Details to follow

For more on Richard, please see https://industrypast.co.uk

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.

AGM. Agenda to follow. "Doors" 10AM

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Following SIHG’s very popular Zoom on Heath Robinson’s World Word One “inventions” earlier this year, we’ve decided to organise a museum visit. 

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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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.