In the Trove archive I came across this sad looking building. This post shares some of its extraordinary timeline. As a building it has had many “lives” and I am sure there are still many living today who have fond memories associated with it!
1824, map of Hawick by John Wood:
1859, Ordnance Survey map:
1859, Large Scale Ordnance Survey map:
28 September 1865, Southern Reporter:
Sketch of Hawick Corn Exchange [based on an old photograph]:
8 April 1882, Hawick Express:
2 April 1909, Hawick News & Border Chronicle:
10 September 1920, Hawick News & Border Chronicle:
Alla Navimova:
30 March 1938, Hawick Express:
13 June 1951, Hawick Express:
Photograph credit: Paul Francis:
1963, Ordnance Survey map:
10 April 1968, The Scotsman:
7 September 1969, Sunday Post:
16 March 1972, Berwick Advertiser:
1974, Ordnance Survey map:
1980s: sketch of Marina Cinema [based on an old photograph]:
16 May 1985, Southern Reporter:
13 June 1985, Southern Reporter:
22 October 1992, Southern Reporter:
31 March 1994, Southern Reporter:
That’s all folks!