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