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

Talk by John Griffiths-Colby

Details of talk TBC, but you can read about John at https://absurvd.com/about-me

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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

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* Please note that this talk is on a WEDNESDAY evening.*

A talk describing the importance of the Dockyard to the Royal Navy and its recognition as one of the centres of the Industrial Revolution.

In the summer of 1888, fourteen hundred young women and girls, walked out of an East End match factory and into the history books. Their actions continue to exert a powerful hold over the public imagination to this day, and this talk captures every element of their struggle.

An incredible array of films have been produced at Shepperton Studios - Goldfinger, The Day of the Jackal, Bridget Jones's Baby, Carry on Camping, Black Narcissus, Oliver Twist, Full Metal Jacket, A Night to Remember, Stan & Ollie, Les Misérables, The Heroes of Telemark ... the list goes on. Come along and hear more about its history.

In 1939 Tom and Angela Rolt set out to explore the canals of England in the narrow boat ‘Cressy’. The account of their cruise was a book called “Narrow Boat” and this inspired the national movement to preserve and cherish our inland waterways. Eighty years later Alastair Clark set out on a bike to follow the part of their voyage which followed the Trent and Mersey canal. 

NOTE: this talk is on a Tuesday, due to speaker's unavailability most Thursdays

And now for something completely different - some maritime industrial archaeology.