The second talk of the DDHS season was delivered by Judy Riley and enthusiastically received by the audience. The speaker sent the…
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Meetings take place in Dunbar Town House on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm
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…
Dunbar Cottage Hospital: Operations, Incidents and Memories
The final talk in the DDHS 2023-2024 season was entitled Dunbar Cottage Hospital: Operations, Incidents and Memories and delivered by Dr James…
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 Fish, who…
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 and secondly…
Saltcoats Castle, East Lothian, and the Livingstones – A Talk by David Sowerby
The December 2023 talk for DDHS was by member David Sowerby and he kindly sent three slides, plus a link to the…