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Usually in Spring, is the AIA Practical Day Known under different names over the years: ‘Affiliated Societies Day’, ‘Ironbridge Weekend’, ‘Practical Day’ and ‘CPD Day’ the event is open to everyone. The day is usually devoted to a particular topic or theme and engenders much useful discussion and debate. In the past it was an informal and sociable event and included related study visits but is now more likely to be a Zoom event.
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In late summer each year the Annual Conference takes place in a different venue somewhere in the UK. We look at local industrial archaeology and history through lectures and visits. Whilst the main conference is over a weekend, there are also continuing events into the following week for those wishing to spend longer in the area.
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Often in May we have organised many, week-long overseas Field Visits
Normally during the Conference weekend the Association’s AGM takes place and the Annual Rolt Memorial Lecture is delivered.
The Conference is sometimes preceded by a one day seminar and the theme is usually one of a national nature.
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History and Reconstruction An illustrated talk by Alan Denney Tickets: £5, Students £3, Museum members free Free light refreshments courtesy of IMECHE More information & advance tickets: https://www.museumoftechnology.com/whats-on John Joyes, our treasurer and respected engineer will discuss how steam drove the development of rotative motion helping to solve some of the early engineering issues of the 18th century.… Join the CBA and CBA East Midlands for a weekend of archaeology and heritage activity across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. This event is open to CBA Members and non-members - all… Simon Baker, railway historian, gives an illustrated presentation chronicling the artistic, social and economic impact of graphic advertising by British railway companies between the 1920s and 1950s. Non-members £3. More…
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Events
Cambridge IAG – Ash Railway
Pye Building
Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Berkshire IHS – Rotative Motion from Steam: an 18th Century Problem
St Mary's Church Hall
14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading
CBA Members Weekend 2026
Cromford Mills
Mill Lane, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
£90
Somerset IAS – The Golden Age of Railway Posters
Silver Street Baptist Church Hall
Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom
Ann Middleton has been part of BIAG for many years and she will enlighten us about what went on in the days when we were allowed to investigate, build and
Berkshire IHS – Berkshire Industries before the 20th century
Using as a starting point Ditchfield and Page’s volume on Industries from ‘A History of Berkshire’ published in 1906, Jo Alexander-Jones, will speak about the various industries in the county
Berkshire IHS – Railways of Bracknell Forest (post WW1)
This is the follow up to Colin Bird’s interesting talk on the railways of Bracknell Forest before WW1 which he gave to us in February 2026 Non-members are welcome, but
Berkshire IHS – Rotative Motion from Steam: an 18th Century Problem
John Joyes, our treasurer and respected engineer will discuss how steam drove the development of rotative motion helping to solve some of the early engineering issues of the 18th century.
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