Sayings and doings of 25 years ago...

‘BOSNIANS say thank you for help’, reported the East Lothian Courier on March 28, 1997.

A group of Bosnians (pictured above), who found safety in East Lothian after escaping the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, have shown their appreciation of the man who brought them to Scotland and helped them build a new life.

Eddie Carmichael, formerly of the Bosnian Project Team, was presented with an engraved wrist watch as a ‘thank you’ for his help, from a group of Bosnians living in Haddington and Dunbar.

Jasmin Kilic, one of those forced to leave the country, spoke of his gratitude to Mr Carmichael.

“We came to Scotland from Croatia in March 1993 and Eddie was our co-ordinator and helped us find homes, schools and also brought together a lot of families that had been split up by the war,” he said.

...and 50 years ago

‘COUNCIL objects to strip shows in pubs’ was a headline in the East Lothian Courier of March 24, 1972.

An objection to striptease shows being held in licensed premises was made by Cockenzie and Port Seton Town Council to East Lothian Licensing Court on Tuesday.

In a letter to the court, the Town Clerk, Mr T. Walker said: “I have been instructed by my Council to write objecting to the striptease show which my Council understand was held recently in the Port Seton Hotel.

“It is understood this was a private show and that admittance was by ticket only. Nevertheless my Council are very strongly of the opinion that this is not the type of show which should be held on licensed premises and I have been asked to request the court to consider this matter when dealing with the renewal of the certificate for the hotel.”

...and 100 years ago

A DISTURBANCE by a soldier in East Linton was described by The Haddingtonshire Courier on March 24, 1922.

On Monday, in Haddington Sheriff Court, James Michael Collins, private in the H.L.I., East Fortune, pleaded guilty to having, on Saturday, committed a breach of the peace at the Red Lion Hotel, East Linton, and on the public road, and subsequently broken a pane of glass in a window in the police station.

It was stated that the accused and another soldier had been refused a drink at the hotel, owing to their intoxicated condition.

They returned, and, on again being refused, committed a disturbance.