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Oh my gourd! Pumpkin season is in session – St Abbs in pictures

18 October 2026 at 10:16

A barrowful of family fun with gourds galore and even a pumpkin cannon at a patch on the Berwickshire coast

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Β© Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Β© Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Β© Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The last lace mill – in pictures

18 October 2026 at 02:00

MYB Textiles Ltd is the last mill in the world weaving patterned Nottingham lace on traditional looms. Once there were 20 lace mills in the Irvine Valley towns of Newmilns and Darvel alone. The lace industry became the largest employer in the area for a time and flourished until the late 1970s when competition emerged from other European countries and Asia. Now the majority of their trade comes from the film, theatre, TV and entertainment industry

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Β© Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Β© Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Β© Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

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