August 2023 Jim Herring did some research in the National Library of Scotland on The Roxburghe Marine Hotel, later the Roxburghe Hotel. Here are some…
June 2023 This month, we are going to look at some of the boards displayed in the new DDHS exhibition in the Town House, Dunbar….
January 2023 The Society was recently given two tourist brochures from the early 1900s. We found a similar one in the archives and although the…
The following photos are of pages in another 1960s brochure produced by Dunbar Town Council. There is no date on the brochure but it was…
This month’s photos are taken from the exhibition, curated by Pauline Smeed, which is available in the History Society’s room in the Town House. The…
In Dunbar’s social history, one of the key events – in terms of the visibility of the town to the outside world – happened on…
This month’s resource comes in the form of a video. It is an extract from the talk given by Jim Herring in February to the…
This month features one shop in Dunbar – William Main & Sons – the recently closed Saddlers’ shop and cafe. The shop was situated on…
This month, we move on to cafes in Dunbar in the 1950s and 1960s. Click on all photos to see an enlarged version. The first…
We’re sticking with hotels for February – 2 Temperance hotels and 2 others. Wilson’s Temperance Hotel was where the Bank of Scotland is now on…