The sands just to the east of North Berwick harbour have long been a popular place for a day on the beach.

The sands just to the east of North Berwick harbour have long been a popular place for a day on the beach, although even here windbreaks helped against prevailing summer westerly winds.

Musselburgh Station lay alongside the River Esk and was connected to the main North British network via a spur running over the River Esk.

The view on this postcard is from an original watercolour of West Bay, North Berwick by Edward Haily. The view includes beach huts, painted a characteristic green.

The view on this postcard is from an original watercolour by Edward Haily. The view includes the foremost hotel in North Berwick and gives an impression of coastal usage.

This is a photographic postcard of North Berwick Harbour. In summer, pleasure craft dominate the anchorage. Seaside and harbour images predominate on picture postcards of North Berwick.

This photographic picture postcard shows North Berwick from the sea. During the first few years of the 20th century a postcard craze swept the United Kingdom.

This colour postcard was made around 1905, but the photograph was taken a few years earlier. It shows strollers on Dunbar's clifftop promenade, built for the benefit of holidaymakers in 1893.

This image was taken at North Berwick between 1910 and 1914.

This Class 16 locomotive served on trains running local services from East Lothian stations to Edinburgh. It is pictured with steam up, but the crew carrying out simple maintenance work.