![An ex-Granton Gas Works NG Barclay, at Eddleston station on the Peebles Line in August 1982. It was eventually sold on and restored. I think it went to the Isle of Man for a short time. Current location unknown, but perhaps a quarry museum in southern England. Absolutely no idea what happened to the cat.<br><br>[Peter Todd 11/08/1982]](/images/19000/19240.jpg "Eddleston")
![A Mk1 coach at the rear of the Leadburn Inn awaiting conversion to a dining car in April 1985. The Inn, located opposite the site of Leadburn station on the A6094, burned down in 2005 and was rebuilt in 2010. The coach survived the fire although its current whereabouts are unknown.<br><br>
Note from Alastair Taylor:<br><br>
According to the Vintage Carriages Trust website, this TSO was originally M4427 and was scrapped (presumably on site) in 2006.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 07/04/1985]](/images/51000/51482.jpg "Leadburn Inn")
![Loanstone level crossing box and surviving gatepost alongside the B7028, on the Peebles branch north of Pomathorn in April 1985. The sign on the gate reads <I>Loanstone Crossing</I>. The line closed completely in 1962.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 07/04/1985]](/images/51000/51537.jpg "Loanstone Sidings")
![In 2000 this showroom stood on the site of the original Peebles terminus. The view looks north. This site is now occupied by flats. The March Street Mills are off to the left and to the right was the extension of the line east to Galashiels via the 'new' Peebles station.<br><br>
<br><br>
This station became known as 'Peebles Old' after closure to passengers, being retained for goods, a sawmill and later the March Street Mills.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2000]](/images/54000/54944.jpg "Peebles [1st]")
![Notice of a General Meeting of the Peebles Railway Company, to be held on 29 March 1867 in the County Hall, Peebles.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 14/11/2001]](/images/24000/24388.jpg "Plates, signs and notices")
![Often on a railway ramble nothing at all remains, ploughed fields, not even a fence. But sometimes part of a platform or the base of a signalpost can be found. This example of the latter survives just to the north of Milkhall Crossing, itself just north of Leadburn.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/12/2003]](/images/23000/23363.jpg "Milkhall Crossing")
![The old station building at Eddleston in February 2004.<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/02/2004]](/images/1000/1478.jpg "Eddleston")
![The former Leadburn Station (now a picnic site) in December 2004 looking south towards the junction of the Peebles and Dolphinton routes. [See image 32009].<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2004]](/images/1000/1436.jpg "Leadburn")
![All quiet at the former Leadburn station in December 2004, with the one time junction for the lines to Peebles and Dolphinton having been converted to an interesting picnic site. View is north west, back towards Edinburgh, with the island platform now shortened to provide a turning and parking area for vehicles, which enter from the A6094 at the other end of the site. Leadburn closed to passengers in 1955 and the last special called on 3 February 1962 [see image 48273].<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2004]](/images/50000/50015.jpg "Leadburn")
![The remains of the station at Bonnyrigg, photographed in March 2005, looking south west from the pavement alongside the B704. The station was the first stop south of Hardengreen Junction on the Peebles Loop and closed to passengers in 1962.<br><br>[John Furnevel 16/03/2005]](/images/5000/5982.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![The former station at Rosslynlee on the Peebles Loop, looking west over the site of the level crossing in March 2005. Originally opened as Roslin in 1855, the name was changed to Rosslyn 9 years later, before becoming Rosslynlee in 1872. The station closed along with the line in 1962 and has since become a private residence [see image 48289]. <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/03/2005]](/images/62000/62713.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![The former station at Bonnyrigg - looking north east along the island platform in November 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/11/2005]](/images/5000/5957.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![Remains of track running into March Street Mills, Peebles, in December 2005. View is north towards George Street, with the route of the old main line off to the right on the other side of the buildings.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/12/2005]](/images/6000/6262.jpg "March Street Mills")
![Track still in situ within the old March Street Mills, Peebles. Looking south in December 2005 with George Street behind the camera. The Peebles line closed in 1962.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/12/2005]](/images/6000/6263.jpg "March Street Mills")
![Site of Pomathorn level crossing - looking back towards the old station in December 2005 with the crossing gates now replaced by a wire mesh fence. The sizeable goods yard stood beyond the station house. Pomathorn Mill dominates the left background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2005]](/images/6000/6277.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Former station approach and forecourt (now a walled garden) at Pomathorn, in 2005. The rear of the platform is on the right and now supports a fence, while north of the station beyond the drive is part of the closed Pomathorn mill.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2005]](/images/6000/6280.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![The abandoned former goods yard at Pomathorn looking towards Peebles in December 2005. The station house stands in the centre background with the trackbed off to the left hidden by the undergrowth. Beyond the house is the site of the level crossing over the B6372. Pomathorn Mill is directly behind the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/12/2005]](/images/39000/39880.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Hawthorn and rambling roses at redundant Rosewell.<br><br>[Brian Forbes //2006]](/images/12000/12997.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![This as the picture shows the station has been turned into a village store.<br><br>[Colin Harkins /03/2006]](/images/10000/10369.jpg "Cardona")
![March Street Mills siding, a branch from Peebles (Old) goods yard, in April 2006. A few years later, all would be swept away by a housing development. View looks south to March Street where a reversing spur gave access to the original Peebles terminal station.<br><br>[Bill Roberton /04/2006]](/images/55000/55085.jpg "March Street Mills")
![March Street Mills siding, a branch from Peebles (Old) goods yard, in April 2006. A few years later, all would be swept away by a housing development. View north. This location was reached by a reversing spur, at March Street, which came from the original Peebles station throat.<br><br>[Bill Roberton /04/2006]](/images/55000/55105.jpg "March Street Mills")
![Rosslynlee Station looking east towards Hawthornden.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9697.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![Pomathorn Station looking east towards Rosslynlee.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9704.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Pomathorn Station goods dock looking west towards Leadburn.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9705.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Pomathorn Station bay looking west towards Leadburn.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9706.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Leadburn Station looking north towards Pomathorn.<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9707.jpg "Leadburn")
![Leadburn Station looking north towards Pomathorn<br><br>[Clive Barlow 26/05/2006]](/images/9000/9708.jpg "Leadburn")
![A former crossing - keepers box, originally located at the south end of Pomathorn station (closed 1962), now relocated halfway along the platform and in use as a garden shed in August 2006. The corner of the former station house can be seen on the right.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/08/2006]](/images/10000/10211.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Interesting ornamental plant container attached to the wall of a house near the former Pomathorn station, Penicuik, in August 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/08/2006]](/images/10000/10214.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![Platform edge with birch trees - remains of the platform at Pomathorn, looking east along the overgrown trackbed in August 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/08/2006]](/images/10000/10267.jpg "Pomathorn Halt")
![East end of Rosewell station,<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/10/2006]](/images/11000/11355.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![Station house and waiting room which were on original platform. Level Crossing removed.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/10/2006]](/images/11000/11358.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![Remains of the platforms at Rosewell and Hawthornden looking south west in February 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/02/2007]](/images/13000/13813.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![No notices posted - view north across the platforms at Leadburn station on 1 August 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/08/2007]](/images/16000/16047.jpg "Leadburn")
![View east at Leadburn towards Pomathorn on 1 August 2007 with the island platform on the right.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/08/2007]](/images/16000/16048.jpg "Leadburn")
![The former 1855 station at Eddleston on 26 March 2008, seen platform side looking northeast towards Leadburn. The property, which has been extended since line closure in 1962, is currently (2008) on the market advertised at offers over £385,000.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18469.jpg "Eddleston")
![Site of the level crossing on the Peebles Railway as it entered the village of Eddleston, looking south towards Peebles on 26 March 2008. To the left is Station Road and directly opposite stands the old station masters house. The station itself is in the centre background to the right of the wooden signpost.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18470.jpg "Eddleston")
![Modified TV aerial mast at a former crossing cottage on the Peebles Railway north of Eddleston in March 2008.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18946.jpg "Eddleston")
![Old station house at Leadburn (station closed 1955), the former junction on the Peebles Railway for the Dolphinton branch. The house faces the A6094 with the platforms still surviving at the rear. The line arrived from Edinburgh via a level crossing running in diagonally over the road from the left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/02/2009]](/images/22000/22597.jpg "Leadburn")
![A jogger runs through platform 1 at Bonnyrigg station (closed 1962) heading towards Hardengreen Junction. The former station on the Peebles Loop is now part of a walkway/cycleway (or runway in this case?). View north east towards the B704 on 5 March 2011. <br><br>[John Furnevel 05/03/2011]](/images/33000/33116.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![Frontage of the former Rosslynlee station on the Peebles loop on 6 March 2013, half a century after closure. View is north east towards Hawthornden Junction. The level crossing stood to the right of the building. [See image 25306]<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/03/2013]](/images/42000/42280.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![Looking along the platform side of the former Rosslynlee station in March 2013 [see image 42280]. View is north east towards Hawthornden Junction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/03/2013]](/images/42000/42360.jpg "Rosslynlee")
![Approaching Bonnyrigg station from the south west on 30 April 2013. The platforms here have been landscaped and the trackbed now forms part of a walkway /cycleway. View is through the old station towards the site of the level crossing over the B704, beyond which stood the goods yard (now housing). Bonnyrigg closed to passengers in 1962, with the line from Hardengreen Junction closing completely in 1967.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/04/2013]](/images/42000/42945.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![Nice touch. Part of the <I>themed</I> metal barrier separating Bonnyrigg station and the B704. View south west over the station towards Rosewell on 30 April 2013.<br><br>[John Furnevel 30/04/2013]](/images/42000/42956.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![Looking east along the Peebles loop near the site of Rosewell & Hawthornden station (just behind camera) on 4 September 2013. The platforms survive here, though are now totally overgrown [see image 13813]. This bridge over the trackbed links the east end of Rosewell with the A6094 that now bypasses the village. As indicated by the road sign, the view is towards Bonnyrigg.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/09/2013]](/images/44000/44475.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![The remains of the station at Leadburn on the Peebles Railway, one time junction for the Dolphinton line. The station closed in 1955 and, following complete closure of the Peebles line in 1962, was turned into a picnic site [see image 50015]. Nowadays the site is inaccessible, secured by a padlocked gate alongside the A6094, from which this photograph was taken on 8 March 2015 looking south west towards the junction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 08/03/2015]](/images/32000/32629.jpg "Leadburn")
![Bonnyrigg closed in 1962 but the platforms facings are still in place and a footpath/cycleway passes through. At each end of the old station a replica <I>totem</I> sign has been affixed to a lamp post. To the north of here the next station is where the Peebles branch joined the Borders railway at Eskbank, which of course has now reopened. <br><br>[John Yellowlees 28/02/2016]](/images/54000/54382.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![An appropriate road name at Eddleston, close by the closed station (in background).<br><br>[John Yellowlees 09/04/2016]](/images/54000/54806.jpg "Eddleston")
![The Peebles Railway crossed the B7026 Auchendinny – Leadburn road at Loanstone, just under half a mile from Pomathorn station. On the east side of the crossing (behind camera) were two agricultural sidings. View is south west over the site of the level crossing towards Pomathorn on 2 August 2016, with a garage now occupying the trackbed. The fence on the right is supported by one of the original gateposts and beyond that is the former crossing box, standing in front of the refurbished gatekeeper's cottage. The Pentland Hills can just be seen in the centre background. The line closed completely in 1962.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/08/2016]](/images/56000/56074.jpg "Loanstone Sidings")
![A gap in the stone wall is the only reminder today of the halt at Rosslynlee Hospital Halt. Nothing remains of the platform, but a short section of fencing and partial buffer stop are behind the wall. The view looks to Millerhill. [See image 45975].<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/12/2016]](/images/57000/57605.jpg "Rosslynlee Hospital Halt")
![The substantial Lead Burn Viaduct viewed from the west. This viaduct was just to the west of Howgate and not far north of Milkhall Level Crossing. Why this was built as a viaduct when this line has so many large embankments over culverts crossing similar burns I am not sure (eg two near Rosslynlee). Floods must have been expected.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/12/2016]](/images/57000/57610.jpg "Lead Burn Viaduct")
![The old platforms at Bonnyrigg, looking south on 24/03/2017. The fake totem is a nice touch; I wonder how many people think it's real and has hung around for 55 years? I would suggest that this spot sees more people a day as a walkway than ever passed through by rail. Today one of those walkers had a black dog called Amber.<br><br>[David Panton 24/03/2017]](/images/58000/58661.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![The Polton branch left the Peebles line only a half mile or so after that line left the Waverley route at Hardengreen. Esk Valley Junction is not to be confused with Glenesk junction, the other side of Hardengreen, though the name means the same. Here's a relic of some ancient signalling hardware which has somehow managed to survive decades of use of the trackbed as a walkway.<br><br><br><br>[David Panton 25/03/2017]](/images/58000/58667.jpg "Esk Valley Junction")
![The frame of this lineside hut at Dalhousie Chesters is still looking good over 50 years since it last sheltered anyone in anger. It is located between Bonnyrigg and<br>
Rosewell & Hawthornden stations on the Peebles line.<br><br>[David Panton 12/04/2017]](/images/59000/59034.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
![I had a pleasant stroll along the Tweed Valley Railway Path from Cardrona to Innerleithen. The local authority provides information boards which advise that at Howford Crossing was a lengthman's cottage, currently being extended, next to which was a Glenormiston Halt, provided for the owner of Glenormiston House, publisher William Chambers. The original Glenormiston House was demolished in 1956.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/10/2017]](/images/61000/61385.jpg "Glenormiston Halt")
![This Gorton Crossing is slightly easier to get to than the WHL one. It was an LC between Rosewell station (ahead) and Hawthornden Junction. Gorton Road crossed the trackbed until very recently (as it still does on Streetview, at time of writing) but there's now a new road leading to a roundabout behind me, which completely obliterates the site of the junction.<br><br>[David Panton 14/03/2018]](/images/63000/63319.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![The site of the junction station of Rosewell, looking south on 14th March 2018. Take my word for it that both platforms survive. The literary <a target=external href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthornden_Prize>Hawthornden Prize</a> can pronounce the name as it will, but here the emphasis is on the last syllable as at other Scottish locations (Cardenden, Bearsden, Ferryden). Someone's got to care.<br><br>[David Panton 14/03/2018]](/images/63000/63339.jpg "Rosewell and Hawthornden")
![One of the imitation totems at Bonnyrigg station site. How does it compare with the real thing? Size and shape: excellent. Colour: excellent. Lining: excellent. Font: brave effort. Totems were a standard size (36 x 10 inches) so longer names had to have smaller lettering. Neighbouring Rosewell & Hawthornden's lettering would be considered illegible by today's standards.<br><br>[David Panton 14/03/2018]](/images/63000/63434.jpg "Bonnyrigg")
