Daly's Corner Quiz
Original & Best
13th July 2026
Quiz Number 195
A. What were the names of the hostelries at: a. the "Pillars" at Gilrye Place, b. atop Gibbs Close and c. at the back of Masons shoe shop?
B. When was the field, once part of the Inner Common East of Beachcote, acquired by Dunbar Golf Club?
C. Which hole at the revamped Dunbar East Links Golf Course is now the longest?
D i. Who ran the first-mentioned watering-hole in A above?
D ii Whose premises were located at 112 High St through the '60s/'70s?
E. Why was Thurston House, near here, demolished?
Daly's Corner Quiz
Original & Best
13th June 2026
Quiz Number 194
A. What was the name of the hostelry atop Post Office Close in the 1850s?
B. When was it decided to expand the Boroughdales scheme from 80 to 100 dwellings?
C. Where was our nearest Plantin Brae? (A 'Plantin' was a tree plantation or wood)
D. Which architects designed and had built our Bellevue Hotel for Mrs Fleck?
E. Who built Spott Kirk, incorporating the 17th burial aisle?
Daly's Corner Quiz
Original & Best
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.