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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Dunbar is a beach
This month features images are from our recently scanned slide collection which has been donated to the society over the past 27…
147 Pilot Whales
This month, we are returning to 1950 and the stranding of 147 pilot whales at Thorntonloch. Jim Herring had a request for…
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…
History in Lockdown: Postscript
I started this project as a follow up to the start of the spread of the Corona virus to tell a new…
Dunbar in Lockdown
Dunbar in Lockdown– a personal perspective reflecting on the effect of Covid-19 on Dunbar. To find a precedent for the current lockdown, one should go back to the…