2nd November 2024 This year's Symposium will have a post-medieval and industrial theme. Topics include: Davey Paxman & Co engineers of Colchester Water Mills on the River Colne Beaumont Quay SAM, C19th Quay and Lime Kiln Cost is £10 and includes lunch and tea/coffee Please email the Excursions Secretary to book - howard000brooks@gmail.com
The 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…
Council 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…
Evening 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…
A 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…
