Our Autumn / Winter programme opens with a talk by Dr John Gardner of Anglia Ruskin University which highlights a little-known but intriguing link between literature and technology. This talk is about the poet Percy Shelley’s attempt to build a steam ship to trade between Livorno and Marseilles in 1820. This was new technology. The…
A talk by Steven Worsley. The resumption of the indoor meetings season, and your chairman’s retirement from talks continues to be on hold, largely because no other speaker could be found. Following our look last season at the Architecture of Ports, tonight we will continue inland with the built environment of the UK’s canals and…
Edwin Trout of BIAG will talk to us about the four bridges built across the Thames in the 1920 including Reading Bridge which is the subject of a new commemorative leaflet in this its anniversary year. Details of how to get to the hall are available here: http://biag.org.uk/events-page/ Free to members Non-members £2.50 to…
William, the Cambridge Corporation Steam Roller William who comes from the Aveling stable, is a well known attendee at Steam Rallys' around East Anglia in the Summer months. William’s current owner Nick Allen will describe William’s earlier life & vicissitudes between 1920 and 1965, on the roads around Cambridge. In retirement William and his Trailer…
The Fall and Rise of the River Gipping. A visit this evening from the River Gipping Trust, who are committed to reviving the Stowmarket Navigation, which allowed the inland town to grow substantially in the 19th century and gave a boost to its industry. Apologies for scheduling two inland waterway meetings in close succession, but…
Except where indicated the Sheffield programme will be held in person at Kelham Island Museum off Alma Street S3 8RY and lectures will begin at 7.30 pm. If you need directions to the Museum or further information please contact Margaret Tylee (tel. 0114 283 0056, email: margarettylee12@yahoo.co.uk ). Please note that the parking arrangements at…
The Royal Berkshire Hospital and Medical Museum Lionel WIlliams of the Royal Berskhire Medical Museum and Archive will talk about the history of the hospital and the medical industries' development Details of how to get to the hall are available here: http://biag.org.uk/events-page/ Free to members Non-members £2.50 to defray costs of tea/coffee and biscuits
Saturday morning talk by Ken Cothliff Free to members Visitors are always welcome in return for a £2 donation All are welcome to join us for lunch afterwards at the nearby Fox & Newt pub (which is also a microbrewery).
A talk by John Jones. John has just returned from the recent Heritage of Industry tour of Portugal, which despite its reputation as a rural country with a large tourist industry, does have some very interesting industrial archaeology We are now able to meet in the ‘Savoy’, aka the Portabcabin, which is capable of…
This ancient (1630s ?) Open Trestle Post Mill situated near Bourn Village in Cambridgeshire was in danger of collapse in 2020. A representative of its owners Cambridge Past Present & Future will describe how it was restored to its current state, and its future assured. Doors open at 19:00 The talk will take place in…
Saturday morning talk by John Clay Free to members Visitors are always welcome in return for a £2 donation All are welcome to join us for lunch afterwards at the nearby Fox & Newt pub (which is also a microbrewery).
