Surrey Industrial History Group (SIHG)

SIHG - Possible Talks for 2027-28

Date: 
Wednesday, 1 September, 2027 - 09:30

These are some of the talks which I haven't been able to fit into 2026-27, but are good candidates for 2027-28. 

Live Only

WW2 aircraft crash recovery   Andy Saunders
From Archimedes to the Tay Bridge Disaster Laurence Scales

How to make a brick on Effingham Common Mark Eller  
Feeding the Nation-agriculture in the South  Geoffrey Mead           
Industrial Relations at Fords in the 70s & 80s Steve Bird      
The Great Exhibition and Building the Crystal Palace by Ian Bevan
Another Side of Brunel - Roger Davies ##

Live or Zoom 

My Research on Brooklands             Sarah Schwarz 
Relics of World War II in Europe      Melanie Gibson-Barton ##
Rail 200                                                 Richard Marks ##
The Wealden Iron Industry and its Links with France - Jeremy Hodgkinson

Zoom 

WW2 in the Channel Islands                Ian Ronayne (several different talks)
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
How England Fell in Love with Tea   Melanie King
                          
## - high travel expenses if live

 

 

 

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