This month, we move on to cafes in Dunbar in the 1950s and 1960s. Click on all photos to see an enlarged…
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.
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…
Historic Hotels
The theme for January is hotels in Dunbar and below there are photos of and comments on 3 historic Dunbar hotels. The…
More about Dunbar Station
More about the railway in Dunbar again this month. With the re-opening of a second platform in 2019 featuring in this week’s East…
Dunbar Railway Station
This month, we are looking at the railway and the railway station in Dunbar in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.…
Corn exchange drama: The Lass wi’ the Muckle Mou’
This month we are returning to The Haddingtonshire Courier for 1950 and some interesting adverts. Please click to enlarge the adverts, as…
Dunbar High Street Shopping
This month, we are back to shops in the High Street and some examples from the Up Our Street exhibition, curated by…
Dunbar Castle
This month’s photos focus on views of Dunbar Castle with some historical and one contemporary view. The photo above shows a crowd…
Robert (Bobby) Aitken Films
For July, we have 3 videos from the 1950s and 1960s. The films were the work of Robert (Bobby) Aitken, owner of…