Surrey Industrial History Group (SIHG)

Upcoming Events

All Society events are open to members and non-members. The latter may be asked to pay a small charge at some meetings. For some conferences and symposia a charge is made. Some of these events can now be booked on our site (if they are marked as BOOK ONLINE) and paid for via Paypal - you do not need to be a member of Paypal to do this but you will need a credit/debit card. Immediately after payment is complete you will get a confirmatory email from us which acts as your ticket to the event. (Currently SIHG members get free admission to our ZOOM meetings )
Date Title Group
8 Jan 2026 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "Wind Tunnels and Slide Rules: Women Engineers of the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough"by Dr Nina Baker, OBE (Zoom) Surrey Industrial History Group
22 Jan 2026 - 07:15 SIHG Talk: "Obsession, Enterprise and Death: the Industrial Revolution and three men's lives' by Dr Frances Hurd (Zoom) Surrey Industrial History Group
5 Feb 2026 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "The Match Girls Strike and How It Changed British History" by Michael Astrop (Zoom) Surrey Industrial History Group
19 Feb 2026 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "The History of Shepperton Studios" (Zoom) by Nick Pollard Surrey Industrial History Group
5 Mar 2026 - 14:00 SIHG Talk: "In the Wake of the Narrowboat Cressy" by Alastair Clark (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
26 Mar 2026 - 14:00 SIHG Talk: "A Fresh Look at the History of the Industrial Revolution" by Laurence Scales (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
8 Apr 2026 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: Chatham Dockyard - At the Heart of the Industrial Revolution by Martin Watts (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
29 Apr 2026 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "Loose Change - the Evolution of Innovation" (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
13 May 2026 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "Energy in the United Kingdom from the Late 1800s to Today" (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
28 May 2026 - 19:30 SIHG Talk: "Tricks of the Trade: A History of Spying Gadgets and Methods" by Melanie King (Zoom) Surrey Industrial History Group
30 May 2026 - 10:30 SIHG Guided Walk: How Railways Killed a Canal (starts at Shalford) Surrey Industrial History Group
17 Sep 2026 - 19:30 SIHG Talk: "Vickers at Brooklands" by Richard Marks Surrey Industrial History Group
1 Oct 2026 - 02:00 SIHG Talk: "The Channel Tunnel - History, Design, Build and Communications System" by Bob Hart Surrey Industrial History Group