Events

Part 1: Before World War 1 Colin Bird will give us the first of his talks about how the railways impacted the Bracknell Forest area. Non-members are welcome for a…

Dr John Tanner asks how England will choose to remember its coal mining heritage. Once the demand for domestic coal started to fall in the 1950s the number of pits…

A talk by local Huntingdonshire historian Bridget Flanagan, and Keith Grimwade. They will describe how the local Geology affected the location and operation of the Watermills. Incidentally one Mill is…

The SIAS Annual General Meeting, which is usually very brief, followed by a light-hearted test of your knowledge of industrial archaeology.   There is no charge to SIAS members, guests…

Why South London's canals failed Speaker: Alan Burkitt-Gray

For 75 years, AWE has proudly played a role of critical national importance: helping deliver the UK’s nuclear deterrent. In 1950, Aldermaston became the site of the UK Government’s Atomic…

Dartmouth, Devon, was a significant coal bunkering port for steamships from the late 19th century, employing large numbers of tough, competitive workers called coal lumpers who manually loaded coal from barges/hulks into ships' bunkers,…

Talk by Keith Hillman. Keith has an extensive collection of tools and artefacts, and will display and describe some of these for us. All welcome.

Speaker Colin White has identified the locations and condition of around twenty-five World War II covert listening stations (known as "Y-Stations") in the West Country, many along the strategically important coastlines of…

Talk by Ann Smith who will take us through many of our long forgotten shops.   Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3 to cover hot drink and…