WE TAKE a look at the stories making headlines in East Lothian 25, 50 and 100 years ago.

25 years ago...

GOLFERS were fearful children were being put at risk, reported the East Lothian Courier on October 11, 1996.

Furious golfers claim children’s lives are being threatened when they walk through Winterfield Golf Course to study nearby rock pools.

And they also accuse East Lothian Council of “sheer bloody-mindedness” in failing to deal with the problem swiftly.

Members at the coastal Winterfield Golf Course, on North Road, Dunbar, regularly have to halt their rounds to avoid hitting schoolchildren wandering on to the greens and fairways on their way to the shore.

Mr Michael O’Donnell, secretary of Winterfield Golf Club, said: “Our concern is that a child is definitely going to be killed or injured.

“A golf ball striking a child at over 100 miles per hour could easily kill them.”

A golfer from Newtongrange, Midlothian, Mr William Conlon, wrote a letter to the club after a dangerous incident in September.

...and 50 years ago

DISCUSSIONS about demolishing a gun shed in Dunbar were highlighted in The Haddingtonshire Courier on October 15 1971.

The future of the gun shed at the former Castlepark Barracks at Dunbar is to be discussed again by the County Planning Committee.

The matter was raised at the meeting of the County Council on Monday by Councillor Mrs F. E. Smeed, Dunbar, who said the Town Council had understood the shed was going to be demolished but the Planning Committee was recommending that it should be retained in the meantime and advertised for letting for the storage of caravans.

She reminded members that the Castlepark site was the most valuable in Dunbar and said that at the moment it was an eyesore and more like a slum area.

...and 100 years ago

THREE boys appeared in court over stolen apples, told The Haddingtonshire Courier on October 14, 1921.

Three little boys from Pencaitland appeared before Sheriff Macleod, at Haddington, on Monday and admitted having stolen three lbs of apples from the gardens attached to the Established Church manse there.

The Fiscal explained that on the evening in question, the police constable at Pencaitland heard some boys in the garden and he was able to secure one of them.

While the constable was speaking to a gentleman on the road, another boy dropped over the wall.

One of the mothers, who accompanied her son to court, said she thought that after the fright the boys had received that she would have heard no more about the matter.