CONTENTS

Page Notices 2 Obituaries 4 Review 7 Books and Publications 9 Conferences and Courses 12 Lectures and Events 14 Exhibitions 17 Local Society Meetings 18

NOTICES

Newsletter : Copy Dates The copy deadline for the following issue of the Newsletter is 1 August 2011 (for the September 2011 issue). Please send any items for inclusion to Meriel Jeater at , London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN, or you can email me at [email protected]

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LAMAS Lecture Programme 2011 Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place in the Clore Learning Centre at the Museum of London on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm – refreshments from 6pm. Meetings are open to all; members may bring guests, and non- members are welcome.

17 May 2011 The Glassworkers of Roman London , John Shepherd, Archaeologist/Researcher

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New LAMAS President: Professor Martin Biddle At the LAMAS 155th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 15 February we welcomed our new President, eminent archaeologist Professor Martin Biddle. Martin has been a very long-standing member of the Society and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his new role. The Society also gave its sincere thanks to Professor Caroline Barron who ended her three-year term as president with a fascinating talk on Thomas More’s early years. Note: draft minutes of the AGM will appear in the next Newsletter .

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Important Announcement: LAMAS Research Fund The Research Fund is a sum granted annually to support research into the archaeology and history of London and . We would now like to invite applications for the 2011/2012 fund. The fund level has been set by Council at £5000. Applications are invited for all or part of this sum. The fund is open to all full individual members of the Society. The deadline for applications is 30 September 2011 . For information on how to apply, please visit our website: www.lamas.org.uk or contact Jackie Keily: [email protected] (020 7814 5734). Barney Sloane and Jackie Keily, LAMAS Research Fund Co-ordinators

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Grants from City of London Archaeological Trust Applications to the City of London Archaeological Trust (CoLAT) are invited for small grants to assist archaeological work in the City of London and its environs (roughly out to the M25). CoLAT prefers to support research, education and publication, especially by amateur groups, but most kinds of archaeological work will be considered. The main exceptions are work arising from current developments, where developers should be funding the work, or any work towards an undergraduate or post-graduate degree. The deadline for applications this year is 7 October 2011 , and the meeting of CoLAT to consider these applications is in early December. Grants are available for one year only from 1 April 2012, so some careful planning may be required. CoLAT welcomes applications which are joint applications to several funding bodies. More information, and the application forms and guidelines, can be found on the Trust’s website, www.colat.org.uk; or from the Secretary, John Schofield, [email protected]. John Schofield

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History Today Offer for LAMAS Members History Today magazine is offering LAMAS members completely free unlimited access to www.historytoday.com and its unique historical archive, when you subscribe to the magazine. Wherever your passion for history lies, History Today has got it covered. Crammed full of in-depth, thought-provoking articles from ancient to 21 st century, you’ll find every issue is packed with intelligent writing from leading historians, with absorbing analysis and fascinating images. All this for just £49, saving over one-third on the usual subscription price. Why not treat yourself or a friend? Simply call 020 3219 7813/14 quoting ‘LAMAS offer’. History Today

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Barnet Museums Following the recent withdrawal of funding from Barnet Council, the Church Farmhouse Museum in Barnet closed on 31 March. Externally- owned collections are being withdrawn and the curator Gerrard Roots is retiring. and District Archaeological Society are thinking about taking over the running of the museum to enable it to re-open but plans are at a very early consultation phase with their members.

Barnet Museum is also threatened with the loss of their council funding and the museum, run by volunteers from Barnet & District Local History Society, faces closure. The Society is campaigning for the museum to stay open. For more information, and to sign the petition in support for the campaign, visit www.barnetmuseum.co.uk.

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English Heritage Publish New Guidelines English Heritage has published Safeguarding Archaeological Information: Procedures for Minimising Risk to Undeposited Archaeological Archives . This is available in hardcopy and can also be downloaded from their website: http://www.english- heritage.org.uk/publications/safeguarding-archaeological-information/

OBITUARIES

William James White, Organic Chemist and Osteologist 22 April 1944 – 14 November 2010 Bill White, who sadly died last year, was an expert on human skeletal remains who helped found the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology at the Museum of London and became the inaugural Curator of Osteology for its Wellcome Osteological Research Database (Word) project. He played a pivotal role in establishing the Centre as a benchmark of excellence in the field of bioarchaeology and in bringing to fruition the Wellcome- funded project.

Bill attended Acton County grammar school and while some of his fellow pupils formed the world-famous rock band, the Who, Bill went on to study chemistry at Salford University and enjoyed a 30-year career as an organic chemist with GlaxoSmithKline.

Initially, his interests in history and archaeology had been hobbies, but after leaving GlaxoSmithKline, he went on to study them more seriously, gaining a diploma in archaeology and a post-diploma course: human skeletal remains in archaeology at the University of London.

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In the mid-1980s Bill began a long association with the Museum of London which led to the first of his publications, Skeletal Remains from the Cemetery of St Nicholas Shambles (1988). Bill was involved in numerous projects at the museum, many of international significance. He was instrumental in the development and success of two important exhibitions based upon the human remains curated by the Museum of London, London Bodies (1998) and Skeletons: London’s Buried Bones (2008) held at the Wellcome Trust.

Bill was a member of a number of societies, including LAMAS, and was a founder member of the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. He was an active correspondent and commentator in journals and newspapers; notably on the Council for British Archaeology website. Bill was a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemists and Society of Antiquaries of London.

Bill was a quiet man, with a sharp sense of humour, deeply respected and loved by all who met and worked with him. His intellect ranged across diverse subjects, which was put to devastatingly good use on the BBC quiz-show Eggheads , when as captain of the Museum of London team, the resident eggheads were defeated.

Although Bill retired in 2009, he became an emeritus curator and remained very much a part of the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology, where his erudition, sincerity, kindness and passion for his vocation were greatly appreciated.

He is survived by his wife, Jenny, and children William (also Bill), Eleanor, Frederick, Roland and Richard, and six granddaughters. Jelena Bekvalac

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Geoff Egan, Archaeologist and Finds Expert 19 October 1951 – 24 December 2010 Geoff Egan was born in Wembley, north-west London, the only son of Daphne and Harold Egan. He was educated at Harrow County school, and gained a place at Peterhouse, Cambridge, to study classics, although he subsequently switched to archaeology and anthropology.

After graduation in 1975 he worked for a while at Kew Gardens, but a love of travel took him to Norway, where he worked on an archaeological excavation at Trondheim. On his return to Britain in 1976, he obtained a job at the Museum of London and stayed there for the next 34 years, working his way up to be a fieldwork director, then a finds specialist. In the 1970s the redevelopment of the City of London led to an upsurge in

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Geoff was the leading UK expert in medieval and later small finds and, with Brian Spencer, pioneered liaison between archaeologists and the ‘mudlarks’ who search for finds on the Thames foreshore. Together with his colleague Hazel Forsyth, in 2005 he published Toys, Trifles and Trinkets , detailing the Museum of London’s collection of base-metal toys, most of which had been found on the Thames foreshore by the mudlark Tony Pilson.

As the specialist in medieval and later non-ceramic finds in the Museum of London Archaeology Service, Geoff played a key role in producing the series Medieval Finds from Excavations in London , an essential reference for all specialists in this period, and he was personally responsible for two volumes: The Medieval Household (1998) and Dress Accessories (1991, with Frances Pritchard). He also wrote Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition: Tudor & Stuart Period Finds from Southwark (2005).

Another area of interest centred on the lead seals that were affixed to textiles sent out in trade from the 14 th to the 18 th centuries: Geoff appreciated that recording the findspots of these unprepossessing objects can give us much information about the cloth trade, for a long time the main source of England’s prosperity. Geoff’s study of these led to a doctorate from the Institute of Archaeology, London, and also resulted in the publication of Lead Cloth Seals and Related Items in the British Museum (1994).

Geoff was a key player in the project to catalogue the series of finds from the enigmatic site of Meols on the Wirral coast: the settlement itself (thought to have been a beach market) has disappeared into the sea and is known mainly through the finds. The monumental catalogue, written with David Griffiths and Rob Philpott, is another key reference for specialists. In all, Geoff contributed more than 100 papers and notes to both national and county journals.

Geoff’s expertise was of great value to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, established in 1997 to record finds made by members of the public. He had a part-time role with the Scheme from 2004 and in July 2010 was appointed to a full-time post as finds adviser, based at the British Museum.

Geoff was greatly loved by his peers. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, he was also a linchpin of the Finds Research Group and had been a member of LAMAS since 1990. He had been on the council of the Society of Post-Medieval Archaeology since 1982 and served as its

6 president from 2005 until 2008. He built up many friends in European and American museums. Perhaps the organisation that gave Geoff greatest pleasure was the Company of Arts Scholars, Dealers and Collectors, one of the newest of the City guilds. Geoff served as its master in 2009-10 and one of his proudest moments came last summer when he joined members of the guild who exercised their right as freemen of the City of London to drive a flock of sheep across London Bridge. He is survived by his cousin, Graham. Roger Bland

REVIEW

48 th LAMAS Conference of London Archaeologists held at Museum of London, 9 April 2011 This year’s conference was dedicated to the memory of three archaeologists: Penny MacConnoran, Geoff Egan and Bill White, all of whom had made an outstanding contribution to London’s heritage and will be sadly missed by their friends and colleagues . The 2011 Ralph Merrifield Award was presented to Jacqui Pearce and the Hendon and District Archaeological Society.

Morning session: Recent Work The first lecture was ‘London’s Top Secret’ by Natalie Cohen (Thames Discovery Programme). She explained how erosion on the Thames foreshore at Vauxhall in front of the MI6 building has revealed a series of vertical timbers of uncertain plan and function, which have been radio- carbon dated to the Mesolithic period (See London Archaeologist winter 2010/11). Subsequent erosion had revealed a Mesolithic tranchet axe and early Neolithic pottery. The intriguing question is exactly what this activity represents. Was it a fishing camp and were the timbers perhaps part of a jetty? Currently this site is being gradually destroyed by erosion, but if a new Thames Tunnel sewer outfall connection is constructed here then the whole sequence would be threatened with destruction.

Chloe Hunnisett (Wessex Archaeology) described how the redevelopment of the former Queen Mary’s Hospital at Carshalton revealed a sequence of Late Iron Age to early Roman ( c 100 BC to AD 150) ditched enclosures, storage pits and round houses belonging to a pastoral farmstead. What was unusual was the high number of animal burials and cremations: cats, dogs, pigs, sheep/goats and even a horse were interred in various storage pits.

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Pre-Construct Archaeology. Fieldwork revealed a stretch of the defensive ditch and bank hastily erected during 1642-43, around Greater London at the beginning of the English Civil War. This is the first discovery of a well-preserved stretch of London’s Civil War defences.

Excavations at 8-10 Moorgate in the City of London described by Al Telfer (Museum of London Archaeology – MOLA) on the edge of a Walbrook channel revealed a sequence of exceptionally well-preserved early Roman clay and timber buildings. These buildings were constructed on box-like revetments and piles intended to both raise their floors above the potential flood level and also to level up the natural slope. Two of the buildings were separated by a stepped alleyway leading down to the nearby channel. Finds included four cosmetic mortars implying that someone was either manufacturing them or selling them locally.

In advance of the Thameslink railway viaduct widening scheme, various excavations have been carried out in the Borough Market area of Southwark. Dave Saxby of MOLA described how work at one location, the former Wheatsheaf public house (where some of us have raised a glass), revealed a sequence of post-medieval buildings, cesspits and wells. Finds from the cesspits included three almost complete Delftware bowls or ‘chargers’. One is decorated with tulips and another bearing the coat of arms of the Leathersellers’ Company dated 1674, was produced to celebrate the marriage of Nathaniel Townsend. One of these Delftware vessels is temporarily on display in the Museum of London’s Archaeology in Action exhibition and the others are on display in the War, Plague and Fire Gallery.

Afternoon session: the Archaeology of Modern London Until very recently it was widely believed that archaeology has nothing to contribute to the study of the capital’s 19 th - to 20 th -century material culture. Such deposits and structures were routinely dismissed as ‘modern disturbance’.

Heather Knight of MOLA described how the brick foundations of London’s first purpose-built playhouse aptly called ‘the Theatre’ (built c 1576) were uncovered in Shoreditch. In 1594 the premiere of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was staged at this playhouse. Interestingly, documentary evidence provides a narrative for the events and the names of all those involved in this litigious venture, but furnish no details concerning its plan or construction, which excavation has now revealed. It is proposed to build another theatre on the site where hopefully the remains of its predecessor will be displayed. Following the thespian theme, Andrew Westman of MOLA outlined the results of the study of a derelict theatre in Dalston Lane, Hackney. It began life in 1885

8 as a circus, which was soon adapted into a repertory theatre. In 1920 it was converted into a ‘Super Cinema’, which closed in 1960. Then in 1965 it was transformed yet again into a Jamaican night club and concert venue known as ‘the Four Aces’. It was a fascinating account of how one Victorian building had been tirelessly altered to meet the changing tastes of public entertainment.

‘What does the archaeology of modern London look like?’ This was the question posed by Nigel Jeffries, drawing on his interdisciplinary study of aspects of the capital’s 19 th -century material culture recovered from disused cesspits. This was a period when some aspects of London life were very well documented thanks to census returns, journalists, maps, photography, trade directories etc. However, other aspects such as the material culture of poor people until now have attracted little interest (see Museum of London Research Matters No. 4, May 2010 for details).

Gustav Milne’s substitute, Eliott Wragg, described how members of the Thames Discovery Programme have recorded the slipways on the Millwall foreshore where the ‘Great Eastern’ was built and launched into the Thames during 1854-58. The construction of what was then the world’s largest ship sadly seems to have been forgotten in Millwall and it would be wonderful to see the outline of this vanished leviathan decked out as a garden to remind us of its existence. The session ended with Roy Stephenson (Museum of London) reminding us why community or public archaeology is important and how the excavation of blitzed houses (to take one example) allows archaeologists to engage with a completely new audience. Roy stressed that we also need to involve the next generation of Londoners in the capital’s heritage. Looking around the audience it was a timely reminder to me that unless we heed Roy’s words we risk joining the dodo. Bruce Watson

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Finsbury’s Moated Manor, Medieval Land Use and Later Development in the Finsbury Square Area, Islington , by Ken Pitt with Jeremy Taylor (2009), MOLA Archaeology Studies Series 20, 74 pp, £ 8.95, ISBN 978- 1-901992-81-6

This study presents the results of seven archaeological investigations carried out by Museum of London Archaeology between 1996 and 2000 in the Finsbury Square area, north of the City of London, which had been designated an area of Archaeological Priority by the local planning authority.

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The book carefully describes the local topography, history and development, taking into consideration both the data from the excavations and the documentary and cartographic sources.

The section dedicated to the documentary evidence is enhanced by the reproduction of a 1562 map on which the outline of the investigated sites has been placed. Moreover, throughout the book plenty of maps of the sites provide the reader with a key to how the landscape has changed over the centuries – this being one of the most interesting features, not only for insiders but also for those specially interested in local history.

The development of this area is linked to the nature of the soil, which made it a good source of brickearth. Its topography is influenced by the Walbrook stream, a tributary of the River Thames flowing southwards to the east of the investigated area. Because the stream’s flow had been restricted by the construction of the Roman City Wall, the land soon became marshy (‘the Moor’).

Probably since the 7 th century AD, the Finsbury area was enclosed in land granted to the Church, as part of the Bishopric of London’s foundation endowment at first and, later on, as an estate assigned to one of the St Paul’s Cathedral canons. A manor house on the Finsbury estate has been there since at least the 12 th century. Overall, the archaeological investigations provide an overview of the area through the medieval and post-medieval period, showing how it was exploited first of all for quarrying brickearth (probably the large scale exploitation dates back to the second half of the 15 th century, when London’s City Wall needed significant restoration) and then partially cleared in connection with the activities of archery. During the 16 th and 17 th centuries it was partly used as a dump for the disposal of waste from nearby workshops, while in the 18 th and 19 th centuries it became more industrialised. Between 1777 and 1791 Finsbury Square was laid out to the east of the manor’s site.

Both the area of the manor and its surroundings have provided evidence of archaeobotanical remains and food waste, useful in understanding the character of the local habitat and eating habits (from this area we have the first record for Allium seeds in London!), and to work out a possible image of the local landscape.

Despite the fact that it is fairly technical, this book offers a very interesting opportunity for those who are passionate about local history to study the development of the area. Moreover, the specialist appendices delve into different issues connected to the production of bricks and also present some fine examples of the elegant pottery of the time. Alessandra Marucci

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London Through Time , by Michael Foley (2010), Amberley Publishing, 96pp, £14.99, ISBN 9781848688933

This is a series of ‘then and now’ images of London, placing historic photographs with modern views. There is a strong resurgent interest in historic photography – witness the extensive queues to visit the recently opened Street Photography exhibition at the Museum of London this half term and the many tens of thousands of downloads of the Museum’s iphone app which overlays historic images onto modern scenes using smart technology. Or English Heritage’s Lost London 1870-1945 which consistently receives a five star rating and is Amazon’s number one best seller in the list of books about London.

Therefore one would hope a book that places historic views into context with modern images would successfully ride this rip tide. The concept of placing modern environments within a historic environment is a vital component in allowing residents and visitors to contextualise their surroundings. Unfortunately London Through Time does not come through for me. There are some magnificent historic images, for instance the sphinx near Cleopatra’s needle after a 1917 air raid or a captured German submarine in the Pool of London. However, the volume tells nothing of where these images are derived from, and often the modern images do not align themselves with the historic images. While it is rarely possible to take a modern photograph from the same view point, and the nature of modern formats often exclude an exact match, it would have been nice if the photographer had set off with copies of the historic images to use as a base.

This might have helped for the modern image of Prince Henry’s Room on Fleet Street which actually wrongly depicts a different Fleet Street building (currently a home to a Pret à Manger sandwich shop). Pret also appears in an image on page 76, where we get an image of a coach and horse and a large prestige car attempting to tell a transport story, but neither location is defined.

So nice to see colour, but sources would have been good and more pertinent modern images. Roy Stephenson

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New Museum of London Archaeology Books

The Cluniac Priory and Abbey of St Saviour Bermondsey, Surrey: Excavations 1984–95 , by Tony Dyson, Mark Samuel, Alison Steele and Susan M Wright (2011), £27

The Development of Early Medieval and Later Poultry and Cheapside: Excavations at 1 Poultry and Vicinity, City of London , by Mark Burch, Phil Treveil, with Derek Keene (2011), £35

The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary Graces, East Smithfield, London , by Ian Grainger, Christopher Phillpotts (2011), £18

Three Ways Wharf, Uxbridge: a Lateglacial and Early Holocene Hunter-gatherer Site in the Colne Valley , by John S C Lewis, with James Rackham (2011), £25

CONFERENCES AND COURSES

Museum of London Adult Archaeology Courses Book in advance by calling the Museum’s Box Office on 020 7001 9844. For more information see the ‘Courses’ page on the Museum of London website: www.museumoflondon.org.uk/courses

9, 16 & 23 May 2011 Easy Access Hidden Treasures This step-free course is accessible for everyone and is ideal for wheelchair users or people with limited mobility. Learn more about the archaeology and history of the City of London. Each week you will meet at the Museum for an overview of the period you are studying and then take part in a gently paced guided tour of about forty minutes in different parts of the City. You will also get the chance to handle objects and visit the Museum of London’s galleries. Free places are available to anyone assisting or accompanying someone with a disability. Fee: £25 (£10 concs).

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Neighbours and Successors of Rome: Traditions of Glass Production and Use in Europe and the Middle East in the Later First Millennium AD 19 & 20 May 2011 The King’s Manor, University of York The conference will bring together historical, ethnographic, scientific and new archaeological research to study glass used in the East and West during the Late Antique period (4 th – 8 th centuries). It will also focus on trading networks in early medieval Europe, eastern empires and the Islamic world through the medium of glass. Fee: £90 (£45 for students); single day £60 (£30 for students). For details of the programme and booking forms visit the AHG conference website (www.historyofglass.org.uk/meetings.html) or contact Dr Justine Bayley, Howcroft, High Street, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 0AQ; mail@justine- bayley.co.uk.

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Surrey Archaeological Society Surrey Woodlands 2 – 4.30pm, 21 May 2011 Shalford Village Hall Cost: £5 payable on the day. If you would like to attend, please register with Janet Balchin, Hullbrook Cottage, Cranleigh Road, Ewhurst GU6 7RN; email: [email protected]. Talks include:

Surrey Ancient Woodlands Inventory , Rob Davies Wood Crafts , Chris Matcham Conservation and Management of Historic Woodland , Sean O’Kelly

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Kent Archaeological Field School Summer Courses and Training Excavation 2011 To book, contact KAFS, School Farm Oast, Graveney Road, Faversham, Kent ME13 8UP (01795 532548 or 07885 700 112); email: [email protected]; website: www.kafs.co.uk

28 – 30 May 2011 Introduction to Archaeology Cost: £50, if membership is taken out at the time of booking, or £75 for non-members

18 – 19 June 2011 Landscape Archaeology Cost: £75

9 – 10 July 2011 Surveying for Archaeologists Cost: £75 (20% discount for KAFS members)

8 - 12 August 2011 Training Excavation at Syndale near Faversham Cost: £100, if membership is taken out at the time of booking. This training week is part of the KAFS annual excavation, which runs from 1 – 19 August. Those with more experience may attend the main excavation at a cost of £30 per day (members) or £35 per day (non-members).

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University of Sussex Training Excavation Summer 2011 Barcombe Roman Bath House, Sussex A variety of archaeological training courses will be available at the Barcombe site near Lewes in East Sussex. The cost varies from £25 - £220, depending on the course and the appropriate concessions. Volunteer opportunities are also available. For more details, visit http://www.sussex.ac.uk/cce/research/current/barcombe or contact the Centre for Community Engagement, Mantell Building, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RF (01273 678527); email: [email protected]. Courses include:

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Introduction to Field Archaeology (starting 11 June 2011) Introduction to Archaeological Surveying (4 – 8 July 2011) Excavation Training Courses (five weeks of five-day courses starting 4 July 2011) Geoarchaeology in Action (9 – 10 July 2011) Introduction to On-Site Conservation (16 July 2011) Planning and Section Drawing (31 July – 1 August 2011) Site Photography (6 – 7 August 2011)

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Birkbeck, University of London Syon Training Excavation July 2011 Syon Park, Brentford The Bridgettine Abbey of Syon was founded the early 15 th century. At the time of the Dissolution it was the richest nunnery in England. These excavations aim to discover more about the lost church and monastic complex and to investigate the succeeding series of formal gardens, part of the landscape of Syon House, the 16 th -century aristocratic residence established here in the wake of the Dissolution. Training excavation courses run for 5 days on 4 – 8 July 2011 and 11 – 15 July 2011.

Costs per course range from £225 - £600, depending on your eligibility for various concessions. For more information and to enrol, visit: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/ce/modules/FFAR085H4.html or contact the course team: [email protected] (020 7631 6627).

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West Essex Archaeological Group Archaeological Excavation Training July & August 2011 Copped Hall, Essex For full details and booking information, visit www.weag.org.uk

16 – 17; 23 – 24; 30 – 31 July 2011 Excavation Taster Weekends at Copped Hall near Epping Each weekend will teach beginners the basics of archaeology and excavation.

8 – 12; 15 – 19 August 2011 Five-Day Field Schools Continued excavation of the Tudor house at Copped Hall. Not for beginners.

LECTURES AND EVENTS

Surrey Archaeological Society Lecture Series: Faith Expressed in Stone: Religious Buildings in Surrey and Southeast England May 2011 Abraham Dixon Hall, Leatherhead Each lecture costs £6. For more information, contact: The Lectures Officer, Surrey Archaeological Society, Castle Arch, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3SX (01483 532454);

14 email: [email protected]; website: www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk. Lectures start at 7.30pm for 8pm with tea and coffee beforehand.

3 May 2011 Form and Fabric of Belief: Approaches to the Study of Religious Buildings , Simon Roffey

10 May 2011 Synagogue Design and Jewish Religious Practice: Historic and Contemporary Examples , Merilyn Spier

17 May 2011 The Mosque as a Place of Worship , M. A. Nasim

24 May 2011 Nonconformist Buildings: Plain Places for Plain Speaking? , Peter Youngs

31 May 2011 The Architecture of the Christian Church: 2000 Years of History , Alan Bott

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British Archaeological Association Lecture Series 2011 Meetings are held at 5pm in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V 0HS. Tea will be served at 4.30pm. Non- members are welcome to attend occasional lectures but are asked to make themselves known to the Hon. Director on arrival and to sign the visitors’ book.

4 May 2011 Clues for a Spiritual Treasure Hunt: Indulgences in Pre-Reformation English Churches , Robert Swanson

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Institute of Archaeology & British Museum Medieval Seminars All meetings start at 5.30pm at the Institute of Archaeology Room 612. For further information, please contact Michael Shapland via email: [email protected]

10 May 2011 Being an Islander: Networks as Biographies in Medieval Orkney , James Barrett

31 May 2011 The Last Statues of Antiquity, 280-550 , Bryan Ward-Perkins

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Walthamstow Historical Society Walthamstow History Walks Summer 2011 Walks are free, start at 2pm and everybody is welcome. No booking required. Further information: 07792 750017; email: [email protected]

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15 May 2011 Hoe Street. Mansions, Shopping and Slavery (meet outside Walthamstow Central Station, London-bound side)

18 June 2011 Georgian Villas and Edwardian Terraces along Forest Road (meet outside William Morris Gallery)

17 July 2011 Model Dwellings, Protest and a Hint of Gentility – the Village Borders (meet outside )

14 August 2011 A Stroll Down Walthamstow High Street (meet outside Central Library)

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Chance to Join the Time Cheam 4 – 9 July 2011 Sutton Central Library In 2010, the Carshalton and District History and Archaeology Society’s Time Cheam project, led by Professor Clive Orton and supported by other local archaeological societies, studied the pottery excavated in 1978–80 from the garden of Whitehall, Cheam, especially waster pottery from 14 th -century kilns. So much had been found that only about half of it could be examined in the time available. To finish the work, Clive is planning another week’s work (Time Cheam 2) from 4 to 9 July in the Europa Gallery of Sutton Central Library. The aim is to find out as much as we can of what the site tells us about the pottery industry that flourished in Cheam from around 1350– 1500, and to let the public see what was found and what it can tell us.

Anyone can take part, provided that they can commit themselves to two or four days’ work, as full training will be provided. You don’t need any special skills, but you will be able to make your own contribution to the story of the medieval potters of Cheam and learn how to study pottery excavated in your own area.

If you would like further information or a booking form, please contact Clive at 39a Benhill Wood Road, Sutton SM1 3SL (020 8641 2003); email [email protected]. The project’s website is www.cheamware.org.uk.

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Archaeology Family Day 11am-3pm, 31 July 2011 and Gardens, Bexley Following the success of Archaeology Day 2010 Bexley Heritage Trust will once again collaborate with Bexley Archaeology Group (BAG) to bring you a celebration of local archaeology at Hall Place. Activities for all the family include the hugely popular sandpit and live digs. Advice from the experts and an even bigger variety of stalls mean this is set to be another fun and fascinating day for all. If you are interested and wish to have a stall or be involved at this event please contact Kirsty Macklen, Museum Officer; email: [email protected]. Information on the venue and where we are located can be found at www.hallplace.com.

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Festival of British Archaeology Museum of London 30 & 31 July 2011 Celebrate the Festival of British Archaeology at the Museum of London with a range of show-stopping Roman themed events and activities on 30 and 31 July 2011. Handle Roman objects, tour Roman sites, see the remains of some real Roman Londoners and watch a gladiator show on the site of London’s original amphitheatre. Visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk/foba or call the Box Office on 020 7001 9844 for full event details.

EXHIBITIONS

Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life 24 March - 31 August 2011 Wellcome Collection ‘Dirt’ will reveal the fascinating world of filth that remains one of the very last taboos. This major new exhibition takes a closer look at something that surrounds us but that we are often reluctant to confront. ‘Dirt’ travels across centuries and continents to explore our ambivalent relationship with dirt. Bringing together around 200 artefacts spanning visual art, documentary photography, cultural ephemera, scientific artefacts, film and literature, the exhibition uncovers a rich history of disgust and delight in the grimy truths and dirty secrets of our past, and points to the uncertain future of filth, which poses a significant risk to our health but is also vital to our existence.

Following anthropologist Mary Douglas’s observation that dirt is ‘matter out of place’, the exhibition introduces six very different places as a starting point for exploring attitudes towards dirt and cleanliness: a home in 17 th -century Delft in Holland, a street in Victorian London, a hospital in Glasgow in the 1860s, a museum in Dresden in the early 20 th century, a community in present day New Delhi and a New York landfill site in 2030.

Highlights include paintings by Pieter de Hooch, the earliest sketches of bacteria, John Snow’s ‘ghost map’ of cholera, beautifully crafted delftware, Joseph Lister’s scientific paraphernalia and a wide range of contemporary art. For more information visit www.wellcomecollection.org/dirt or contact Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE (020 7611 2222).

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Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story 20 May - 30 October 2011 Museum of London Docklands From Treasure Island to Pirates of the Caribbean , piracy has long been an inspiration for books, television and films. Now, in a major exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands, families and adults alike can discover the real pirates who ruled our seas over 300 years ago. Original artefacts, archaeological finds and hands-on interactives will reveal London’s links with piracy dating back to the 17 th century, including the capital’s gruesome history as a place of execution for pirates. Through maps, letters and illustrations, you’ll follow the true story of the infamous Captain Kidd, who met

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LOCAL SOCIETY MEETINGS

Acton History Group Events on the 2nd Wednesday in the month at 7.30pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, admission £1. Contact Secretary David Knights, 30 Highland Avenue, Acton W3 6EU (020 8992 8698); email: [email protected]; website: www.actonhistory.co.uk

8 June 2011 Muriel Eady, Murder Victim , Jonathan Gates

Barking and District Historical Society Meetings are held at 7.45pm at Harp House, 16 Helmore Road (off Goodey Road), Barking IG11 9PH. Bus no. 62 stops nearby. It is a short walk from Upney Station. Free to members, £1.50 to non-members. Email: [email protected]; tel. 020 8597 7210; website: www.barkinghistory.co.uk

9 May 2011 The Evacuees , Katie Avagah

6 June 2011 Docklands , Kathy Lancaster

Barnes and Mortlake History Society Meetings are held at Sheen Lane Centre, Sheen Lane, London SW14 at 8pm on the 3 rd Thursday of the month from September to April. The meetings are free to members and £2 for non-members. For further details please contact the Hon. Secretary on 020 8878 4071 or visit us at: www.barnes-history.org.uk

Barnet and District Local History Society All meetings are held in Church House, Wood Street, Barnet at 3pm on Mondays (opposite the Museum). Contact , 31 Wood Street, Barnet EN5 4BE (020 8440 8066) or visit: www.barnetmuseum.co.uk for more information.

9 May 2011 Eating Winter with a Spoon: The History of Ice-cream , Ruth Hazeldene

13 June 2011 London Gas Holders: Works of Art and Engineering , Malcolm Tucker

Bexley Archaeological Group All meetings are held at Bexley and Sidcup Conservative Club, 19 Station Road, Sidcup, Kent and excavations are carried out at the weekends (Mar-Nov). For further information contact the Chairman, Mr Martin Baker, 24 Valliers Wood Road, Sidcup, Kent DA15 8BG (020 8300 1752); email: [email protected]; website: www.bag.org.uk

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14 May 2011 The Archaeology of Human Evolution , Tim Reynolds

Brentford and Chiswick Local History Society The society meets at the Chiswick Memorial Club, Afton House, Bourne Place, Chiswick W4, starting at 7.30pm, on the 3 rd Monday in the month, from September to May inclusive. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Tess Powell, 7 Dale Street, London W4 2BJ or visit: www.brentfordandchiswicklhs.org.uk

Camden History Society The society normally meets at 7.30pm on the 3 rd Thursday of each month, except August. Venues vary. For further information please contact the Hon. Secretary, Mrs Jane Ramsay (020 7586 4436) or visit: www.camdenhistorysociety.org

19 May 2011 Abram Games, Designer, and the Festival of Britain , Naomi Games (Burgh House, New End Square NW3 1LT)

15 June 2011 History and Restoration of Kentish Town Baths , Ian Dungevall (Charlie Ratchford Resource Centre, Belmont Street NW1)

21 July 2011 English Heritage Listing in Camden , Emily Gee (Burgh House)

Chadwell Heath Historical Society Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the 3 rd Wednesday of every month from September to June. All meetings are held at Wangey Road Chapel, Wangey Road, Chadwell Heath, starting at 7.30pm. Enquiries to 020 8590 4659 or 020 8597 1225; email: [email protected]

18 May 2011 ‘Fair Shares for All’: Rationing in Britain During and After the Second World War , David Evans

City of London Archaeological Society Society’s meetings are held at the hall of St Olave’s Parish Hall, Mark Lane EC3R. Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7pm start. Light refreshments are available after the lecture. Non-members are welcome to attend occasional lectures but are asked to sign the visitors’ book and make a £2 contribution towards expenses. For further details, visit: www.colas.org.uk; email: [email protected]; text/voicemail 07964694128.

20 May 2011 Exploring a Legionary Fortress: New Excavations at Caerleon (Wales) and the Late Roman Military in Britain , Andrew Gardner

17 June 2011 Adventures with the Lewis Chessmen , Irving Finkel

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Cuffley Industrial Heritage Society The Society meets at Northaw Village Hall, 5 Northaw Road West, Northaw, Hertfordshire EN6 4NW, near Potters Bar and Cuffley. Talks start at 8pm with doors opening from 7.30pm. Talks are free to members and £3 for visitors. For more information, contact David Freeman, Honorary Treasurer, 18 Homewood Avenue, Cuffley, Hertfordshire EN6 4QG (01707 875481); email: [email protected]

10 May 2011 Women Munitions Workers , David Kenyon

The Docklands History Group Meetings will be held on the 1st Wednesday of every month in Museum of London Docklands, No 1 Warehouse, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL, at 5.30 for 6pm. Visitors are welcome to attend the talks, for a donation of £2. For further information and membership details, please call 020 7286 0196.

4 May 2011 Gravesend Sea School , John D Meadowcroft

6 July 2011 What Was Happening on the Docks and on the Thames in July 1911? , Sally Mashiter

3 August 2011 Greenwich Peninsula , Mary Mills

Edmonton Hundred Historical Society Talks are free to members (£1 for visitors), and are held at Jubilee Hall, 2 Parsonage Lane, Enfield; at the Charity School Hall, Church Street, Edmonton N9 and at , Lordship Lane, Tottenham N17. Further details may be obtained from the Enfield Local Studies Centre & Archive, Thomas Hardy House, 39 London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS (020 8379 2724); email: [email protected]

18 May 2011 King James Bible and its Importance , Peter Brown & Mike Edge

Enfield Archaeological Society Meetings are held at the Jubilee Hall, junction of Chase Side and Parsonage Lane, Enfield, starting at 8pm. Tea and coffee are available from 7.30pm. Visitors are welcome (£1 per person). For further information please contact David Willis, Secretary, 43 Millers Green Close, Enfield EN2 7BD; website: www.enfarchsoc.org

13 May 2011 Recent Research on Shakespeare’s London Playhouses , Julian Bowsher

17 June 2011 Theobalds Palace , Mike Dewbrey

Friern Barnet and District Local History Society Meetings are held in St John’s Church Hall, next to Whetstone Police Station, in Lane N20, normally on the last Wednesday of the month, starting at

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8pm. Free refreshments are available from 7.45pm. Visitors welcome (£2 per person). For further details, contact David Berguer (0208 368 8314); website: www.friernbarnethistory.org.uk.

25 May 2011 The Festival of Britain , David Berguer

22 June 2011 Family History , Susan Fifer

Greenwich Industrial History Society All meetings will be held at The Old Bakehouse (rear of), Age Exchange Reminiscence Centre, 11 Blackheath Village, London SE23 9LA, at 7.30pm. For further information about the Greenwich Industrial History Society and their meetings, please contact Mary Mills, 24 Humber Road, London SE3 (020 8858 9482).

10 May 2011 Archaeology at Deptford Dockyard , Duncan Hawkins

Hayes and Harlington Local History Society Most meetings are held at the new library on Botwell Green at 7.30pm. Please note: the doors will be LOCKED after 7.30pm for security reasons. Further information from the Secretary, Mr John Walters, 7 St Jerome’s Grove, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 2PJ (020 8561 7555); email: [email protected]

Hendon & District Archaeological Society Unless otherwise indicated, lectures and meetings are held at , East End Road, , London N3, at 8pm on the 2 nd Tuesday of the month. For further information please contact the Membership Secretary, Stephen Brunning, 1 Reddings Close, , London NW7 4JL (020 8959 6419); [email protected]

10 May 2011 The Markfield Beam Engine – the Influence of Effluence , Ken Brereton

Hornsey Historical Society Lecture meetings are held on the 2 nd Wednesday of every month at the Union Church Hall, corner of Ferme Park Road and Weston Park (a short walk from the Old Schoolhouse, the Society’s HQ on Tottenham Lane), starting at 8pm. Members attend free; non-members are welcome and pay £1 entrance fee. For further information please ring The Old Schoolhouse (020 8348 8429); write to the Society at 136 Tottenham Lane N8 7EL; website: www.hornseyhistorical.org.uk

11 May 2011 The History of the Pianola , Michael Broadway

8 June 2011 Vaudeville and Music Hall on Film , Roger Fillary & Keith Fawkes

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Hounslow & District History Society Meetings are held on Tuesdays at Montague Hall, Montague Road, Hounslow, starting at 8pm. For further details contact the Honorary Secretary, Mr R. Ferguson, 219 Staines Road, Bedfont, Middlesex TW14 9EB (020 8890 5078).

Islington Archaeology and History Society Meetings are held at 8pm at Islington Town Hall, Upper Street N1. All meetings are free. Enquiries: 020 7833 1541; website: www.iahs.org.uk

15 June 2011 Islington’s Regency Renaissance , Lester Hillman

Kingston upon Thames Archaeological Society Meetings are held at 8pm in Mayo Hall, United Reformed Church, at the corner of Union Street and Eden Street, Kingston upon Thames (visitors will be asked for a donation of £1.50 towards expenses). Enquiries to 020 8547 6755; email: [email protected]

12 May 2011 The Bayeux Tapestry , Nick Pollard

9 June 2011 Excavation of the Medieval Greenwich Tide Mill , Simon Davis

Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society Meetings are held at Leyton Sixth Form College, Essex Road, Leyton E10 6EQ and at St John’s Church Hall, E11 1HH, corner of Leytonstone High Road and Church Lane. For further details please contact Maureen Measure, Secretary, L&LHS (020 8558 5491); email: [email protected]

11 May 2011 Historic English Towns and Cities – Part 4 (East Anglia) , Stephen Gilburt (St John’s Church, 7.45pm)

London Natural History Society Indoor meetings usually consist of talks, slide shows or discussions. Most indoor meetings are held at Camley Street Natural Park, Camley Street, London NW1 0PW. Visitors are welcome. For further information visit: www.lnhs.org.uk/program.htm

11 July 2011 Identifying London Sedges , Mark Spencer (Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity, Natural History Museum. Meet at Darwin Centre Reception, 5.30pm)

8 August 2011 Identifying Conyza , Aster and Solidago , Mark Spencer (Angela Marmont Centre, 5.30pm)

15 August 2011 Identifying Aquatic Plants , Mark Spencer (Angela Marmont Centre, 5.30pm)

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Lewisham Local History Society All meetings commence at 7.45pm and are held at the Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way SE13. Full access for people with disabilities. Non-members welcome. For further information please contact John King, 44 Le May Avenue, London SE12 9SU (020 8857 1819); website: www.lewishamhistory.org.uk

Merton Historical Society Meetings are held monthly from October until April, on Saturday afternoons during the winter months and on Friday evenings during the autumn and spring. For further information please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Rosemary Turner, 27 Burley Close, London SW16 4QQ; email: [email protected]; website: www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk

Orpington & District Archaeological Society Meetings are held in The Priory, Church Hill, Orpington, on the 1 st Wednesday of each month (except August) from 8pm. Non-members are welcome to attend, space permitting. For further information please contact Pamela Zollicoffer, 46 Newbury Road, Bromley BR2 0QW (020 8402 4157).

4 May 2011 Excavations at Copped Hall, Essex , Christina Holloway

1 June 2011 ‘Sitka’, Elmstead Woods: The Story of a House and its Occupants , Anthony Allnut

Pinner Local History Society All meetings start at 8pm. Main meetings take place in the Village Hall, Pinner. History Circle meets in the Arnold Room at the Methodist Church, Love Lane. Visitors are welcome for a donation of £2. For further information please contact Mrs Sheila Cole, 40 Cambridge Road, North Harrow, Middlesex HA2 7LD (020 8866 3972); website: www.pinnerlhs.freeserve.co.uk

26 May 2011 ‘This is the Royal Navy’ – A Chaplain Explains , Rev. David James (Main)

Potters Bar and District Society Meetings are held at the Sixty Plus Room, Wyllyotts Centre, starting at 8pm prompt. Vistors are welcome (admission £1). For further details please contact John Scivyer (01707 657 586); website: www.pottersbar.org/historicalsociety/index.htm

26 May 2011 Development of Public Transport in London , David Ruddom

Richmond Archaeological Society Meetings take place on Friday nights at Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, commencing at 8pm. For further information please contact Mrs Yvonne Masson, the Society’s publicity secretary, at 65 St Margaret’s Grove, East Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1JF; website: www.richmondarchaeology.org.uk

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13 May 2011 St Mary Magdalene, Winchester: The Leper Hospital Excavations , Julie Wileman

Richmond Local History Society All meetings are held at Duke Street Baptist Church, Richmond, usually at 8pm with coffee available from 7.30pm. Non-members are welcome, admission £1. For further information please contact the Secretary, Elizabeth Velluet (020 8891 3825); email: [email protected]; website: www.richmondhistory.org.uk

16 May 2011 Work in Progress: The Richmond Old Burial Ground , John Govett & Valerie Boyes

Rotherhithe and Bermondsey Local History Group Unless otherwise stated, meetings take place at the Time & Talents Centre, The Old Mortuary, St Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe and begin at 7.45pm. For more information visit: http://kingstairs.com/rotherhithe/

25 May 2011 ‘Our Park’: The History of Southwark Park , Pat Kingwell

Ruislip, Northwood and Eastcote Local History Society Meetings are held on Mondays at 8.15pm at St Martin’s Church Hall, Ruislip. Visitors are welcome (£2 admission charge). For further information please contact the society’s Secretary, Susan Toms, 3 Elmbridge Close, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 7XA (01895 637 134); website: www.rnelhs.flyer.co.uk

St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Tuesday meetings are held in St Albans School and start at 8pm. Friday meetings are held in the College of Law, Hatfield Road, and start at 7.45pm. They are open to all members of the society. Non-members may attend two meetings as guests.

17 May 2011 Christ’s Hospital 1552-2011 , Colin Bell

27 May 2011 Ten Minutes to Noon: A History of Copped Hall , Peter Dalton

Southwark and Lambeth Archaeological Society All lectures are held on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm at The Housing Co-Op Hall, 106 The Cut (opposite the Old Vic). Light refreshments are served at 7pm. Visitors are always welcome but are asked to contribute £1. For further details please contact Richard Buchanan, 79 Ashridge Crescent, Shooter’s Hill, London SE18 3EA. For enquires please call 020 8764 8314.

10 May 2011 Recent Archaeological Works in Advance of the British Museum World Heritage & Exhibition Centre , Becky Haslam

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Spelthorne Archaeology and Local History Group Unless otherwise stated, all meetings take place at the Methodist Church, Thames Street, Staines and begin at 8pm. Members free, non members welcome (£1 please). For further details please contact Nick Pollard (01932 561585), [email protected]

Stanmore & Harrow Historical Society Meetings are held at the Wealdstone Baptist Church, High Road, Wealdstone, at 8pm on the 1 st Wednesday of each month (visitors welcome at a charge of £1). Members’ evenings are held at the same venue on the 3 rd Wednesday of the month. For further information please contact Mrs Sheila Lowe, 62 Walton Drive, Harrow HA1 4XA.

18 May 2011 Bush Brotherhood of Australia , Freddie Hicks

1 June 2011 History of Watford Palace Theatre , Ian Scleator

Streatham Society Meetings are held on the 1 st and 3 rd Monday of the month at ‘Woodlawns’, 16 Leigham Court Road, London SW16, starting at 8pm (‘Woodlawns’ is a 5-minute walk up Leigham Court Road from Streatham High Road, nearest transport Streatham Hill BR station). Admission is free. For further information please contact Brian Bloice (020 8764 8314); website: www.streathamsociety.org.uk; email: [email protected]

16 May 2011 Working and Guiding in London , Irene Last

6 June 2011 Bygone Streatham , John Brown

Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society The Society meets at 8pm on the 2 nd Tuesday of the month from October to May in the Theatre at Halliford School, Russell Road, Shepperton. The September meeting is held in Sunbury. Any queries should be addressed to Geoff French (Treasurer and Membership Secretary), 18 Burchetts Way, Shepperton, Middlesex TW17 9BS (01932 245774); website: www.sslhs.org.uk

17 May 2011 Old Films of Spelthorne , Nick Pollard

Borough of Twickenham Local History Society Meetings are held at St Mary’s Church Hall, Church Street, Twickenham, at 8pm on the first Monday of each month from October to June, and take the form of an illustrated lecture by a guest speaker. Guests and non-members are welcome (there is a small charge). For further information please contact the Secretary, Mr R.S. Knight (020 8878 7041); website: www.botlhs.co.uk

9 May 2011 The Search for Richard Young, Howard Webb

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Uxbridge Local History and Archives Society All meetings take place at Christ Church, Redford Way (off Belmont Road), Uxbridge, starting at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. For further information please contact Mr K.R. Pearce, 29 Norton Road, Uxbridge UB8 2PT; website: www.eddiethecomputer.co.uk/history

Walthamstow Historical Society Evening talks are held at The Waltham Forest Disability Resource Centre, 1a Warner Road, Walthamstow E17 7DY. Afternoon and Saturday talks are held at The Vestry House Museum, Vestry Road, Walthamstow E17 9NH. Meetings are free to members. Visitors are welcome but we ask for £1.50. For further details please visit us at: www.walthamstowhistoricalsociety.org

Wandsworth Historical Society Meetings held at the Friends’ Meeting House, Wandsworth High Street (opposite Town Hall) on the last Friday of the month at 8pm until 9.15pm (followed by tea and biscuits). For more information, visit the website: www.wandsworthhistory.org.uk

6 May 2011 Entertainment in Battersea 1850-1914 , Aileen Reed

27 May 2011 Trouble and Strife Along the Prehistoric Thames , Jon Cotton

24 June 2011 Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill , Michael Snodin

29 July 2011 Down by the River: the Work of the Thames Discovery Programme , Nathalie Cohen

Wanstead Historical Society Meetings are held in the Warren Hall, Chapel Path, Cambridge Park (at the rear of Cambridge Park Methodist Church, Wanstead), on the 3 rd Thursday of the month. Doors open at 7.30pm with all talks starting at 8pm. Our meetings are open to visitors for a charge of £2 per meeting. For further details contact the Honorary Secretary, Mr Mark Galloway, 52 Eastbourne Road, East Ham E6 6AT (020 8471 1171).

Wembley History Society Meetings take place once a month in the church hall adjoining St Andrew’s Church, Church Lane, Kingsbury NW9 8RZ, starting at 7.30pm. Refreshments are provided. For further information please contact the Honorary Secretary, Mrs Pam Carter, 84 Kingsbury Road, London NW9 0AX (020 8205 3263); email: [email protected]

20 May 2011 Sir William Perkin , Len Snow (VENUE: 977 Harrow Road, Sudbury, Middlesex HA0 2SF, opposite the Black Horse pub)

17 June 2011 Blue Plaques for Music Hall and Variety Entertainers , Terry Lomas

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West Drayton & District Local History Society Meetings are held in St Martin’s Church Hall, Church Road, West Drayton, starting at 7.30pm. For further information please contact Cyril Wroth (Programme Secretary), 15 Brooklyn Way, West Drayton UB7 7PD (01895 854597).

31 May 2011 My Athletic Career and My 50 Years in Youth Work , Don Taylor

West Essex Archaeological Group Meetings are held on the 2 nd Monday of the month in the Sixth Form Block, Woodford County High School, High Road, Woodfood Green at 7.45pm. New members welcome. For further information, please contact Anne Stacey, 20B Grove Hill, South Woodford E18 2JG (020 8989 9294).

9 May 2011 Bull Leaping and the Cretans , Andrew Shapland

Willesden Local History Society Unless otherwise shown, the Society meets on Wednesday from September to June in The Scout House, High Road (on the corner of Strode Road), Willesden NW10, at 7.30pm. For further information please contact the Secretary, Margaret Pratt, 51 West Ella Road, London NW10 9PT (020 8965 7230); website: www.willesden-local- history.co.uk

18 May 2011 The Thames Thro’ London , Peter Finch

The LAMAS Newsletter is printed by Catford Print Centre, P.O. Box 563, Catford, London SE6 4PY (tel 020 8695 0101; 020 8695 0566)

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London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Museum of London, London Wall, London EC2Y 5HN Telephone: 020 7814 5734 Fax: 0870 444 3853

President Chair of Council Professor Martin Biddle Laura Schaaf (020 7263 5441) 19 Hamilton Road, Oxford OX2 7PY [email protected] 15 B Alexander Road, London N19 3PF

Honorary Secretary Honorary Treasurer Jackie Keily (020 7814 5734) Martin Williams (020 7228 8261) [email protected] [email protected] Museum of London 606 Lumiere Apartments, St John’s Hill, London SW11 1AD

Honorary Subscriptions and Membership Honorary Editor, Newsletter Secretary Meriel Jeater (020 7814 5732) Patricia Clarke (020 8866 1677) [email protected] 22 Malpas Drive, Pinner Museum of London Middlesex HA5 1DQ

Honorary Director of Lecture Meetings Honorary Publications Assistant Cheryl Smith (020 7527 7971) Karen Thomas (020 7410 2228) [email protected] [email protected] Islington Head of Heritage c/o Museum of London Archaeology Service 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED

Production Editor, Transactions Honorary Librarian Lynn Pitts (01926 512366) Sally Brooks (020 7814 5588) 5 Whitehead Drive, Kenilworth, Museum of London Warwickshire CV8 2TP

Archaeological Research Committee Greater London Local History Committee Secretary Chair Jon Cotton (020 7814 5736) Eileen Bowlt (01895 638060) [email protected] [email protected] Museum of London 7 Croft Gardens, Ruislip Middlesex HA4 8EY

Historic Buildings and Conservation Publications Committee Chair & Reviews Committee Chair Editor, Transactions Jon M. Finney John Schofield (0208 741 3573) 65 Carpenders Avenue, Carpenders Park, [email protected] Herts WD19 5BP 2 Carthew Villas, London W6 0BS

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