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Josie Tweddle

Posted on April 21, 2013 by alasdairswan

Josie Tweddle was one of the founder members of the Dunbar Shore and Harbour Neighbourhood Group and remained a loyal supporter of the Group’s activities. It was with profound sorrow we learned of her death last week.
Her funeral will be held at Dunbar’s Methodist Church at 11 o’clock on Thursday 25th April and all are [...]

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Gardening under way

Posted on March 20, 2013 by alasdairswan

Members of the Neighbourhood Group have already helped with the Spring weeding of the flower bed outside Blair’s works and the wild flower garden beside Colvin Street. We are now just hoping for warmer weather!
Plans are being drawn up to see whether we can turn the area shown in the photo into more of a [...]

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Harbour Development – Final Public Meeting

Posted on March 11, 2013 by alasdairswan

The Dunbar Harbour Development team will hold a public meeting at 8pm on Tuesday 19 March at The Royal Mackintosh Hotel.  All welcome.
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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Fishermen’s Monument

Posted on March 11, 2013 by alasdairswan

The Fishermen’s Monument restoration is  complete and looking good!

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Coastlife Centre – Feasibility Study Report

Posted on March 11, 2013 by alasdairswan

Phoenix Economics has now published the Final Report for the Coastlife Centre and it makes great reading.
A full version can be obtained by contacting us at shore.harbour@yahoo.co.uk
The essence of the findings was that a Coastlife Centre with Igloovision at its heart would be a great asset to Dunbar.  It would run at a small profit [...]

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Minutes of 2013 AGM and February Meeting

Posted on March 11, 2013 by alasdairswan

This was the first of our meetings for 2013 and included a section where we considered not only the things we had done last year but also our plans for 2013.  Minutes 05-02-13

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Meeting Minutes – 5 March 2013

Posted on March 11, 2013 by alasdairswan

We had a lively meeting with a very welcome visit from MICHAEL VEITCH, one of our three local councillors.  The minutes cover new projects as well as current updates.  Happy reading!
Minutes 05-03-13

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Sand Sculpture Competition – East Beach

Posted on July 31, 2012 by alasdairswan

SATURDAY 11th August
2pm – 4pm
East Beach, Dunbar
access down pedestrian ramp opposite new play garden on Lamer Street

Castles…mermaids… sea creatures…
Come and join the fun!
Bring bucket and spade and your     imagination!
 
All ages welcome

 

Prizes
Special     prize for best John Muir themed sculpture!
 
Entry     £2 adult,
£1     child, £5 family
 
All     proceeds to Friends of     JMB 

 

Please contact JMB [...]

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Coastlife centre – What it might look like

Posted on July 6, 2012 by alasdairswan

A simple, elegant, environmentally sustainable structure, designed to accommodate the cinemax auditorium, would be sited in a fully landscaped coastal garden with teaching and seating spaces.

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Coastlife centre – one possible location

Posted on July 6, 2012 by alasdairswan

The Site and Building
The site that we have identified as offering the best potential for this project, is the old Amusement Arcade site at Lamer Street on the East Beach. This site is privately owned and is currently the subject of a planning application for seven houses.

The Dunbar Shore and Harbour Neighbourhood Group believes [...]

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