June 2026 A new DDHS exhibition will open on 26th June 2026. Below are some panels from the exhibition. Initial text by…
Author: jherring
The Millennium Celebrations at Dunbar Harbour
May 2026 On Auld Year’s Night – December 31st 1999 – the approaching Millennium was celebrated in spectacular style at Dunbar Harbour.…
DDHS AGM Presentations 2026
April 2026 This year’s AGM took place in the Town House on Tuesday 14th April 2026. At the conclusion of the AGM…
James Hutton: The Genius of Time – A Talk by Ray Perman
March 2026 The final talk of the DDHS 2025-2026 season was given by Ray Perman FRSE who is a biographer of the…
From Brochures to Websites:Promoting Dunbar and its Hotels 1895 – 2026 – a talk by Dr James Herring
February 2026 The penultimate talk in the DDHS 2025-2026 season was delivered by Dr James Herring and despite a wet, cold and…
Prams and Xmas Clubs: The Gift Shop from 1950
January 2026 This month, we are going back to 1950 and Dunbar High Street, featuring the well known and much frequented Gift…
The Italians Who Settled in East Lothian in the Early Twentieth Century: Friend or Foe? A talk by Mary Contini OBE
December 2025 The final DDHS talk of 2025 was given by author and director of Valvona and Crolla Ltd Mary Contini and…
The Playhouse Cinema: a Talk by Leslie Hooper
November 2025 The November 2025 talk was given by Leslie Hooper, the son of John Hooper, who was manager of the Playhouse…
A Pub Crawl Around Dunbar Harbour: A Talk by Dr Pat Simpson
October 2025 The October 2025 talk in the new DDHS season was A Pub Crawl Around Dunbar Harbour and was given to…
Adverts from the 1936 Brochure
August 2025 In a previous post, there was coverage of the 1935 and 1937 brochures. DDHS was recently given a copy of…