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4 unusual facts about Innerleithen


Innerleithen

At one point it had five significant wool mills (or hosieries).

The town hosts the annual Innerleithen Music Festival in the Memorial Hall.

James H. Aitchison

James Hermiston Aitchison (1908 in Innerleithen, Scotland – 12 July 1994 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) was a Canadian academic and politician and leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

River Tweed

Major towns through which the Tweed flows include Innerleithen, Peebles, Galashiels, Melrose, Kelso, Coldstream and Berwick-upon-Tweed, where it flows into the North Sea.


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Jock Robson

Born in Innerleithen, Tweeddale, Robson played as a goalkeeper despite only standing at 5’8”.

Malcolm Le Maistre

In 1971, Rose Simpson left the ISB, and Le Maistre, who had been living with the band and their friends on the Tennant estate near Innerleithen in Scotland, replaced her.


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