{"id":11,"date":"2017-01-18T11:59:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T11:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:45:10","slug":"programme-lectures-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/programme-lectures-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme &#8211; Lectures and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lectures and events for 2025-2026<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The new programme of lectures for 2025-2026 is posted below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1113\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Drem-01-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Drem-01-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Drem-01-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Drem-01-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/Drem-01.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\">Wednesday 17th September 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gullane Village Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drem Airfield in two world wars\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 George Simpson and Michael Thomson<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1105\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Dalrymple-crest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"69\" height=\"93\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Thursday 9th October 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dirleton Kirk Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">An Eighteeneth Century North Berwick Love Story\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Sir Hew Dalrymple<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1101\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-1210x1536.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-1614x2048.jpg 1614w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/A.J-Balfour-scaled.jpg 2017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\">Wednesday 12th November 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gullane Village Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>Arthur Balfour of Whittinghame: East Lothian&#8217;s Prime Minister\u00a0 \u00a0David Crawley<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1104\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/waggonway.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"92\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Thursday 11th December 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dirleton Kirk Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">1722 The Waggonway Project, reconstructing Scotland&#8217;s first railway\u00a0 Ed Bethune<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1102\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Haddington-abbey-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Haddington-abbey-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Haddington-abbey-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Haddington-abbey.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\">Wednesday 14th January 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gullane Village Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>The History of Haddington\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hanita Ritchie<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1103\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Kilgraston-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Kilgraston-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/Kilgraston.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Thursday 5th February 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dirleton Kirk Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The Grants of Kilgraston and their connections with East Lothian\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Richard Blake<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1107\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/polish5-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/polish5-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/polish5-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/polish5-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/polish5-1536x1086.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/07\/polish5.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\">Wednesday 11th March 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Gullane Village Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Foreign Soldiers in World War Two\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 David Haire<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1048\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/PG10-10-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/PG10-10-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/PG10-10-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/PG10-10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\">Wednesday 15th April 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Gullane Village Hall<\/p>\n<p><strong>AGM and The Fire Service Training: part 2\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong> Talk by<strong> Philip Bruce<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"605\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"121\"><\/td>\n<td 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