NOTTINGHAMSHIRE INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY
ILLUSTRATED TALKS 2008-2009
Meetings are held on Mondays at 7-30pm in the Cecil Roberts Room at the County Library, Angel Row, Nottingham (see location map and street map), unless otherwise stated. Admission for members is free. Non-members, who are most welcome, are asked to make a small donation to NIAS to cover meeting expenses.
Monday 20th October 2008 : Lace, Slums and the
Occasional Riot
Chris Weir, one of our local archivists, will talk about
the making of Victorian Nottingham
Tuesday 18th November 2008 : Robert Blincoe -
Nottinghamshire's Oliver Twist
Peter Hammond will tell the heart-rending tale of a young
apprentice boy in a Nottinghamshire mill two hundred years ago.
Monday 8th December 2008 : Christmas Social
Come along to this popular event, with entertainment from the
Attenborough Handbell Ringers, good food, and our special
Industrial Archaeology Quiz. The venue this time will be St.
Mary's Church, Attenborough. Admission by ticket only,
price £6-00.
Monday 19th January 2009 : The Raleigh Archives
This meeting takes place at the Nottinghamshire
Archives on Castle Meadow Road and will
commence at 7.00pm. Free
parking is available
Our speaker is the archivist, Alexa Rees. The event will
include a tour of the Archive office as well as a look at some of
the Raleigh archives.
Monday 2nd February 2009 to Friday 13th February 2009:
Community Excavation at Wharf Green, Jacksdale
Members are invited to take part in this project. For details
see Jacksdale
Community Excavation.
Monday 16th February 2009 : My Life with Midland Magneto
Geoff Pike, a former director, will tell us the fascinating
history of this famous local electrical company..
Monday 17th March 2008 : Annual General Meeting
The AGM will be followed by a nostalgic look at the
achievements of the Nottinghamshire Industrial Archaeology
Society over the past 33 years.
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