Joint RCHS London Group and BIAG walk About 6.0 miles Meet outside Kintbury Station at 10:30 following the departure of the 09:33 from Reading that arrives Newbury at 09:54 to change train and pick-up the 10:11 service to Bedwyn that arrives at Kintbury at 10:18 to walk down to the start at Kintbury Lock (78).…
Sidney Alfred Flack (1881 – 1946) ran a thriving steam-contracting business in Cambridgeshire, which at one point operated 6 sets of threshing tackle and two sets of ploughing tackle. Clive Flack will describe the operations of his old family Firm when steam power became available in rural Cambridgeshire. All Lectures are on the third…
A Saturday morning talk by Dr Phil Judkins. The Wakefield area has one of the densest concentrations of railways in the UK, from early colliery railroads to 21st century mainline stations. Of especial interest are the industries which grew up around the various local stations, from mining to malt to rhubarb growing, and their changing…
2nd November 2024 This year's Symposium will have a post-medieval and industrial theme. Topics include: Davey Paxman & Co engineers of Colchester Water Mills on the River Colne Beaumont Quay SAM, C19th Quay and Lime Kiln Cost is £10 and includes lunch and tea/coffee Please email the Excursions Secretary to book - howard000brooks@gmail.com
Annual General Meeting
The Last 100 Years The Imperial War Museum Site at Duxford is home to the British Aircraft Collection. A talk by David Hands from the Duxford Aviation Society Museum All Lectures are on the third Monday of the Month. Entry £5, Students £3 on the door, Museum Members free Free light refreshments Further details…
Council for British Archaeology: South Midlands One Day Conference Programme 10:00 Tea, coffee and biscuits 10:30 Welcome 10:35 Abingdon’s malting industry: its importance, and what remains of it today Bruce Hedge, Association for Industrial Archaeology 11:20 Afloat on the Grand Junction Doug Stuckey, Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society 12:05 Lunch 13:10 Victorian and Edwardian industrial buildings of…
Evening talk by Brendan Carr, Community Engagement Curator, Reading Museum Brendan will talk about the arrival and impact of the Digital Equipment Corporation on Berkshire's 'Silicon Valley' ahead of a major exhibition that is currently in preparation for 2025. Always known as 'DEC' in the 1980s they were the world's second largest computer manufacturer after…
A Saturday morning talk by Eric Branse-Instone (Historic England listing adviser for the North-East and Yorkshire Region) Eric Branse-Instone has spent the last 30 years assessing sites of all types and dates for national designation, principally Scheduled Monuments and Listed Buildings. Having previously worked as an industrial archaeologist, industrial heritage has been a particular specialty. His…
The date was January 20, 1914, when Italian manufacturer Pirelli signed the contract to open a factory in the UK choosing Southampton as its UK headquarters. A key player for decades thereafter the factory played a key role during the Second World War supplying three-and-a-half million miles of wire to the Royal Corps of Signals…
Webinar produced by Gordon Davies Hosted by The British School at Athens (www.bsa.ac.uk/events) Organiser: events@bsa.ac.uk This video-webinar (approximately 50 minutes, plus Q&A) will an expanded and extended version of a video-essay presented at AIA's 2023 online workshop The Architecture of Industry. For industrial archaeologists, the webinar video will feature extensive archive and contemporary footage of:…
This little known aspect of an industry in an academic City will be described by Kieran Cleave. (Plus Mince Pies!) All Lectures are on the third Monday of the Month. Further details can be found near the date of the Lecture on the Events page at the Cambridge Museum of Technology (CMT) Website https://www.museumoftechnology.com/whats-on
