DCC Minutes – 18 March 2024

We had a very full meeting with discussions over the recent planning application for a new skatepark and pump track and Hallhill coming front and centre.  We were very grateful to everybody who turned up…

DCC Minutes – 19 February 2024

The meeting covered our normal, full agenda including planning issues, grant awards, police reporting and updates on DCC projects.  We were grateful to Councillor Norman Hampshire who gave us a full update on the issues…

DCC Minutes – 15 January 2024

We were delighted to welcome Alastair Dickie of West Ranga Developments who updated members on the change of ownership of Dunbear Park.  The joint venture between West Ranga Developments and the owners, East Oakwood Developments,…

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 at Galashiels Academy, both as a pupil and teacher, I had been involved…

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 generation in Dunbar about the importance of the Royal Charter which created the…

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 winter of 1337/8 when Dunbar was besieged by the Earls of Salisbury and Arundel…