Programme – Lectures and Events


Lectures and events for 2025-2026

The new programme of lectures for 2025-2026 is posted below.

 

Wednesday 17th September 2025                                                        Gullane Village Hall

Drem Airfield in two world wars                  George Simpson and Michael Thomson

Thursday 9th October 2025                                                                   Dirleton Kirk Hall

An Eighteeneth Century North Berwick Love Story                     Sir Hew Dalrymple

Wednesday 12th November 2025                                                          Gullane Village Hall

Arthur Balfour of Whittinghame: East Lothian’s Prime Minister   David Crawley

Thursday 11th December 2025                                                              Dirleton Kirk Hall

1722 The Waggonway Project, reconstructing Scotland’s first railway  Ed Bethune

Wednesday 14th January 2026                                                              Gullane Village Hall

The History of Haddington                                                            Hanita Ritchie

Thursday 5th February 2026                                                                  Dirleton Kirk Hall

The Grants of Kilgraston and their connections with East Lothian     Richard Blake

Wednesday 11th March 2026                                                                Gullane Village Hall

The Foreign Soldiers in World War Two                                                David Haire

Wednesday 15th April 2026                                                                   Gullane Village Hall

AGM and The Fire Service Training: part 2                                  Talk by Philip Bruce