Evening talk by Nick Higham. How did people keep clean before baths and showers? Answer: they washed their underclothes. Doing the laundry was vital for personal hygiene, to ensure people…
Guy Hall will be presenting an illustrated history of Brighton Engine Works and will explain the history of this once massive factory in Brighton, a walk around the works itself…
A 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…
Evening talk by John Harrison Church bells were cast in Wokingham between the mid-1300s and the early 1600s. The foundry is long gone but some of the bells cast there…
Joint RCHS London Group and BIAG walk This walk will be covering the Kennet and Avon Canal from Hungerford to Kintbury (4.5 miles). Meet outside Hungerford Station at 10:30 following…
Sue Berry will be covering the development of diverse industries in the county town during this period. It will include an exploration of how a market and administrative centre’s, mainly…
A 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…
Doug Irvine, a retired civil engineer, will talk to BIAG about the life and significant works of Thoms Telford, who was a pre-eminent engineer of bridges, aqueducts, roads and canals…
Film studios are architectural spaces designed to support every stage in a film’s production, yet they’ve rarely featured as the subject of extensive analysis compared with film movements, directors and…
Will Pilfold will be providing a further review of Newhaven’s industrial Past – a continuation of his well-received talk earlier this year. Non-members welcome £1.00
Archaeological 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…
During the reign of Henry VIII, Berkshire was nationally important for the production of woollen cloth, which dominated English exports. This talk to BIAG by David Peacock takes a look…
