Events
Aug
03
Aug
05
Visit to University of Reading Typographic Department
Visit will focus on the development of the technologies used in typography and how influential this area was to Reading's...
Aug
09
AIA Annual Conference
A comprehensive programme of talks and visits. Delegates can book for the whole conference or separate days. It will be...
Sep
07
Walk: Social housing in Camden (GLIAS)
Walks start at 2.30pm to reserve a place contact walks@glias.org.uk
Sep
16
Gas: Its history and technologies
A talk on the early technical and wider history of the gas industry in the UK and the local area,...
Sep
17
Industrial Reading – A History Tour (1st running)
A 2 hour tour of many industrial sites in central Reading, ranging from medieval to twentieth-century. Part of the country-wide...
Sep
20
Industrial Reading – A History Tour (2nd running)
A 2 hour tour of many industrial sites in central Reading, ranging from medieval to twentieth-century. Part of the country-wide...
Sep
28
Visit to London Transport Museum, Acton
A day-long visit to the LT Museum at the Acton Depot on their Open Day. The theme is "All change...
Oct
05
Walk: City of London building stones (GLIAS)
Walks start at 2.30pm to reserve a place contact walks@glias.org.uk
Oct
21
AGM followed by – Henry Scott and the invention of Selenitic Cement
A talk on Major General Henry Scott, who was the inventor of Selenitic Cement including his role in the design...
Nov
18
Daniel Gooch: saviour of the Great Western Railway
John McGuinness will talk on how Daniel Gooch became the first locomotive superintendent of the Great Western Railway and in...
Dec
09