August 2023 Jim Herring did some research in the National Library of Scotland on The Roxburghe Marine Hotel, later the Roxburghe Hotel.…
Category: Buildings
George Low & Sons: Shop, Upholstery and Auctions
July 2023 This month we are going to look at some new photos (donated by Pam Murray neé Low) relating to her…
Up Our Street Exhibition in Dunbar Town House
June 2023 This month, we are going to look at some of the boards displayed in the new DDHS exhibition in the…
Picturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Brochure (Part 2)
May 2023 This month, we are going to look at some more adverts from Picturesque Dunbar, the tourist brochures sold in Dunbar in…
DDHS activities 2022-2023
April 2023 This month, we are going to look at some slides from Pauline’s Smeed’s presentation at the AGM, in which she…
The Building and Opening of Dunbar Harbour Bridge in the Early 1860s
March 2023 At the AGM on 11 April, Jim Herring gave a short presentation on the original Dunbar Harbour bridge, which was…
Picturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Guide from c1902
January 2023 The Society was recently given two tourist brochures from the early 1900s. We found a similar one in the archives…
Dunbar Cottage Hospital talk by Dr James Herring
December 2022 This month features a talk given to the Society by Dr James Herring. It is the first of two talks…
The State Funeral of Mary Queen of Scots
A talk by John Malden November 2022 This month features excerpts from a stimulating and professionally delivered talk to DDHS by John…
The Battleblent: A DDHS talk by Dr Pat Simpson
October 2022 This month, we are going to look at some extracts from a talk given to the Society by Dr Pat…