Border Common Ridings and Festivals season: Melrose
The ancient tradition mimics the time when men on horseback would protect the town from raids.
Meet the 2014 Melrosian
The Melrosian is the central figure of Melrose Festival. This year it's 21-year-old Fraser Allen.
Fraser is a Criminology student from Dingleton, in his last year at Stirling University. He is the son of Ian and Vada and has a younger sister, Katie, who was Festival Queen in 2006.
The week-long celebration commemorates the town's history.
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