Surrey Industrial History Group

For this talk we'll venure into social and economic history as Sue shares the result of her researches on the people who worked the Wey Navigation - the bargemen and bargemasters (including several bargemistresses), including  the possible origins of the early bargemen, the scale of bargemasters’ trade in the early 18th century (by which time there are useful records) and their connections with Guildford. 

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Three generations of one of England’s finest engineering families and their achievements. The father, Marc Brunel (son of a Normandy farmer), who provided the boots for Wellington’s Army and the ship’s blocks for Nelson’s Navy, and who built the first tunnel under the Thames.

The son, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who built the Great Western Railway, and the three largest ships in the world at the time, the Great Western, The Great Britain and the Great Eastern.

The Bob Bryson Memorial Talk, by our old friend Richard Marks

Door 13:30.

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Zoom event - "doors" 7PM, talk will start 7:30PM, please log in at tleast 5 minutes before start of talk. The login URL to follow

You probably all know about Bradshaw's from Michael Portillo.  This talk will start with the history of the railway timetable, followed by a mystery tour using a copy of Bradshaw's Guide from 1922. A history mystery tour!

Full title "The Last Line: The 1940 anti-invasion defences between Guildford & Dorking'”. A Dorking Local History Group event which SIHG are promoting. See www.dlhg.org.uk for more on Dorking Local History Group

Archaeologist Paul  (from SYAS) will give us an archaeological evaluation of the 1940 anti-invasion defences between Guildford and Dorking.

Talk by Peter Hoar of the Barnes Wallis Foundation
Effingham resident Barnes Wallis is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF’s “Dambusters” but many of his inventions were in civilian aircraft & communications technology. Come along and hear more. 

Doors 7PM, talk starts 7:30. £2 for non-members. Tea and biscuits available.

A Dorking Local History Group event promoted by SIHG. More at www.dlhg.org.uk

Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is revolutionising archaeology and is making big contributions in other fields. Anne will explain what LIDAR is and its impact on Surrey archaeology. 

Free, but you need to register at: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpdumgrD4tGNZPFuKsN-HeyhlgHa…

A Dorking Local History Group event which SIHG are promoting. See www.dlhg.org.uk for more on Dorking Local History Group

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An easy two mile walk led by local journalist and historian David Rose. You’ll see dragon’s teeth, public air-raid shelter, sites of V1 bomb explosion and more – and a lot of stories from David. £6pp, payable in advance. Interested? Email garrypaulbrooks@gmail.com

A Dorking Local History Group even promoted by SIHG.

As a change to our normal ZOOM meetings Dorking Local History Group have invited SIHG members to come along to their January talk.  The talk is about  " The Post-Medieval Iron Industry in the Weald" and will be given by Jeremy Hodgkinson.

Wallis is best know for his bouncing bomb used to destroy German dams in WW2, but in his early years he was a Naval Architect before moving on to become one of the country's leading airship designers. Reluctantly he transitioned to design aircraft, following the demise of airships, and perhaps his most famous design was the Wellington bomber. He studied bomb design and as well as the dams bomb, he designed the two largest  bombs used during WW2, the Tallboy and Grand Slam.  This talk will be given by Bill Mc Naught, Chairman of the 5 Deans U3A.