This month, we are returning to 1950 and the stranding of 147 pilot whales at Thorntonloch. Jim Herring had a request for…
Category: From the Archives
In this section, the Society will provide its members and others interested in Dunbar’s history with examples from the resources held in the Society’s room in the Town House. If you are interested in these resources and would like to see similar resources, please contact the Society. In our collection, we have a range of local history books, pamphlets relating to Dunbar e.g. tourist brochures, old maps of Dunbar, and a wide range of photographs of Dunbar, dating back to the 19th century.
Chateau de Dunbar
This month, we are featuring prints of paintings of Dunbar Castle gifted to the Society by founder member John McNie, who was himself…
Willie “Topsy” 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…
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…
Bollinger only 46 shillings a bottle
More material this month donated by Pam Murray and left by her father George Low. The enlarged image is interesting for more…
King Ja Ja
The auction of the contents of the King Ja Ja, conducted at Thorntonloch by George Low on 21st October 1905 The July…
More on the 1899 Map of Dunbar
The 2nd part of Jim Herring’s analysis of the 1899 Map of Dunbar is now complete. You can watch a video of…
It’s A Knockout 1969
In Dunbar’s social history, one of the key events – in terms of the visibility of the town to the outside world…
650th anniversary of Dunbar’s first charter
This summer, events were planned to mark the 650th anniversary of Dunbar’s first charter, also the 50th anniversary of the town’s Civic…
Dunbar Lifeboats
This month we are looking at some of the lifeboats that have served Dunbar so well over the years. The photos come…