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AGM 2025: Presentations by Pauline Smeed and Gordon Easingwood

May 2025 Following on from the last post, this month we look at examples from a joint presentation by DDHS…Continue readingAGM 2025: Presentations by Pauline Smeed and Gordon Easingwood

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Buildings Castles Entertainment From the Archives Harbour History Hospitals Past Talks

20th Anniversary of the Dunbar Harbour Trust – a talk by Alasdair Swan

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

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Bands Who Played at the Victoria Ballroom in 1966

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

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Buildings Churches Fishing From the Archives History Past Talks

T Wilson Fish: Dunbar Benefactor and Historian

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

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East Barns: Celebration and Reference and Barneyhill employees

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

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Buildings From the Archives History houses Local Women Past Talks Place names

Dunglass: Snapshots in Time – a talk by Dr Pat Simpson

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

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Putting Dunbar on the Map: A talk by Paula Williams, National Library of Scotland

Our first talk of the new season in September was very successful as we had an excellent talk on maps…Continue readingPutting Dunbar on the Map: A talk by Paula Williams, National Library of Scotland

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The Roxburghe Marine Hotel

August 2023 Jim Herring did some research in the National Library of Scotland on The Roxburghe Marine Hotel, later the…Continue readingThe Roxburghe Marine Hotel

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Picturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Brochure (Part 2)

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Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. May 2023 This month, we are going to…Continue readingPicturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Brochure (Part 2)

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DDHS activities 2022-2023

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Note: This post is over 24 months old. Information may be outdated. April 2023 This month, we are going to…Continue readingDDHS activities 2022-2023