June 2026 A new DDHS exhibition will open on 26th June 2026. Below are some panels from the exhibition. Initial text by…
Category: Harbour
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
The Reform Act Plan of 1832 – Dunbar
June 2025 This month, we are going back to 1832 to look at part of a document relating to the Reform Act…
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…
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…