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PUBLICATIONS BY THE SOCIETY    Publications in print at November 2011
 
 

Looking Back.                                                                                                          NEW PUBLICATION

Edited by George J F Simpson

2011, 82pp, Many photographs - £8
This is a collection of previously published and new work which will be of interest to newer and longer term historians resident in East Lothian as well as  further afield.                                                                                                                                                                                                     ISBN 978 1 870479 16 5
 

The Stones of Gullane Kirkyard and their people.                                               NEW PUBLICATION

2011, 179pp, 1 plan - £10
This publication completes the three books which provide information about the people and their lives arising from the inscriptions on memorial stones in the two parish kirkyards.                                                                                                                                                                                           ISBN 978 1 870479 14 1
 

The Stones of Dirleton Kirkyard and their people.

2009, 228pp, 2 plans - £10
This publication brings together the inscriptions on the grave stones in Dirleton kirkyard and documents which provide information about the people buried there, binding these together to give a brief account of their lives.                                                                                                                                               ISBN 978 1 870479 13 4
 

Life and Death in Dirleton Parish: a social history derived from kirkyard memorials.

2009, 140pp, 56 photographs and map - £10
Using the kirkyard memorials in Gullane and Dirleton as a starting point for further research, this publication relates the social history and changes in Dirleton Parish and tells something of the people recorded in the inscriptions.                                                                                                                                    ISBN 978 1 870479 12 7
 

Cocker, Philip.  Gullane: early buildings and people

2008, 72pp, 127 photographs - £12
A highly illustrated description of pre-1930 buildings and some of the people who inhabited them                                           ISBN 978 1 970479 11 0
 

Cox, Michael.  A History of Dirleton and Gullane.

2007, 72pp, 4 photographs and map - £1.50
A short introduction to the history of the two villages in the parish of Dirleton                                                                           ISBN  N/A
 

Robinson, Beryl.  From Golfers to Firefighters.

2005, 97pp, 24 photographs - £2
The story of Gullane's Marine Hotel and its later existence as the Scottish Fire Services College.                                         ISBN 978 1 870479 10 6
 

Monumental Inscriptions in the Churchyards of Dirleton and Gullane.

2003, 124pp, 2 plans - £5
Transcription of the inscriptions on the headstones in the churchyards of Dirleton and Gullane                                             ISBN 978 1 870479 15 8
 

Simpson, George J.F.  The Story of Drem Airfield.

2003(reprint 2004), 72pp, 14 photographs and numerous line drawings - £7
The story of the airfield from 1915 to 1946, the squadrons and personnel who served there plus some reminiscences of local residents and an outline of the Drem Lighting System.                                                                                                                                                       ISBN 978 1 870479 09 2
 
 

Cox, Michael and Harold, James.  "Having a wonderful time"

2002,54pp - £3
Illustrations of 46 picture postcards of the villages of Gullane and Dirleton from 1894 to 1954 alond with descriptive text     ISBN 978 1 870479 08 4
 

McCarthy, Anne. ed.  Snapshot 2000

2000, 47pp, 12 line drawings - £1
A picture of the communities of Gullane and Dirleton and their hinterland at the end of the twentieth century.                        ISBN 978 1 870479 06 8
 

Robinson, Beryl.  Gullane and St Adrian's

1997, 84pp, 10 photographs - £6
The history of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the village of Gullane                                                                                     ISBN 978 1 870479 04 1
 

Publications are available from the Publications Officer, Gullane and Dirleton History Society, 3 Marine Terrace, Gullane, East Lothian. EH31 2AY (01620 842247) at named prices.