This month’s entry focuses on Belhaven Bridge aka The Bridge to Nowhere. In response to a query to the Society from Canada, Robert…
Year: 2019
Local place names
Following on from last month’s analysis of the 1893 map, this month looks at the remaining two quadrants of the map. Starting…
The 6 inch map of Haddingtonshire
The map this month is from 1893 and is an extract from a 6 inch map of Haddingtonshire as East Lothian was…
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 given to…
Wood’s 1830 map of Dunbar
This month and September 2019 will be devoted to maps of Dunbar at different times. For August, we will look at part…
The Playhouse
This month features the Playhouse and some surviving photos of the exterior and interior of the picture house/cinema. The Playhouse stood at…
William Main & Sons
This month features one shop in Dunbar – William Main & Sons – the recently closed Saddlers’ shop and cafe. The shop…
Dunbar Cafe Culture in the 1950s and 60s
This month, we move on to cafes in Dunbar in the 1950s and 1960s. Click on all photos to see an enlarged…
Plan of Dunbar including Belhaven and West Barns
This month and March 2020 will feature the 1899 map of Dunbar, a copy of which is held in the Society’s room…
Temperance Hotels
We’re sticking with hotels for February – 2 Temperance hotels and 2 others. Wilson’s Temperance Hotel was where the Bank of Scotland…