Programme
10.30am Registration: tea and coffee available
11.00am “From wool to cloth: the medieval textile industry in southern England, 1300-1600.” Dr John Hare, visiting research fellow at the University of Winchester
12.00am "Tithes on wool in east Surrey in 1535." Peter Balmer
12.30pm “Sheep & Wool – a practical guide.” David Graham
12.45pm Lunch break – tea and coffee available
The Annual South East Industrial history conference will be hosted by Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group in Windsor.
A programme and booking form is available via: biag.org.uk; click Booking leaflet.
Cost of attendance £15.00.
Lunch is available at a cost of £12.50
This winter’s study day will take place in the historic market town of Farnham at the Museum's Garden Gallery, followed by a walk through town and up to the castle in the afternoon.
Talk by R Cansdale, Basingstoke Canal Society
The Battle of Waterloo the day that decided Europe’s Fate
24 October 2pm to 3.30pm
Start of the Surrey Industrial History Group weekly Leatherhead lecture series, (map), Autumn 2
Talk by Dr Anne Sassin, Surrey Hills
42nd Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (Map).
Single lectures £5, payable on the night.
Enquiries to Bob Bryson, meetings@sihg.org.uk.
Members’ Talks Evening - Free to all lecture attendees (even if not members of SIHG)
Talk by Peter Finch, Chairman RTS
The streets of Victorian Britain were crowded by poor and desperate people. Some broke the law just to survive, other became victims – even though over 200 crimes carried the death penalty. You could be hanged for anything from murder to pickpocketing and being out at night with a blackened face. Despite these harsh penalties, the criminal elements of society were still determined to make their living by ill-gotten gains.
