{"id":9,"date":"2017-01-18T11:56:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T11:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:43:34","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0GULLANE AND DIRLETON HISTORY SOCIETY.<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">A new Quiz picture was posted on 6th January 2026 Click on Archive Corner<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>An information leaflet on the history of Drem airfield is available <a href=\"http:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/09\/GDHS-Drem-info-leaflet-2021.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The annual report and accounts for 2025-2026 are available at 2026 AGM<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The Society&#8217;s lecture programme for 2026 \/ 2027 is posted on the Programme page.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Haddington History Society<\/span> 2026-2027 lecture programme can be seen <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/HHS-programme.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The Gullane Village Association<\/span> publishes a newsletter quarterly on its website. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gullanevillageassoc.com\/documents\">Click here for the link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The Dirleton Village Association<\/span> has a website. <a href=\"https:\/\/dirletonvillage.org\/dirleton-village-association\">Click here to access.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1178\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16-154x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16-154x300.jpg 154w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16-525x1024.jpg 525w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16-768x1499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16-787x1536.jpg 787w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16-1049x2048.jpg 1049w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/Biil16.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>Bill Nimmo, a long term lynch pin of the Society passed from us on 1st April 2026. Tributes paid at his memorial service can be <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/05\/BN-O-of-S89.pdf\">read here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1157\" src=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/PH1-6-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/PH1-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/PH1-6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/PH1-6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/03\/PH1-6.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Annual General Meeting of the Society was held in Gullane Village Hall on Wednesday 15th April. After the business meeting there was a presentation by Keith Cornwell on the 124 bus service which was interesting and much appreciated.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES MUSEUM IN NORTH BERWICK reopened in April 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some of the displays have been refreshed and new ones added for this season. The Museum is open Wednesday to Saturday until the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0GULLANE AND DIRLETON HISTORY SOCIETY. A new Quiz picture was posted on 6th January 2026 Click on Archive Corner An information leaflet on the history of Drem airfield is available HERE The annual report and accounts for 2025-2026 are available at 2026 AGM The Society&#8217;s lecture programme for 2026 \/ 2027 is posted on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","czr-hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":266,"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastlothianheritage.co.uk\/gullanedirletonhistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}