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  • GLIAS – AGM + Broadcast Britain

    Alan Baxter Gallery 77 Cowcross Street, London, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture

  • Berkshire IAG – The Windsor Conduit

    St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading

    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.

  • Cambridge IAG – Ash Railway

    Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    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

  • Berkshire IHS – Rotative Motion from Steam: an 18th Century Problem

    St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading

    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. Non-members are welcome, but a small charge of £3.00 is payable to defray costs such as tea and biscuits.  

  • Somerset IAS – The Golden Age of Railway Posters

    Silver Street Baptist Church Hall Silver Street, Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom

    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 information: Peter Daniel peter.daniel51@btinternet.com

  • W H Allen Engineering – AGM and Reunion

    Forncett Steam Museum Forncett St Mary, Norfolk, United Kingdom

    The W H Allen Engineering Association (WHAEA) is holding it’s annual general meeting and reunion at the Forncett Industrial Steam Museum, approx. 10 miles south of Norwich. Open to both members and guests, the day will include refreshments, exclusive use of the museum, guided tours by the founder Dr. Rowan Francis, engines in steam, W.…

  • Cambridge IAG – A Rubbish History of Cambridge

    Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    An illustrated talk by Lewis Herbert Tickets: £5, Students £3, Museum members free Free light refreshments courtesy of IMECHE More information & advance tickets: https://www.museumoftechnology.com/whats-on

  • Greenwich IHS – Burndept, the Blackheath radio company

    Online

    Over a century ago, in 1922, 12 companies agreed to form the British Broadcasting Company to stimulate their sales of domestic radio sets. One of those 12 was based in Grotes Mews, Blackheath. That was Burndept, originally founded in 1919 as a metal sign maker in Deptford that diversified into the new wireless technology. In this…

  • Sussex IAS – Beachy Head – Britain’s Newest Steam Locomotive

    West Blatchington Mill Barn Holmes Avenue, Hove, Sussex, United Kingdom

    The talk will cover the full story of the reconstruction of LBSCR Atlantic Class H2 'Beachy Head' in a dedicated workshop at Sheffield Park. From the acquisition of a suitable ex-LNER boiler and the manufacture of numerous new parts, to completion in August 2024 and subsequent entry into traffic on the Bluebell Railway, it became…

  • Berkshire IHS – Railways of Bracknell Forest (post WW1)

    St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, Reading

    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 a small charge of £3.00 is payable to defray costs such as tea and biscuits.