August 2023 Jim Herring did some research in the National Library of Scotland on The Roxburghe Marine Hotel, later the…Continue readingThe Roxburghe Marine Hotel
Category: From the Archives
From the Archives
May 2023 This month, we are going to look at some more adverts from Picturesque Dunbar, the tourist brochures sold in…Continue readingPicturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Brochure (Part 2)
April 2023 This month, we are going to look at some slides from Pauline’s Smeed’s presentation at the AGM, in…Continue readingDDHS activities 2022-2023
February 2023 This month we will be looking at some slides from a DDHS talk by place-name expert Liz Curtis.…Continue readingPlace-Names of the Original John Muir Way: A talk by Liz Curtis
December 2022 This month features a talk given to the Society by Dr James Herring. It is the first of…Continue readingDunbar Cottage Hospital talk by Dr James Herring
SEPTEMBER 2022 This month, we are going back to 1898 when Dunbar railway station was the scene of a horrendous…Continue readingThe railway disaster at Dunbar in 1898
The following photos are of pages in another 1960s brochure produced by Dunbar Town Council. There is no date on…Continue readingWhere to stay in Dunbar – in the 1960s
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Dunbar – a Safe Haven
Featured in this month’s section are photos taken from the DDHS current exhibition in the Town House – Dunbar, A…Continue readingDunbar – a Safe Haven
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Dunbar Battery Hospital
This month and next month, we are going to look at information on and photos of Dunbar Battery Hospital, partly…Continue readingDunbar Battery Hospital
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Now and then
For the last month of 2021, we will look at three more postcards, this time of the former outdoor swimming…Continue readingNow and then