December 2025 The final DDHS talk of 2025 was given by author and director of Valvona and Croalla Ltd Mary Contini and…
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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…
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…
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…
Reading the High Street: What Dunbar’s Buildings can tell us. A Talk by Gareth Jones
February 2025 The February 2025 DDHS talk was delivered by architect Gareth Jones, who sent 3 of his slides to give people…
The Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook 1905
June 2024 As a follow up to the post in April about the 1940 Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook, Jim Herring investigated the 1905…
DDHS AGM 2024
The Society’s 2024 took place in the Town House on 9th April. Following the main business, there were short presentations by some…
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…