My latest article explores the history behind #Hawick's curfew bell and St. Mary's clock tower.

Available to read online via @TheHawickPaper (£1 sub) at http://goo.gl/d9YFC4 

St. Mary's clock tower and belfry [Pinnacle Roofing]

Each town’s curfew bells had their own purpose. In #Berwick they were rung to warn townsfolk to get back inside the town walls before the gates closed, which subsequently inspired the name of the @CurfewMicropub in Bridge Street and the annual Curfew Run.

At #Kelso the curfew bell is housed in the town hall and sounds prior to the Whipman’s Rideout during @kcweek. #Selkirk’s bell, cast by Lester & Pack, of London, in 1757, still chimes the curfew nightly from the town hall at 8pm.

In recent years, #Hawick's curfew bell has sounded 26 times after 8pm, which may seem a tad excessive until you’ve visited #Montrose. That royal burgh’s principal bell – “Big Peter” – clangs 284 times at 10pm each night and has done since the Second World War!