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Who Do You Think You Are?

On Thursday 15 June 2023, the BBC programme “Who Do You Think You Are?” features Bear Grylls, the adventurer, tv…Continue readingWho Do You Think You Are?

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Of Wet and Wildness

What would the world be, once bereftOf wet and wildness? Let them be left Gerald Manley-Hopkins We rightly deplore the…Continue readingOf Wet and Wildness

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John Rennie

Professor Roland Paxton and Northern Lighthouse Board have kindly granted permission for the Society to make the following article available,…Continue readingJohn Rennie

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Talk on Papple Steading Project 13th May

Zoom talk by George Mackintosh on the Papple Steading project The Society is delighted that Member George Mackintosh is to…Continue readingTalk on Papple Steading Project 13th May

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The SOE at Belhaven Hill – on Zoom 8th April 2021

Early in WW2, the school was evacuated from Belhaven Hill, and the building was requisitioned by the War Department. It…Continue readingThe SOE at Belhaven Hill – on Zoom 8th April 2021

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The Improvers and Beltondod

I gave a university extra mural lecture on the Improvers and Beltondod in Dunbar in 1978 and repeated it in East Linton in…Continue readingThe Improvers and Beltondod

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Prestonpans West Kirkyard

On the south side of the High Street Prestonpans (NT384 743) lies the West Kirkyard. Entered by a central double…Continue readingPrestonpans West Kirkyard

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St Anne’s Upon Dunbar Sands Stood Nearest to The Sea

The ancient ecclesiastical history of Dunbar is illuminated by an ancient rhyme, but it is confused because there are two…Continue readingSt Anne’s Upon Dunbar Sands Stood Nearest to The Sea

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The Society and Haddington House

Haddington House has just undergone extensive refurbishment and restoration and is now available as offices for local businesses and will…Continue readingThe Society and Haddington House

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New Members Forum

We are setting up of a members area section of the website. The purpose of the new section is to…Continue readingNew Members Forum