Members’ Talks Evening; all are welcome!
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Members’ Talks Evening - Free to all lecture attendees (even if not members of SIHG)
Short talks by members plus refreshments and a chance to meet other members.
Tide Mills – More History and Archaeology
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Talk by David Plunkett, Chairman Mills Research Group.
Part of the 41st Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (SIHG Map).
NB - WEDNESDAY, not Tuesday!
Single lectures £5, payable on the night.
The Construction of Gothic Cathedrals
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Talk by Doug Irvine, Civil Engineer
Part of the 41st Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (SIHG Map).
Single lectures £5, payable on the night.
Scientific Approaches to Understanding the Manufacture, Use and Conservation of Historic Window Glass
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Talk by Dr David Dungworth, Historic England.
Part of the 41st Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (SIHG Map).
Single lectures £5, payable on the night.
Bat Boat to Red Arrows – the story of Kingston’s aviation industry; Sopwith, Hawker, Hawker Siddeley and British Aerospace
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Talk by Chris Farara, The Hawker Association
Part of the 41st Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (SIHG Map).
Single lectures £5, payable on the night.
Enquiries to Bob Bryson, 01483 577809, meetings@sihg.org.uk.
Engineering Edwardian Deterrence: HMS Dreadnought, Admiral Lord Fisher and the Anglo-German Arms Race
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Talk by Prof. Andrew Lambert, Dept of War Studies King’s College London.
Part of the 41st Series of Industrial Archaeology Lectures in Guildford (SIHG Map).
Single lecture £5, payable on the night.
Items Acquired by the Library in May 2016
New Items
May 2016
(Classification in Bold at the end)
Books
Heritage features in Waverley: central area, by J. H. Wainwright, Waverley Borough Council, [1986] F31
Heritage features in Waverley: southern area, by J. H. Wainwright, Waverley Borough Council, [1986] F31
Heritage features in Waverley: eastern area, by J. H.
Annual Symposium
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The programme for the Annual Symposium of the Society has been prepared and is listed here. A booking form pdf is attached.
9.30 REGISTRATION
10.00 Chair: Catherine Ferguson
10.10 Peopling the Heath: barrowscapes around the Rother valley at the apex of the Weald: Stuart Needham
10.55 COFFEE/TEA
SHERF 16: Research Revisited
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The annual Research Framework conference will be followed by the Society AGM. The programme will be as follows and a booking form is attached as a pdf.
09.30 Registration
10.00 Opening remarks: Chair, Emma Corke
10.10 New insights into the prehistoric ceramics from Weston Wood, Albury: Michael Russell
10.45 Coffee
11.15 Surrey Greensand hillforts: Judie English
11.45 Understanding Lowther's excavation of Ashtead Roman Villa: David Bird
12.15 Discussion
12.30 Lunch
Roman Studies AGM and talk by Ian Betts: Roman wall plaster from London
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This meeting starts our winter series of lectures which run from October 2016 to March 2017. The dates for these lectures are as follows: 11th October, 8th November, 6th December, 3rd January, 7th February and 7th March.
Please note that the October and November meetings are taking place on the 2nd Tuesday of the month rather than the usual 1st Tuesday.
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