2011

NT4728 : Poets' Corner, Selkirk

taken 13 years ago, near to Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland

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Poets' Corner, Selkirk
Poets' Corner, Selkirk
Large white boards bearing verses from famous local poets, such as Sir Walter Scott and James Hogg, were put up over the boarded-up windows of the former Co-op building in High Street in 2005 to coincide with Scott’s Selkirk, an annual winter festival celebrating the life and times of Sir Walter Scott. The poetry boards are on the ground floor windows while the first floor windows display the words POETS’ CORNER. The empty property was to be turned into flats and shops but nothing has yet happened, no doubt due to the downturn in the economy. The original idea was to tidy up the appearance of the empty premises and as far as I can make out, there is not one piece of graffiti on these boards. For a view of the buildings, see NT4728 : Poets' Corner, Selkirk.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · High Street [44] · Scott's Selkirk [23] · Turned into Flats and Shops [4] Other Photos: · Poets' Corner, Selkirk Title Clusters: · Poets' Corner, Selkirk [4] ·
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NT4728, 228 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Walter Baxter   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 15 July, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 15 August, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 4719 2869 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:32.9423N 2:50.3145W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NT 4720 2868
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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