This month includes a fascinating insight into the contents of Knockenhair House after the death of Sir Reginald Wingate in 1953. The…
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Meetings take place in Dunbar Town House on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm
The World’s Greatest Lighter and Bad Men of Tombstone
This month, we’re going back to 1950 and The Haddingtonshire Courier to look at some adverts. When reading this advert, there are…
John the Busman – John Anderson
This month’s resources are a follow up to a High Street photo in the December 2017 section. The following have kindly been…
Bedding and Mattresses Purified and Re-made
A mixed bag of images for December. Firstly, a 1936 bill from George Low and Son, then an undated photo of the…
The East Lothian Banking Company
This month features images of two bank notes from the East Lothian Banking Company which opened in 1810 in Dunbar, but had to close…
Centenary Sale
This month includes another photo of George Low and his staff, probably from the early 1950s (donated by Pam Murray), plus an…
George Low and Mr Spence
The theme of shops in the High Street continues, this time featuring George Low and Son. the following photos, donated to the…
Williamson’s ladies outfitters at 31 High Street
Continuing the theme of shops in the High Street in the 1950s, the photos below are of MJ and B. Williamson’s ladies…
Louis Allen 21/23 High Street
To start us off, I’ve included 4 photos of the Louis Allen shop which was at 21/23 High Street, where the new R…
Dunbar Oral History Archive
The Society also has a good number of oral history recordings and these will be made available through the Dunbar Oral History…