February 2025 Lecture

‘I suld put on my russet gowne, my reid kirtill, my hois of broun’ – the clothes and accoutrements of…

November Lecture – Catherine Hogg Blair (1872-1946)

The Society’s November lecture was an illustrated talk by Dr Hanita Ritchie, a Local History Officer for the ELC Library…

A Hundred Years of Moth Recording in East Lothian

The first Society Lecture of the new season took place at the new venue of Holy Trinity Church in Haddington…

Links to Conference Videos

You can view all of the Conference Videos by clicking the links below: Title Author Link Welcome (including a brief…

The Centenary Event

The conference on 11th May 2024 celebrated the 100th anniversary of the formation of the East Lothian Antiquarians and Field…

Pottery Production in Prestonpans and Portobello

within the historical context of the overall Scottish output The Society is pleased to present this talk by Graeme Cruickshank,…

The Centenary Conference

The Centenary Conference of East Lothian Antiquarian and Field Naturalists’ Society East Lothian through the Ages: Program 11 May 2024…

Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown

By George Robertson, 2.30 pm Saturday 20th January 2024, Maitlandfield Hotel, Haddington. Captain Eric “Winkle” Brown RN is perhaps the…

The Men of Warre

A Talk by Jenn Scott, Historian On Saturday 9th December at 2.30 pm at the Maintlandfield Hotel, Haddington ‘They were…

The “Rule of Thumb”

A Neolithic Basis for the Imperial Measurement System The Society is pleased to present this talk by East Lothian resident…