Dear Member,
I feel I should make a progress report but it is rather a no progress report.
I wrote to you some time ago saying that because of the government imposed Lock Down we could not meet. I had hoped then that if we abandoned the summer meetings, we would be able to have autumn talks. I feel that with present guidelines this will not be possible, nor is it clear that members would wish to attend. I feel therefore, sadly, that we should cancel our meetings until at Least Christmas. I am sure this is the worst scenario we have had in our history of nearly a hundred years.
We are still doing a certain amount. Our accounts have been made up and have gone for audit. Arran is working on the Transactions and we hope to publish them as expected in the Spring. If you intend to submit material please get in touch with him.
We launched an idea for the website inviting short contributions .We have not been inundated. Only three pierces have appeared. Two by me and one by Joy so it’s over to you, if we are to keep this feature going.
Three obituaries have been placed on the forum on the web site; for Ailsa Maxwell who died on 10th Feb 2020; for Rennie Weatherhead who died on 9th March; and for and Brian Young who died on May 28th
Dunbar was to have celebrated the 650th.anniversary of the charter granted by David 2nd on 8th February but this had to be abandoned. It was suggested because there was a very different population now in the town, that I, as a survivor, who had played various parts in the intervening years might write some history in Lock Down.
I agreed to do so and have written a series of pieces about Dunbar since 1970, which may be of some interest. There are 16 in all, edited by Philip Immirzi, and are now on Dunbar Community Council Web site.
On our own web site you can also see;
‘St Anne’s Upon Dunbar Sands stands closest to the sea’ and ‘A mystery solved ,The guns at Bourhouse’
both by me and,
‘Prestonpans West Kirkyard’ by Joy Dodd;
both on the Members Forum.
I will be in touch again when I feel; we are making progress.
Best wishes to you all in these trying times
Stephen Bunyan
