Galashiels

Galashiels is a Town in the county of Scottish Borders.

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Galashiels History

There are some historic monuments around Galashiels:

History of Galashiels

The town’s coat of arms shows two foxes reaching up to eat plums from a tree, and the motto is Sour Plums pronounced in Scots as soor plooms. It is a reference to an incident in 1337 when a raiding party of English soldiers were picking wild plums close to the town and were caught by Scots who came across them by chance and slaughtered them all.

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