April 2026 This year’s AGM took place in the Town House on Tuesday 14th April 2026. At the conclusion of…Continue readingDDHS AGM Presentations 2026
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March 2026 The final talk of the DDHS 2025-2026 season was given by Ray Perman FRSE who is a biographer…Continue readingJames Hutton: The Genius of Time – A Talk by Ray Perman
February 2026 The penultimate talk in the DDHS 2025-2026 season was delivered by Dr James Herring and despite a wet,…Continue readingFrom Brochures to Websites:Promoting Dunbar and its Hotels 1895 – 2026 – a talk by Dr James Herring
January 2026 This month, we are going back to 1950 and Dunbar High Street, featuring the well known and much…Continue readingPrams and Xmas Clubs: The Gift Shop from 1950
December 2025 The final DDHS talk of 2025 was given by author and director of Valvona and Crolla Ltd Mary…Continue readingThe Italians Who Settled in East Lothian in the Early Twentieth Century: Friend or Foe? A talk by Mary Contini OBE
November 2025 The November 2025 talk was given by Leslie Hooper, the son of John Hooper, who was manager of…Continue readingThe Playhouse Cinema: a Talk by Leslie Hooper
October 2025 The October 2025 talk in the new DDHS season was A Pub Crawl Around Dunbar Harbour and was…Continue readingA Pub Crawl Around Dunbar Harbour: A Talk by Dr Pat Simpson
August 2025 In a previous post, there was coverage of the 1935 and 1937 brochures. DDHS was recently given a…Continue readingAdverts from the 1936 Brochure
July 2025 This month we are looking at some extracts from DDHS member Liz Curtis’ fascinating online book on East…Continue readingLiz Curtis’ book: Place-names of East Lothian: A journey through time
June 2025 This month, we are going back to 1832 to look at part of a document relating to the…Continue readingThe Reform Act Plan of 1832 – Dunbar