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Other events - visits

Other visits currently being investigated include the National Air Traffic Control; a guided visit to All Souls Cemetary, Kensal Green; the Grand Union Canal.

Details of visits scheduled for 2007 - 2008
Wednesday
10th October 2007		Institution of Civil Engineers
  • meet at 13.35 at 1 Great George St, London SW1
  • cost £12 per person
  • 2 places left
Wednesday
24th October 2007		Newcastle high-level bridge
  • details to follow
Wednesday
14th November 2007		Institution of Engineering and Technology (formerly the IEE)
  • meet at 13.35 at Savoy Place, London
  • cost £12 per person
  • 1 place left
Wednesday
12th December 2007		Visit to the British Airways Museum
  • meet at 12.30 at the Museum, Hatton Cross
  • cost £16 per person
  • FULL
Wednesday
9th January 2008		Visit to the Aeroplane Magazine offices
  • meet at 13.35 at Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1
  • cost £12 per person
Wednesday
27th February 2008		Visit to the Air Accident Investigation Branch at Farnborough
  • meet at 13.00.
  • cost £15 per person Numbers strictly limited
  • FULL
Wednesday in April, 2008Drainage on the Somerset levels
  • study day based at Bridgwater, Somerset
  • 11am start
  • cost includes lunch and coach hire
  • further details to be announced
Friday 23rd May, 2008Visit to Chatham Dockyard
  • includes areas not open to the general public
  • further details to be announced



Previous visits

In the past few years we have arranged vists to such places as:

  • The Thames Barrier
  • The Royal Institution
  • The Falkirk Wheel
  • Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
  • Mary Tavy hydro-electric power station and Morwhellham Quay
  • Steam Museum at Kew: archives
  • disused underground stations
  • Astrium Space Company
  • a P&O container ship in Southampton
  • the Walsall Leather Museum
  • Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter
  • Alexander Palace broadcasting studios

    .....and many other places of interest.


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