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Year: 2020

Willie “Topsy” Marr

Dunbar Castle pre 1868 by Willie Marr
Dunbar Castle pre 1868 by Willie Marr

To complete this year’s Resources pages, we will look at some paintings by local artist Willie “Topsy” Marr. His paintings were completed in…

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Published December 31, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives

The Spanish Bull game

The Spanish Bull game

This month, we return to 1969 and the follow up to It’s A Knockout which took place in Dunbar Swimming Pool/Pond in June…

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Published November 30, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives

Bollinger only 46 shillings a bottle

Bertha Ricardo on the right
Bertha Ricardo on the right

More material this month donated by Pam Murray and left by her father George Low.  The enlarged image is interesting for more…

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Published October 31, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives

King Ja Ja

George Low King Ja Ja Auction poster 1905
George Low King Ja Ja Auction poster 1905

The auction of the contents of the King Ja Ja, conducted at Thorntonloch by George Low on 21st October 1905 The July…

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Published September 30, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives

History in Lockdown: Postscript

3 - THE TEA PARTY

I started this project as a follow up to the start of the spread of the Corona virus to tell a new…

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Published September 19, 2020
Categorised as Royal Charter

Dunbar in Lockdown

6 - IN ISOLATION

Dunbar in Lockdown– a personal perspective reflecting on the effect of Covid-19 on Dunbar.   To find a precedent for the current lockdown, one should go back to the…

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Published September 5, 2020
Categorised as Royal Charter

More on the 1899 Map of Dunbar

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The 2nd part of Jim Herring’s analysis of the 1899 Map of Dunbar is now complete. You can watch a video of…

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Published August 31, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives, Video Talks

It’s A Knockout 1969

The jubilant Dunbar team at the end of the its a knock out contest
The jubilant Dunbar team at the end of the its a knock out contest

In Dunbar’s social history, one of the key events – in terms of the visibility of the town to the outside world…

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Published August 31, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives, Tourism & Hospitality

650th anniversary of Dunbar’s first charter

Civic Week 1970 Robert Burns float
Civic Week 1970 Robert Burns float

This summer, events were planned to mark the 650th anniversary of Dunbar’s first charter, also the 50th anniversary of the town’s Civic…

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Published August 31, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives

Clan Dunbar International

The Group 2014

Clan Dunbar International is a group which was set up in the United States in 1977 by Robert Bruce Dunbar. It was…

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Published August 22, 2020
Categorised as Royal Charter

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