Hampshire IAS – AGM
Underhill Centre St. John’s Road, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, United KingdomAnnual General Meeting
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Cambridge IAG – Developments in Air Passenger Travel
Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United KingdomThe 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…
CBA South Midlands – The Archaeology of Transport and Industry
The Cherwell School (South site) Marston Ferry Road, Oxford, United KingdomCouncil 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…
Berkshire IAG – Reading’s Digital Revolution
St Mary's Church Hall 14 Castle St, Reading RG1 7RD, ReadingEvening 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…
YAHS – IHS – Designating Industrial Heritage Sites for Historic England Listing
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United KingdomA 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…
Hampshire IAS – Pirelli General Cable Works
Underhill Centre St. John’s Road, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, United KingdomThe 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…
Filming Archaeology in Hellas: Technopolis City of Athens (and beyond)
OnlineWebinar 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:…
Cambridge IAG – Lime and Cement Working in Cambridge
Pye Building Cambridge Museum of Technology, Cheddars Lane, Cambridge, United KingdomThis 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
YAHS – IHS – The History of the English Canals
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United KingdomA Saturday morning talk by Eric Jackson This talk starts with the industrial revolution and the transportation system as it existed at that time, comparing the load-carrying capacities of different modes of transportation. It tells of the first commercial canal, the Bridgewater, the subsequent 'Canal Mania' and the rapid growth of the canal system, focussing…
YAHS – IHS – Medieval Cloth Making in Yorkshire
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United KingdomA Saturday morning talk by John S Lee. This talk will examine the medieval cloth making industry in Yorkshire. It will explore the different processes involved in making cloth. Several of these terms are still mentioned in everyday speech, when we talk of being ‘dyed in the wool’ or ‘on tenterhooks’. It will also examine…
YAHS – IHS – Bramham Moor Aerodrome and the Role of the RFC there in World War I
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United KingdomA Saturday morning talk by Colin A Carbert. An account of a little-known local facet of the 1st World War, an airfield which was established near Tadcaster as a home defence base and training installation. Our speaker has researched the subject thoroughly from the personal accounts and diaries of those who served there, through to…
YAHS – IHS – Mining, Milling and Machinery
Swarthmore Education Centre 2-7 Woodhouse Square, Leeds, United KingdomArchaeological Excavations at Logic Leeds, Sovereign Square, and Water Lane. A Saturday morning talk by Dan Waterfall (CFA Archaeology). This talk will cover three archaeological excavations which CFA Archaeology have carried out in the Leeds area in recent years: The remains of 19th/20th century coal mine infrastructure at Nursery Pit on the city’s eastern fringe,…