![Dunbar Castle pre 1868 by Willie Marr](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/12/Marr-3-470x140.jpg)
To complete this year’s Resources pages, we will look at some paintings by local artist Willie “Topsy” Marr. His paintings were completed in the 1950s, 1960s…
![The Spanish Bull game](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/12/IKO12-470x140.jpg)
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 of that year….
![Bertha Ricardo on the right](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/10/Ricardo-470x140.jpg)
More material this month donated by Pam Murray and left by her father George Low. The enlarged image is interesting for more than one reason….
![George Low King Ja Ja Auction poster 1905](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/10/G-Low-Ja-Ja-poster-1-1-470x140.jpg)
The auction of the contents of the King Ja Ja, conducted at Thorntonloch by George Low on 21st October 1905 The July 2020 resources above…
![History in Lockdown: Postscript](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/09/3-THE-TEA-PARTY-scaled-1-470x140.jpg)
I started this project as a follow up to the start of the spread of the Corona virus to tell a new generation in Dunbar…
![Dunbar in Lockdown](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/09/6-IN-ISOLATION-scaled-1-470x140.jpg)
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 winter of 1337/8…
![Advert for Seafield Brick and Tile Works](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/06/brodie-470x140.jpg)
The 2nd part of Jim Herring’s analysis of the 1899 Map of Dunbar is now complete. You can watch a video of this virtual talk…
![The jubilant Dunbar team at the end of the its a knock out contest](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/10/IKO-photo-470x140.jpg)
In Dunbar’s social history, one of the key events – in terms of the visibility of the town to the outside world – happened on…
![Civic Week 1970 Robert Burns float](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/06/civic-Robert-Burns-float129-470x140.jpg)
This summer, events were planned to mark the 650th anniversary of Dunbar’s first charter, also the 50th anniversary of the town’s Civic Week, and many…
![Clan Dunbar International](https://dunbarhistory.org.uk/files/2020/08/NUMBER-5-The-Group-2014-470x140.jpg)
Clan Dunbar International is a group which was set up in the United States in 1977 by Robert Bruce Dunbar. It was incorporated in the…