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AGM 2025: A Short Presentation by Dr James Herring

April 2025 The DDHS AGM took place on the 8th April 2025 in the Council Chambers in Dunbar Town House. The successful…

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Published April 16, 2025
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Dunbar Town House: A History – A talk by Pauline Smeed

The final talk in the DDHS 2024/2025 season was given by DDHS Secretary Pauline Smeed, with a good turnout on the night…

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Published April 5, 2025
Categorised as Buildings, History, Past Talks, Place names, Royal Charter

Reading the High Street: What Dunbar’s Buildings can tell us.  A Talk by Gareth Jones

February 2025 The February 2025 DDHS talk was delivered by architect Gareth Jones, who sent 3 of his slides to give people…

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Published February 17, 2025
Categorised as Buildings, History, Houses, Past Talks, Shops, Stations

The Albert Hotel, NewHouse Terrace Dunbar

Albert Hotel in a 1936 postcard

January 2025 – Research by Dr James Herring One of Dunbar’s long lasting hotels began life as The Albert Temperance Hotel in…

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Published January 24, 2025
Categorised as Adverts, Buildings, History, Hotels, Tourism & Hospitality

East Lothian & the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Research & Resources – A Talk by Dr Hanita Ritchie

The December talk in the DDHS session was given by Dr Hanita Ritchie who is the Local History Officer at the John…

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Published December 16, 2024
Categorised as Farms, History, Past Talks

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…

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Published December 9, 2024
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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…

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Published November 17, 2024
Categorised as Buildings, Farms, History, Past Talks, Place names

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,…

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Published November 8, 2024
Categorised as Upcoming Talks

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