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
Category: History
History
The October talk was Homecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots and was given by Rosemary Goring, journalist and…Continue readingHomecoming: The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots – A Talk by Rosemary Goring
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
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
July 2023 This month we are going to look at some new photos (donated by Pam Murray neé Low) relating…Continue readingGeorge Low & Sons: Shop, Upholstery and Auctions
June 2023 This month, we are going to look at some of the boards displayed in the new DDHS exhibition…Continue readingUp Our Street Exhibition in Dunbar Town House
May 2023 This month, we are going to look at some more adverts from Picturesque Dunbar, the tourist brochures sold in…Continue readingPicturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Brochure (Part 2)
March 2023 At the AGM on 11 April, Jim Herring gave a short presentation on the original Dunbar Harbour bridge,…Continue readingThe Building and Opening of Dunbar Harbour Bridge in the Early 1860s
February 2023 This month we will be looking at some slides from a DDHS talk by place-name expert Liz Curtis.…Continue readingPlace-Names of the Original John Muir Way: A talk by Liz Curtis
January 2023 The Society was recently given two tourist brochures from the early 1900s. We found a similar one in…Continue readingPicturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Guide from c1902