Coastal Communities Museum
A volunteer led local museum in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

Winter Talks

We have a regular Winter Talks programme for Members and Patrons.

Our talks are held in the chapel area at St Andrew Blackadder Church, St Andrew Street, North Berwick EH39 4NU.

Drop in to talks welcome – £5 entrance donation. Doors open for 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Interested in being a Member or Patron? Get in touch with Barbara Clark for free trial membership

including free admission to our next talk. You can be sure of a warm welcome.

Winter Talks – The Travels of Boswell & Johnson, Thursday 22 February 2024

Line engraving of Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye, 1772

Engraving showing distant view of Dunvegan Castle, from ‘Pennant Tour in Scotland 1772’
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) archives

We continue our series of Winter Talks on Thursday 22 February with the entertaining story of the Travels of Boswell and Johnson, recounted by Joe Waterfield of Historic Environment Scotland.

In 1773 the literary Scottophobe Samuel Johnson and his friend and biographer James Boswell embarked on a tour of Scotland from the central belt to the Western Isles.

Come along for the ride as Joe Waterfield uses Historic Environment Scotland (HES) archive photographs and drawings to recreate this unforgettable journey.

Doors open at 7pm, with the talk commencing at 7.30pm in the Chapel area, St Andrew Blackadder Church, St Andrew Street, North Berwick, and is open to all. Entry is Free for Members of the Coastal Communities Museum, and by £5 donation for Non-Members. The talk will be followed by some light refreshments.


Judith Booth