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Border Common Ridings and Festivals season: Melrose

The ancient tradition mimics the time when men on horseback would protect the town from raids.

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Souters celebrate Selkirk Common Riding

For the first time in its history, a woman has taken part in the traditional casting of the colours ceremony at the Selkirk Common Riding. The annual event commemorates the return of just one man from the Battle of Flodden 500 years ago.

But some of the history and traditions date back 900 years. Jenny Longden reports.

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