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SUMMARY:'The Trinity House Story' by Julian Parkes
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nplease email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link \nHave you ever wondered who looks after the major lighthouses around England\, Wales and the Channel Islands? How did they come to be there in the first place? \nIncorporated by Royal Charter by Henry Vlll in 1514\, Trinity House is today a vital part of Britain’s maritime community. In addition to owning and operating lighthouses\, lightvessels\, beacons and buoys to keep safe all mariners at sea around our shores\, Trinity House is called in to mark – and clear if required – wrecks\, help develop state of the art electronic navigation tools for vessels of all sizes to overcome the vulnerabilities of GPS\, and to act as Nautical Assessors in Admiralty Court cases. \nAdd to that a sizeable maritime fraternity which regularly advises on current maritime issues and future opportunities\, and a charitable side that donates in excess of £5m a year to worthy maritime causes\, and you start to get a picture of Trinity House. \nAbout the Speaker\nA Master Mariner\, Younger Brother at Trinity House and Fellow of the Nautical Institute\, Julian Parkes completed a traditional Merchant Navy deck apprenticeship\, when he served world-wide on a range of general cargo vessels.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-trinity-house-story-by-julian-parkes/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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SUMMARY:'The Background to the 1925 Stockton & Darlington Centenary Celebrations' by Les Turnbull
DESCRIPTION:This is an in-person and on-line event – please sign up to this eventbrite link to register your attendance for either option \nThis is a joint meeting with the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers \nWhen the North Eastern Railway organised the 50th anniversary Jubilee celebration of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in 1875\, it elevated a largely colliery focussed railway to international status and created a fictitious narrative of history. \nUsing recently discovered archival and archaeological evidence\, the author argues for a different interpretation\, which gives more weight to the railways which had existed for more than 200 years before the opening of the S&DR. \nIt considers the ideas of William Thomas\, voiced in 1800\, for a novel railway system to transport not only minerals but also merchandise and people. Thomas’ ideas reached fruition at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830\, which provided the model for other railways across the world. \nAbout the Speaker\nLes Turnbull graduated in history at Durham University and worked as a schoolmaster\, university lecturer and senior education adviser. Upon retirement he became a volunteer at NEIMME where now serves as a member of Council. \nLes has written several books on the history of mining and his particular interest\, the early railways of the Great Northern Coalfield. He is frequently called upon to lecture both within the region and beyond.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-background-to-the-1925-stockton-darlington-centenary-celebrations-by-les-turnbull/
LOCATION:NEWCASTLE Neville Hall\, Westgate Rd\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, Tyne & Wear\, NE1 1SE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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SUMMARY:'The Natural Gas Conversion Programme' by Russell Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nplease email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nThis is a joint meeting with the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society \nThe natural gas conversion program was a government-led initiative in the UK to transition the gas industry from town gas to natural gas between 1966 and 1977. \nGas users were faced with an ultimatum; switch to natural gas and accept the inconvenience of the changeover or choose another fuel source and absorb the resulting cost and disruption. It was regarded as one of the UK’s biggest post-war engineering projects. \nAbout the Speaker\nRussell Thomas is Technical Director of WSP in the UK and his wide ranging career has had a strong environmental and historical focus on the energy sector and gas in particular. Russell’s early career had a strong focus on addressing environmental legacy issues associated with the gas manufacturing industry\, through developing remediation systems. This work had an extensive research element which has been maintained throughout his career working with universities and academic institutions (e.g. the University of Strathclyde\, University of Manchester and the BGS) generating extensive journal publications. \nMore recent work has focused on heritage aspects of the industry including the understanding\, interpreting and reuse of former gasworks structures. Russell is media trained having featured in several TV programmes and has also been asked as an international expert to speak at overseas conferences. Another main area of interest is the energy transition\, trying to learn from the extensive history of the energy industry and gas in particular. \nRussell is currently managing a very interesting collaboration with the British Geological Survey. His main areas of research focus over the years have been the application of environmental forensics to tars\, bioaccessability of hydrocarbons\, remediation of heavy metals and furthering the understanding of microbial communities in gas production wastes and unconventional gases.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-natural-gas-conversion-programme-by-russell-thomas/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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SUMMARY:'Sir Frank Whittle and Jet Propulsion: some oft repeated myths' by Dr Fred Starr
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register\nplease email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nRepeated statements that the development of the jet engine was held up by the shortcomings of high temperature alloys for turbine blades are without foundation. Frank Whittle\, given the funding\, could have had a jet engine prototype running by 1932-33 and the RAF could have been equipped with jet fighters by 1939. \nIt was unfortunate that Griffith (of Griffith Crack Fame) was so opposed to the jet engine principle\, probably because he saw this as a rival to his own weird turboprop ideas. Accordingly\, funding was withheld\, the Germans taking the lead. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Fred Starr graduated as Metallurgist from Battersea College (now the University of Surrey) in 1966. After a short period\, training to be a shift engineer on a steam reforming plant at Hitchin\, he joined British Gas\, London Research Station\, in Fulham where he remained for 30 years. Initially he did failure investigation on steam reforming plants\, some of which included visits to the sites at Breakwater\, Plymouth\, and Seabank\, Bristol. In this respect\, a big regret was not knowing that the Newcomen Society used to meet at the Science Museum\, just up the road from where he worked in Fulham. \nMuch of Fred’s time at London Research was spent on materials for high temperature gasifiers. When this work terminated\, he came up with novel ideas for generating electricity using natural gas. This included the concept of incorporating a Stirling Engine within a gas boiler\, and the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine project. His deep interest in aircraft and aircraft engines and background in steam reforming were key to the success of the Closed Cycle Gas Turbine “demonstrator”. Privatisation killed real R&D\, and he left British Gas in 1996. Fred’s most important job after leaving British Gas was with the EU’s Joint Research Centre in the Netherlands\, where he did the basic design for a HYPOGEN plant making hydrogen from coal. Despite this\, he is extremely cynical about the hydrogen economy. \nFormally “retiring” in 2007\, Fred became an active member of the Newcomen Society. With the help of Bryan Lawton\, John Anning and Ed Marshall he got the Society to put on a conference on The Piston Engine Revolution (the development of the IC engine). Later on\, he came up with the Swords into Ploughshares conference (how WWI transformed British Engineering).
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/sir-frank-whittle-and-jet-propulsion-some-oft-repeated-myths-by-fred-starr/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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SUMMARY:'Technology and health: the history of the science behind the cure' by Dr Jenny Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – Meeting ID – 840 6763 5852 \nDr Jenny Stephenson will be covering the medical history of some of the common treatments and procedures we know today\, asking which represent groundbreaking changes and which have remained much the same over decades\, and why. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Jenny Stephenson was a GP until recently when she left the Practice after 40 years service. Her interest in history has led to a Diploma in Medical History and quite a few talks delivered locally\, to raise money for charity. \nJenny has written two relevant books for this talk. One is about the history of General Practice and the other is about the evolving relationship through the history of pharmacists and doctors. All proceeds go towards local charities.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/technology-and-health-the-history-of-the-science-behind-the-cure-by-dr-jenny-stephenson/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240520T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
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SUMMARY:'The Steel Bakers of Rotherham' by David Eaton & John Anning
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nJohn Anning\, a great-grandson of John Baker (1843-1904)\, will outline the history of the Baker family and will describe “Tiny Tim”\, the large Glasgow-made hybrid steam/drop hammer\, purchased from the Darlington Forge in 1906. Saved from demolition in 1965\, it now forms the entry arch to Beamish Industrial Museum.  \nDavid Eaton will give an overview of the company’s history: its railway products\, technical achievements and its steelmaking and processing facilities including the innovative axle – forging plant. He will also briefly describe the armaments work undertaken during WW1 and WW2.  \nAbout the Speakers\nDavid Eaton is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers\, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts\, and a Freeman of the City of London. He is a Council Member of the Newcomen Society\, a Trustee of the Ken Hawley Collection Trust and the South Yorkshire Trades Historical Trust Limited and is the current chairman of the South Yorkshire Centre of the Newcomen Society. David retired in 2006 from Sheffield Hallam University as Director of the School of Engineering\, a post he held for 12 years. \nJohn Anning is a great grandson of John Baker of Rotherham. After a successful business career in engineering\, he now enjoys  his lifelong interest in engineering history\, particularly railways\, machine tools and internal combustion engines.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-steel-bakers-of-rotherham-by-david-eaton-john-anning/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240422T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240422T201500
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CREATED:20231002T152533Z
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SUMMARY:'You’ll Believe a Man can Fly' by Dr Phil Judkins
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nSherburn-in-Elmet airfield\, 1942-4\, and the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment are trialling unpowered rotary wings on jeeps and trucks\, transatlantic glider tows\, and similar remarkably inventive ways of taking warriors to battle.  \nDr Phil Judkins describes their experiments from the sane and sensible through the weird and wonderful to the downright dangerous\, to Allied troops rather than the enemy!  \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Phil Judkins’ love of industrial archaeology stems from his childhood playground being an abandoned Victorian waterworks\, with no Health and Safety to concern him! Cambridge’s Classical Archaeology course led to several years in ‘dirt archaeology’\, followed by a management career which ranged from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment to the City of London. Phil then gave structure to his abiding interest of historic defence electronics through a Cranfield PhD in the history of radar\, and successive Fellowships at the UK’s Defence Academy and at Buckingham University’s Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies. \nHe currently chairs the Defence Electronics History Society and the Purbeck Radar Museum Trust\, in addition to serving on the Committee of the South Yorkshire Newcomen Society\, and lectures on defence topics throughout the UK\, Phil’s particular perspective is to present the role of electronics in conflict as seen by all the contending parties\, rather than from a single national perspective\, so that he welcomes collaboration with colleagues internationally.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/youll-believe-a-man-can-fly-by-dr-phil-judkins/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240326T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240326T191500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20231002T145749Z
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SUMMARY:'The Ken Barraclough Memorial Lecture - The Beauty of Steel Project' by Viktor Mácha
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nThis is a joint meeting with the Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association \nWe are very fortunate this year to have Viktor Mácha of Viktor Mácha Industrial Photography\, to deliver the Barraclough lecture which he has intriguingly entitled: The Beauty of Steel Project. \nThe Members Dinner will take place after the lecture. Details will be available in the New Year. \nAbout the Speaker\nViktor Mácha (1984) comes from Prague where he attended Theology and Religious Studies at Charles University. Since 2006\, he has been travelling around the world at his own expense\, documenting the heavy industrial sites such as iron works\, steel works\, rolling mills\, forges\, foundries and coke plants. Currently his archive comprises of several hundred mills stretching from the American Midwest to the Asian part of Russian Urals. \nThe only aim of these photographs is to objectively document the technological processes connected with steel making and shaping. \nIt is possible that our generation will be one of the last to experience the fascinating world of dark\, rumbling factories.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-ken-barraclough-memorial-lecture-the-beauty-of-steel-project-by-viktor-macha/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20231002T142852Z
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SUMMARY:'Progress in Design and Manufacture: The Steam Locomotive 1825-1830' by Dr Michael Bailey
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – to book an online place\, please visit: Book A Ticket. Zoom link will be sent out to those who have booked on weekend of 17/18th February \nRobert Stephenson & Co. of Newcastle on Tyne was set up to manufacture equipment for the emerging railway industry\, particularly locomotives\, in 1823. The company developed the locomotive\, already successfully operated at Killingworth and Hetton Collieries\, for ever-more demanding duties on the earliest steam operated public railways. \nGiant strides were made in improving design\, materials and manufacturing techniques before the ‘Stephenson’ form of locomotive was developed\, suitable for main line operation on the Liverpool & Manchester and other early main line railways in Britain\, Europe and the United States.\n \nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Michael Bailey is the President of the Stephenson Locomotive Society and a Past-President of the Newcomen Society. He has undertaken considerable work on the archaeology of early steam locomotives and has written extensively about early locomotive design and manufacturing progress during the 19th century.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/progress-in-design-and-manufacture-the-steam-locomotive-1825-1830-by-dr-michael-bailey/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240122T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240122T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20231002T135254Z
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SUMMARY:'Inspired By British Inventions: Joseph von Baader's Innovations' by Michael Eckert
DESCRIPTION:ON LINE event only – please visit this Zoom link: 82824786912 shortly before the meeting \nJoseph von Baader’s (1763-1835) Technological Innovations in Bavaria From Hydraulic Machinery to Gas Light \nThe speaker will be joining us on-line from Munich. \nBavaria offered little incentives for the new industrial age around 1800. Yet – due to the activities of the entrepreneurial scientist Joseph von Baader – the Industrial Revolution became manifest in Bavaria at least marginally in the form of hydraulic machinery\, steam engines\, gas light and other novel technologies. Baader’s innovations were inspired by extended sojourns in Great Britain where he had visited James Watt‘s steam engines\, John Wilkinson‘s iron works and other industrial sites. \nUnlike the breeding grounds of the Industrial Revolution in England and Scotland\, however\, the Bavarian sites and circumstances for the realization of new technological inventions were unusual. Baader used the transformation of the Nymphenburg castle park in Munich from the Baroque into the then fashionable English landscape garden as an opportunity to install new pumps for powerful fountain jets. The castle park also served him as a proving ground for the demonstration of other new technologies (transportation systems\, steam engines and gas light). \nThis presentation will illustrate Baader’s activities by authentic documents\, drawings\, photographs and videos. The fountains at Nymphenburg are still driven by Baader’s hydraulic machinery which can be observed in operation at the original site. \nAbout the Speaker\nMichael Eckert currently works at the Forschungsinstitut Deutsches Museum where he undertakes research into Quantum Physics\, Theoretical Physics and Fluid Dynamics. His current project is on the history of turbulence.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/inspired-by-british-inventions-joseph-von-baaders-innovations-by-michael-eckert/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231211T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231211T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20231002T132829Z
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SUMMARY:'RAF Finningley in the Cold War' by Roger Thomas
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please click on this Zoom link. \nThis is a joint meeting with the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society \nRAF Finningley occupies an area of some 864 acres and was built in several phases from 1916\, then in 1936 and finally in 1994. Most of the older airfield buildings are built to ‘standard’ Air Ministry Works and Buildings Department designs\, constructed in a well-proportioned Neo-Georgian style\, typical of the RAF Expansion Schemes of the 1930s. During the Second World War\, a variety of structures were added to the site to improve its operational efficiency; these included three asphalt surfaced concrete runways\, a perimeter track\, frying-pan aircraft dispersals\, emergency water supply (EWS) fire pools\, air raid shelters\, blast shelters\, dual-purpose gun posts\, a two-bay turret trainer\, and additional bomb storage capacity. \nDuring the mid to late 1950s\, substantial work was carried out to up-grade the airfield to operate the Avro Vulcan ‘V’ Bombers. This work included the construction of a new 3\,000-yard-long runway (02/20)\, a Type B1 Unit Store (nuclear weapons store)\, a new Vertical Split air traffic control building (control tower)\, four aircraft dispersals\, a flight simulator building and an operations & briefing block. Once the Quick Reaction Alert nuclear role was transferred to the Royal Navy\, the airfield gained a primary training role with the construction of an Air Electronics\, Engineer and Loadmaster School (AEE&LS)\, and an Air Navigation School. The RAF finally severed its association with Finningley in 1995\, because of the ending of the Cold War. \nFollowing the closure of Doncaster City Airport\, Finningley was re-opened as Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport and the first commercial flight took off on the 28th April 2005. The airport closed in November 2022\, since when Doncaster Council has continued to pursue ways of re-opening the airport. During its period as a commercial airport\, many of the original ‘technical site’ buildings have been removed and new ones built\, making it much harder to understand the site. This presentation aims to discuss the buildings and the associated technologies that they were designed to house\, with an emphasis placed upon the Second World War and the Cold War. \nAbout the Speaker\nRoger Thomas is the former Military Support Officer of English Heritage (EH). His interest in military architecture grew during the 1970s when he assisted Henry Wills in gathering data on pillboxes\, and in 1979\, he became a member of the Fortress Study Group (FSG). He joined the staff of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) in 1987\, working as an architectural photographer and buildings surveyor based at York\, working alongside the Threatened Buildings team. Seven years later he became RCHME’s Military Recording Officer\, also working closely with the Defence Estates Organisation; providing advice on military architecture\, equipment\, weaponry\, and history. \nIn 1992\, Roger was part of the FSG’s Holderness Pilot Study\, which in turn led to his involvement in the establishment of the Council for British Archaeology’s ‘Defence of Britain Project’. Following the merger of RCHME and English Heritage in 2000 he became the Military Support Officer\, a role that was abolished twelve years later\, as a result of re-structuring. Since then he has worked as an Assistant Listing Adviser (North) in Historic England’s North-east and Yorkshire listing team\, based at York. \nRoger is a member of Cadw’s Welsh Conflict Archaeology Advisory Panel (WelCAAP)\, a trustee of the Dyfed Archaeological Trust\, and of the Chapel Bay Fort and Museum Trust\, and is a member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association. He has authored\, co-authored\, and illustrated several books\, including: Cold War\, Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946-1989; War Art – Murals and Graffiti – Military Life\, Power and Subversion; 20th Century Defences in Britain; and The Home Front in Britain 1914-18. He has also written numerous reports\, articles\, and guidebooks on military subjects\, including York Cold War Bunker; Survey of 19th and 20th Century Military Buildings of Pembrokeshire; and Historic Buildings Report – RAF Finningley.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/raf-finningley-in-the-cold-war-by-roger-thomas/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
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SUMMARY:'The Development of Parsons Gas Turbines' by Geoff Horseman
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \n2:30pm – 16:15pm – The UK’s first industrial gas turbine \nThe UK’s first industrial gas turbine was developed by CA Parsons & Co beginning in the 1930s. The machine ran for the first time in 1945. All of the key elements: compressor\, turbine\, combustion chamber\, exhaust heat exchanger and control technology were developed by CA Parsons & Co Ltd independently. The unit had to use the fuel available in WWII i.e. pool oil\, and was used to investigate the viability of operation on residual fuel oil and pulverised coal. Geoff Horseman\, formerly Chief Turbine Engineer at Siemens CA Parsons Works\, will tell the story of this machine using information and photos from the original development files. \n6:30pm – 20:15pm – Parsons first gas turbine-generator: the Dunston ‘A’ unit of 1948 \nIn 1945\, CA Parsons & Co constructed the UK’s first industrial gas turbine in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. It was an immediate success. It was followed by an order in 1948 for one of the first gas turbine-generators for use at a British power station. This was a 15 MW unit for Dunston ‘A’ power station in Gateshead. \nThis machine had to achieve an efficiency comparable with the best steam power plants then entering service\, it had to operate for a life of at least 100\,000 running hours and yet still had to provide all of the benefits of gas turbines eg fast starting. The available materials allowed a firing temperature of just 650oC if this service life was to be achieved and the stresses in the major parts had to be just 25% of those permitted in jet engines of the day. This resulted in an arrangement with three compressors with intercooling between each stage driven by one HP and two LP turbines with reheat at entry to both LP turbines and exhaust heat recovery. \nThe low firing temperature resulted in a complex arrangement but it achieved a satisfactory efficiency and proved to be a key step towards the simpler\, more efficient\, more capable high temperature gas turbine-generators of today. \nAbout the Speaker\nGeoff Horseman was formerly Chief Turbine Engineer at Siemens CA Parsons Works.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-development-of-parsons-gas-turbines-by-geoff-horseman/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231030T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231030T201500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20231002T114404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T101738Z
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SUMMARY:'RAF Planes that won the Battle of Britain were built on German Machinery' by Dr Jonathan Aylen
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nWhy the Jewish Refugee Engineer\, Ludwig Loewy was crucial to Britain \nRAF planes for the Battle of Britain used new technology for aircraft construction and more powerful engines. But the light alloys used to build them were manufactured on German machinery. Dr Jonathan Aylen tells the compelling story of Ludwig Loewy\, a refugee Jewish engineer who fled from the Nazis and brought the crucial light-metals technology needed for rearmament from Germany to Britain in 1936. \nLoewy is a familiar name in Sheffield as the mill builder Davy-United changed their name to Davy-Loewy following merger with Loewy's company based in Poole\, Dorset. Less well known is the huge contribution of Ludwig Loewy to the development of the Chesterfield Tube Company\, particularly their Heavy Tube Department which made boiler and condenser tubes for naval warships during the Second World War. \nAbout the Speaker\nDr Jonathan Aylen is immediate Past-President of the Newcomen Society and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research within Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester. A former economist\, he now specialises in innovation management and environmental management. For the past decade he has also undertaken historical research. \nDr Aylen has contributed papers to the Newcomen Society’s International Journal of the History of Engineering and Technology on the transfer of steel technology from the USA to Wales\, on early process control computers and on weapons design and development\, including the Bloodhound Guided missile and the Blue Danube bomb. \nDr Aylen has travelled widely throughout the world steel industry\, given advice to international bodies and governments on steel issues and commented frequently on television and radio. He recently published a book with Ruggero Ranieri\, Ribbon of Fire\, on how the wide strip mill for steel came to Europe from the USA. \nJonathan’s current research focuses on Cold War technology and\, in particular\, the use of American TOPS computer software by British Rail in the 1970’s.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/raf-planes-that-won-the-battle-of-britain-were-built-on-german-machinery-by-dr-jonathan-aylen-3/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230925T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230925T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20230916T111930Z
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SUMMARY:'The River Don Engine' by Greg Harris
DESCRIPTION:This event is both an in-person and on-line event. Sign up link coming soon. \nBuilt by Davy Brothers in 1904 to drive the armour plate rolling mill at Charles Cammell's Grimesthorpe works\, the River Don engine is the last surviving example of four 12\,000 hp (8.9 MW) rapid reversing engines constructed to the same design. \nThe talk will explore the history of the engine through stories and facts\, including photographs\, working drawings\, and a 3D computer model. These show the engine and rolling mill at work at Cammell Lairds from 1913 and subsequently at River Don in the 1950s\, 60s\, and 70s. The engine's move to and restoration at Kelham Island in 1978 and again after the 2018 flood will be described and the development of the 3D virtual model of the engine created for the museum by the speaker will be outlined. \nAbout the Speaker\nIn 1989 Greg attended Parkwood Art College in Sheffield to study Art and Design. He obtained an NVQ in Auto Cad and then achieved his H.N.D at Norton College. Out of the blue he received a phone call from a small games company in Sheffield offering him a job. He really enjoyed the work and found like-minded people to work with. He also got the chance to work with game pioneers and learnt to use 3Ds Max which helped him to produce the virtual model for Kelham Island Museum of the River Don Engine which he will discuss. \nAfter finishing off working with games in 2012\, Greg became a self-employed artist and went on to produce a large range of illustrations depicting Sheffield past and present which is on sale in local galleries & museums throughout Sheffield. He also designed the mural for the Special Olympics held in Sheffield 2017 which was displayed on Pond Street and was invited onto Radio Sheffield to talk about creating the mural. Greg also sculpts\, as well as volunteering at Kelham and the Lowedges Community Centre\, supporting the craft group. \nSign Up For This Event Here (pending)
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-river-don-engine-by-greg-harris/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230522T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230522T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220801T211634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230510T084020Z
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SUMMARY:'Warships to Spaceships - The Life & Work of Sir Barnes Wallis' by Chris Henderson
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there is no need to register\nJoining us ONLINE- please use this Zoom Link which will be live from 6:00 pm and you may need the details below to log in: \nMeeting ID: 834 8913 6970\nPasscode: 967941 \nLeaving school without any qualifications\, Barnes Wallis pursued his ambition to be an engineer and went on to become one of Britain’s greatest inventors. Known best for his invention and development of the ‘bouncing bomb‘ used by 617 Squadron to attack the Ruhr dams\, Barnes Wallis’ career spanned over six decades working on warships\, airships\, aircraft\, weapons and even a connection with the first manned spaceflight to the Moon.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/warships-to-spaceships-the-life-work-of-sir-barnes-wallis-by-chris-henderson/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230424T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230424T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220801T211037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T091117Z
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SUMMARY:'Lady Charlotte Guest and Dowlais Ironworks' by Victoria Owens
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there is no need to register\nJoining us ONLINE- please use this Zoom Link which will be live from about 6:00 pm \nDr Victoria Owens examines how a pioneering businesswoman came to head the world’s largest ironworks. \nWhen impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833\, her relatives looked on with dismay. Yet despite their vast difference of background and age\, over their nineteen-year long marriage\, husband and wife enjoyed great happiness and much adventure. There would be ten children and while John built up an immense commercial empire\, Charlotte championed Welsh culture. \nCrucially\, she taught herself John’s business from the inside. Over the years\, she made the keenest observation of iron production\, the fluctuations of the trade and the engineering innovations that touched upon its developments. When John died in 1852\, she was therefore uniquely well-placed to succeed him as head of the works – a remarkable position for a Victorian woman. Not only did she endeavour to introduce reforms\, but also – rather to her dismay – had to weather a potentially destructive strike. But success came at a price and with her star in the ascendant\, Lady Charlotte suddenly chose to abandon all\, leave Wales and marry her sons’ tutor! \nThis presentation (& Victoria’s book on the subject) traces the ardent\, creative years of her first marriage\, explores her determination – widowed – to preserve John’s legacy\, and observes her growing devotion to her second husband\, the scholarly Charles Schreiber. \nWe would like to congratulate Victoria on winning the 2021 Wales Book of the Year Non-fiction Award for her book Lady Charlotte Guest – the exceptional life of a female industrialist and copies will be available at the meeting. \nAbout The Lecturer\nA member of the Newcomen Society\, Dr Victoria Owens has worked in local government and the book trade. Now an independent scholar\, her book Lady Charlotte Guest – the exceptional life of a female industrialist was shortlisted for the 2021 Wales Book of the Year and won the non-fiction award. Her other publications include James Brindley and the Duke of Bridgewater: Canal Visionaries (Amberley Publishing 2015) and Aqueducts and Viaducts of Britain (Amberley Publishing 2019). She is currently working on a life of L.T.C Tom Rolt\, to be published in 2024.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/lady-charlotte-guest-and-dowlais-ironworks-by-victoria-owens/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220927T104247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T143219Z
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SUMMARY:Ken Barraclough Memorial  Lecture : 'How Alloy Steel came to serve the Engineer' by Dr David Dulieu
DESCRIPTION:The Ken Barraclough Memorial Lecture & Dinner\nPresented by Dr. David Dulieu\, this is a joint talk with the Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association – SMEA and the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society – ( SYIHS ) \nPlease arrive at 5.30pm to be ready and settled for the start of the lecture.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/ken-barraclough-memorial-lecture-how-alloy-steel-came-to-serve-the-engineer-by-dr-david-duliieu/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230220T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230220T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220801T203133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230215T112127Z
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SUMMARY:'Women in Electrical and Electronic Engineering' by Dr Nina Baker
DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there is no need to register\nJoining us ONLINE-  please visit the lecture’s zoom link which will be live from about 6:00 pm on the 20th Feb. \nThis presentation will remind us of contributions by women to the science\, practice and application of electrical power and electronics from the late Victorian era to the Cold War. The story will start with arc lamps\, take in the coming of electrification to the UK and women’s key part in that process\, and conclude with some examples of women at the forefront of missile and rocket guidance developments in the Cold War period. \nAbout The Lecturer\nDr Nina Baker is an independent engineering historian specializing in the history of women in engineering. Nina has had a varied career and on leaving school\, she became a merchant navy deck officer\, before taking an engineering design degree in her 30s\, from the University of Warwick. She then gained a PhD in concrete durability from the University of Liverpool. She has lived with her family in Glasgow since 1989\, working in a variety of roles – a materials lecturer in further education\, a research administrator and\, until 2017\, an elected city councillor. Now retired\, her interest in promoting STEM careers for girls has led her to become an independent researcher\, mainly specializing in the history of women in engineering. She is Deacon of the Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow for 2022-2023. \nAbout The Venue\nThe meeting will start at the usual time of 6:30 pm and tea and coffee will be available from 6:00 pm. We look forward to welcoming you to what will be an interesting talk and discussion. \nAll Newcomen meetings are free and open to all and there is no need to book seats in advance. \nPlease Note:-  The parking arrangements at the Museum have changed and the car park adjacent to the river is now closed and is being used by the Museum Cafe and Bar as an outdoor seating area.  Details of the new parking arrangements can be found here.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/women-in-electrical-and-electronic-engineering-by-nina-baker/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230123T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230123T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220801T081934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T084852Z
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SUMMARY:'Things that go "Bang" in the Night' : A Short History of Industrial Explosives by Ian McKay
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/things-that-go-bang-in-the-night-a-short-history-of-industrial-explosives-by-ian-mckay/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221212T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220731T145513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221209T122759Z
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SUMMARY:'John Smeaton and the Calder Navigation' by Lesley Taylor & Shirley Levons
DESCRIPTION:This is a joint meeting with South Yorkshire Industrial History Society (SYIHS) \nAvailable both in-person and online. \nJoining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there is no need to register\nJoining us ONLINE-  please use the Zoom Link below which will be live from about 6:30 pm on the 12th Dec. \nIf you wish to join us online the Zoom link is:- https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83188182714?pwd=MzREdldqaGN3UHAxeXBzVEdqeGlXdz09\nMeeting ID: 831 8818 2714\nPasscode: 562408 \nThe meeting will start at a slightly later time of 7:00 pm and tea and coffee will be available from 6:00 pm. We look forward to welcoming you to what will be an interesting talk and discussion. \nThis talk will explore the background to the factors that lead to the River Calder being made navigable above Wakefield\, and will cover the first four years of construction\,1760-63\, when John Smeaton\, the engineer-in-chief wrote a weekly journal. This has been used as the basis of the talk (and our book) in combination with many other source materials such as plans\, letters\, minutes\, accounts\, Acts of Parliament and Parliamentary Journals. \nIt will outline the many years before the scheme gained Parliamentary approval\, the people who drove the scheme forward\, and the conflicts and disappointments they faced. The practical requirements will be brought into sharp focus: the planning\, negotiating and financing\, and the sourcing of labour\, materials and equipment. As the work gradually progressed the story is often of difficulties faced on this volatile river and the disagreements which these setbacks caused. \nAbout The Lecturers\nLesley Taylor and Shirley Levon are local historians from Wakefield with a shared interest in the eighteenth century. Upon retirement from teaching Lesley studied for an MA in local history at York University focusing on Wakefield in the eighteenth century. Shirley was a teacher who had researched her own family history for many years\, but on retirement over twenty years ago became interested in local history\, and the collaboration with Lesley developed. In 2014 they published a book based on the letters of two women who lived in Wakefield in the eighteenth century. Involvement in a project about Wakefield Waterfront led to the discovery of Smeatons’ Journal\, and after considerable research\, they based their recent book on the subject. \nAbout The Venue\nPlease Note:-  The parking arrangements at the Museum have changed and the car park adjacent to the river is now closed and is being used by the Museum Cafe and Bar as an outdoor seating area.  Details of the new parking arrangements can be found at http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/plan-your-visit
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/john-smeaton-and-the-calder-navigation-by-lesley-taylor-shirley-levons/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221121T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220731T144307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220912T155413Z
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SUMMARY:'A Short History of Societal Response to Major Accidents' By Professor Rod Smith
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/a-short-history-of-societal-response-to-major-accidents-by-professor-rod-smith/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221025T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221025T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220731T140857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221025T141735Z
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SUMMARY:'The Evolution of the Parsons Land Steam Turbine' by Geoff Horsman
DESCRIPTION:This is a free 1/2 day event starting a 14:00 at which Geoff Horsman will give two talks that outline the development and history of turbines with particular reference to the work of Parsons.  The other talk will be in the afternoon while this one will be in the evening. \nThere will also be an opportunity to examine Parson’s No 2 Turbine which is held by Kelham Island Museum.  Turbine No 1 is understood to have been the prototype while Turbine No 2 is almost certainly the first production model. \nAlso see The Turbine Plant on the Major Ocean Going Liners such as the ‘Titanic (first talk in the afternoon) \nThe Programme for the day (both talks) is as follows:\n12:00 pm to 1:45 pm Tea and coffee and an opportunity to view the Parsons turbine that is held by Kelham. \n2:00 pm Welcome and a brief outline as to how Kelham became home to Parsons first-ever turbine-generator supplied to a customer for commercial operation. \n2:15 pm A History of Parsons and Pametrada Marine Turbines in the Great Liners\nThis talk will outline the evolution of Parsons and Pametrada’s most powerful marine steam turbines from the Mauretania and Lusitania via the Titanic\, Aquitania\, Île de France\, Empress of Britain\, Bremen\, Europa\, Queen Mary and Windsor Castle to the QE2. The creation of Pametrada which produced the engine designs for Britain’s most prominent shipyards to build – including John Brown\, Harland and Wolff\, Cammell Laird\, Vickers Armstrong\, Swan Hunters\, etc – will also be described. There will be insights into passenger life onboard the ships as well as the engines. \n4:15 pm Break \n5:30 pm Film “Makers of Power” \n6:00 pm The Evolution of the Parsons Land Steam Turbine\nThis talk will describe how the turbines produced for power station use changed from the World’s first turbine-generator of 1884 up until the time Parsons became part of Siemens in 1997. The keynote designs will be discussed including the machines for Calder Hall (the World’s first commercial nuclear power station)\, Drax (Britain’s largest power station)\, and Nanticoke (the largest coal-fired power station in North America). Reference will be made to the Kelham Island turbine generator in this talk. \n8:00 pm Closing Remarks \nAbout the Speaker:\nUntil his retirement\, Geoff Horsman was Chief Turbine Engineer for Siemens at C. A Parsons Works in Newcastle. He is now the keeper of the historic archive at the CA Parsons Works in Newcastle.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/a-history-of-parsons-turbines-by-geoff-horsman/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221025T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221025T161500
DTSTAMP:20260417T063154
CREATED:20220731T140101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221025T141901Z
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SUMMARY:'The Turbine Plant on the Major Ocean Going Liners including Titanic' by Geoff Horsman
DESCRIPTION:This is a free 1/2 day event starting a 14:00 at which Geoff Horsman will give two talks that outline the development and history of turbines\, with particular reference to the work of Parsons.  This talk will be in the afternoon while the other will be in the evening. \nThere will also be an opportunity from 12 noon to 1.45pm to examine Parson’s No 4 Turbine which is held by Kelham Island Museum.  Turbine No 1 is understood to have been the prototype\, while Turbine No 4 is almost certainly the first production model. \nAlso see The Evolution of the Parsons Land Steam Turbine (the second talk) \nThe Programme for the day (both talks) is as follows:\n12:00 pm to 1:45 pm Tea and coffee and an opportunity to view the Parsons turbine that is held by Kelham. \n2:00 pm Welcome and a brief outline as to how Kelham became home to Parsons first-ever turbine-generator supplied to a customer for commercial operation. \n2:15 pm A History of Parsons and Pametrada Marine Turbines in the Great Liners\nThis talk will outline the evolution of Parsons and Pametrada’s most powerful marine steam turbines from the Mauretania and Lusitania via the Titanic\, Aquitania\, Île de France\, Empress of Britain\, Bremen\, Europa\, Queen Mary and Windsor Castle to the QE2. The creation of Pametrada which produced the engine designs for Britain’s most prominent shipyards to build – including John Brown\, Harland and Wolff\, Cammell Laird\, Vickers Armstrong\, Swan Hunters\, etc – will also be described. There will be insights into passenger life onboard the ships as well as the engines. \n4:15 pm Break \n5:30 pm Film “Makers of Power” \n6:00 pm The Evolution of the Parsons Land Steam Turbine\nThis talk will describe how the turbines produced for power station use changed from the World’s first turbine-generator of 1884 up until the time Parsons became part of Siemens in 1997. The keynote designs will be discussed including the machines for Calder Hall (the World’s first commercial nuclear power station)\, Drax (Britain’s largest power station)\, and Nanticoke (the largest coal-fired power station in North America). Reference will be made to the Kelham Island turbine generator in this talk. \n8:00 pm Closing Remarks \nAbout the Speaker:\nUntil his retirement\, Geoff Horsman was Chief Turbine Engineer for Siemens at C. A Parsons Works in Newcastle. He is now the keeper of the historic archive at the CA Parsons Works in Newcastle.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-turbine-plant-on-the-major-ocean-going-liners-including-titanic-by-geoff-horsman/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220926T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220926T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20220731T122134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220913T114523Z
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SUMMARY:'Reverse Engineering' by John Moyle
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/reverse-engineering-by-john-moyle/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220523T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220523T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20211019T152917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220521T090205Z
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SUMMARY:'Gun making by machinery - the 1853 Enfield Rifle\, mechanised manufacture and interchangeability' by Peter Smithurst
DESCRIPTION:An in person presentation by Peter Smithurst \nFor those who are unable to attend in person questions may be submitted via email before the lecture to events@newcomen.com or via Zoom chat during the lecture. \nBooking information\nIf COVID restrictions permit this will be held as a joint In-Person and Online meeting and irrespective of whether you wish to join us In-Person or Online it is essential that you book your place via Eventbrite (see button below). Tickets are free but as we almost certainly will be limited as to the number of people who can attend in person and as we can only accommodate 100 attendees online we recommend you book early. Eventbrite will email you a confirmation immediately after registration. \nIn-Person meeting at Kelham Island Museum\nFor those of you who wish to join us in person we will meet from 6:00 pm\, but it is prossible that COVID restrictions may mean that teas and coffee are not available. \nAbout the Speaker\nPeter Smithurst  \nAbout the Venue\nAn in-person and webcast (zoom) meeting. \nAs previously the meeting will start at 6:30 pm and tea and coffee will be available from 6:00 pm and we look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be an interesting series of talks and discussions. \nFor those of you who are uncertain about attending in-person meetings at present\, we are also pleased to announce that all this year’s programme of talks will also be available as a live webcast. \nKelham Island Museum has advised that although no social distancing restrictions will be in place for the meeting\, we will need to keep a detailed register of attendees.  To assist with this and to gauge demand for the in-person talk it would be very helpful if you could let us know if you wish to join us using the Eventbrite link below.  Similarly\, if you would like to join us online please book using the Eventbrite link below.  We are very happy if you wish to “hedge your bets” and book for both the in-person and online talks at this stage and make a final decision nearer the time. \nA group of members and guests will be meeting for a pre-talk meal and if you wish to join us please let me know so that I can advise them of the probable numbers. \nAll Newcomen evening meetings are free and open to all and if you are aware of any non-members who may be interested in this talk please feel free to forward this email to them. \nPlease Note:-  The parking arrangements at the Museum have changed and the car park between the Museum and the river is now closed and is being used by the Museum Cafe and Bar as an outdoor seating area.  Details of the new parking arrangements can be found at http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/plan-your-visit \nSign Up For This Event Here
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/gun-making-by-machinery-the-1853-enfield-rifle-mechanised-manufacture-and-interchangeability-by-peter-smithurst/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220411T063000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220411T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20211019T152712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220409T111807Z
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SUMMARY:'A History of Dowty' by Ally McConnell
DESCRIPTION:An webcast (Zoom) presentation by Ally McConnell.\nFeaturing material from Sir George Dowty’s autobiography & the Dowty archive. \nPLEASE NOTE: This is no longer an in-person event. It is however available to book online via the link below \nFor those who are unable to attend in person\, questions may be submitted via email before the lecture to events@newcomen.com or via Zoom chat during the lecture. \nBooking information\nTickets are free but as we can only accommodate 100 attendees online\, we recommend you book early via the Sign up link below (you will receive a confirmation email from Eventbrite immediately after registration). \nSign Up For This Event Here
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/a-history-of-dowty-using-material-from-sir-george-dowtys-autobiography-and-the-dowty-archive-by-ally-mcconnell/
LOCATION:This is an Online Event
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220321T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220321T193000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20211112T105235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T122615Z
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SUMMARY:How Alloy Steels came to serve the Engineer (followed by branch AGM)
DESCRIPTION:An In Person & Online Presentation by Dr. Peter Morgan\nThis meeting will be followed by the Branch Annual General Meeting \nWorld production of alloy steels increased rapidly from the 1890’s\, reaching 3.85% of world steel production in 1920.  This expansion resulted mainly from the mechanisation of warfare and the demands of the 1st World War.  It was was based on foundations built in the 19th Century and these are explored in this lecture. \nBy 1800\,   many of the major alloying elements used in steelmaking had been identified and some were becoming available\, through the work mainly of geologists and analytical chemists.  Alliances of scientists\, steelmakers and steel users began to look at their potential. \nAt this time the primary use of steel in industry was for the essential operation of cutting.  Crucible steelmaking allowed production of a reliable high hardness carbon steel in small sections\, albeit only of limited toughness and ductility and with poor tempering resistance.   From 1820 onwards the work of people across many disciplines\, including Faraday\, Fischer\, Sorby\, R.F. Mushet\, and Hadfield\, provided new steels and understanding of the fundamental processes governing their treatment and behaviour. \nWith parallel developments in steelmaking technology allowing bulk production of alloy steels\, larger high strength components could be made. They contributed to new industries requiring steels with specific properties such as resistance to wear\, corrosion resistance and strength at elevated  temperatures. These included electrotechnology\, chemicals manufacture and the production of high performance internal combustion engines. \nAbout the Venue\nAn in-person and webcast (zoom) meeting. \nAs previously the meeting will start at 6:30 pm and tea and coffee will be available from 6:00 pm and we look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be an interesting series of talks and discussions. \nFor those of you who are uncertain about attending in-person meetings at present\, we are also pleased to announce that all this year’s programme of talks will also be available as a live webcast. \nKelham Island Museum has advised that although no social distancing restrictions will be in place for the meeting\, we will need to keep a detailed register of attendees.  To assist with this and to gauge demand for the in-person talk it would be very helpful if you could let us know if you wish to join us using the Eventbrite link below.  Similarly\, if you would like to join us online please book using the Eventbrite link below.  We are very happy if you wish to “hedge your bets” and book for both the in-person and online talks at this stage and make a final decision nearer the time. \nA group of members and guests will be meeting for a pre-talk meal and if you wish to join us please let me know so that I can advise them of the probable numbers. \nAll Newcomen evening meetings are free and open to all and if you are aware of any non-members who may be interested in this talk please feel free to forward this email to them. \nPlease Note:-  The parking arrangements at the Museum have changed and the car park between the Museum and the river is now closed and is being used by the Museum Cafe and Bar as an outdoor seating area.  Details of the new parking arrangements can be found at www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/plan-your-visit \nSign Up For This Event Here
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/how-alloy-steels-came-to-serve-the-engineer-followed-by-branch-agm/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220315T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220315T190000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20211115T090346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T154016Z
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SUMMARY:'Women of Steel' by Michelle Rawlins (with the SMEA & SYIHS)
DESCRIPTION:A joint meeting with the Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering Association (SMEA) and the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society (SYIHS) presented by Michelle Rawlins\nThe Annual Barraclough Lecture \nA talk about some of the formidable women who worked in the Sheffield steel industry during World War Two. \nSMEA website \nSYIHS website \nAbout the Speaker\nMichelle Rawlins is a freelance journalist and author who also teaches at the University of Sheffield \nAbout the Venue\nCrown Plaza Royal Victoria\, Sheffield \nThis is an in-person and webcast (Zoom) meeting. \nAs previously the meeting will start at 5:30 pm and tea and coffee will be available from 6:00 pm and we look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be an interesting series of talks and discussions. \nFor those of you who are uncertain about attending in-person meetings at present\, we are also pleased to announce that a majority of this year’s programme of talks will also be available as a live webcast.
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/women-of-steel/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220228T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220228T200000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20220218T165109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220218T180704Z
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SUMMARY:The Varied Life and Career of William Bragge
DESCRIPTION:An In Person & Online Presentation by David Boursnell\nWilliam Bragge’s life illustrates the mix of religious beliefs\, intellectual curiosity\, entrepreneurship\, manufacturing development and civic responsibility that were a feature of the Industrial Revolution. \nBorn in 1823\, the son of a Birmingham jeweller\, Bragge did an engineering apprenticeship in Birmingham which led to a career as both a civil and a locomotive engineer. In 1852 he went to South America\, where he built railways and gas works in both Brazil and Argentina. \nHe returned to England in 1858 a wealthy man and was able to buy a partnership with John Brown and Co in Sheffield. After helping with the company’s expansion into Bessemer steel and armour plates he travelled widely\, negotiating contracts with governments in Russia and elsewhere. He used his travels to build up large collections including tobacco materials\, illuminated manuscripts\, ethnographic objects\, geology and precious stones – many of the items are now in the collections of major museums around the world. \nIn the 1870s\, after his year as Master Cutler\, Bragge devoted himself more to civic activities and the promotion of Free Libraries and technical education in Sheffield. He was the prime mover in the establishment of the Weston Park Museum in the City. \nBragge’s wife Martha died in 1877\, after what appears to have been a protracted illness\, and he then moved back to his native Birmingham\, where he was involved with the establishment of the English Watch Co. as well as involving himself in civic activities until his death in 1884. \nAbout the Venue\nAn in-person and webcast (zoom) meeting. \nAs previously the meeting will start at 6:30 pm and tea and coffee will be available from 6:00 pm and we look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be an interesting series of talks and discussions. \nFor those of you who are uncertain about attending in-person meetings at present\, we are also pleased to announce that all this year’s programme of talks will also be available as a live webcast. \nKelham Island Museum has advised that although no social distancing restrictions will be in place for the meeting\, we will need to keep a detailed register of attendees.  To assist with this and to gauge demand for the in-person talk it would be very helpful if you could let us know if you wish to join us using the Eventbrite link below.  Similarly\, if you would like to join us online please book using the Eventbrite link below.  We are very happy if you wish to “hedge your bets” and book for both the in-person and online talks at this stage and make a final decision nearer the time. \nA group of members and guests will be meeting for a pre-talk meal and if you wish to join us please let me know so that I can advise them of the probable numbers. \nAll Newcomen evening meetings are free and open to all and if you are aware of any non-members who may be interested in this talk please feel free to forward this email to them. \nPlease Note:-  The parking arrangements at the Museum have changed and the car park between the Museum and the river is now closed and is being used by the Museum Cafe and Bar as an outdoor seating area.  Details of the new parking arrangements can be found at www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/plan-your-visit
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-varied-life-and-career-of-william-bragge/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:Shed Talks (Newcomen Online),UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260417T063155
CREATED:20211112T103603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211231T193706Z
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SUMMARY:Target Sheffield - Three failures and a triumph
DESCRIPTION:An in-person only lecture by Phillip Judkins\nThis is a joint meeting presented by the Newcomen Society and the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society \nPre-Meeting Exhibition Visit\nThere will be a pre-meeting exhibition visit 6:15pm-7:15pm\, followed by meeting start at 7:30pm. \nAs part of our meeting on Monday 13th December 2021\, we have organised a private visit between 6:15 pm and 7:15 pm to view the exhibition of early magnetron valves and Sheffield industries contribution to the development and manufacture of the necessary permanent magnets.  Many of the items have been loaned to Kelham Island Museum by Dr Phillip Judkins. The exhibition\, which in part was funded by the Newcomen Society\, has been designed and mounted by David Eaton. \nThe magnetron was developed by John Randall and Harry Boot at Birmingham University and the associated magnet research was carried out by Professor Willie Sucksmith at the University of Sheffield.  A key component of the magnetron valve is the high powered magnet needed to generate the microwave field. The magnetron valve was key to producing small but high powered short-wave and high-frequency RADAR systems\, which were installed in aircraft during the battle of the Atlantic in WWII. The objects on display are very early examples and highlight a little known area of important work undertaken in Sheffield during the war. \nThe Lecture (in-person only)\nPlease note new start of 7:30 pm and not 6.30pm as previously advertised. \nEighty-one years ago\, in December 1940\, Sheffield suffered the double blow of being blitzed twice in four nights\, with almost 700 dead\, 40\,000 homeless and devastation across the city centre and public services. The human stories of these raids have been well described many times\, but the technological story of the air attacks on Sheffield has not been as closely examined – and some secrets are yet to be revealed. \nDr Phillip Judkins analyses the engineering and technology of the air attacks on Sheffield in both the First and the Second World Wars\, laying out even-handedly the successes and failures of the scientists\, engineers and military commanders both of attackers and defenders\, and taking the story from the 1870s to the era of the cruise missile. \nExpect to hear a story based on new information which ranges from outright farce to the depths of human tragedy\, as those determined to destroy the Steel City\, and those resolved to stop them\, fight with weapons at – and beyond – the limits of the engineering and technology of their times. \nAbout the Speaker\nPhillip Judkins is a member of council for the Newcomen Society. \nAttending the Lecture\nPlease note\, this is an in-person only meeting. \nThe meeting will start at 6:30 pm with tea and coffee available from 6:00 pm. We look forward to welcoming you to what we hope will be an interesting series of talks and discussions. \nKelham Island Museum has advised us that although no social distancing restrictions will be in place for the meeting\, we will need to keep a detailed register of attendees.  To assist with this\, and to gauge demand for the in-person talk\, it would be helpful if you could let us know whether you wish to join us using by registering via the Eventbrite link below. \nAlso\, a group of members and guests will be meeting up for a pre-talk meal and if you wish to join please let us know by emailing meetings.syorks@newcomen.com so that we can advise them of probable numbers. \nAll Newcomen evening meetings are free and open to everyone. If you are aware of any non-members who may be interested in this talk\, please feel free to share this page with them. \nPlease Note:-  The parking arrangements at the Museum have changed and the car park between the Museum and the river is now closed and is being used by the Museum Cafe and Bar as an outdoor seating area.  Details of the new parking arrangements can be found at www.simt.co.uk/kelham-island-museum/plan-your-visit \nSign Up For This Event Here (Eventbrite)
URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-sheffield-blitzes-first-and-second-world-wars/
LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum\, Alma Street\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S3 8RG
CATEGORIES:UK - South Yorkshire Branch
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ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com
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