The December talk in the DDHS session was given by Dr Hanita Ritchie who is the Local History Officer at the John…
Category: Past Talks
Meetings take place in Dunbar Town House on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 7pm (Speaker at 7.30pm).
East Lothian & the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: Research & Resources – A Talk by Dr Hanita Ritchie
The next talk will be on Tuesday 10.12.2024 at 7.30pm when Dr Hanita Ritchie of the John Gray Centre, Haddington will discuss…
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…
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…
Saltcoats Castle, East Lothian, and the Livingstones – A Talk by David Sowerby
The December 2023 talk for DDHS was by member David Sowerby and he kindly sent three slides, plus a link to the…
Dunglass: Snapshots in Time – a talk by Dr Pat Simpson
The November 2023 talk was given by DDHS member Dr Pat Simpson and entitled Dunglass: Snapshots in Time. Pat has kindly sent 3…
Putting Dunbar on the Map: A talk by Paula Williams, National Library of Scotland
Our first talk of the new season in September was very successful as we had an excellent talk on maps of Dunbar…
Place-Names of the Original John Muir Way: A talk by Liz Curtis
February 2023 This month we will be looking at some slides from a DDHS talk by place-name expert Liz Curtis. Liz studied…