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

25 years ago

A POPULAR path looked set to reopen after months of work in Dunbar, reported the East Lothian Courier on June 11, 1999.

Restoration of the clifftop trail at Dunbar is due to be completed this weekend after almost five months of work.

The walkway, which was closed for safety reasons in 1995, will re-open shortly, in time for the tourist season.

A spokeswoman for East Lothian Council said that all necessary work had been finished apart from a hand-rail, which would be installed before the weekend.

The trail links Dunbar Castle and the harbour with the John Muir Country Park at Belhaven, and was sorely missed by locals after it became unsafe and closed.

Coastal erosion undermined part of the banking and caused a rock fall.

The walkway, built on a wooden bridge, was in danger of collapsing and East Lothian Council closed that section of the path.

50 years ago

THE impact of high house prices was being felt in the education sector, told the East Lothian Courier of June 14, 1974.

High house prices are at the root of school staff shortages.

The increased cost of travelling and high prices being asked for houses in North Berwick were undoubtedly the two main factors leading to the failure to attract staff to the High School, Mr A. Morrison, the Rector, said at the senior school prize-giving and open night on Thursday.

Mr Morrison said the increased school-roll this session, because of the raising of the school-leaving age, had meant pressure on accommodation and staffing. The accommodation problem would be partly coped with by the introduction of mobile classrooms – five of which have been sited at the school this session.

But the staffing situation was more serious. In recent years North Berwick had been regarded as the best off in East Lothian, said Mr Morrison, but recent experience suggested that the school “must now go into the bottom half of the league” as far as ability to attract staff was concerned.

100 years ago

A POST Office member of staff suffered injuries after an accident in East Linton, reported The Haddingtonshire Courier on June 13, 1924.

An alarming accident overtook Mr W Sanderson, a native of East Linton, who is now on the Post Office staff at North Berwick.

While proceeding over the Tyne Bridge, his motor cycle in some unexplained way accelerated speed, with the result that Mr Sanderson was unable to manipulate the machine round the bend and came in contact with the foot pavement immediately beyond the Red Lion Hotel.

He was thrown from his machine against the stone wall and sustained injury to his forehead and right eye, besides having two ribs broken.

The machine was undamaged.

Mr Sanderson is making satisfactory recovery from his injuries.