Suffolk IAS – More Items from the Collection
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.
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.
Speaker Colin White has identified the locations and condition of around twenty-five World War II covert listening stations (known as "Y-Stations") in the West Country, many along the strategically important coastlines of the English and Bristol Channels. They collected vast quantities of encrypted enemy radio messages, which were the raw material for the codebreakers at Bletchley Park…
Speaker: Ian Mitchell (speaker at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Darley Lane, Derby, DE1 3AX) It used to be a tradition of the IA Section to finish the programme with a session of ‘members slides’, to share information on sites of industrial archaeological interest. This talk will be a revival of this tradition, looking at some…
The Worcestershire Industrial Archaeology & Local History Society is hosting the South Wales & West England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference (SWWERIAC) on Saturday 18th April 2026 at Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings, Stoke Heath, Bromsgrove B60 4JR. Get set for a day of engaging talks from leading speakers and a chance to explore Avoncroft’s remarkable…
Talk by Ann Smith who will take us through many of our long forgotten shops. Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3 to cover hot drink and biscuits.
South Eastern Regional Industrial Archaeology ConferenceProgrammeMore than Biscuits, Beer and Bulbs – Reading’s Other IndustriesSpeaker: Jo Jones (BIAS)Brunel’s Timber Viaducts: Masterpieces or Aberrations?Speaker: Roger Davies (Hants IA)The Working CoastSpeaker: Geoff Mead (SIAS)West Ham Sewage Pumping Station ProjectSpeaker: David Perrett (GLIAS & HELT)Stanley Arts – How Did We Get Here?Speaker: Andrew Millar (Stanley Arts)Our Industrial Heritage…
The East-West Workshops on Industrial Archaeology were not created to endure; at least, not in a purely virtual format. When we held our first workshop in May 2021, it was mainly a way to prevent the COVID pandemic from disrupting our academic activities and international exchanges. However, the experience exceeded our expectations. Five years on,…
A Medieval tilery and occupation at 40-68 Silver Street, Reading David Sanchez of TVAS will talk to us about the dig in Silver Street which found the remains of an old tile-making site Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3 to cover hot drink and biscuits.
Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture
We are sorry to announce that this event has had to be cancelled.
East of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference Bury St Edmunds Full details to follow
Dr David Lewis will tell us about this 16th century engineering project designed to supply fresh water to the castle Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3 to cover hot drink and biscuits.