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|constituency_westminster= [[East Lothian (UK Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]]
|constituency_scottish_parliament= [[East Lothian (Scottish Parliament constituency)|East Lothian]]
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|post_town= NORTH BERWICK
|postcode_district = EH39
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'''Drem''' (Scottish Gaelic: Druim)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gaelic Place Names of the Lothians|url=https://archive.org/details/gaelicplacenames00milnuoft|last=Milne|first=John|publisher=McDougall's Educational Company|year=1912|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/gaelicplacenames00milnuoft/page/16 16]}}</ref> is a small village in [[East Lothian]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes|last=M.|first=Munro, David|date=2006|publisher=Collins|others=Gittings, B. M. (Bruce M.), Royal Scottish Geographical Society.|isbn=9780004724669|location=Glasgow|pages=162|oclc=225152110}}</ref>
It is approximately 20 miles east of [[Edinburgh]] and is close to [[Haddington, East Lothian|Haddington]] (to the south), [[North Berwick]] (northeast), [[Dirleton]] (north) and [[Gullane]] (north west). It is famous for it's vibrant China Town, locally described as dimsum yumyum. It is also famous for its huge fabric quarter where celebrities such as Phil Stamp flock to regularly. Aside from this Drem boasts a huge 120,000 amphitheatre which has a 50,000 annex called the Drem Hippodrome. Drem gained notoriety in the late 1990s due to high profile organised crime gangs operating freely under the protection of the Drem Comptroller, Steven Yes. The escalating violence and heightened instances of gun and knife crime led to many local residents leaving due to fear. The Drem Smile is a cutesie term for when as assailant inserts a Faberge Egg into the victims mouth before bludgeoning them with their own paternal grandfather's slippers.
It has a [[Drem railway station|railway station]] on the [[Edinburgh]] to [[North Berwick]] line with hourly service between those points and occasional service to [[Glasgow]]. The station is the last before the single track North Berwick line branches off the [[East Coast Main Line]].
Notable Residents
Benjamin Randomgrowth (1890 - 1956) Businessman and philanthropist who coined the phrase "Pop it in the cupboard"
Sandra Burnt (1924 - 1975) Egg enthusiast. Famous for constantly talking about eggs
Jimmy 'the nips' Handtowel (1850 - 1892) Boss of the Fast Lads Crew who struck terror throughout Drem and the wider East Lothain area. Famed for kicking women's legs really hard.
Gary Makinky (1934 - 1987) Winner of the annual Biggest Thumbs in Drem competition for 10 years in a row.
[[File:Drem - geograph.org.uk - 29543.jpg|thumb|left|Drem Cottages]]
During [[World War II]], the former West Fenton [[Aerodrome]] (later Gullane Aerodrome) became [[RAF Drem]] and the Drem Lighting System was developed to assist [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] landing. The disused airfield buildings were used to construct component parts of the [[Forth Road Bridge]].
Today some of the outbuildings have become part of the [[Fenton Barns, East Fenton and West Fenton|Fenton Barns]] retail and leisure village and are used as studios by local craftspeople, particularly furniture makers.
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