Peter Brodie being short of a formal education made the most of his natural gifts and was described by his peers as the founder of North Berwick. Transforming this decaying fishing village with no trade into one of the most desirable Burghs, Kings were delighted to honour. Provost Peter Brodie died in Elcho House in 1904 aged 85 years.

Provost James Brodie (1843-1899)

James Brodie followed his father Peter as an elected Councillor in 1894 and was appointed Provost of the Royal Burgh in 1896. He was the eldest son of Peter Brodie and Mary Eeles born 23rd July 1843. James followed in the family business as a master baker at 5 High Street, North Berwick. Provost James Brodie had the honour of attending the reception of Mayors and Provosts at Buckingham Palace on 23rd June 1897 on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

On 22nd June 1897, the town was decorated with flags and banners for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations which was declared a public holiday. At 10.30am the procession lead by the Magistrates and Councillors in their new robes left the Council Chambers and walked to the East Links where a religious service was conducted. This was followed with children's treads and games. At 5pm a banquet was held in the Forester's Hall when Sir Walter Hamilton Dalrymple addressed the community and toasted 'Her Majesty'. In the evening a display of illuminated boats could be seen in the West Bay. At 10pm a combined choir sang the National Anthem at the cross in Quality Street and at 10.30pm a bonfire provided by Sir Walter was lit on top of Berwick Law.

The Town Council requested that the programme of celebrations for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee should be recorded for future generations. The minute continued, "Ten sheep being a proportion of the gift from the Australian Pastoral and Shipping Interests with a corresponding proportion of beef had been received. Two of the sheep had been sent to the Parish Clerk of Dirleton and two to the Parish Clerk of Whitekirk and Tyninghame for distribution among the poor of these parishes the remainder being distributed to the poor of North Berwick."

The work carried out during Provost James Brodie's term included the long negotiations in connection with the introduction of an additional water supply from the Thorter Burn were commenced and completed. Among the other works accomplished were the erection of the hospital (Gilsland) and slaughter-house (Dunbar Road) and the feuding of the old foundry property on the East Bay. Provost James Brodie died on 18th June 1899.

James Brodie, son of Peter and Georgina Brodie was a licensed golf caddie at North Berwick at the age of fifteen years, before he emigrated to America. Sailing with his parents on the S.S.Cameronia from Glasgow, they arrived in New York on 7th March 1926. According to the ship's manifest, their contact was Mrs George Dickson, formally from North Berwick and then at 2870 Robson Street, Vancouver.

(Mrs. George Dickson)

Her husband George Dickson was born March 1895 at 13, Melbourne Place, North Berwick son of William Dickson and Christina Aitken. On leaving school George Dickson was a caddie on the West Links and joined the artisan Bass Rock Golf Club in North Berwick. George won the Autumn Medal (1919), Summer Scratch Medal (1920) and was the first winner of the Aggregate Medal in 1920. The family moved to 19 Melbourne Place and their lodger sixteen year old Robert Hobben was later appointed the first golf professional to Shawnee Inn & Country Club, Pennsylvania.

George emigrated to America in 1910 and was employed by A. G. Spalding Bros. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, manufacturers of golf and sports equipment. He returned to Scotland during the First World War and enlisted in the Royal Scots regiment and was killed-in-action at Calais, France on 24th November 1914.

Peter Brodie Jnr.

Peter Brodie Jnr. born 26th December 1877 North Berwick son of Provost James Brodie master baker and his wife Elizabeth Eeles. Peter managed the Post Office and married Georgina Somerville in 1904 and they resided in Elcho House, 64 Forth Street. Their son James Brodie was born in 1910 and his father and mother had the baker's and confectioner's shop at 67 High Street. James's father Peter Brodie Jnr. was a member of the artisan Bass Rock Golf Club playing their competitions over the West Links at North Berwick. He was elected club captain in (1910-14) and won the Fyshe Medal in 1910.

James Brodie Jnr.

Fifteen year old James Brodie emigrated to America in 1926 accompanied by his father Peter and mother Georgina. Following their arrival in New York they boarded the Canadian National Railway to Vancouver and was appointed golf professional at Marine Drive Golf Club, British Columbia. During the early years of World War Two Jim Brodie looked after the pro shop. James Brodie was appointed golf professional at Chilliwack Golf Club, British Columbia. In 1924, Chiliwack Golf Club was the only golf course in the Chilliwack township and it was followed nine years later by Meadowland Golf Club. In 1940 the farmer Nigel D. Theobald leased the land occupied by Chilliwack Golf Club to Jim Brodie the club professional. Soon afterwards Theobald sold the golf course to Brodie. In 1941 Jim Brodie purchased Meadowland Golf Club but due to the purchase agreement which stipulated that the land which accommodated Chilliwack Golf Club could not operate as a golf course for twenty years. Brodie soon sold the Chilliwack Golf Club and the ground reverted back to farmland. James's father Peter Brodie died in August 1937 and is buried in the Masonic Cemetery of British Columbia, and James continued to resided with his mother Georgina at 6th Avenue, West Vancouver. In 1943 Jim crossed the Canadian border to take part in the International War Workers Golf Tournament in Seattle. James Brodie died 6th March 1989 at Chilliwack aged 78 years. The Town Council named 'Brodie Avenue' after the family in the 1950s.

Francis Brodie

Francis Brodie (b.1st January 1846) trained as a insurance clerk and lived with his parents at 24 High Street, North Berwick. He emigrated to America in the late 1890s and settled in Virginia Avenue, Kentucky and was employed as a salesman.