We are pleased to announce the programme for 2023-24. All talks from the 7th December 2023 will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington at 7.30pm. Doors open at 7pm.
September 7th 2023 – Dr Coralie Mills – Tell-tale timbers: St Mary’s in Haddington and the South-East Scotland Oak Dendrochronology project. – This talk was postoned due to illness.
October 19th 2023 – Dr Amy Hayes – Mary of Guelders, (Queen of James II) and her connections to the Trinity Church in Edinburgh
Synopsis here
November 16th 2023 – Jonathan Cobb – The Republican Era in British History
Synopsis here
December 7th 2023 – Due to heating problems at the West Church Sanctuary, Members’ Night will now be held at the Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Haddington
Synopsis of short talks here
January 18th 2024 – Ailsa Fortune – Mary Wyndham, Countess of Wemyss, a tale from Gosford.
Synopsis here
February 15th 2024 – Ian Brown, Museum of Flight – Radar and the Air Defence System in Scotland
Synopsis here
March 14th 2024 – Dr Anna Groundwater – Getting away from it all: Marie de Guise’s townhouse, Blyth’s Close, Edinburgh
Synopsis here
April 18th 2024 – Bryan Hickman – Norman Churches in the Lothians
Synopsis here