Norfolk IAS – Members’ evening (Zoom)
We are looking for short (20mins max) presentations from members. If any member wishes to have a practice session please make contact with me (Philip): nocerous@ntlworld.com Note 8th not 1st…
We are looking for short (20mins max) presentations from members. If any member wishes to have a practice session please make contact with me (Philip): nocerous@ntlworld.com Note 8th not 1st…
Our speaker is based in Bradford, and members may recall there were a number of connections between the Norwich and Bradford woollen industries. Zoom meetings avoid travelling in the…
This will be an important meeting as we will discus the future of the Society. The Diamond Centre is a former school operated by Sprowston Council and houses a…
Modern railways were born in Britain 200 years ago. From there, they spread to the rest of the world, reducing travel and transportation times, and fostering modernisation, industrialisation and urbanisation.…
Talk by Keith Hillman. Keith has an extensive collection of tools and artefacts, and will display and describe some of these for us. All welcome.
Annual General Meeting followed by a talk by Chris Turland Always a popular speaker, Chris returns with another presentation looking at the once busy Ipswich shipyards. All welcome.
Bracknell is well known for being one of the ‘new towns’ built after the Second World War to relieve the pressure of housing and industry in London – but the…
Beer was almost certainly brewed in Newbury before it was Newbury, but the business of the Common Brewer – brewing beer for wholesale to homes and drinking establishments – is more…
The Local Government Act of 1972 saw the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire changed with many local areas being moved from Berkshire into Oxfordshire. Prior to this change the County…
Evening talk by Mary Burgess, Local Studies Librarian at the Cambridgeshire Collection. (and Mince Pies!) All welcome. There will be no Meetings in January & February 26′, but we will…