Lockerbie information

Lockerbie (Scottish Gaelic: Logarbaidh) is a town located in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It is situated approximately 75 miles from Glasgow, and from the English border. Lockerbie is a small town, with a population of just 4,009 at the 2001 census.
Lockerbie has a well developed transport network for a town its size. It lies next to the A74(M) motorway and also has a railway station on the main Glasgow–London West Coast Main Line. Lockerbie's town hall is the most dominating building in town, and is an excellent example of Scottish baronial style, built in the typical local red sandstone. The building looks over a war memorial built after the Second World War, with its characteristic bronze statue of an angel atop a white base with inscriptions.
Historically the town has been a trading post for both cattle and sheep. Because of its proximity to the borders, the cattle trade with England dominated local economy for a long time. The town is still home to sheep auctioning to this day.
On the southern outskirts of the town (approximately from Lockerbie along the C92 (a) road to Dalton) is the remains of a 2nd World War POW camp. This was the base for about 500 Ukrainians who were moved here after the war. These men were volunteer members of the Galizien SS and built a chapel which remains and presently holds Ukrainian services to this day on the first Sunday of every alternate month. (...) more....

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