Branch Meetings
Programme of evening meetings
Birmingham
Manchester
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Portsmouth
Bristol
Edinburgh / Glasgow
(Meetings resume in October)
Birmingham (Midland) Branch
Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the Thinktank Theatre, which is on level 2 in Thinktank, the Birmingham Science Museum at Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham 4 (the entrance to the car park is from the north or Jennens Road side of the site). Doors open at 6.30pm for the meetings at 7pm. There is a pay-bar with snacks and drinks available in the building before the meeting. Visitors are welcome and admission is free with, from 5.30pm, a small charge for parking on site.
| 1/10/2008 |
The Tale of the Toilet by Terry Woolliscroft (Twyford Bathrooms). |
| 5/11/2008 |
John Penn & Sons – Marine Engineers of Greenwich by Richard Hartree (Member). |
| 3/12/2008 |
Acid Towers and the Control of Chemical Pollution 1823-1876 by Peter Reed. |
| 7/01/2009 |
William Sandys and River Navigation by Dr Peter King (Member). |
| 4/02/2009 |
Galton’s Mill and its Remarkable Iron Waterwheel by Tim Booth (Midland Wind and Water Mill Society). |
| 4/03/2009 |
Presidential Address: Days at the Factories by Professor David Perrett. |
| 1/04/2009 |
Micro Systems Technology (MST) in Medicine by Dr David Hitchings. |
Newcastle (North Eastern Branch)
Unless stated otherwise, all meetings will be held in the Learning Room (adjacent to Reception) on the ground floor of Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, starting at 6.00 pm (refreshments at 5.30 pm). Visitors are welcome and admission is free.
| 30/09/2008 |
Annual General Meeting followed by: Early Electricity Supply in London by Rev Robin Brooks. |
| 7/10/2008 |
Visit: Souter Point Lighthouse and Washington “F” Pit Museum |
| 18/11/2008 |
Presidential Address: Days at the Factories by Professor David Perrett.
Followed by a buffet supper for members (book in advance). |
| 20/01/2009 |
North East Dry Docks by Professor Ian Buxton. |
| 9/02/2009 |
Joint meeting with ICE Northumbria: The Art of Robert Stephenson - Images of the Man, his Life and his Works by J Michael Taylor. Meeting to be held at Stephenson Works, South Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, starting at 6.15 pm (refreshments at 5.45 pm). |
| 17/03/2009 |
The Development of Opencast Coal Mining in the UK by David Blythe. |
Manchester (North Western Branch)
Unless otherwise stated, meetings are held at the Museum of Science & Industry in Liverpool Road, Manchester and start at 6.30pm. Parking is available on site. Members and guests meet beforehand for a meal at a nearby restaurant from 5pm. Visitors are welcome and admission is free.
| 30/09/2008 |
The Canal and Rail Engineering of Camden by Peter Darley. |
| 28/10/2008 |
Joint meeting with the Institution of Civil Engineers, Manchester Branch: Newcastle High Level Bridge: Investigation and Restoration by Richard Bell (Network Rail). Meeting to be held in the Renold Building. |
| 25/11/2008 |
Presidential Address: Days at the Factories by Professor David Perrett |
| 27/01/2009 |
John Harrison and the Marine Chronometer by David Rooney (Royal Observatory). |
| 24/02/2009 |
Joint meeting with the Institution of Civil Engineers, North Wales and Cheshire Branch: Restoration of the Welsh Highland Railwayoad by John Startin and John Sreeves. NB Meeting to be held at the Ramada Hotel, Whitchurch Road, Christleton, Chester, at 6.30pm. |
| 31/03/2009 |
Joint meeting with the Institution of Civil Engineers, Manchester Branch: Underground Manchester by Keith Warrender. |
Bristol (Western Branch)
The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, where we usually meet, is moving to London and cannot take bookings for 2009 onwards, consequently we have decided to move our meetings to a room at the Bristol Aeroplane Welfare Association (BAWA) on the north of Bristol. We will have good facilities in the room, the use of the bar next to the room, and there is ample free parking. A location map will appear in the next edition of Western Courier in September. All meetings commence at 19.30. Visitors are welcome and admission is free.
| 16/10/2008 |
At the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol: Road Steam Rollers by Douglas Roseaman. |
| 20/11/2008 |
The Dreadnought Age 1905-20 and Sir Charles Parsons by John Anning (Member). |
| 8/01/2009 |
Joint meeting with the Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society at Kingswood Council Chamber, Kingswood, Bristol. |
| 19/02/2009 |
Bells and Bellfounding by Christopher Pickford. At Bristol Aeroplane Welfare Association. |
| 19/03/2009 |
Turnpikes by Alan Rosevear. |
| 16/04/2009 |
Avoncliff Industrial Village by Nick McCamley. |
Portsmouth (Southern Branch)
Meetings will be held in Room 0.27 in the Portland Building of the University of Portsmouth commencing at 6.30 pm. Portland Building is on St James Street off Queen Street, Portsea. Free parking in adjacent University car parks is available from 4.30pm. Visitors are welcome and admission is free.
| 21/10/2008 |
The Railway Navvies by Dr Bob Otter (Member). |
| 18/11/2008 |
Warships of the Ancient Mediterranean by Alec Tilley. |
| 9/12/2008 |
"It's amazing how many shapes the neck of a bottle can take" - how a topologist changed the shape of British Computing by Dr David Anderson. |
| 20/01/2009 |
The History of the Liberty Ships by by Mr David Aris. |
| 17/02/2009 |
Searching for Trevithick’s London Railway of 1808 by John Liffen (Member). |
| 17/03/2009 |
Templar and Parlby, Eighteenth Century Engineering and Building Contractors to the Royal Dockyards by Stuart Drabble. |
| 21/04/2009 |
The Conservation of the Grotto at Ascot Place, Berkshire by Michael Underwood. |
| 19/05/2009 |
Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust: Helping to Save our Heritage by Deane Clark. |
Edinburgh / Glasgow (Scotland Branch)
Meetings this session will take place at The James Clark Maxwell Foundation, 14 India Street, Edinburgh, at 5.30pm for 6.15pm. Visitors are welcome and admission is free.
| 29/10/2008 |
Joint meeting with Panel for Historical Engineering Works: John Scott Russell & the Solitary Wave and John Scott Russell’s anti-vibration proposal for suspension bridge decks by Chris Eilbeck and Roland Paxton. |
| 25/3/2009 |
Joint meeting with Panel for Historical Engineering Works: The George Bennie Railplane and the Hugh Fraser Airrail Systems of Transport by Malcolm Thwaite. |
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