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
5 Jun 2025 - 10:30 SIHG: Visit the Rural Life Museum near Farnham Surrey Industrial History Group
3 Jul 2025 - 10:15 SIHG Event: Farnham Industry (and more!) Walking Tour Surrey Industrial History Group
11 Sep 2025 - 13:45 SIHG Talk "Thomas Sopwith - Aviation Pioneer" by David Hassard (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
25 Sep 2025 - 13:45 SIHG Talk: "The Ramblings of a Railwayman" by Geoff Burch (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
9 Oct 2025 - 14:00 SIHG talks: Members' Presentations (Leatherhead) Surrey Industrial History Group
23 Oct 2025 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "Salt of the Earth: the salt industry of the Adur valley" (Zoom) by Janet Pennington Surrey Industrial History Group
4 Nov 2025 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "Fore & Aft: The Purton Ships Graveyard" (Zoom) by Paul Barnett Surrey Industrial History Group
20 Nov 2025 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "The wartime canal volunteers who called themselves ‘Idle Women’" by Alastair Clark (Zoom) Surrey Industrial History Group
4 Dec 2025 - 19:15 SIHG Talk: "Mill Technology and the Development of the UK Patent System" (Zoom) by Nick Gudde Surrey Industrial History 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
22 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