July 2026 This month, Dr James Herring features 3 significant fires that have occurred in Dunbar – one store, one church. and…
Category: Buildings
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…
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…
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…
Liz Curtis’ book: Place-names of East Lothian: A journey through time
July 2025 This month we are looking at some extracts from DDHS member Liz Curtis’ fascinating online book on East Lothian place-names.…
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…
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…
The Albert Hotel, NewHouse Terrace Dunbar
January 2025 – Research by Dr James Herring One of Dunbar’s long lasting hotels began life as The Albert Temperance Hotel in…