Berkshire IAG – The Windsor Conduit
Dr David Lewis will tell us about this 16th century engineering project designed to supply fresh water to the castle Non-members are welcome for a small fee of £3…
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Berkshire IAG – Tiles for the Abbey
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…
Berkshire IAG – A Hundred Years of Shopping in Reading
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…
Cambridge IAG – Watermills and Landscapes of the Great Ouse
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…
GLIAS – Short-cuts from the Thames to the Channel
Why South London’s canals failed Speaker: Alan Burkitt-Gray
GLIAS – AGM + Broadcast Britain
Speaker: Dr Mark Pegg. NOTE: This, unusually, is on a Thursday, starting at 6.15pm for AGM, 6.30pm lecture
Somerset IAS – Shrewsbury Flaxmill/Maltings – the first iron framed building in the world (Online)
Dr Barrie Trinder explains why the main mill at Shrewsbury Flaxmill/Maltings is a landmark in the history of construction. It is the first building in the world to have a…
Somerset IAS – Coal Bunkering and Coal Lumpers of Dartmouth (Online)
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,…