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…
Updates
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…
Clan Dunbar International
Clan Dunbar International is a group which was set up in the United States in 1977 by Robert Bruce Dunbar. It was…
Lest We Forget
As the centenary of the Great War approached interest in the whole story of the war increased. Programmes on television meant that…
Twinning
The seeds which grew into the Jumelage go back a long time. Andre Monrocher had studied in Edinburgh and his wife Danielle…
Drama at Dunbar Grammar School
I came to Dunbar Grammar School as Principal Teacher of History in October 1966. During my time at Hawick High School and…
The 25pdr gun at Dunbar
The background. There is a long tradition of the presence of artillery in Dunbar 34 Battery of 16 Field Brigade [later regiment]…
Dunbar and John Muir
John Muir was born in Dunbar on 21st April 1838. The family emigrated to America in 1849. He married Louisa Wanda Strentzel…