Dumfries and Galloway Council's museum's curator for the east of the region, Judith Hewitt, has been finding out a wealth of information on one of Dumfries’ famous bygone hostelries from an unexpected, close-at-hand source.
Donald MacLachlan – who has worked in Dumfries Museum and Camera Obscura for around 20 years – lived in the County Hotel in the High Street as a boy when it was owned by his family.
The hotel had 50-plus bedrooms and was the biggest in town at the time.
