Surrey Industrial History Group (SIHG)

SIHG - Possible Talks for 2027

Date: 
Friday, 1 January, 2027 - 09:30

These are some of the talks which I haven't beenable to fit into 2026, but are good candidates for 2027. In no particular order, lest you wondered.

Live Only

Women in AviationEddie Asquith
 How to make a brick on Effingham CommonMark Eller
 WW2 aircraft crash recoveryAndy Saunders
From Archimedes to the Tay Bridge DisasterLaurence Scales
Feeding the Nation-agriculture in the SouthGeoffrey Mead
Industrial Relations at Fords in the 70s & 80s Steve Bird

The Great Exhibition and Building the Crystal Palace by Ian Bevan

Zoom 

How England Fell in Love with Tea   Melanie King
Aldercar and Langley Mill                  Robert Mee
WW1 - Fighters and their Aces         Richard Rumble **
The Silvertown Explosion 1917         Martin Gossell
The Severn Bridge Disaster                Paul Barnett
Welsh Slate Mining                             Michael Herbert
Packhorse transport in Britain           Alastair Clark
The Hanging Trains of Wuppertal       Alastair Clark
The French king’s lunchtime canal     Alastair Clark

WW2 in the Channel Islands                Ian Ronayne (several different talks)

Live or Zoom 

My Research on Brooklands                 Sarah Schwarz 
The Discoveries & Inventions of Humphrey Davy - Michelle Howes
Relics of World War II in Europe      Melanie Gibson-Barton ##
Rail 200                                                 Richard Marks ##
Guildford’s Industries                              David Rose
## - high travel expenses if live

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