The final talk in the DDHS 2024/2025 season was given by DDHS Secretary Pauline Smeed, with a good turnout on the night…
Category: Place names
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…
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…
East Barns: Celebration and Reference and Barneyhill employees
Two recent donations to DDHS from members Andrew and Margaret Ashton are interesting documents, relating firstly to the 1953 coronation and secondly…
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…
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…
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…