2024 10th September Alasdair Swan Dunbar Harbour Trust 20th Anniversary 8th October Judy Riley Tyninghame – Landscapes and Lives 12th November Dr Pat Simpson…
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The first talk of the new DDHS season was given by Society Treasurer Alasdair Swan and he sent this summary of his talk. Text by…
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August 2024 DDHS’s new exhibition – curated by Pauline Smeed – complements the 4th edition of Stephen Bunyan’s A Walk Around Historic Dunbar and features…
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July 2024 The Victoria Ballroom(Photo) was converted in the early 1960s from being the gymnasium for the Castlepark Barracks into a dancehall, becoming one of…
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June 2024 As a follow up to the post in April about the 1940 Haddingtonshire Courier Yearbook, Jim Herring investigated the 1905 issue, which is…
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The Society’s 2024 took place in the Town House on 9th April. Following the main business, there were short presentations by some of the committee…
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The final talk in the DDHS 2023-2024 season was entitled Dunbar Cottage Hospital: Operations, Incidents and Memories and delivered by Dr James Herring. Three of…
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The February 2024 DDHS talk was on the little known T Wilson Fish, who was a benefactor and historian and the large audience was treated…
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Two recent donations to DDHS from members Andrew and Margaret Ashton are interesting documents, relating firstly to the 1953 coronation and secondly to a reference…
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The December 2023 talk for DDHS was by member David Sowerby and he kindly sent three slides, plus a link to the talk, for this…
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The November 2023 talk was given by DDHS member Dr Pat Simpson and entitled Dunglass: Snapshots in Time. Pat has kindly sent 3 slides form her…
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