Winter Talks

Join us and Dr Sheonagh Martin, Visitor Services Manager at The Georgian House, to discover more about this fascinating Edinburgh landmark. Our AGM will take place before the talk, everybody is welcome to attend. The AGM is in St Andrew Blackadder Sanctuary (upstairs with a lift available). The talk will take place in St Andrew Blackadder Chapel area.

Tomorrow we welcome Libby Morris to talk about the work of ‘North Berwick in Bloom’, which began in the early 1990s.

Our Winter Talk this Thursday evening (24 February) is about the life and achievements of Catherine II, Russia’s longest ruling female leader, more commonly known as Catherine the Great. Local historian Bob Simpson will take us through key moments in the fascinating life of this controversial Empress of Russia.

Annie Scanlon is a collector of historic costume based in Edinburgh, with a particular interest in swimwear. She gave a fascinating and entertaining talk on the social history of swimwear in the twentieth century, with some fine examples from her personal collection.

Eric Melvin is the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Friends of the Coastal Museum on Tuesday 23 March. In his talk, ‘Edinburgh and the Act of Union’, Eric will examine the tumultuous and still controversial events leading up to the Act of Union.

East Lothian has a claim to being "Scotland's Battlefield County", the scene of some of Scotland's largest, bloodiest and most famous battles.