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
Category: Past Talks
Past Talks
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
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
April 2025 The DDHS AGM took place on the 8th April 2025 in the Council Chambers in Dunbar Town House.…Continue readingAGM 2025: A Short Presentation by Dr James Herring
The final talk in the DDHS 2024/2025 season was given by DDHS Secretary Pauline Smeed, with a good turnout on…Continue readingDunbar Town House: A History – A talk by Pauline Smeed
February 2025 The February 2025 DDHS talk was delivered by architect Gareth Jones, who sent 3 of his slides to…Continue readingReading the High Street: What Dunbar’s Buildings can tell us. A Talk by Gareth Jones
The December talk in the DDHS session was given by Dr Hanita Ritchie who is the Local History Officer at…Continue readingEast Lothian & the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Research & Resources – A Talk by Dr Hanita Ritchie
The next talk will be on Tuesday 10.12.2024 at 7.30pm when Dr Hanita Ritchie of the John Gray Centre, Haddington…Continue readingEast Lothian & the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Research & Resources – A Talk by Dr Hanita Ritchie