Archaeological Research Committee Symposium

28 Feb 2009 - 10:00
28 Feb 2009 - 17:00
Location: Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, Woodfield Lane, Ashtead, , Surrey
The 2009 Symposium will include the usual round-up of recent work in the county and David McOmish of English Heritage has agreed to speak on Field Systems and Monuments on the North and South Downs. Further details will be posted here in due course.

Prehistoric Group AGM and Lecture

28 Oct 2008 - 19:30
28 Oct 2008 - 21:30
Location: Dorking Christian Centre, Church Street, Dorking, , Surrey, , RH4 1DW
The Prehistoric Group AGM will be held in the Dorking Christian Centre (Upper Lounge) at 7.30pm. The meeting will be followed by a talk by Jon Cotton on "Towards a New Stone Age - the Neolithic in Surrey", starting at 8.15pm.

Surrey Archaeological Research Framework 2008 conference

4 Oct 2008 - 10:00
4 Oct 2008 - 16:30
Location: The Dixon Hall, Leatherhead Institute, High Street, Leatherhead, , Surrey, , KT22 8AH

This Conference, the second to be held following the publication of the Surrey Archaeological Research Framework in 2006, will we hope be the second in an annual series studying aspects of the Framework document (this can be found under Research | SARF) and debating some of the issues identified.

10.00:   Registration and coffee

10.30:  Welcome to the Morning Session

            Chairman: Dr. Joe Flatman (Surrey County Council)

The Life of Donald Bailey and his Bridge

3 Mar 2009 - 19:30

An illustrated talk by Pablo Haworth, Surrey & Hants Canal Society

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

The Early Days of Plastics

17 Feb 2009 - 19:30
17 Feb 2009 - 21:30

An illustrated talk by Dr John Russell, Vice President of the Newcomen Society

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

Watches in England, the first hundred years, 1580-1680

3 Feb 2009 - 19:30
3 Feb 2009 - 21:30

An illustrated talk by David Thompson, Curator of Horology at the British Museum

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

Channel Islands Concrete, from WW2 to today

20 Jan 2009 - 19:30
20 Jan 2009 - 21:30

An illustrated talk by Chris Shw, Consultant

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

Banknote Papermaking at Laverstoke and St Petersburg

6 Jan 2009 - 19:30
6 Jan 2009 - 21:30

An illustrated talk by Prof Alan Crocker, President of Surrey Industrial History Group

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

Early Wireless

25 Nov 2008 - 19:30
25 Nov 2008 - 21:30

An illustrated talk by Ken Tythacott, Member of the British Vintage Wireless Society

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door

Cornwall's Mining Heritage

11 Nov 2008 - 19:30
11 Nov 2008 - 21:30

An illustrated talk by Dr Peter Stanier, Author and Industrial Archaeologist

To be held in Lecture Theatre F, University of Surrey, Guildford

Open to all - £5 per person, payable at the door