Dunbar & DistrictHistory SocietyThirty Second Season2025-2026 Date Speaker Title 2025 9th September Arran Johnston Spottismuir 1296: The First Battle of…
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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…
Prams and Xmas Clubs: The Gift Shop from 1950
January 2026 This month, we are going back to 1950 and Dunbar High Street, featuring the well known and much frequented Gift…
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…