The November 2024 DDHS talk was given by Dr Pat Simpson who is a member and volunteer for the Society.…Continue readingSummerfield House and its Neighbours: A Talk by Dr Pat Simpson
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The next DDHS talk entitled Summerfield House and Neighbours and the speaker is Dr Pat Simpson. The talk takes place in the…Continue readingSummerfield House and its neighbours: A Talk by Dr Pat Simpson
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
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
August 2024 DDHS’s new exhibition – curated by Pauline Smeed – complements the 4th edition of Stephen Bunyan’s A Walk…Continue readingA Walk Around Historic Dunbar Exhibition
July 2024 The Victoria Ballroom(Photo) was converted in the early 1960s from being the gymnasium for the Castlepark Barracks into…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
The February 2024 DDHS talk was on the little known T Wilson Fish, who was a benefactor and historian and…Continue readingT Wilson Fish: Dunbar Benefactor and Historian – A Talk by Will Collin and Gordon Easingwood