2025 – 2026
Evening Programme
LIVE – HYBRID MEETINGS
Live/Hybrid meetings will be held on the second Thursday of the month,
September, October, November 2025,
March, April, May, and June 2026,
at Warwick Prep School Hall, Banbury Rd, Warwick, CV34 6PL at 7.30pm.
Doors open at 7.00pm for refreshments.
(Join via Zoom if not able to attend in person!)
EVENING MEETINGS – CLICK HERE TO SEE MAP SHOWING VENUE & PARKING
ZOOM ONLY MEETINGS
‘ZOOM’ only meetings will be held on the second Thursday of the month,
December 2025,
January and February 2026,
starting at 7.30pm.
There are two advantages to this arrangement,
members & visitors do no have to turn out in bad weather and
WIAS is able to book speakers who would not normally consider travelling to Warwick.
Programme 2025 - 2026
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 11th Sep 2025 Hybrid | AGM and Members’ ‘Twenty’s Plenty’. An opportunity for members to deliver short (20 minute) talks on topics of particular interest to them. | Members |
| 9th Oct 2025 Hybrid | 'Great Little Trains - the Welsh Narrow Gauge'. | Roger Cragg |
| 13th Nov 2025 Hybrid | ‘Matterson, Huxley & Watson’ – Ironfounders, Ironmongers and Engineers serving Coventry and beyond’. | Martin Green |
| 11th Dec 2025 Zoom Only | 'A British Industrial Giant That Never Was: The Story of British Rail Engineering Limited'. | Dr Richard Marks |
| 8th Jan 2026 Zoom Only | ‘Britain’s Last Bell Foundry’ | Mark Temple |
| 12th Feb 2026 Zoom Only | ‘Concorde: the First Time Machine’. | Guy Bartlett |
| 12th Mar 2026 Hybrid | 'Recording coal and gas fired power stations in the UK – plus surprise items!' | James Davies |
| 9th Apr 2026 Hybrid | ‘Northcot Brick: Past, present and future’. | Michael Brown |
| 14th May 2025 Hybrid | ‘The Rise and Demise of the Bromsgrove Guild’ - An Illustrated History of the celebrated Metalworkers to HM the King'. | Quintin Watt |
| 4th Jun 2025 Hybrid | 'The Making of Milestones. Hampshire's Living History Museum, from conception to completion.' PLEASE NOTE - THIS MEETING IS ON THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JUNE | Gary Wragg |
Sales table & refreshments available – visitors most welcome.
If there is an event you would like us to mention please email with full details via this link.
Details and visits and trips organized by WIAS are contained on their own page via this link.
A simple guide on how to access ZOOM is available to download at this link