Borders Textile Tower House
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Date:
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Saturday 29th Oct 2016
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Time:
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9pm - 3am
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Price:
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£39pp (deposit £20)
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Refreshments:
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Hot Drinks, Buffet
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The Event
Health and Safety
Please be aware that persons considered to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs with be refused admission and ask to leave the event with no refunds being given (refer to Terms and Conditions). A good pair of shoes and warm clothing are advised on our events as some venues/locations can be very cold.
Location
1 Tower Knowe, Hawick TD9 9BZ
About this location
The Borders Textile Tower House is a museum and visitor centre that explores the knitwear & tweed story of Scotland's premier textile region. Changing exhibitions showcase contemporary fashion and design. Displays of garments, artefacts and photographs tell the story of over 200 years of tradition and innovation in the Borders Industry. It is a lively hands-on museum suitable for all ages.
The Tom Scott Room displays paintings by the noted Scottish watercolourist, Tom Scott RSA along with touchscreen access to the Museum’s full collection.The Secret Tower displays explore the turbulent history of the building from the time of the reivers.
Historically this location is also known as the 'Black Tower of Drumlanrig' and is the oldest building in Hawick. It was an imposing landmark in the town and has witnessed the savage cross - Border warfare and bitter inter-family feuding which marks the town's turbulent distant past. The sotry of the tower is traced from its earliest years as a fortified tower and stronghold of the Douglas family power, through development as a genteel 18th century residence for Anne, Duchess of Buccleich and Monmouth (whose husband was James, the illfated Duke of Monmouth). In the 19th century the Tower servied as Hawick's main commercial inn, later becoming the Tower Hotel - the focus of social life in Hawick until its closure in the 1970s. It was opened as an interpretative centre in the 1990s and refurbished as Borders Textile Towerhouse in 2009.
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