Daly's Corner Quiz
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13th September 2025
Quiz Number 185
A. What was the street address, afore World War II, of the Hillside (unlicensed) Hotel ?
B. When did Edward II appear at the gates of our then proud bastion?
C. Where in our town were i) Old School and ii) Post Office Closes?
D. Which year would the Breezy Burgh boast a population of 3,839?
E. Who is quoted as making the following statement during 1932, regarding Winterfield Golf Course? "I consider that it is possible to have a course about 5,000 yards long. One half would be considerably longer than the other owing to the formation ---"
Daly's Corner Quiz
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13th August 2025
Quiz Number 184
A. Where was the birthplace of Mother Superior-to-be (in Truro) Julian Jane Jemima Maitland Warrender*?
a) Eaton Square, Mayfair, Westminster on 17th May 1827 and subsequently christened in Taplow (at Cliveden?) on 11th June 1827. She died in Truro on 17th September 1911
B. When were the two railway station cottages/lodges built at Dunbar?
a) In 1845. Please see photo above of the Easterly one at Spott (old) Road end of Goodsyaird.
C. Where, in the first decade of the 20thC, did the footbridge linking the two railway platforms come from?
a) Ayton.
D. Who manufactured the bridge in "C" above?
a) Macfarlanes of Glasgow.
E. Which year saw the opening of the first Clubhouse at Dunbar Golf Club?
a) 1871 in the June of that year. It was known then as “Golf House”, now it's called “Beachcote”.
* Julian J. J. M. Warrender, daughter of Lochend-born Sir John Warrender 5th Baronet and Walthamstow-born Julian Jane Maitland who died,aged 35, but two days after her only daughter was born. Julian Warrender was also the sister of the 6th Baronet!
E. Where specifically is the above pictured grave (Alexander Hume) located at Deer Park?
a) In Section 3, coded 3:1:1, and is actually Lair No.183.
D. Why is the above of consequence?
a) Alexander “Sandy” Hume, who worked as a blacksmith at Beltonford, was first to be buried at Deer Park Cemetery on 19th March 1953.
E. Whose preferred landing place was our Old Harbour in 1745?
a) Johnnie Cope's.
Daly's Corner Quiz
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13th June 2025
Quiz Number 182
A. What is the connection between the pictures above and below this question?
a) Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.
i) Is the "reputed" site of the Battle of Dunbar battlefield, on 3rd September 1650.
ii) Photo from Longbanks showing DGC's 8th hole which is appositely named Cromwell!
B. When did James Galbraith Forsyth sell his Dolphin Inn?
a) 17thMarch 1976.
C. Where was the Mechanics Room on oor once proud High Street?
a) At the East Port beside J & M Scott’s small grocery and sweet shop. The steps access the Mechanics Room.
D. Which family of weavers fae Pinkerton had the Tenement at 1 High Street, next to Reid’s Tenement/Close (now Logan’s Close)?
a) Deneval.
E. Why is Bruntsfield Crescent incorrectly named?
a) In short it is a homophonic misprint as it should be called BRUNTISFIELD after the late 2nd Baron Bruntisfield. Sir John Robert Warrender, in an interview many moons ago, was required to be addressed as Baron Bruntisfield. His diplomatic reply was :- "Mr ------- it is similar to Spottiswood".
Daly's Corner Quiz
Original & Best
13th May 2025
Quiz Number 181
A. What were the following called/named pre-1870?
i) Custom House Square.
a) Shore.
ii) Browns Close in the NE High Street.
a)Thomsons Close.
B. When was The Keyhole, inshore from Boys Buss and the Falls Tarry Ship Quarry, created?
a) Also known as Robert Fall's Passage/Tunnel or the Wishing Tunnel it was established in the 1760s.
C. Where were the Heatly golfing brothers, who made it big over the pond, born in oor Oblong Square?
a) Bruce and his brother Jock were born in an upstairs flat at 33 High Street no more than a few steps above their father Peter's premises.
D. Which family ran a Confectioners at 35 High Street prior to C and C Main who had their West End Cafe there?
a) Cruikshank's.
E. Who planted, over 150 years ago, a Himalayan Cedar amongst Lochend’s ruins?
a) It is not known for certain but in view of the fact that Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s son, planted the same in 1859 at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh it is possible that he or his mother or both could have planted the Cedar at Lochend.