This talk will narrate the history of the Channel Tunnel through the 18th & 19th centuries, featuring the proposals that were put forward over this period, up to the final decision to build a tunnel.

Before 1909, there were no purpose-built automobile racing tracks in the world. All racing was carried out on normal roads. Hugh Fortesque Locke King decided to build the first track on his estate at Brooklands. The building virtually bankrupted him and certainly put a strain on his health. Brooklands also became the birthplace of British aviation, with some of the most famous innovators and flyers basing themselves there.

Roman Southampton was important but can be enigmatic, not least because so much material went into the River Itchen in the nineteenth century.

A RSG Zoom talk will take place on Tuesday 3rd March 2026. Emma Corke, Director of the Cocks Farm Abinger excavations will update  us as to the results of the 2025 season of work. Links to the previous interim reports can be found at https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/excavations-at-cocks-farm-roman-villa-abinger-2009-present-interim-reports

A RSG Zoom talk will take place on Tuesday 3rd February.

David Rudling will be talk ing to us on 'Border Control in Roman Britain'.

In lieu of our January talk we are pleased that Sussex Archaeology and History have invited us to its online lecture on 21st January 2026. The link is below but please book early as it is likely to be popular and places, although free, are limited. You can make a small donation to contribute to SAH costs. Link for the January 21st lecture online by Dr Giacomo Savani on Roman Rural Baths in Roman Britain: https://tixoom.app/sussexarchaeology/ra22utfp

We are looking forward to a talk by Peter Connelly on three Surrey Roman sites: The Roman villas at Chelsham, Titsey and Bletchingley.  Peter Connelly has been the Curator at East Surrey Museum since September 2019. 

The talk will take place by Zoom and the link will be sent to RSG members a week in advance.

The link will open at 7.15pm and the talk will start at 7.30pm.

If you would like to join the Zoom talk and you are a member of SyAS, you can join RSG for free via the membership tab.

The Prehistoric Group has arranged a free Zoom talk by Paul Garwood of Birmingham University (Senior Lecturer in Prehistory) discussing the role of Neolithic pottery in south-east England. Online booking has been arranged to enable the Zoom link to be sent closer to the event.

The full title is: One thousand years of solitude? Social lives and transformation in the Middle and Late Neolithic of south-east England, 3500-2500 BC

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