June 2023 This month, we are going to look at some of the boards displayed in the new DDHS exhibition in the…
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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…
DDHS activities 2022-2023
April 2023 This month, we are going to look at some slides from Pauline’s Smeed’s presentation at the AGM, in which she…
The Building and Opening of Dunbar Harbour Bridge in the Early 1860s
March 2023 At the AGM on 11 April, Jim Herring gave a short presentation on the original Dunbar Harbour bridge, which was…
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…
Picturesque Dunbar – a Tourist Guide from c1902
January 2023 The Society was recently given two tourist brochures from the early 1900s. We found a similar one in the archives…
Dunbar Cottage Hospital talk by Dr James Herring
December 2022 This month features a talk given to the Society by Dr James Herring. It is the first of two talks…
The State Funeral of Mary Queen of Scots
A talk by John Malden November 2022 This month features excerpts from a stimulating and professionally delivered talk to DDHS by John…
The Battleblent: A DDHS talk by Dr Pat Simpson
October 2022 This month, we are going to look at some extracts from a talk given to the Society by Dr Pat…
The railway disaster at Dunbar in 1898
SEPTEMBER 2022 This month, we are going back to 1898 when Dunbar railway station was the scene of a horrendous crash. Jim…