Annan
Annan is a community and also previous royal burgh in Dumfries as well as Galloway, south-west Scotland. Historically part of Dumfriesshire, its public structures include Annan Academy, of which the author Thomas Carlyle was a student, as well as a Georgian structure currently referred to as "Bridge House". The Town Hall was constructed in Victorian style in 1878, utilizing the local sandstone. Annan also features a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, a few of the home windows continue to be blocked approximately stay clear of paying the home window tax obligation. Yearly on the very first Saturday in July, Annan celebrates the Royal Charter and also the limits of the Royal Burgh are validated when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Amusement includes a procession, sports, field display screens and also massed pipeline bands.