Retired engineer and volunteer for the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) and the Basingstoke Canal Society will give us an illustrated talk on the history of the Panama Canal.
Robert Hooke and Thomas Tompion were both involved in the development of clocks and watches, and their work helped make English clockmakers leaders in the world.
This talk looks at the brewing industry of the Wandle Valley. While Young's is the best known name associated with the Wandle there were many other brewers some which still exist today - not least Sambrook’s, which brews on part of the old Young’s site.
Zoom talk. Please register at
The fastest passenger aircraft of all time, first flown in 1969, this iconic vehicle was ahead of its time in many ways. It is amazing to think that those who first conceived the idea of an aircraft which flew faster than a bullet actually travelled to London to discuss their plans via steam train!
Michelle will talk on the life and times of her great grandfather, as gleaned from his notebooks, family photos and a bit of family history research.
For this talk we'll venture into social history as Sue shares the result of her researches on the people who worked the Wey Navigation - the bargemen and bargemasters (including several bargemistresses), including the possible origins of the early bargemen, the scale of bargemasters’ trade in the early 18th century (by which time there are useful records) and their connections with Guildford. Doors 13
Three generations of one of England’s finest engineering families and their achievements. The father, Marc Brunel (son of a Normandy farmer), who provided the boots for Wellington’s Army and the ship’s blocks for Nelson’s Navy, and who built the first tunnel under the Thames.
The Robert Bryson Memorial Talk, by our old friend Richard Marks
Zoom event - "doors" 7:15PM, talk will start 7:30PM, please log in at least 5 minutes before start of talk.
Full title "The Last Line: The 1940 anti-invasion defences between Guildford & Dorking'”. A Dorking Local History Group event which SIHG are promoting. See www.dlhg.org.uk for more on Dorking Local History Group
Archaeologist Paul (from SYAS) will give us an archaeological evaluation of the 1940 anti-invasion defences between Guildford and Dorking.
