Imagine walls decorated with roller-stamped patterns, their shadows dancing around the walls projected from the hearth's fire. Imagine beautifully decorated box-flues hidden behind layers of plaster and mortar.  Why were they keyed in such a way? The evolution of relief-patterned daub and tiles seems quite unique to first century Britain. Their chronology and lifespan remain a topic of hot debate and their purpose on tiles and walls have been argued as having either a decorative or a purely functional purpose.

This year's MSF AGM will be preceded by an online talk 'Recent investigations at St John's Jerusalem, Sutton-at-Hone' by Nathalie Cohen (National Trust) and Anne Sassin (Kent Downs).

This talk uncovers a lost industry of the Adur valley – the making of salt. Rents were sometimes paid in salt, as it was such a valuable commodity. The farmers of the Adur valley would have known all about it.

An online talk by Dr Lawrence Shaw, Lead Historic Environment Advisor, Forestry England.

AGM. Agenda to follow. "Doors" 10AM

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Energy in the United Kingdom from the late 1800s to Today (with a Glimpse into the Future)

Our speaker John will give us a thought-provoking talk that looks at:

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The industrial revolution created both winners and losers. In this talk, we’ll hear about  on three men who clawed  their way to success during the industrial revolution - while their workers in both mills and mines endured lives of extraordinary hardship

There is much more to the origin of the Industrial Revolution than harnessing steam, and the invention of the spinning jenny in 1764. This panoramic story is much older and more intriguing. And why didn't it happen in France or Holland? Was invention driven by science or the other way around?