Daly's Corner Quiz

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13th August 2026

Quiz Number 196

A. What were other names of Thornton Burn?



B. When was John “Jake” Beattie Honorary President of Dunbar United FC?

Please see T.T. Bisset's photograph above.

C. Where, 4 or 5 miles fae Dunbar, is a 17thC ingleneuk?

D. Which Grammar School "Heedie" preceded Robert Macaulay?

E. Who was born at 126 High Street on 29/6/1914?

Daly's Corner Quiz

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13th July 2026

Quiz Number 195

A. What were the names of the hostelries located at the "Pillars" at Gilrye Place, atop Gibbs Close and Back of Masons shop?

a) Gilrye Place - Black/Blind Bull, Gibbs Close - Black Bull, Back of Masons Shop - Duke of York.

B. When was the field, once part of the Inner Common East of Beachcote, acquired by Dunbar Golf Club?

a) It was acquired from Dunbar Town Council, mid-way through the 19thC, by Kellie* of Kirkhill House. On his demise it was left to his daughter who sold it on to the Roxburghes who then leased it out to all and sundry, every man and his dog and the Galloways and their goats, then the trail goes cold!

* "Kellie's Dyke" better known as "Neptune's Revenge" by The Ayton Bard which may give an insight?

C. Which hole at the revamped Dunbar East Links Golf Course is now the longest?

a) The 1st (Deer Park) extended by circa 50 yds to 557 off the tiger trees. From the mid-1920s it was the 9th (Longbanks), now the 8th, at just over 500 yds and with a S.I. of 1.

D i. Who ran the first watering-hole mentioned in A above?

a) The Denholms from Innerwick who went on to Gateside and then possibly on to Argentina.

D ii. Whose premises were located at 112 High St through the '60s/'70s?

a) Erin Dean and his partner.


E. Why was Thurston House, near here, demolished?

a) When it was put up for sale in 1948 there were no positive offers. Land at and surrounding the mansion was considered agriculturally viable and the mansion was knocked down in 1952. All was not wasted as the stonework ruins were cairted to Nunraw to build the Abbey.

Daly's Corner Quiz

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13th June 2026

Quiz Number 194

A. What was the name of the hostelry atop Post Office Close in the 1850s?

a) The Grey (later White) Horse.

B. When was it decided to expand the Boroughdales scheme from 80 to 100 dwellings?

a) 1928. There were plans to include twenty more three and four apartment homes.

C. Where was our nearest Plantin Brae? (A 'Plantin' was a tree plantation or wood)

a) On the road between Crowhill and Innerwick.

D. Which architects designed and had built our Bellevue Hotel for Mrs Fleck?

a) James Bow Dunn and James Leslie Finlay of George Street, Edinburgh in 1896 at a cost of £11,000.

E. Who built Spott Kirk, incorporating the 17th burial aisle?

a) John Mason.

Daly's Corner Quiz

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13th May 2026

Quiz Number 193

A. What was the location of Sir William Dick’s 17thC Herring Houses in our once proud burgh?

a) Between Castle and Coffin (later Colvin) Streets.

B. When did Agnes Stewart nee Rennie and John Tait, Butcher, ex-Forth View acquire St Margaret’s at Winterfield?

a) On May 29th 1946.

C. Who succeeded Agnes Stewart at St Margaret's?

a) Janet Mary Evelyn Blyth or Beveridge formerly of 27 Learmonth Terrace in the Capital, on September 3rd 1964.

D. Where, in the old town, was Adamson’s tenement?

a) Down the Old School (now Corn Exchange) Close.

E. Which tenement was contiguous to the three-storeyed Heatherly House at the foot of Silver St?

a) Old Sandwell.