The December talk in the DDHS session was given by Dr Hanita Ritchie who is the Local History Officer at the John…
Year: 2024
East 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 will discuss…
Summerfield House and its Neighbours: A Talk by Dr Pat Simpson
The November 2024 DDHS talk was given by Dr Pat Simpson who is a member and volunteer for the Society. Below are…
Summerfield House and its neighbours: A Talk by Dr Pat Simpson
The next DDHS talk entitled Summerfield House and Neighbours and the speaker is Dr Pat Simpson. The talk takes place in the Town House,…
Tyninghame: Landscapes and Lives – A Talk By Judy Riley
The second talk of the DDHS season was delivered by Judy Riley and enthusiastically received by the audience. The speaker sent the…
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 of his…
A Walk Around Historic Dunbar Exhibition
August 2024 DDHS’s new exhibition – curated by Pauline Smeed – complements the 4th edition of Stephen Bunyan’s A Walk Around Historic…
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 into a…
The Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook 1905
June 2024 As a follow up to the post in April about the 1940 Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook, Jim Herring investigated the 1905…
DDHS AGM 2024
The Society’s 2024 took place in the Town House on 9th April. Following the main business, there were short presentations by some…