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1 No 188 July 2012 No 188 July 2012 1 www.sihg.org.uk Rural Life Centre Receives Conservation Award Presentation of the plaque by Miss Emma Corke (President, Surrey Archaeological Society) to Mr Gerald Baker, leader the Iron Furnace project. See report page 3. Photo Alan Thomas. Centre: the furnace. Photo Alan Thomas. Bottom: the new roof under construction. Photo Jan Spencer. Newsletter 188 July 2012 2 Contents 2 Notices & Surrey Industrial History Group Officers 3 SIHG 2012 Conservation Award Presentation and AGM by Alan Thomas 3 SIHG Annual Financial Report for 2011/12 from Anne Lea 4 Other Industrial Archaeological Societies 4 Animal Rotary Power Around Surrey by Jan Spencer 5 The Role of the Surrey Archaeological Society by David Calow report by Glenys Crocker 6 SERIAC 2012: South East Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference 7 Research Topics Inspired by SIHG Lectures (part 2) by Alan Crocker 8 Industrial Archaeology News No.161 Summer 2012 report by Gordon Knowles 9 Rainwater and Hose Pipe Bans by Bob Bryson Reports & Notices Details of meetings are reported in good faith, but information may become out of date. Please check details before attending. SIHG Visits, Details & Updates at www.sihg.org.uk SIHG Membership Application/Renewal for 2012-13 Please make your cheque payable to ‘Surrey Archaeological Society’ and send it to Castle Arch, Guildford GU1 3SX Membership Form available at www.sihg.org.uk. You may also pay by Standing Order. Honeywood Museum www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk has reopened after refurbishment Honeywood Walk Carshalton SM6 3NX, There are exhibits devoted to Word War II, Wandle Industries, Railways & the Making of Sutton. A magnificent London Brighton & S Coast Railway clock is on the landing. The deadline for submitting copy for the next Newsletter is 10 September 2012. Submissions are accepted in typescript, on a disc, or by email to [email protected]. Anything related to IA will be considered. Priority will be given to Surrey-based or topical articles. Contributions will be published as soon as space is available. Readers are advised that the views of contributors are not necessarily the views of SIHG. Website: www.sihg.org.uk Surrey Industrial History Group Officers Chairman & Lectures Organiser: Robert Bryson, [email protected] Secretary: Alan Thomas, [email protected] Treasurer: Anne Lea, [email protected] Membership Secretary: Pam Taylor, [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Jan Spencer, [email protected] SIHG is a group of the Surrey Archaeological Society, Registered Charity No 272098, Castle Arch Guildford Surrey GU1 3SX Group President: Prof AG Crocker FSA Published by the Surrey Industrial History Group and printed by YesPrint 3 Leafy Oak Workshops Cobbetts Lane Yateley GU17 9LW © SIHG 2012 ISSN 1355-8188 Newsletter 188 July 2012 3 SIHG Newsletter No 188 July 2012 The 37th series of SIHG Industrial Archaeology Lectures will start on Tuesday 2 October 2012, 1930-2130, University of Surrey (Lecture Theatre F) (Oct & Nov only) Enquiries to programme co-ordinator, Bob Bryson, [email protected]. Maps at www.sihg.org.uk Free parking is available in the evening on the main campus car park. Single lectures at £5, payable on the night, are open to all. Go online for Programme & Application Form Pay before 31 July 2012 to get a £5 discount. * The new, almost step-free, venue after November will be the Education Centre, Guildford Cathedral. * The Thursday Morning Lecture Series at Leatherhead starts on 4 October 2012. Enquiries to Bob Bryson, [email protected]. As seating is strictly limited, enrolment is for the whole course only; casual attendance is not possible. The Autumn 2012 Lecture Series is fully booked, but the Spring 2013 programme will be published shortly on our website, if you wish to apply for a place. Rural Life Centre Receives Conservation Award by Alan Thomas, Secretary SIHG The 2012 Conservation Award of the Surrey Industrial mains and other evidence that has been found. A water- History Group was presented to the Rural Life Centre at wheel drives a pair of bellows to provide the draught to Tilford on Saturday 7 July 2012 in recognition of the the blast-furnace, and it also operates a type of trip- construction there of a working half-scale replica of a hammer (strictly speaking a helve-hammer), although in Wealden Iron blast-furnace and hammer, as used in the practice this latter equipment would have been placed on Sussex and Surrey Weald before the industry moved a separate site. No water supply or mill-pond exists at north in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The the RLC, so water is recirculated round the wheel by an award was commemorated by the presentation of a electric pump. It is intended to fire the furnace using plaque by Miss Emma Corke (President, Surrey Archae- charcoal, with the hope that it will be possible to smelt ological Society) to Mr Gerald Baker, a volunteer at the iron ore if safety problems can be overcome. This will RLC, who leads the project. See photos on page 1. require an initial stock of four tons of charcoal, and to provide it a charcoal kiln has been operating at the mu- This award is the 30th in the series of annual conservation seum for the last two or three years. It was the availabil- awards made by the Surrey Industrial History Group. ity of coke in large quantities that led to the iron industry The Rural Life Centre at Tilford, near Farnham, was moving north at the end of the 18th and in the early 19th founded in 1973 by Henry Jackson MBE and is now one centuries. of the leading museums in Surrey. It exhibits artefacts, The work has been financed by the Surrey Hills Sustain- machinery, vehicles and buildings covering all aspects of able Development Fund with other contributions from rural life.The site also contains the Old Kiln light railway. the Farnham Institute Charity, the Wealden Iron Re- For further information see www.rural-life.org.uk search Group, the Surrey Industrial History Group and Construction of the furnace and the hammer started RLC volunteers. some three years ago under the leadership of Gerald (From the press release issued by Alan Thomas.) ¤ Baker, to designs based on the few archaeological re- SIHG Annual Financial Report for 2011/12 (in brieg) from Anne Lea, SIHG Treasurer The year has generally been a successful one for SIHG. The Guildford Lecture series suffered from the increas- Our income from members’ subscriptions increased and ing cost of speakers and especially the escalating cost of our investments grew in value, especially welcome giv- the venue. With this in mind it has been decided to move en the current world financial situation. The group also the lecture series to a new venue at the Cathedral Educa- received the Margery Award for the display, at the Sur- tion Centre starting in December 2012. This has an addi- rey Archaeological Society February Symposium, on tional benefit that there will no longer be steps to climb, Chilworth Gunpowder Mill, for which Glenys and Alan for those of us now finding it more of a challenge to get Crocker should be congratulated. from the university car parks to the lecture theatres. Costs increased as well however. With more members, Additionally this year, SIHG made a special donation to and rising prices for printing and postage, the newsletter the Rural Life Centre at Tilford to assist them with the costs rose. The profit from the Leatherhead lecture se- cost of constructing a half scale replica of a Wealden ries aided the cost of the two outings enjoyed by the Iron Furnace. The full financial report was presented at members of the group, together with a few from the the group AGM on 7 July at the Rural Life Centre where Guildford group, during the mid term breaks. members were able to see the Iron Furnace awaiting the completion of the permanent housing that they helped to realise. ¤ Newsletter 188 July 2012 4 Other Industrial Archaeology Societies Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre: by Amberley Railway Station on the B2139; www.amberleymuseum.co.uk. Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group: Garden Room,Watlington House, Watlington Street, Reading, www.biag.org.uk. British Postal Museum Store: Unit 7, Imprimo Park, Debden Ind Est, Lenthall Rd, Loughton IG10 3UE. Brooklands: Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QN. Bursledon Brickworks: Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton SO31 7GW. Chatham Historic Dockyard: Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ; www.thedockyard.co.uk. Crofton Beam Engines : Crofton Pumping Station, Crofton, Marlborough, Wilts SN8 3DW; www.croftonbeamengines.org. Crossness Pumping Station : The Old Works, Crossness STW, Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London SE2 9AQ; www.crossness.org.uk. Didcot Railway Centre: Didcot Parkway railway station, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 7NJ. Docklands History Group: Museum in Docklands, West India Quay, Hertsmere Rd, E14 4AL; www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk. Dunsfold Park: 9 m S of Guildford, www.wingsandwheels.net. Kempton Great Engines: Feltham Hill Road, Hanworth, Middx TW13 6XH; www.kemptonsteam.org. Kew Bridge Steam Museum: Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, Middlsex TW8 0EN, 0208568 4757, www.kbsm.org. London Canal Museum: 12/13 New Wharf Road, London N1 9RT, www.canalmuseum.org.uk. London Model Engineering Exhibition: Alexandra Palace, London N22 7AY, www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk. London Transport Museum Depot: 2 Museum Way, 118-120 Gunnersbury La, London W3 9BQ, www.ltmuseum.co.uk. Lowfield Heath Windmill: Russ Hill, Charlwood, RH6 0EL (TQ 234 407). Markfield Beam Engine and Museum: Markfield Road, South Tottenham, London N15 4RB; www.mbeam.org. Museum of English Rural Life: Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5EX. National Trust: www.nationaltrust.org.uk. Rural Life Centre: Old Kiln Museum, Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2DL.
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