In Dunbar’s social history, one of the key events – in terms of the visibility of the town to the…Continue readingIt’s A Knockout 1969
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Meetings take place in Dunbar Town House on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm
This month features some photos from the 1920s and focuses on Dunbar Gala days. The photos from the Fancy Dress…Continue readingDunbar Gala Days – A Clerical Error
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The Belhaven Bridge Bazaar
This month’s entry focuses on Belhaven Bridge aka The Bridge to Nowhere. In response to a query to the Society from…Continue readingThe Belhaven Bridge Bazaar
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Who lived at the Eden Hotel?
This month sees an innovation in the Resources section in that it features extracts from one of the monthly talks…Continue readingWho lived at the Eden Hotel?
More about the railway in Dunbar again this month. With the re-opening of a second platform in 2019 featuring in…Continue readingMore about Dunbar Station
This month includes a fascinating insight into the contents of Knockenhair House after the death of Sir Reginald Wingate in…Continue readingThe Knockenhair Auction Catalogue
This month, we’re going back to 1950 and The Haddingtonshire Courier to look at some adverts. When reading this advert,…Continue readingThe World’s Greatest Lighter and Bad Men of Tombstone
Continuing the theme of shops in the High Street in the 1950s, the photos below are of MJ and B.…Continue readingWilliamson’s ladies outfitters at 31 High Street
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Dunbar Oral History Archive
The Society also has a good number of oral history recordings and these will be made available through the Dunbar…Continue readingDunbar Oral History Archive
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Louis Allen 21/23 High Street
To start us off, I’ve included 4 photos of the Louis Allen shop which was at 21/23 High Street, where the…Continue readingLouis Allen 21/23 High Street