Did you know we
run not one but two Podcasts? Yes we do!
If you head over to Anchor you can find
Haddingtonshire Histories brought
to you by the amazing local history centre and East Lothian Libraries Podcast Shoosh Read onto find
out more about our foray in to the world of Podcasts.
Haddingtonshire Histories, is a monthly podcast which first aired in April 2021 and produced by Local History Service. The Podcast features conversations with expert guests on a variety of East Lothian history topics. The y speak to Museum officers, Archivists, and Archaeologists in East Lothian Council’s heritage services. Dr Hanita Ritchie is your podcast host and our Acting Local History Officer based at the John Gray Centre in Haddington. Hanita loves listening to other history, film, and literature podcast so created Haddingtonshire Histories to highlight the many fascinating aspects of East Lothian’s own rich history and culture.
There are 3 episodes to date. The first, “Who Is John Gray?” is a discussion with Museum Officer Debbie Chalmers-Turnbull. Hanita & Debbie discuss the founding father of Scotland’s public libraries and the namesake of the John Gray Centre itself. Dr David Anderson pops in to chat for episode 2 about the “The Inns and Oots of Dunbar” The old inns and ale-houses in Dunbar make for some interesting stories!
The latest Episode focuses on family history and some of the fascinating tales encountered when helping customers with family history research over the years. We know how much customers love researching family history so we hope you enjoy this Podcast as much as Hanita enjoyed creating it. Former East Lothian Local History Officer Bill Wilson and Craig Statham, author and a Manager at National Library of Scotland Map Rooms reminisce about their days as History Officers.
Listen out for
future topics which will include ‘Witches in East Lothian’, ‘Treasures in the
Archives’ , ‘Stones, Bones & Dynamic Digs’, ‘A Night at the Museum’,
‘Crimes and Misdemeanours’, ‘Powerful Prestongrange’ and ‘Lost Places of East Lothian’
You can listen to
Haddingtonshire Histories on Anchor or via Spotify,
Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts.
Shoosh! from East Lothian Libraries
Shoosh! is our library Podcast hosted by one of our wonderful local librarians Louise! , She is joined by a variety of co-hosts and guests and we will be talking about all subjects library related. Which is basically just books isn’t it? Not it is not!
Louise and guests talk
about a variety of interesting subjects… including books. Louise told us “The
podcasts chat about books and collections that the service offers, including
our latest Staycation collection” In the three episodes to date Louise and her
guests have discussed some very special Bookbug goings on recently, there has
been an interesting chat about the impact on Covid on the libraries,
Staycations and whether people will continue to holiday at home post Pandemic.
Shoosh! is aimed at
everyone who uses East Lothian Libraries and perhaps many who don’t, we hope
everyone will like it and are open to ideas for what you would like to hear
about.
Louise also told us
she is really enjoying hosting the Podcast, “I like talking! So this is a
perfect role for me. At first I wouldn’t have thought I’d enjoy it but after
being a guest on another podcast I realised how much fun it was and I enjoy talking
about the varied subjects.” In her spare time Louise enjoys Podcasts on Real-life
crime and loved the Line of Duty podcast!
You can catch up with Louise and guests on Shoosh hosted by anchor
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