The second talk of the DDHS season was delivered by Judy Riley and enthusiastically received by the audience. The speaker…Continue readingTyninghame: Landscapes and Lives – A Talk By Judy Riley
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Meetings take place in Dunbar Town House on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm
The first talk of the new DDHS season was given by Society Treasurer Alasdair Swan and he sent this summary…Continue reading20th Anniversary of the Dunbar Harbour Trust – a talk by Alasdair Swan
July 2024 The Victoria Ballroom (Photo) was converted in the early 1960s from being the gymnasium for the Castlepark Barracks…Continue readingBands Who Played at the Victoria Ballroom in 1966
June 2024 As a follow up to the post in April about the 1940 Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook, Jim Herring investigated…Continue readingThe Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook 1905
The Society’s 2024 took place in the Town House on 9th April. Following the main business, there were short presentations…Continue readingDDHS AGM 2024
The final talk in the DDHS 2023-2024 season was entitled Dunbar Cottage Hospital: Operations, Incidents and Memories and delivered by…Continue readingDunbar Cottage Hospital: Operations, Incidents and Memories
A Talk by Will Collin and Gordon Easingwood The February 2024 DDHS talk was on the little known T Wilson…Continue readingT Wilson Fish: Dunbar Benefactor and Historian
Two recent donations to DDHS from members Andrew and Margaret Ashton are interesting documents, relating firstly to the 1953 coronation…Continue readingEast Barns: Celebration and Reference and Barneyhill employees
The December 2023 talk for DDHS was by member David Sowerby and he kindly sent three slides, plus a link…Continue readingSaltcoats Castle, East Lothian, and the Livingstones – A Talk by David Sowerby
The November 2023 talk was given by DDHS member Dr Pat Simpson and entitled Dunglass: Snapshots in Time. Pat has kindly…Continue readingDunglass: Snapshots in Time – a talk by Dr Pat Simpson