Industrial Heritage Group Activities (2002 2015)

Industrial Heritage Group Activities (2002 – 2015) Subjects Covered A History of Bridges Railways in Old Postcards A History of Trams Rotary Wing Aircraft Agriculture and the Age of Machinery Salt Aspects of the Industrial Revolution (inc. The Lunar Saving the Settle to Carlisle Railway Line Men) Sewing Machines Barcodes Some Famous Bridges in Wartime Brunel The Elder (Marc) Spinning A Yarn Cargoes on Canals Sugar Classic Transport Films (BFI Collection) The Brunels' Thames Tunnel Communications – Cable and Portcurro The Crystal Palace Communications Through History The Golden Age of Trams Construction of the Channel Rail Link The Great Western (development in the Thames Development of South Wales Steel Industry Valley) Evolution of Bellringing Technology The Industrial Film Movement Favourite Architecture (inc. discussions) The Manchester Ship Canal Ferguson's Gang (the mysterious supporters of the The Postmans Park, London National Trust) The Royal Small Arms Factory Gunpowder Mills The Thames Barrier How Boats Climb Hills The Wealden Iron Industry Legacy of the Railway Age (Thames Valley) Technology in the Home Lighthouses Three Famous Bridges (from disaster to glory) London Underground A History of Roads Metroland A Nation of Shopkeepers (retail through the ages) Mills and Milling Architectural Ceramics Mulberry Harbours (to come) Aviation Through The Ages Pugin – God's Architect Beach Huts and Bathing Machines Building The Bell Rock Lighthouse Royal Gunpowder Mills Christmas in the Workhouse Saltaire (to come) Coals from Newcastle Sending Cargoes By Steamship Communications Before Radio Shot Towers Construction of Gothic Cathedrals Spending A Penny Copperopolis (Swansea) St Pancras Hotel and Station English Iconic Piers Thames Small Boat Builders Factory Worker Day Trips and Holidays The Cinemas and their Films Favourite Industrial Sites (discussions) The Development of British Brickmaking Fixtures and Fastenings The Great Stink and the Victoria Embankment HMS Warrior The Industrial Age in the Home Huntley and Palmers The London Docks Life in Ancient and Middle Age Castles The Panama Canal Local Industrial Archaeology (inc. open discussion) The Royal Doulton London's Landmarks (the alternative plans) The Silkworms of Rose Street (Wokingham) Milestones The Victorian/Edwardian Kitchen Mr Watt and his Perfect Engine The Woollen Industry in the Cotswolds Power before Steam - Watermills Thomas Telford (to come) Railway Art (classic and modern) Travel Poster Art Railways in Wartime Up the Cut Workings on the Canals

Places Visited Amberley Working Museum, W Sussex Docklands Museum, London Bletchley Park, Bucks Ellis's Farm, Arborfield Braemore House, Hants English Rural Life Museum, Reading Caen Hill Locks and Canal Museum, Devizes Farnham Open-air Countryside Museum Didcot Power Station Great Western Railway Society, Didcot HMS Warrior, Portsmouth Thames Barrier, London Longbridge Mill, Sherfield on Loddon Thames Valley Police Museum, Berks Mapledurham Watermill, Oxon Tower Bridge and Borough Market, London McAlpine Private Railway, Fawley Hill, Bucks Twyford Waterworks, Winchester Royal Berkshire Hospital Museum, Reading Weald and Downland Museum, W Sussex SS Great Britain, Bristol Whitchurch Silk Mill, Hants Steam – GWR Museum, Swindon