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Category: Tourism & Hospitality

AGM 2025: A Short Presentation by Dr James Herring

April 2025 The DDHS AGM took place on the 8th April 2025 in the Council Chambers in Dunbar Town House. The successful…

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Published April 16, 2025
Categorised as Adverts, Entertainment, Harbour, Health, History, Past Talks, Shops, Sport, Tourism & Hospitality, Transport

The Albert Hotel, NewHouse Terrace Dunbar

Albert Hotel in a 1936 postcard

January 2025 – Research by Dr James Herring One of Dunbar’s long lasting hotels began life as The Albert Temperance Hotel in…

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Published January 24, 2025
Categorised as Adverts, Buildings, History, Hotels, Tourism & Hospitality

The Roxburghe Marine Hotel

Postcard for the hotel

August 2023 Jim Herring did some research in the National Library of Scotland on The Roxburghe Marine Hotel, later the Roxburghe Hotel.…

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Published September 5, 2023
Categorised as Buildings, From the Archives, History, Hotels, Local Women, Tourism & Hospitality

Up Our Street Exhibition in Dunbar Town House

Smith the Bakers in the High Street

June 2023 This month, we are going to look at some of the boards displayed in the new DDHS exhibition in the…

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Published July 16, 2023
Categorised as Buildings, Exhibitions, History, Hotels, Shops, Tourism & Hospitality

Picturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Guide from c1902

Picturesque Dunbar

January 2023 The Society was recently given two tourist brochures from the early 1900s. We found a similar one in the archives…

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Published January 21, 2023
Categorised as Buildings, History, Hotels, Shops, Stations, Tourism & Hospitality

Where to stay in Dunbar – in the 1960s

Caravan park at Winterfield
Caravan park at Winterfield

The following photos are of pages in another 1960s brochure produced by Dunbar Town Council. There is no date on the brochure…

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Published June 30, 2022
Categorised as From the Archives, Tourism & Hospitality

Summers in Dunbar

Dunbar Kermesse in the 1960s
Dunbar Kermesse in the 1960s

This month’s photos are taken from the exhibition, curated by Pauline Smeed, which is available in the History Society’s room in the…

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Published May 1, 2021
Categorised as Exhibitions, From the Archives, Tourism & Hospitality

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

The ups and downs of tourism

Ladies Bathing Pool 1919

This month’s resource comes in the form of a video. It is an extract from the talk given by Jim Herring  in…

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Published January 1, 2020
Categorised as From the Archives, Tourism & Hospitality, Video Talks

William Main & Sons

Close up of W Main clock
Close up of W Main clock

This month features one shop in Dunbar – William Main & Sons – the recently closed Saddlers’ shop and cafe. The shop…

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Published April 1, 2019
Categorised as From the Archives, Tourism & Hospitality

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