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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 often preceded by a one day seminar and the theme is usually one of a national nature.
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Our speaker Dr Julia Elton, an engineering historian and honorary member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers. John Smeaton is widely regarded as the founder of the British civil… Speaker: Nicholas Weedon Part 1: Before World War 1 Colin Bird will give us the first of his talks about how the railways impacted the Bracknell Forest area. Non-members are welcome for a… Dr John Tanner asks how England will choose to remember its coal mining heritage. Once the demand for domestic coal started to fall in the 1950s the number of pits…
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Events
Somerset IAS – John Smeaton 1724-1792; the Making of an Engineering Genius
Silver Street Baptist Church Hall
Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom
GLIAS – Brixton Windmill
Alan Baxter Gallery
77 Cowcross Street, London, United Kingdom
Berkshire IAG – Railways of Bracknell Forest and how they changed the Borough
St Mary's Church Hall
14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading
Somerset IAS – The Future History of Coal Mining – How will England choose to remember? (Online)
Online
Cambridge IAG – Watermills and Landscapes of the Great Ouse
A talk by local Huntingdonshire historian Bridget Flanagan, and Keith Grimwade. They will describe how the local Geology affected the location and operation of the Watermills. Incidentally one Mill is
GLIAS – Short-cuts from the Thames to the Channel
Why South London’s canals failed Speaker: Alan Burkitt-Gray
Organised jointly by the Greenwich Industrial History Society and the AIA We are hoping to attract residents from the area who would like to learn more about the many and
GLIAS – AGM + Broadcast Britain
Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture
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