EAST Lothian’s history has been at the heart of a number of visits to a Dunbar care home.

A series of talks have been given to Lammermuir House Care Home residents in recent weeks.

Topics have included Black Agnes and John Knox, as well as the origin of a local street name.

Dr Callum Watson, who works for the National Trust for Scotland at Bannockburn, gave a talk on the 14th-century heroine Black Agnes. She was famed for holding Dunbar Castle against English siege for five months in the time of English King Edward I.

Also last month, Gifford author Dr Marie Macpherson visited and gave a talk on Haddington-born religious reformer Knox.

Finally, earlier this month, Pauline Smeed, of Dunbar and District History Society, explored the research behind the naming of streets and closes in Dunbar to reflect local families and notable people.

A spokesperson said: “Wilson Place, was named after Robert Wilson (Dunbar-born engineer who invented the screw propeller which changed ship building, but unfortunately did not patent it in time). Residents made posters of some of the historic figures with local connections.”