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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Tweeddale churches demise will lead to revival of others

After months of uncertainty, the congregation of Innerleithen, Traquair and Walkerburn Church has decided what to do with its four crumbling church buildings.

These require more than £1.5million to be spent on them to bring them up to modern, legal standards.

Against this background of massive costs, church members decided at a well-attended annual meeting earlier this month to sell two of the buildings and upgrade and repair two others.

Full story at the Southern Reporter.

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