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AIA Spring Tour – Catalonia
Usually in Spring, is the AIA Practical Day (or weekend). Formerly known as the ‘Affiliated Societies’ event or the ‘Ironbridge Weekend’ it is open to everyone. The day is usually devoted to a particular topic or theme and engenders much useful discussion and debate. It is a particularly informal and sociable event, often with related study visits.
In the summer each year the Annual Conference takes place in a different venue somewhere in the UK. We look at local industrial archaeology and history through lectures and visits. Whilst the main conference is over a weekend, there are also continuing events into the following week for those wishing to spend longer in the area.
Normally in May we organise a week-long overseas Field Visit
Normally during the Conference weekend the Association’s AGM takes place and the Annual Rolt Memorial Lecture is delivered.
The Conference is often preceded by a one day seminar and the theme is usually one of a national nature.
See more details of past Conferences and past Practical Days.
Somerset IAS – Arsenic Production in South-West England
Mining Historian Rick Stewart examines the region’s production of the notoriously toxic heavy metal When alternative and cheaper sources of copper were found in Chile, South Africa and Australia in
Somerset IAS – The Kennal Vale Paper mill, Cornwall
Historian and author Lynne Mayers describes the Kennal Vale Paper Mill, and poses the question whether it was the most successful mill in Cornwall The picturesque and deeply wooded Kennal
Somerset IAS – Tin in Antiquity
Ben Sumpter searches for the sources of tin in antiquity The earliest travellers to the British Isles whose texts have survived frequently mention tin working in what is now Devon
Somerset IAS – Iron, Stone and Steam; Brunel’s Railway Empire
Author Tim Bryan tells the story of Brunel’s achievements and innovations Tim spent 21 years as curator of the GWR and ‘Steam’ Museums in Swindon, and is Director of the
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