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Further East than Istanbul Mark Watson

As the lron Curtatn has parted, the tndustrial late to visit anything other than the works mu- ers rn weslern arcnrves archaeological riches of eastern Europe have seum, which illustrates its typical early eight- Museum curators are looking for practical begun to be revealed Mark Watson was one eenth-century origins combining blast furnace and financial helo from the West Yet industrial of several British conference delegates last and finery museums have a long history which rebounds to year to discover the industrtal remains of the The lecture and round table programme was their credit The museum at Nizhny Tagil was most easterly of all regions within Europe, the equally ambitious Thirty-eight delegates man- founded as an adjunct to the works ln 1842 and Urals, with a longitude twtce as far from aged to speak, at ever increasing speeds as has an important collectlon of archives, techno- London as is lstanbul Thrs article eives some their allotted times dwindled throughout the day logical equipment, models, geological speci- of his impressions Another 23, mainly Russians or former Soviet mens and art that would shame many a British citizens, were edged out altogether and sought museum Each large factory has its own mu- A convoy of three buses preceded by three instead to corner western deleqates over a seum to instil corporate identity They also police cars and pursued by an ambulance and vodka or a Merrymate. TV crew is winding towards a chasm, formerly a Acta non verba, motto mountain, left by a giant opencast mine Traffic of the Demidov famlly, in town centres is stopped, and in country roads became the watchword is forced into ditches, ls the motorcade carrying of the conference, but visiting potentates, or the President himself? No. it was clear that a vari- All normal life in the Urals has come to a ety ol agendas were standstill for the TICCIH intermediate confer- hoinn nr rrcr roal ence, Conservation of the lndustrial Herttage - Economic histori- World Experience and Russian Problems ans at the Academy of ln an area noted for armaments factories Sciences wish to re- and nuclear plants, the only adequate maps are mind the wider world of made by the US Air Force, and western visitors the importance of the were forbidden until 1991 As if making up for Urals as the chief lost time, Russian hospitality knew no bounds source of eighteenth- A typical day devoted to visits saw at the century metals The entrance to every settlement a reception party of historians are only now traditionally-costumed middle-aged ladies at the allowed to rediscover roadside to sing, dance and present large the importance of capi- round cakes and salt Next stop: the palace of talist entrepreneurs, culture for folk dancing, vodka and speeches. such as Akinfy Demi- Then to one of two excellent museums housed dov, in that era. They in churches shorn of their onion domes lt could are theref ore behind take up to three hours to obtain the object of the proposals to restore visit: the Neviansk iron works, continually occu- Demidov's statue in pied since 1701 A leaning bell tower of 1725 Nizhny Tagil and the has cast iron lintels and wrought iron roof f amily's house, from trusses No time for the old blast furnace or to fragments, at Nevi- investigate any of the hissing and clanking from ansk, They are also adjacent buildings, because we're off to a lake- now released from side retreat for zakuski, toasts and vodka On to communist dogma in Ekaterinburg and the enormous Uralmash plant being able to research (1933 the largest machine shops in Europe) foreign investment and which, following speeches and zakuski in the technological transfer Seversky Metalurgicat Works, founded 1735. Exterior view of the brick-clad was visited at dusk ,'i""o",,ii ljj^ outstanding works museum, i-:"^'","'^::".,".'i" lurnacesaddedinlS60andIEST.Twocranesandacompoundverlical blowing in we In tnts Inev r00K^^:-;^""':^ T0r as- Far behind schedule and total darkness aoine^- of 1898 survive inside. Preserued as a nuseum since 1986. reach the Verkh-lsetsky metallurgical plant, too slslance Trom researcn- photo:Marhwarson lA in the Urals o Brindley's Experiments o lA in Films o Sir Neil Gossons Experimental Ship Tanks o Chemical Collections o E P Thompson o Smallsmith encomoasses 26 'monuments of industrial cul- ture' Branches already include two mines and four other works, such as Kushvinsky, estab- lished in 1739 with a single blast furnace of 1894 within a Gothic steel framework. Western delegates could only gawp at what was being attempted, and frankly admit thatwe too have problems, World Heritage Site listing is being sought from Unesco. In terms of the number and scale of the eighteenth-century sites, and the continuity of operation in the 1980s and 1990s, the Urals metal works are unique The information they contain about wa- ter-powered charcoalJuelled copper and iron works is unparalleled, Metals were crucial to the Open heafth furnaces await denolition at the V I Lenin lntegrated lron and Steel Works at Nizhny founding of all the major settlements in the (in period Tagil Photo: Mark Watson Urals, Ekaterinburg the Soviet called 'Lenin Sverdlovsk, and home town of Boris Yeltsin), possess rooms' with portraits Heroes of grew to a population of over a million. At its of Socialist Labour or of the Great Patriotic War. grid-plan heart is the dam ol 1723 erected to Accountants are beginning to take a cold hard power an iron works ringed by fortifications. An lnteior of the Seversl

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The most likely locations Paul J Sillitoe were trenched by machine in the remaining available time, without result, The trial excavations had admirably con- Turnhurst Hall, a few miles north of Stoke on machine excavator, to determine the limits of the firmed the presence of substantial remains of a Trent, was the first home of the leading early pit, Scrub was stripped from the whole area, form of artificial canal lt had also attracted canal engineer, James Brindley (1716-1772). lI and part of the garden wall foundation exposed positive attention and encouragement from the was here that he lived from c1765, when as a guide to locating the feature itself As it lay general public, press, and the local authortty Surveyor-General to the embryo Trent and Mer- only a few inches under the soil at the southern- However the findlngs were enigmatic To allow sey Canal. The canal was a difficult engineering most starting point, close control of the machin- time for further research and analysis, and to proposition; 75 locks and five tunnels would be ery was essenlral negotiate a possible preservation strategy, the necessary to overcome the contours on its The southern end was exposed quickly, and exposed remains were afforded a Building Pres- lengthy route Previously, Brindley had managed machine excavation of the pit itself commenced. ervatlon Notice, effective for six months lt to avoid locks on the Bridgewater Canal, save As had been expected, it was filled with rubble, seems increasingly likely that the answers can for the terminal flight at Runcorn. Some evi- which could be pulled away from the stone-lined only come from more extensive excavation, dence suggests that even there, the Duke of edges by hand into the excavator bucket How- particularly in the undisturbed surrounding area, Bridgewater over-ruled his consulting engineer's ever, it was very difficult to deduce the level of and funds for this are being sought, With the ideas for lock construction Brindley's experi- the pit bottom through the accumulated silt and developers willing to consider alternative build- ence of lock building was therefore very limited standing water, which could not be pumped ing layouts avoiding sensitive remalns, the onus There is a strong local tradition, reflected in away effectively This gave some cause for is firmly on the archaeologists to investigate this secondary sources, that Brindley built at least concern, as the existence of a lock would best wider area promptly. The site's future will have one experimental canal lock in the grounds of be indicated by a stepped change in level. to be decided in the light of the analysed Turnhurst Hall This was presumably a test After five days, an artificial channel approxi- findings and the proposed development. Be- piece, prior to full-scale application on the Trent mately 160 feet by 12 feet had been excavated, cause of vandalism and approaching winter, the and Mersey Canal, The nature of Brindley's to an average depth of four feet lt was decided excavated site has had to be backfilled, after purported experiments is not known, but his not to excavate the bed to natural at this stage, photographic and video recording lt is by no design dimensions for the Trent and Mersey nor to section the feature, as full preservation means safe, but there remains an opportunity Canal were to set the standard for the English might still be possible What was exposed con- properly to consider its significance and hence narrow canal system. lf a prototype narrow lock formed well to the plans and photographs, in its future lay preserved at Turnhurst Hall, this would be a form and size. The sides were walled with Some useful lessons and encouragement find at least of national significance, random stone and brickwork, with evidence that can be drawn from this investigation Primarily, it By the spring of 1993 the present writer had the southern end had been rebullt, possibly due is never too late to try lndeed, archaeologists amassed sufficient documentary evidence to to subsidence A guillotine type sluice gear of have an obligation to intervene as speedily as locate the potential lock site, and confound the eighteenth-century pattern was located in the possible when new evidence highlights threats theory that it had disappeared under a new south-western corner, A brick crosswall, prob- to the past The chance to tnvestigate this site housing estate, lt was however under threat ably postdating the initial constructlon, lay was so nearly lost through lack of knowledge, from a public house development, The Stafford- about 50 feet from the northern end An uncon- What has been found could turn out to be no shire Sites and Monuments Record was immedi- nected small-bored wooden drain entered from more than an ornamental garden feature, but we ately contacted They confirmed that the newly a side wall, adiacent to a possible flight of now have the opportunity to ponder what it is, identified slte was not recorded as betng ar- masonry steps set in the wall Most significantly, rather than what it might have been, chaeologically sensitive, and that outline plan- however, there were no features substantial Investigations ahead of development are ning permission had been granted for the pub enough to suggest that lock gates could have naturally much easier if sites are recorded in The archaeology team at Stoke on Trent City been supported within the channel's length, Any local Sites and Monuments Records, and the Museum was alerted, and an archaeologlcal form of lock chamber within the feature was lRlS initiative is seeking to ensure that voluntary desklop assessment prepared. Despite an ex- therefore most unllkely, sector knowledge is fed through to them How- isting heavy excavation schedule, lt was de- There was now enough oral information from ever, archaeology can still be successful at a cided that a trlal dig was essential to see what local inhabltants to support a range of other later stage in the development process, given form of structure rematned The landowners, possibilities, including that of a different lock mutual goodwill and co-operation. tr brewers Frederic Robinson Ltd, kindly granted access to the site for two weeks during October 1993 As part of their Canals 200 celebrations, British Waterways sponsored a week's JCB excavator hire Mid-nineteenth century deed plans pin- pointed the slte, which had fortuitously been photographed during the 1920s. The purported lock was shown to be a narrow, stone-lined rectangular pit lying within the former Hall's walled garden Both Hall and grounds had long since been demolished. On the ground, the feature appeared as a partially waterlogged depression. However, despite the positive as- sertions of secondary accounts, no primary evidence had been found to connect Brindley to a lock at the site. Intriguing reports that the lock gates had been removed to elther the British and/or the Science Museum could not be sub- stantiated by either institution. The question as to what was actually there could now only be addressed through archaeologY. Volunteers were available, but wet weather combined with clay soil to make manual excava- tion unpleasant and laborious. With time a major The excavated stonelined canal at Tumhurst Hall, and above right the eighteeenth-century guillotine sluice constraint, it was decided to explore initially by at the possible experimental lock Photos: Stoke on Trent CiN Council INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS 88 3 Froude's Ship Model Tanks Tonv Yoward

On 5 November 1993 the Froude tank, or No 1 he built a large house at Chelston Cross, Ship Model Test Tank, at Haslar, Gosport, was Torquay (now the Manor House Hotel) and with taken out of commission lt was first used on 22 the help of Henry Brunel constructed a tank in April 1887 and as it has never closed since it whlch to investigate rolling (now the hotel swim- opened, except for repair, it is the longest ming pool) continuously-serving laboratory in the world. ln 1872 the Admiralty, after a long debate, During those 106 years more than half a million flnanced the building of a covered test tank near experiments have been carried out Froude's house. This was 270 feet long, 38 feet William Froude was born in 1810, a son of wide and ten feet deep in the centre. lt was the Archdeacon of Totnes, and achieved his used for towing models, and the results of these initial successes as a railway engineer He was experiments, in which William's son Edmund associated with lsambard Brunel by 1837, dur- assisted, have laid the basis for ship design ing the building of the Exeter line, and both eve[ stnce lsambard and Henry Brunel became his close Much of his work remains in use todav. still friends In 1846, at the age of 37, William retired forming the basis of current ship model testing from fuli{ime work But ten years later Brunel in the 150 test tanks around the world The Test William Froude, FRS, LLD, 1810-1879 commissioned him to assist with the launching Tank at Dumbarton is the oldest surviving one, of the Great Eastern and study the nature of designed by William Froude and built by William then placed into Froude's shaping machine, rolling at sea lt was this research which was to Denny and Brothers for their Levin shipyard in where a pantograph and cursor system follow lead him to fame 1883; a near replica of Froude s original at the contour drawlng of the hull, operating rotary When at university, William obtained a first in Torquay The Denny tank is 330 feet long and knives which trim the hull to a more accurate mathematics, and later in life he was to make the carriage can tow models at 22 Ieel per shape before being smoothed off, Unfortunately, good use of this gift as in the 1860s and 1870s second The construction of a model hull is the Denny shipyard closed in the 1960s, but the he wrote a series of papers which revolutionised made by packing clay in a long rectangular box Test Tank is now in a museum the understanding of rolling in waves. He dem- with templates, so that a mould ls formed, then William's wife died in 1878, and her loss onstrated how the resistance of a full sized an approximate hull is made from timber and affected him so much that he was offered a vessel can be derived from tests with models covered with cloth This is suspended in the voyage to South Africa in the cruiser HMS and hence set out a method for estimating the mould and wax is poured into the space be- Boadicea On arrival he contracted dysentery 'hull' power required to drive a ship In the mid 1860s tween the and the mould The wax hull is and died at Admiralty House, Simonstown, on 6 May 1879 Initially his grave was marked with a cast iron cross, which was later replaced by a stone; but more of this later Edmund continued his father's work for the next 40 years, first at the Torquay tank and then at the new tank at Haslar (the No 1), retiring as superintendent in 1919. The new one was 400 feet long, 20 feet wide, and nine feet deep, and in 1886 it was ready for use. lt was extended by 150 feet in 1957 when the original carriage was replaced This tank with its historic connection is now decommissioned, the carriage and the rails removed and the building will be used as offices. An attempt was made to have it listed, but English Heritage turned it down A Parlia- mentary Question was asked about retaining the tank, but the idea was rejected because, the Froude tradition was rn his work and the building was not spectacular. Our assoclation with the tank started in 1987 when John Anslow, the Director of the Froude Museum, knowing our interest in cast iron grave- stones, said he was trying to trace the one made for William Froude after it had been replaced with a stone. This had been back in England, in the superintendent's office at the tank until 1955, when it was taken to Dartington We went there only to find that the church was modern and there was no sign of the cross - but after some time we traced it to the tower which was all that was left of the old church A note below it read, Ihis cross t4las designed by Mrs Richards, late wife of Commodore Sir Frederick Richards KCB and was cast at Her Maiestv's Dockyard, Slmons Bay, Cape of Good'Hope, and placed on the grave of Mr William Froude who died at Admiralty House, Stmon's Bay, May 4 1879.

Two views of Adniralty Test Tank No 1, Haslar, built by Froude in 1AB7 Photo: Tony Yoward A replica was made and now resides in the 4 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NE BB Froude museum at Haslar., The original re- E P ThOmps1gn 1924-1993 painted, has been returned to the tower of Tim Putnam bartington Hall, where wittiam'slatnei *mi..- tor for 60 years, Some of the original carriage is in the Froude Museum at Haslar, together with William's graph As the author of The Maklng of the English Working Class and many other pioneering works of paper drawing machine, two of his experimental social history, the late E P Thompson played an unparalleled role in developing our models, and original notebooks from both Wil- understanding of the industrial period Here, Tim Putnam of Middlessex University assesses his llam and Edmund - a collection well worth contribution and some aspects of its relation to industrial archaeology vlsiting Edward Thompson, the most influential historian popular support), all lost an air of fashionability The 'wake' for the Haslar No 1 tank was well of his generation in the English speaking world, which they never recovered attended, A seakeeping model fitted with a died in August last year. Of the many facets of a Although the kind of political romanticism transparent bow was being used with sophisti- charismatic and controversial career, contribu- which celebrated Thompson as a guru has cated video analysis techniques to determine tions to the historiography of industry do not slnce had its own come-uppance, it is still the velocities and directions of the water flow leap most readily to mind. Thompson's passions possible to detect traces of resentment about adjacent to the bow immediately prior to deck were primarily political ones, from his pre-war the rise of social history among those with an wetting, as the last experiment to be carried out involvement with Communism, through the at- abiding interest in how things worked and why in the tank However, research will continue at tempts to create a New Left, to his prominent the way in which things were made has Haslar in the No 2 Test Tank which is 107 role in the campaign against nuclear weapons changed. And indeed, alongside social history's metres longer than No 1. 'new and the culture of the cold war The social Promethean creativity, a condescension to ma- The site of the Torquay tank (NGR SX 903 history' which his books and his example as a terial culture has been its greatest self limitation 634) is marked by a plaque with the wording, teacher inspired was not only a social history Thompson's style and pre-occupations were Hts outstanding contributions to the science of with 'the politics put back in', but one in which responsible lor introducing into Anglophone so- naval architecture brought him woild-wide re- all asoects of human exoerience were accorded cial and economic history a polarisation be- nown, He was the pioneer of ship model re- political significance and where politics pro- tween material life and mentalities much more search and in 1872 built the first experimental vided the terms in which people could strive to extreme and unproductive than existed, for ex- tank in the world on this site for the Admiralty for realise the totality of their experience. ample, among contemporary adherent of the whon hts main work was carried out. This Thompson's kind of history - conveyed in a Annales school in France, Nevertheless, wise memorial was erected in 1954 by naval archi- blockbustlng account ol The Making of the heads such as Eric Hobsbawm were capable of tects of many countries as a grateful tribute to English Working Class - involved a deliberate taking on the new questions without the need to his genius departure from the kind of debate about the discount the importance of 'soap and candles', Let us hope a similar plaque will be erected causes and consequences industrialisation Thompson himself worked 'uninteresting of and to bridge the on the building' at Haslar, which which had been conducted by economic and gap which his polemic had opened up, produc- great has such importance in naval and mari- social historians in the 1950s and early 1960s. ing studies on poaching, food riots, Luddism time 'average' history tr Thompson wrote ironically that, Ihe and work discipline which explored the ways in working man's share rn the 'benefits of which everyday things acquire a specific social (Our thanks to David Brown and John Anslow for economic progress'consisfs of more potatoes, signif icance, allowing us to use much of their material in writing a few afticles of cotton clothing for his family, Thus, although historians of industry may this short account ) soap and candles, some tea and sugar, and a have reasons for ambivalence about Thomp- great many articles in lhe Economic History son's contribution, it has proved more substan- Review, The intent of this scorn was not merely tial and constructive than at first aooeared, The to broaden a concept of 'quality of life' but to enormous boost given to the study of artisanal recognise ordinary working people as agents culture by Thompson's research has contributed active not only in their own destlnies, but in that to the re-evaluation of the age of manufactures of human kind. He was lo rescue the poor and the abiding importance of hand work in stockinger, the Luddite cropper, the 'obsolete' industry, The new social hiitory has led to more handloom weaver, the 'utopian artisan, and sophisticated analyses of enterprise, work or- even the deluded followers of Joanna Southcott, ganisatlon, custom and practice, and made it from the enormous condescension of postenty. possible to see relations between workplace It is difficult now to convey the scope or 'politics' and technical innovation. lt has encour- intensity of impact which this change of per- aged a more incremental and differentiated spective had on historical studies, and - appear- understanding of industrial transformations. ing when it did in 1963 - on the perceptions of More generally, Thompson's emphasis on hu- new legions of university students about the man agency can be seen to have contributed to purposes of learning, For a few years, Thomp- the emergence of a more culturally sensitive son's perspective was patronlsed, or simply social and economic history, while placing cul- excluded from the examined syllabus in more tural forms (whether aesthetic or technical) in than one British university But internationally the the context of lived experience In this respect it new generation identified itself with the romantic has helped compensate for the absence, in the temper of the new social history, and it became English speaking world at least, of the ethnologi- a focal point of intellectual and cultural ferment. cal perspective on the emergence of modernity Although the reception ot The Making of the which is a necessary complement to any post- English Working Class brought Thompson from medieval archaeology D his extension post at Leeds to establish a Centre for the Study of Social History at War- wick, the new social history quickly became a growth industry beyond Thompson's expecta- tions or his intentions to control, ln attractive- ness to students and public alike, it eclipsed not only the 'old' social history but most other branches of the discipline ln particular, eco- nomic history, history of technology and indus- trial archaeology (itself a critlcal movement with Copy ol the cast iron grave memorial for William Froude: Froude Museum, Haslar Photo: Tony Yoward INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NE BB 5 Gatalyst Archives Patrick Graham

Catalyst, the museum of the chemical industry related strictly to the chemical industry,. for the collecting policy. lt is hoped to display more at Widnes, currently concentrates its exhlbits on example ones concerning local schools and of these on site in future - a major expansion of educational themes Some large items of equip- hospitals. These will be divested where appro- the museum is planned to open at the end of ment are displayed outside the buildings; but it priate homes can be found for them. The current 1994 or early in 1995 which will allow the display also holds an extensive archive of artifacts and policy is to divert ledgers and documents to the of many more items from the collection. documents. In November 1993 Sharon Brown, local record office, Books and research files (which cover re- Assistant Curator, gave a talk to the Friends of There is plenty of space on site for storing search done by staff at the museum) are freely Catalyst on the extent of the archive and the small objects but the collection needs sorting available for study in the Resources Room. museum's plans for displaying and giving ac- and cleaning. Storage conditions for some items Access to other documents, photographs, plans cess to it. are not ideal but will be improved; and they are etc is by appointment only. Copies of photo- Ms Brown said that in the past the museum already considerably better than at many other graphs and slides can be supplied at appropri- had passively accepted items offered to it. Soon museums. There needs to be a survey of the ate cost There is a great need for volunteers to it will start collecting actively and will be ap- items at Picon Farm with a view to disposing of assist in the sorting and indexing of documents. proaching both companies and individuals. The those which are badly damaged or not within tr museum has a written policy document which governs collecting, storage of items and dis- posal of surplus or inappropriate material, ltems will only be accepted if there is a place where they can be stored under the appropriate condi- tions Small artifacts, documents and other items are stored at Picon Farm which is owned by the County Council There are few facilities for conservation at the museum, Some items are sent out to the local or area museum services for conservation. The archive covers six main areas. These are: objects (items of chemical plant, tools etc), photographs, maps and plans, documents, mu- seum research files, and chemical samples. The current holdinqs include items which are not IA in Films Glenys and Alan Crocker

One useful and entertaining source of informa- erotic', and our account in the Section Newslef Thames is blown up in Ihe Eagle has Landed. tion about old industries is films - not films about ter, paraphrased in classic schoolboy-howler The watermill in the 1990 version of Cyrano de industrial archaeology as such, but ones which style, found its way into the trivia column of Ihe Bergerac has been pronounced impossible, The use it in a secondary way, like the contemplation Daily Telegraph, with what consequences for windmlll which is burned down in the 1931 on decline, dereliction and decay which Francis the Section's membershlp figures we have been Frankenstein film is clearly a studio fake, but Haveron recently reviewed in Bulletin 202, or unable to discoverl Hardingham watermill in Norfolk was burned which show industrial scenes and a(ifacts inci- Eight readers have sent in details of some 30 down for real in The Shuttered Foom. The list dentally films and rather more television programmes continues and the latest contribution branches The Society for the Protection of Ancient which have featured mills, most of them uniden- out into 'Mills on Jigsaws'. Buildings (SPAB) t44nd and Watermill Section tified. The Race Mill, Brighton, was featured in Clearly, there is a lot of industrial archaeol- Newsletter has recently been running a lively The Miller and the Sweep, made in 1897 by an ogy in films, We would be glad to hear of any correspondence on mills sighted in films We earlier pioneer of the cinema, G A Smith. There sightings of gunpowder mills, paper mills, water ourselves started this in Newsletter 53 (October are more French films: Jules et Jlm (Francols turbines or knitting shops; but please don't send 1992) by reportlng that in the film Les Amants Truffaut, 1962) and La Ferme du Pendu us anything else! (Louis Malle, 1958), there is a waterwheel which (Jacques Dreville, 1946) show examples of the Glenys and Alan Crocker are the Editors of raises water on the principle of the one at moulin pendent, in which the waterwheel is the SPAB Wind and Watermill Section Newslet- Painshill Park, Surrey, in the late elghteenth raised or lowered according to the water level, ter. They can be contacted at 6 Burwood Close, century We were particularly interested in this Terllng windmill in Essex was in Oh, Mr Porter! Guildford, Surrey GU1 2SB tr because the one at Painshill, which was re- ( 1937) and Mapledurham watermill on the placed by the Bramah waterwheel, now re- stored, is known only from contemporary draw- ings and descriptions lt was a type of noria with B ut Hotet B o a/ four scoops at the rim from which water ran A oTffi [jffi"Hftff t$B$t$i?, along curved pipes to be discharged at the axle 2r-24 Apritreel A study of the canal transport of stone and coal from the to feed an ornamental lake The one in the film is -Lompany- comfort of the new hotel boat Harlequin cruising from Bath in the grounds of a country house and has a lowards Bradford on Avon slmilar f unction lt consists of an undershot tl Full board accomodation for up to 9 guests with full central waterwheel and a second wheel on the same heating shaft which seems to have four scoops, but the * Well stocked bar, all meals freshly prepared on board pipes are enclosed in the drum, out of sight, f Expert local guides i Somerset Coal Canal guided walk Incidentally, the film itself (which also contains * Visit to local stone quarry museum scenes in a 1950s printing works) was de- 'immacu- Details from Sue West, Bath Hotel Boat Company scribed in The ObserverTV listings as 2 Sydney Wharf, Bath BA2 4EF. Telephone/fax 02225 lately made, deeply romantic and now discreetly

6 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BB 14 December The latest mailing from the national lA Society arrived today. Yet again the journal proved itself a fascinating, sober and most Whitfield Mining Museum in Staffordshire lt scholarly production However ny enjoy- appears that this highly esteemed industrial ment of what is normally a quarterly high- museum - one of the first preserved deep point in our calendar, the newsletter, was coal mines in Bntdn - has closed because marred not a little by an editorial note to say of a reduction in its grant from the local authoilty hour to persuade Bolt and Mrs D that industrial that it will be changing its format for the next issue Bolt reacted violently and, one might say, predict- mLJseums, however desirable, are not essential in This forces me to query how a paper of such ably Our tour ol Staffordshue lA sites some years quite the same way that housing and social quality could actually be improved. lndeed it raises ago was delayed for three hours because Bolt was services are Bolt was just beginning to launch into the whole (and whatever my dear wife might say, I so impressed by the displays at the museum, and a tirade about the curse of single mothers on the would argue very valid) tssue of why there must be got into a very long conversation with one of the nation, when he was suddenly and most meekly this constant and tmpatient urge for change What ex-miner guides about Staffordshire mining termi- silenced by my dear wife clearing her throat in a is it about our age that makes us so resf/ess, so nology. So he was vehement in demanding that we way that can only be described as spineiingling, unwilling to keep things as they very acceptably write an exceedingly strongly worded letter con- Neill was then able to continue, reporting his have been. After all, the newsletter is the news demntng Stoke Council for their 'act of dastardly disturbing suspicion that the receivers may sell off mouthpiece for industrial archaeologists whose very cultural vandalism unparalleled since Beeching the historic mining collection loaned to Chatterley interest, nay, life blood, is the recording and axed the railways'. Bolt is no fan of local govern- Whitfield by Bntish Coal My wife, having just conseNation of the industrial past. I dare say the ment since Buttockbarn District Council refused brought order to the meeting, then created her own editor of the newsletter is the modern thrusting hrm planning permission to erect a Great Western diversion, slamming British Coal's 'wholly shameful young executive type, who believes that a so-called Railway signal gantry in his front garden, and he attitude' to the pits it has closed, and its abject 'corporate identity' is the be all and end all And no volunteered to take the letter to the Mayor of Stoke inability to defend the coal industry, I was moved to doubt he'll use his new format to continue the in person For the first time since their lateful trip to criticise her at this point for her foolish prejudice, worrying trend of printing tedious so-called humor- Sellafield, the remarkable Mrs Dobbin agreed with becauseittakesmerelyasingleBritishCoal lorryto ous pieces, which I believe is a major mistake him, offering to accompany him 'to teach that start her off on her ranting But she replied, far too because, like many industrial archaeologists worth latter-day hun and charlatan a thing or two' But tartly I felt, that this was hardly a problem, as we their salt, and despite what Mrs Dobbin may Neill and my wife were finally allowed the opportu- now never had the opportunity to see one. The sometimes rudely imply, I take my interest in lA nity to point out that, whatever the rights and meeting came to an end with the decision that Neill very seriously indeed, Humour all too often reflects wrongs of Buttockbarn Council's decision on Bolt's would write to Stoke Council expressing our sad- very badly on those who find it funny My concerns signal gantry, local authorities generally were in a ness that this closure had come about, and hoping are shared by Bolt and Mrs D who called this most unenviable position, what with constant reduc- that this wouldn't be the first of many such closures evening to discuss this very matter However we tion in their funding from central government, and brought about'by imposed restrictions on local will keep our views to ourselves until we see what the bizarre vagaries of the current local government authority spending, and thus on local democracy sort of 'banal dog's dinner' (to use Mrs D's phrase) re-organisation programme, and were even reduc- as a whole the new newsletter actuallv is ing essential services lt took the best paft of an

This regular feature in lA NEWS provides To provide contacts for exchanges of infor- 'leader' a column for opinion rather than mation just information The Editor is pleased to To publish letters and comments. receive letters in response to Comments, To set a positive image of the Associatlon or on other matters. to members and the oubllc. This magazine ls the first ever lssue of lndustrial Archaeology To promote Industrial Archaeology to others, including educational News, the successor to the AIA Bulletin. You will see that in the and journalistic groups. main it follows the style and content that we have developed for To provide interest and amusement for members. the Bulletin over the past years, although there are some We expect to achieve these aims by having the following lmportant differences - for example we have expanded to contents on a regular basis graphic twelve pages lnstead of eight, we have a sharper tr Explanations of AIA policy and changes to it image, and we are avoiding overlap with /A Review which will tr A diary of events of national interest now no longer carry news. You will also see further changes in tr Detailed briefings on events or servlces of special importance, for forthcoming issues, as we put the new magazine on a sound example AIA conferences and national awards footlng - for example re-establishing a modifled version of our tr An affiliated societies spot, giving news of AIA services regional report features. The main developments flow from tr News reports of events of national interest detailed discussion of policy by the Membership Services tr International and foreign news reports, especially where pertinent to a UK Committee last year. audrence We will be oleased to receive readers' comments on the D Brief regional reports of news of lesser or local significance changes that have been made so far, and any others you may tr A 'noticeboard', for members and organisations to appeal for information, feel are necessary. We get very little feedback from readers reouest assistance, offer artefacts etc. about the style or content of our news bulletin. But remember, tr Articles and comments on matters concerning the development of you are paying for it, so let us know - through the Editor - if you lndustrial archaeology and heritage - preferably lively, speculative pieces have complaints, suggestions, contributions or comments In which encourage debate the past flve years we have made a large number of changes, tr A letters section for comments on the Association and other issues but there has been little response. Many people have said in E A humorous column to comment llghtheartedly on pertinent issues conversation that they enjoy the improvements, and we have E One or two cartoons heard rumours of people being unhappy wlth aspects of what E Leaders commenting on industrial archaeology, the Association and we do; yet we seldom receive letters of either complaint or current issues, written by the President, lA News Editor or others compliment (just three in the last five years) Please do tr Reports on AIA events, including conferences, elections, awards etc comment now if you have views, whether good or bad tr Obituaries of people known widely in the context of industrial archaeology The stated aims of lA News are as follows. Let us know how or closely related subjects pages effectively you thlnk we are fulfilling them tr Advertisements to help fund our expansion to 12 To inform members about AIA organisation and policy. lf you have any suggestions or comments regarding lA News, To notify members of events and services of interest. please write to the Editor, Dr Peter Wakelin, School of To provide news and information about industrial archaeology Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, To promote discussion about industrial archaeology and heritage, Castle View, Dudley DY1 3HR; or fax0222 450859 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS 88 7 ATA NEWS forms are enclosed with this mail- The Beautiful South ing. The final programme has been The AIA conference in 1994 will be arranged by the AIA's new Affili- based at Sparsholt College near ated Societies Liaison Officer, Gor- Winchester. You will be very sorry if don Knowles, and is on the theme 'there you think, is nothing of inter- of the relevance of the idea of est to me in that area' Consider for typology in industrial archaeology. a moment: wherd else could you The development of typologies have dinner on the first iron clad is essential if we are to develoP steamship, be able to sip your more systematic ways of recordlng, sherry while looking at the sunset classifying, preserving and under- at the entrance to Portsmouth har- standing all klnds of industrial re- bour, and then wander over HMS mains. Just as prehistorians are Warrior as you like? How else could able to use agreed terminology for you travel down Southampton Wa- different types of burial mound or ter and view the site of the famous hill fort, and are able to study and docks from a triple expansion understand them with the aid of steam ship? Where else is there a classification, industrial archaeolo- dockyard like the one at Port- gists increasingly need to find smouth or a Victorian defensive fort ways of breaking down the features built into a chalk escarpment with they are examining into different an armament display from the types - the varying types of mine Tower of London? headframes, mineral buddles, ce- All this as well as a trip to the ramics kilns etc. Many approaches Portland stone quarries; the Royal to the use of typologies will be Commission on the Historical discussed and their relevance to Monuments of England in the old progress in industrial archaeology Railway Works at Swindon; a ride investigated. One focus of the on the Watercress preserved rall- weekend will be a discussion of way; lunch on one of Palmerston's appropriate typologies for studying forts in the Solent, and much, much limekilns, and delegates are wel- more could be yours if you reserve come to contribute explanations of 7-13 September 1994 in your diary some of the types of limekilns now An application form is en- found in their own regions. closed with this newsletter. Please book for the weekend Tony and Mary Yoward using the enclosed form. Queries Conference organisation is lot the birds: Tony Yoward, joint organiser of the 1994 should be addressed to Gordon conference in the beautiful South at Winchester, makes filends on a Black Country Canal at Knowles, 7 Squirrels Green, Great the 1992 confercnce (see Beautiful South, nghl) Nat West Donation Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey KT23 3LE. tral England (Birmingham Polytech- The National Westminster Bank has Out and About nic when the course began), and a made a donation to the Association with lRlS postgraduate diploma in Town for Industrial Archaeology of t200 Planning, part latter, she The award was applied for by the lRlS is growing up fast Born in the As of the Association's Honorary Treasurer, summer of 1992 and introduced to worked on attachment with Peter Michael Messenger, who is also a many of her AIA friends 1993, Bowland, Borough Archaeologist at ln Nat West bank manager in Cardiff this young lady has been widely Dudley - delegates to the 1990 remember Peter's It was paid under the Bank's Com- admired Indeed, she seems to conference will New Members exposition of Dudleys well estab- munity Action Awards scheme, have a bright future before her, if 'acknowledge planning policies which is intended to she can keep the friends she has lished for build- The Association welcomes the period. the contribution of time and com- made and at the same time widen ings of the industrial Jane following new members: mltment staff give voluntarily' out- the circle has been getting to know the E. Brooke, York project has side their work Michael has out the One very close friend has al- up in Lancaster, and A. Joseph, Newcastle-under- money towards the AIA's special ways been the Archaeology Unit at been meeting local society mem- Lyme fund for lRlS, the Index Record for Lancaster University (LUAU) which bers and sites and monuments of- V. Larcombe, Telford promote Industrial Sites, This project is do- employs our Srtes and Monuments ficers to wider use of lRlS M. Hatton, London yet ing important work to assist the Olficer, Michael Trueman, when he Members who have not met or G. Dusautoy, Derby heard her have recognition of industrial archaeo- isn't working for the AIA Last No- will an opportunity Mr and Mrs P. Steer, Derby logical sites in England, and will vember, the Association reached at the lronbridge Weekend on 9-10 G. Dunn, Camelford make good use of the award Any- an arrangement with LUAU April (see the details in this mail- G. Brain, Stratlord-upon-Avon one else who wishes to make do- whereby Michael retained the week Ing) D. Jackson, Chelmsford nations to the fund should contact by week management of the lRlS lRlS has also been meeting with Michael Messenger, 144 Lake initiative, whilst the Unlt appointed the Royal Commission on the His- Road East. Roath Park. Cardifl CF2 a project assistant on a two days torical Monuments of England and 5NO. per week basis An advert in Ihe continuing to develop the very strong links which have been built Guardian produced a good re- sponse, and our new Project As- from the early days of the initiative, sistant began work in January Current discussions relate to the lronbridge Weekend format Jane Robson should feel at transfer of lRlS records to The annual AIA lronbridge week- home with the 1995 annual confer- the National Monuments Record, end, for affiliated society repre- ence, for she comes from Sheifield and include the matter of compat- sentatives and other members of She has a degree in Town Planning ibility in computerisation Further the Association, will be held from 8 posted plans Studies from the Universitv of Cen- details will be as to 10 April. Details and booking mature. John Crompton 8 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BB NElr'S

Encyclopedia Award Knighthood for Neil The Blackwell Encyclopedia of ln- dustrial Archaeology, edited by Dr Cossons Barrie Trinder, has been awarded a Dr Neil Cossons, the Director of the Very High Commendation by the Science Museum and an Honorary selection panel for the Library As- Vice-President of the AlA, has be- sociation's McColvin Medal, which come Sir Neil Cossons. He was is presented annually for reference appointed Knight Batchelor in the books of outstanding quality Crite- New Years Honours List This is ria sought by the judges include believed to be the first time such a the authority of the work and the high honour has been given to quality of the entries, the accessi- someone whose orincioal achieve- bility and arrangement of the infor- ments lie in fields associated with mation, the style, and the quality industrial archaeology, and relevance of the illustrations, Sir Neil was the first Secretary The Encyclopedia is the work of and is a former President of the fifty contributors from fifteen differ- AlA. He has also been President of ent countries. lt was oublished late the Museums Association and the in December 1992, and has sold Association of Independent Muse- steadily, principally to libraries and ums, and is a Commissioner of the academic institutions, in all parts of Historic Buildings and Monuments years, the world, The high level of sales in Commission For 12 until the United States and Canada has 1983 he was the first Director of Museum been particularly pleasing to the the lronbridge Gorge editors and oublishers lt was Trust, taking it from its small-scale highly commended in the Llbrary orlgins to become probably the Journal in the United States, A world's most innovative industrial Kaleidoscope programme centred museum and winner of the first round the Encyclopedia was Museum of Europe Award ln 1978 While at lronbridge, he was also broadcast on BBC Radio Four on 1 post- May 1993. one of the founders of the graduate The award was presented to Dr centre which is now the lnstitute. Trinder during a ceremony at the lronbridge He is admired Barbican Centre, London, on 2 No- for his well-aimed, constructive, and frequently vember 1993. Winner of the Mc- controversial, contri- Colvin Medal was Stanley Sadie, butions to the development of in- Ior The New Grove Dictionarv of dustrial archaeology over many years, Opera (Macmillan 1992). as a frequent lecturer and broadcaster and as the author of many articles and books, including the outstandingly successful BP Fairground Heritage Book of lndustrial Archaeology, A new National Fairground Mu- left too: Srr Nel/ Cossons oBE FsA FMA seum is in preparatlon lt will be based near Northampton and is due to open in 1996, with a srnaller New London outpost at Three Mills in London The fantastic painted and gllded Landmark rides of early twentieth-century fair- The thirty foot replica iron chimney grounds have a place in many extension on the Brunel boiler people's hearts, and both earlier house at Rotherhithe in London is and later relics from fairgrounds now erected An official opening are important pieces of our past, ceremony was performed by the Many of them demonstrate virtuoso Duke of Wellington on 18 May steam engineering, or are excep- 1993 Although we have seen the tional examples of popular art and drawings for this restoration the decoration Several fairground effect on the local landscaoe was rides have now been bought for difficult to visualise. The new erec- the museum, including the oldest tion is very prominenr and a little surviving large fairground ride in surprising. The top part of the Britain, the Rodeo Swltchback dat- chimney was originally wrought ing from the 1880s. The Museum iron and the present work ls in- has had suooort from the Science tended to reproduce its appear- Museum, the National Art Collec- ance in 1843 The accompanying tions Fund, the Victoria and Albert photograph (/eit) shows the view Museum and the National Heritage from the riverside, The new chim- Memorial Fund The Northampton ney certainly adve(ises the boiler site will contain an operating steam house in a dramatic way and fair protected by a canopy of should draw larger numbers of visi- 50,000 square feet, together with tors to the exhibitions held there. exhibition galleries and space for Contact Nicholas de Salis 8081 visitinq fairs and circuses. 318 2489 Robert Carr Photo:RJMCar INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS BB 9 NEWS

Memories ol summer rains: even in an uphill struggle the AIA keeps smiling. Members climb the gradient to Newland Furnace duing the AIA 1993 conference in Cumbria. Details of the 1994 conference, based at Winchester, are enclosed with this nailing. Photo: R J M car

Pits part consisting of scrub clearance Cadw and the Welsh Development Glyn and tidying up. This part, aided by Agency, The buildings will also be With their unique mrd-nineteenth Cadw grants, is now well under investigated, and all being well, the pumping century and winding en- way, machinery will probably be re- gines, the Glyn Pits are one of the A recent meeting convened by moved for restoration and replaced most important scheduled monu- Torfaen Borough Council, whlch in- before repairs and re-roofing. ments in Britain. They were sched- cluded representatives of Cadw, Mr Hanbury Tenison explained uled in 1974 and their machinery the Welsh Development Agency, his plans for creating a public for- was described by lVarilyn Palmer the Welsh Mlnes Preservation Trust est park in the area, and consid- and Peter Neaverson tn lA Review and Mr Hanbury Tenison the land- ered a restored Glyn Pits would in 1990. owner. has marked a further impor- complement the scheme very well. However, over the past 20 tant advance. After a wide discus- A long term aim to relay the mineral years, all attempts to consolidate or sion including the question of railway for half a mile as far as restore have failed, and early ln custodianshlp, it was resolved to Upper Race to bring vlsitors to the 1993 the Welsh Mlnes Preservatlon accept a quotatlon from Dorothea site was also thought a possibility. Trust determined on one f urther Restorations for a detailed report The general tone of the meeting effort before the site became irre- on restoration of the machinery to was very positive and it is hoped ruined put trievably The Trust for- several stages of completeness, in- that the impasse that has for years ward a staged plan to Cadw: cluding steam operation. The cost bedeviled the Glyn Pits has at last One of the beam engines where Welsh Historic Monuments, the first of this study will be shared by been broken David Bick clearance of vegetation has begun Photo: David Bick

Airlields Survey restricted to England, and the re- port is to be completed in the As threats of closure and redevel- spring The ultimate aim is to arrive opment continue to affect airfields at a balanced selectlon of histori- in the United Kingdom, English cally and/or architecturally impor- Heritage has just commissioned a tant aviation structures; it is hoped six months survey of historic airfield that some of these will be Listed buildings and related aviation and others Scheduled and that the structures Both civil and military report will provide a solid basis for airf ields are being assessed and making the selection widely under- the study is being carried out by stood and supported. Julian Temple, Curator of Aviation Anyone wishing to suggest spe- at Brooklands Museum, and Paul cif ic buildings to be considered Francis of the Airf ield Research should write to Julian Temple at M|LL THREE, NEW TANARK Mt[[S, TANARK Mt11 9DB Group Brooklands Museum (Fax 0932 TEL: 0555 666066 A number of sites will be visited 855465) or contact Paul Francis CONSUTTANTS AND CONTRACTORS IN THE by early 1994 and the Ministry of 80920 468550. RESTORATION OF HISTORIC MACHINERY Defence is supporting the initiative We can undertake a range of approaches covering rescue, restoration, by allowing access to certain air- replication and display of anything from a simple set of blacksmith's fields now due for closure or dis- bellows to a water-wheel or a steam engine nncal Tho ennno n{ iho cr -, .,,- ,Jrvey rs Proprietors: J S Mitchell BA(Hons) and C D Bates

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the survey is to illustrate the wide Vanishing Coal variety of types of structure associ- Industry ated with the industry and place historical context. The The Royal Commission on the His- them in an has therefore looked at some torical Monuments of England has team recently undertaken a photo- of the communitres that the coal industry into has graphic survey of the coal industry called being and photographed model housing de- This mirrors earlier work in Wales velopments, miners' institutes, con- and Scotland, but on an even valescent homes and even dlsaster grander scale. The project team memorials based the has recorded some 300 sites, in- A book on is be published this cluding working British Coal pits, survey due to year. such as Frickley Colliery in South Yorkshire, and small private mines, right: People and things in the coal the latter including one of the last suruey: A W Trueman, coal merchant free mines in the Forest of Dean ol Awre, Gloucestershire. With the closure of the British coal Pholo: Boyal Commission on lhe Hislorical industry going on apace, the aim of Monumenls ot England no 8893/8516 ADVERTTSE TN TA NEWS

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Hanwell Station ln West London on the Great West- ern Railway main line at Hanwell is a fine example of a trcditional sub- urban railway station with overhang- ing canopies. The lines here were quadrupled in 1877 and the station was probably renewed at this date. The station is Listed and British Rail spent quite a large sum of money in 1980 putting things in good order. This might be described as a herit- age station and survivals of this quality are rare in the Greater Lon- don area (and elsewhere). ln the vicinity are 22 listed areas/buildings and to the wesl is / K Brunel's famous Wharnclille viaduct of eight arches over the River Brent, fin- ished in 1838 and rebuilt in 1877. With the advent of Ctossrail and the rail link from Paddington to Heath- row Airooft. electtification of the overhead system ls proposed and Hanwell Preseruation Group 7081 concern has been exDressed that 567 0470. The two accompanying Hanwell Station may suffer. English photographs taken in August 1993 Heritage has opposed British Bail's give an idea of the present appear- request for delisting along the elec- ance of the station They illustrate the trification route and would like the building and canopy on platlorm 3 on wires across Wharncliffe viaduct to the norlh side. There is also an island be supported in a way which is not Dlatform lo the south which has sub- too visually intrusive The overhead stantial remains. Robert Carr electification of Durham viaduct is regarded as a good example to follow. Readers interested in Hanwell station, above, looking wesl, prcgress at Hanwell may like to and right, looking nodh, in August contact Mr Gordon Pedley of the 1993 Pholos:RJMCaff

INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS 88 11 DTARY t9 ilarch 1994 Jukes, 26 Danygraig, Machen, Gwent 24 June-3 July 1994 Comunicazione, Universita Bocconi, SECOND ANilUAL IIEW NPl 8RF I 0222885789 CITIES Al{D SUSTAII{ABLE Via Sarfatti 25,20136 Milano, ltaly, RESEABCHERS II{ MARITIME l6 April 1994 DEVELOPMEl{T 13-16 September 1994 I{ISTORY COilFERE]ICE MAI{CHESTEB AIRP1ORT AND a Global Forum about all aspect of MUSEUMS ASSOCTATTOII at Merseyside Maritime Museum De- r?s RAtt UilK urban environments, based in the ANNUAL COl{FEREI{CE tails from Adrian Jarvis, Merseyside l'leritage Park, Man- a day school on its development Castlefield Urban in Brighton Details from Antonia Maritime Museun, Albert Liver- Details from Global Forum Dock, since the early years of this century, chester McCafferty, Museums Association, 42 pool, L3 4AA '94, Castle Street, Castlefield, Man- at N4anchester, Details f rom Derek Clerkenwell Close, London EClR OPA chester M3 061 2343741 25.27 March 1994 Brumhead, Gayton, Laneside Road, 4LZE I 071 250 1836 HI}III{G BEFORE POWDER New Mills, vla Stockport, SK12 4LU 16.23 July 1994 8-13 September 1995 a conference at Ambleside to mark 2l-24 April 1994 THE CRADLE OF THE AIA AIII{UAL COI{FEREI{CE RAILWAYS the 500th birthday of Georgius Agri- IIIDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 1995 cola Details from Mr Lynn Willies, CRUISE ON THE KENIIET AND a summer school at Durham Details in Sheffleld Details will be circulated Peak District Mining Museum, The AVON CANAL from Andrea Nicolaides, Summer with a future mailing. Pavilion, Matlock Bath, Matlock, Der- organised by the Bath Hotel Boat Academy, The Universlty, Canterbury, lnformation for the diary should be Kent 0227 470402 byshire DE4 3NR I 0629 583834 Company I 0225 448846 See ad- CT2 TNZE sent directly to the Editor as soon as it 8-10 April 1994 vert in this issue 6.13 August 1994 is available. Dates of mailing and last AIA IRONBRIDGE WEEKEIID 6.8 May 1994 trlUCK AND BRASS dates for receipt of copy are given at the Long Warehouse, Coalbrook- INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF a summer school on the North's below. ltems will normally appear in dale Details with this mailing THE EDEN VALLEY, CUMBRIA glorious industrial heritage, at Dur- successive issues up to the date of the event. Please ensure details are l3-15 April 1994 a weekend course for those who ham Detalls from Andrea Nicolaides. sent in if you wish your event to be ARCHAEOLOGY III BRITAI]I'94 mlssed the AIA conference in Sep- address as Jor previous dairy entry adveftised. the annual conference of the Institute tember Details from Blencathra Field 7.13 September 1994 of Field Archaeologists, at Bradford Centre, Threlkeld Keswick I 07687 AIA ANNUAT CONFERENCE Details from Steve Walls, lFA, Metal- 79601 in Winchester Details are enclosed lurgy and Materials Building, Univer- I l.l3 May 1994 with this mailing sity of Birmingham, Birmingham 815 PLANNIIIG AND THE HISTORIC 9.10 September 1994 2Ir Z 021 471 2788 ENVIRONMENT ARTEFACTS FROM WRECKS 16 April 1994 a short course at the Deoartment of a conference on the archaeology of INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS SOUTH EAST REGIO]IAL IA Continuing Education, University of material culture from shipwrecks of (formerly AIA Bulletin) CONFERENCE 1994 Oxford, I Wellington Square, Oxford the late middle ages to the industrial on the theme of 'Making Alr Work', at ox1 2JA I 0865 270360 revolution, in Cardiff Details from Dr tssN 0309-0051 Godalming Details from Peter Tar- l4 llay 1994 Mark Redknap, Department of Ar- plee, Donard, East Street, Great EERIAC 4 chaeology and Numismatics, National Editor: Peter Wakelin Bookham, Leatherhead, Suney KT23 at Suffolk College, lpswich Details Museum of Wales, Cardiff CF1 3NP Assistant Editor: Hilary Malaws 4QX from B Taylor. Crown House. Hor- l2-17 September 1994 Designer: John Stengelhofen 15 April 1994 sham St Faiths. Norwich NR10 3JJ ELEVENTH INTERI{ATIOI{AL EdiEd from the School ol Humanities and 25TH A1{I{UAL COI{FERENCE E 0603 897912 ECO]{OMrC HTSTORY Social Sciences, University of Wolverhamp- OF WESTERI{ INDUSTRIAT 16.20 June 1994 CONGRESS ton, Castle View, Dudley, West Midlands, ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES AIA FIELD WEEK IN LONDON in Milan, ltaly, including over 75 DYl sHR, and published by the Associa- at Tredegar House, Newport, Gwent details are included with this mailinq sessions on different themes Details tion for lndustrial Archaeology. Contribu- Details can be obtained from Tony from lno Alessandro Ciarlo, Bocconi tions should be sent to the Editor, Dr Peter Wakelin, at the above addrcss. News and Dress rcleases should be sent to the appropiate AIA Regional Coffespondents, names and addresses fot whom are given regularly on this page The editor may also be contacted on 0222 465511 extension 269 ot 0222 668644 A fax is available on 0222 450859. Final copy dates currently are as follows: 30 September tor November mailing 30 December for February mailing 30 March for May mailing 30 June for August mailing The AIA was established in 1973 to pro- mote the study of lndustrial Archaeology and encouruge improved standads of rc- cording, research, conseMation and publi- cation. lt aims to assist and suppoft re- gional and specialist survey and research groups and bodies involved in the preser- vation of industrial monumenls, to repre- sent the interesti of lndustrial Archaeology at national level, to hold conferences and seminars and to publish the results of research Futher details may be obtained from the Membership Secretary, Associa- Framing Opinions, the recent English Heritage educational document on alterations to windows in historic buildings tion tot lndustrial Archaeology, The Whaf- has been an attempt to raise awareness of the ways in which the character of buildings is often needlessly lost. This age, lronbidge, Telford, Shropshire, TFB domestic example trom Cardift is a particularly dramatic representation ol how all vesfrges of historic character can be 7AW, England Z 095243 3522 renoved. The house on the left has lost ils roof and chinney; but the house on the right has /ost /usf about everything it is possible to lose. Readers are invited to see if they can match this with photographs of even worse examples - The views expressed in /A News are perhaps of industrial buildings Please send them to the Editor at the address on the back ol this issue. not necessarily those of the Photo: Peter Wakelin Association for lndustrial Archaeology.

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