2019 – 2020
Evening Programme
Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month, Sept – June inclusive,
in the Hasle Pavilion, Warwick School, CV34 6PP at 7.30pm.
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Programme
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| September 12th 2019 | Annual General Meeting and Chairman’s Lecture | Members & Chairman |
| October 10th 2019 | ‘The Warwick and Leamington Tramways’ | Peter Coulls and Alan Jennings |
| November 14th 2019 | 'The geological background to Warwickshire’s industrial activity' | Brian Ellis |
| December 12th 2019 | 'The Life and Engineering Achievements of Dr. Frederick Lanchester’ | Ian Pogson |
| January 9th 2020 | 'Giants in the Sky - the Zeppelin in World War One' | David Skillen |
| February 13th 2020 | ‘Twenty’s Plenty: Members Evening’ A series of short presentations by members, with each talk lasting up to twenty minutes | Members |
| March 12th 2020 | ‘The Life and Work of Sir Frank Whittle’ | Ian Whittle |
| April 9th 2020 CANCELLED | ‘Bandstands - History, Decline and Revival' | Paul Rabbitts |
| May 14th 2020 CANCELLED | ‘Fetch the Engines: a history of the Warwickshire Fire Service’ | Mike Bunn |
| June 11th 2020 CANCELLED | ‘A View of Computing History – 22,000 years in 60 minutes’ | Peter Hoath |
| AUTUMN 2020 ZOOM PROGRAMME | ||
| September 10th 2020 via 'ZOOM' (Recorded) | Informal AGM (formal AGM deferred to 9/9/21) - 'The Dale Dyke Dam Disaster' | Roger Cragg |
| October 8th 2020 via 'ZOOM' (Recorded) | 'Industrial Archaeology Highlights of a round-the-world trip in January and February 2020' | Alain Foot |
| November 12th 2020 via 'ZOOM' | 'E Crossley & Son - Aircraft Constructors of Banbury' | John Berkeley OBE |
| December 10th 2020 via 'ZOOM' | ‘The Victorian and Edwardian Industrial Buildings of Oxford’ | Liz Woolley |
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The latter part of most meetings is also supplemented by short presentations by members on a variety of topics.
Sales table & refreshments available – visitors most welcome.
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