2024 10th September Alasdair Swan Dunbar Harbour Trust 20th Anniversary 8th October Judy Riley Tyninghame – Landscapes and Lives 12th November Dr Pat Simpson…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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