Date: 31/12/2012

The building housing what was one of Scotland^s oldest pubs could be saved, after local residents raised enough money to buy the property. The Crook Inn at Tweedsmuir, which dates back to the 17th century, was closed almost six years ago.

A community campaign to raise £160,000 to save the hostelry site hit its target, hours ahead of a deadline set at the end of 2012.

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Crook Inn campaign hits funding target

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The building housing what was one of Scotland's oldest pubs could be saved, after local residents raise enough money to buy the property.

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'Time gentlemen....PLEASE!' ...the landlord called, from his bunker at the far end of the car park. All part of that special Friday night ambience at the Crook Inn in the early part of the 20th century, thanks to contractor John Best, a wooden platform off to the left and the workers trains from Talla. See image [[6027]]
Location: Crook Inn
Company: Talla Railway or Edinburgh and District Water Trust Service Railway
13/11/2004 John Furnevel

View south towards Tweedsmuir along the trackbed of the Talla Railway by the Crook Inn. Remains of the locomotive servicing facilities still stand a century after the line was lifted, although there is no trace of the wooden platform built here in 1899 by contractor John Best. The pillar on the skyline marks the route of the 35 mile long subterranean Talla Aqueduct, constructed between 1895 and 1905, which continues to supply millions of gallons of water each day to the City of Edinburgh.
Location: Crook
Company: Talla Railway or Edinburgh and District Water Trust Service Railway
25/04/2009 John Furnevel

Looking south along the trackbed of the Talla Railway between Broughton and Victoria Lodge in November 2004. The old Crook Inn stands to the left between the trackbed and the road.
Location: Crook
Company: Talla Railway or Edinburgh and District Water Trust Service Railway
13/11/2004 John Furnevel

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