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  • Bands Who Played at the Victoria Ballroom in 1966
    by jherring
    July 2024 The Victoria Ballroom(Photo) was converted in the early 1960s from being the gymnasium for the Castlepark Barracks into a dancehall, […]
  • McDonald’s and Starbucks at A1 Macmerry Services set to open in August
    by Syndicated News
    A LONG-AWAITED new service station on the A1 which will feature businesses including McDonald’s, Starbucks and the Co-op is nearing completion, with […]
  • Visit to General Register House
    by George
    East Lothian Antiquarian & Field Naturalists’ Society visit to General Register House, Edinburgh on 18th July 2024. Following on from the “Balfour […]
  • We’re meeting more… and having fun!
    by pippa
    We met at The Harbour Chapel in both April and June to talk about what we are up to and to enjoy […]
  • Bring on 2024!
    by pippa
    We had a great AGM and Social meeting at the lovely Harbour Chapel, which, thanks to Ewan and Fiona, has become our […]
  • Village Hall Planning Submitted!
    by gareth
    After a lot of time and effort spent, OCA are very happy to announce that the village hall Planning Application has been […]
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From the Our Locality Blog

  • Free Webspace and Free Support (since 2010)
    by @ourlocality
    Since 2010 we have provided free webspace and free support for all kinds of locally based projects. From 2018 we introduced paid plans. Free support continued on the forum. As of 4 April 2023 we are withdrawing the forum entirely, as no one has asked a question for 18 months. OurLocality remains open to anyone,…
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    New Year’s Resolution: Delete everything and start again
    by whatif
    So, you’ve created your new site OR you want to start over but from a clean slate … Here’s how: Delete pages and posts selectively If you have spun up a new website as a test and want to remove the placeholder content, this is what to do:- Do not delete the content on an…
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    What have we done in ourlocality?
    by @ourlocality
    Over the last 16 months – if memory serves me well: 2022 Achievements 1000s of updates Every day quietly someone is updating their website, perhaps adding the minutes of boring meetings that they have diligently compiled and that until now you thought no one ever read – well you are wrong, it seems they do!…
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