Lawrence Bennett, author, describes the pioneering long-range radio stations of Somerset. Somerset’s two main high-frequency point-to-point receiving stations were at Bridgwater and Somerton, with sister stations at Bodmin and Dorchester. They provided secure and efficient radio links between the UK and the rest of the world, and their importance in the 20th century cannot be…

Evening talk by Bob Gwynne, a former member of Staff at the NRM York. All welcome.

To mark the 200th Anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, this year’s EIAG Annual Meeting has been extended to allow for a series of short talks on the impact of the development of railways in Essex. The provisional programme is as follows: 1400 EIAG business and introduction to the talks 1430…

Bill Burns (from New York) asks was there really a Victorian Internet, (and how did we get from there to here?). The worldwide boom in undersea cables reduced message time from months to minutes, which completely changed how Government, warfare and commerce were conducted. For details about how to participate visit: https://www.sias.me.uk/index.htm