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…
Speaker: Ian Mitchell (speaker at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Darley Lane, Derby, DE1 3AX) It used to be a tradition of the IA Section to finish the programme with a…
The Worcestershire Industrial Archaeology & Local History Society is hosting the South Wales & West England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference (SWWERIAC) on Saturday 18th April 2026 at Avoncroft Museum 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…
South Eastern Regional Industrial Archaeology ConferenceProgrammeMore than Biscuits, Beer and Bulbs – Reading’s Other IndustriesSpeaker: Jo Jones (BIAS)Brunel’s Timber Viaducts: Masterpieces or Aberrations?Speaker: Roger Davies (Hants IA)The Working CoastSpeaker: Geoff…
The East-West Workshops on Industrial Archaeology were not created to endure; at least, not in a purely virtual format. When we held our first workshop in May 2021, it was…
A Medieval tilery and occupation at 40-68 Silver Street, Reading David Sanchez of TVAS will talk to us about the dig in Silver Street which found the remains of an…
Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture
We are sorry to announce that this event has had to be cancelled.
East of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference Bury St Edmunds Full details to follow
