March 2026 The final talk of the DDHS 2025-2026 season was given by Ray Perman FRSE who is a biographer of the…
Category: History
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 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…
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: Presentations by Pauline Smeed and Gordon Easingwood
May 2025 Following on from the last post, this month we look at examples from a joint presentation by DDHS Chair Gordon…
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…