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Jenny Finlay seeking help with family research

Jenny Finlay is looking for some help with research.

Frank Mooney looking for info on old painting

Reader Frank Mooney is hoping to find out some details about an old painting he purchased.

Readers’ Queries

THIS week, we have a question from a reader looking to find an old car owned by his father.

History of the Hectors pub on Deanhaugh Street

Peter Fielding, from Colinton, is looking to find out more about the history of a famous city pub. “I would like to know a bit about the history of the Hectors pub on Deanhaugh Street. Does anyone know what the building was used for originally?”

History of the Edinburgh Home Guard

“My father, Thomas Somerville, from Wester Hailes, was in the Home Guard in the Second World War,” writes Christine Powell, from Livingston. “Can anyone supply me with a history of the Edinburgh Home Guard, or point me in the right direction, so I can access any records?”

Share memories of the Dunkirk evacuation

Nick Simpson, from Wirral, writes: “I would be pleased to hear from any Dunkirk veterans, or relatives, willing to share any memories of the Dunkirk evacuation (May-June 1940).

Colin ‘Coco’ May and Margaret Dick of Harewood Crescent

Tommy Smith, who is now living in South Australia, would like to track down some old friends.

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Saturday 26 May 2012

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