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East Lothian’s Communities
Our lovely permanent exhibition at the John Gray Centre Museum, The Land, The Sea and The People, is explored below. Enjoy exerts from information panels, watch footage from our galleries, explore...
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A Safe Haven
Dunbar has long been known as a town of three harbours. Cromwell Harbour and Victoria Harbour are still vibrant today but the site of the earliest harbour in Dunbar was at Belhaven Bay. Belhaven was...
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Online Heritage Festival – Events
Scroll through the list below to see over 60 digital events celebrating the heritage and archaeology of East Lothian. Most of the presentations, films and articles will continue to be available for...
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Military Dunbar
Dunbar is no stranger to a soldier or two. There have been not one but two battles of Dunbar, barracks in the town from the Napoleonic wars until the 1950s and a veteran of one of the most famous...
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Fishing
Dunbar has had a vibrant fishing community for hundreds of years. For centuries fishing was the town’s main industry, and none was more important than the herring industry. During the seventeenth...
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School Days
Pupils in the Science Laboratory at Dunbar Public School c1912. In 1997 Dunbar celebrated the centenary of the founding of the Grammar School. This marked the coming together of several different...
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Ask the Archivist: WW1
Army nursing personnel, Battery Hospital, DunbarCranston memorial plaque, John Gray CentreLothians & Border Horse, AmisfieldRoyal Scots Reserves, West Barns How can I find out about my...
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The last of the Hepburns of Smeaton Hepburn. The end of an era.
Image courtesy University of St Andrews Library Smeaton House in the 1920s. Image courtesy University of St Andrews Library The last of the Hepburns of Smeaton Hepburn. The end of an era. Introduction...
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Ask the Archivist: Hiring Fairs
Haddington Hiring Fair, early 1900s What were hiring fairs and where/ when they held? Hiring fairs took place in market towns throughout Scotland – farm workers negotiated with farmers to secure...
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JGC Film Appreciation Club Screening Archive
Below is a list of poster images showing the films that we have screened and discussed in the Star Room since our Club began in 2015. This list also includes events and films shown at specially...
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