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October

• 19 October Sat   ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS WALKING TOUR. Two-hour walking tour gets you close up to a fascinating corner of industrial and military history. Web: www.royalgunpowdermills.com/Event/walking-tours
• 19-20 October   KEMPTON GREAT ENGINES STEAMING WEEKEND. 10.30am to 4pm. Adults £7, concessions £6, children (to 16) free. Feltham Hill Road, Hanworth, Middlesex TW13 6XH. Web: www.kemptonsteam.org
• 20 October Sun   GUIDED WATERSIDE WALK, BY THE IWA. Secrets of the northern Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park . Start: at 2.30 pm, outside Stratford station (by 'Newham London' sign). £10 adults, £8 concession rate. No prior booking needed. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
• 20 October Sun   CROSSNESS ENGINES PUBLIC STEAMING DAY. 10.30am to 4pm. Bazalgette Way, Abbey Wood, London SE2. No booking required. Web: www.crossness.org.uk
• 20 October Sun   TRANSPORTFEST 2019. London Bus Museum, Brooklands, Surrey. Web: www.londonbusmuseum.com
• 20 October Sun   HOUSE MILL GUIDED TOUR. The cost is £4 and the tour lasts about 45 minutes. Accompanied under-16s are free of charge. 11am to 4pm. No booking (other than for groups) required; the last tour will leave at around 3.15pm. Three Mill Lane, Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 3DU. Tel: 020 8980 4626. Email info@housemill.org.uk Web: www.housemill.org.uk
• 21 October Mon   Pure Nostalgia Part 5.. A London Omnibus Traction Society talk. 6pm for 7.30pm start. Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. There is no charge. Visitors are welcome, especially from other societies or if you buy something or join as a new member. Web: www.lots.org.uk
• 21 October Mon   AGM followed by - HENRY SCOTT AND THE INVENTION OF SELENITIC CEMENT. A Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group talk by Edwin Trout. 7.30pm, St Mary's Church Hall, Castle Street, Reading RG1 7RD. Web: www.biag.org.uk
• 27 October Sun   HOUSE MILL GUIDED TOUR. The cost is £4 and the tour lasts about 45 minutes. Accompanied under-16s are free of charge. 11am to 4pm. No booking (other than for groups) required; the last tour will leave at around 3.15pm. Three Mill Lane, Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 3DU. Tel: 020 8980 4626. Email info@housemill.org.uk Web: www.housemill.org.uk
• 28 October Mon   DEATH ON THE SHROPPIE: A STUDY OF 60 DEATHS ON THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL. A Railway and Canal Historical Society talk. 6.30pm, Rugby Tavern, Rugby Street (off Lamb's Conduit Street), London WC1N 3ES. Web: www.rchs.org.uk

November

• 2 November Sat   LONDON SEWING MACHINE MUSEUM OPEN DAY. 2pm to 5pm. London Sewing Machine Museum, 308 Balham High Road, London SW17 7AA. Tel: 020 8682 7916. Web: www.craftysewer.com/acatalog/London_Sewing_Machine_Museum.html
• 2 November Sat   REGENT STREET LINE-UP. Some of cars that will be on the 'Old Crocks' run on 3 November are on show here from late morning to mid afternoon.
• 3 November Sun   LONDON TO BRIGHTON VETERAN CAR RUN. 'Old Crocks' run, London to Brighton. Starts from The Serpentine, Hyde Park, between 06.56 (daybreak) and 8.30, running via The Mall, Vauxhall and Brixton. The published route is over Westminster Bridge, but this might be affected by current road works. Web: www.veterancarrun.com
• 3 November Sun   GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Regent’s Canal: Mile End to Limehouse. Start: at 2.30 pm, outside Mile End tube station. £10 adults, £8 concessionary rate. No prior booking required. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
• 6 November Wed   CONRAD AND THE DOCKS AND THE RIVER. A Docklands History Group talk by Robert Hampson. 5.30pm for 6pm, Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL. New members and visitors are very welcome. A £2 donation is suggested from visitors. Web: www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk
• 7 November Thur   THE CHELMER AND OTHER ESSEX WATERWAYS. A London Canal Museum talk by John Pomfret. 7.30pm. £4 (£3 discounts). 12/13 New Wharf Road, N1 9RT. Tel: 020 7713 0836. Web: www.canalmuseum.org.uk
• 9 November Sat   BRIXTON MARKET HERITAGE WALK. 2.30pm to 3.45pm. £3. Web: www.brixtonsociety.org.uk
• 12 November Tue   A GREAT LIGHT IN THE EAST (END): GAS AND THE ROYALTY THEATRE, STEPNEY 1816. A Greenwich Industrial History Society talk by Pieter Van der Merwe. 7.30pm, this will be held in the Studio not the Bakehouse, Age Exchange Centre, 11 Blackheath Village, SE3 (opposite Blackheath Station). £1 for non members. http://greenwichindustrialhistory.blogspot.com/
• 15 November Fri   CURATING DECAY STUDY DAY. 9.30 to 4pm at the Royal Gunpowder Mills. £85 – includes lunch and refreshments and tours. Further details: www.placeservices.co.uk/course-booking/?id=3671
• 16 November Sat   ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS WALKING TOUR. Two-hour walking tour gets you close up to a fascinating corner of industrial and military history. Web: www.royalgunpowdermills.com/Event/walking-tours
• 16-17 November   FINAL STEAMING OF THE YEAR. Hampton and Kempton Waterworks Railway. Kempton Park Waterworks, Snakey Lane, Middlesex, TW13 6XH. Web: www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk
• 16-17 November   KEMPTON GREAT ENGINES STEAMING WEEKEND. 10.30am to 4pm. Adults £7, concessions £6, children (to 16) free. Feltham Hill Road, Hanworth, Middlesex TW13 6XH. Web: www.kemptonsteam.org
• 17 November Sun   GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Grand Union Canal: Little Venice and Paddington Green. Start: at 2.30 pm, outside Paddington station, Bakerloo line Praed Street exit. £10 adults, £8 concessionary rate. No prior booking required. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
• 18 November Mon   THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE LONDON UNDERGROUND. A Clapham Society talk by Edmund Bird. Omnibus, 1 Clapham Common North Side, SW4 0QW. 7pm for 8pm. Web: www.claphamsociety.com
• 18 November Mon   DANIEL GOOCH: SAVIOUR OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group talk by John McGuinness. 7.30pm, St Mary's Church Hall, Castle Street, Reading RG1 7RD. Web: www.biag.org.uk
• 21 November Thur   HOLBORN VIADUCT AT 150. A Camden History Society talk by Lester Hillman. 7.30pm. Members have free entry to all talks. Non-members are very welcome, £1 on the door. Details from Local Studies Centre, Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PX. Tel: 020 7413 6342. Web: www.camdenhistorysociety.org
• 25 November Mon   UK trolleybuses evening. A London Omnibus Traction Society talk. 6pm for 7.30pm start. Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. There is no charge. Visitors are welcome, especially from other societies or if you buy something or join as a new member. Web: www.lots.org.uk
• 25 November Mon   DANIEL GOOCH. A Railway and Canal Historical Society talk by John McGuinness. 6.30pm, Rugby Tavern, Rugby Street (off Lamb's Conduit Street), London WC1N 3ES. Web: www.rchs.org.uk

December

• 1 December Sun   GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Regent’s Canal: Little Venice to Camden. Start: at 2.30 pm, outside Warwick Avenue tube station. £10 adults, £8 concessionary rate. No prior booking required. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
• 2 December Mon   WALK THE RAILS. Exclusive walking tours through the hidden underground tunnels of Mail Rail at The Postal Museum. 6pm to 8pm. Web: www.postalmuseum.org
• 4 December Wed   THAMES SAILING BARGES, A HISTORY AND A FUTURE. A Docklands History Group talk by David Gibson. 5.30pm for 6pm, Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL. New members and visitors are very welcome. A £2 donation is suggested from visitors. Web: www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk
• 5 December Thur   BOSTON'S WATERWAYS. A London Canal Museum talk by Simon Judge. 7.30pm. £4 (£3 discounts). 12/13 New Wharf Road, N1 9RT. Tel: 020 7713 0836. Web: www.canalmuseum.org.uk
• 7 December Sat   LONDON SEWING MACHINE MUSEUM OPEN DAY. 2pm to 5pm. London Sewing Machine Museum, 308 Balham High Road, London SW17 7AA. Tel: 020 8682 7916. Web: www.craftysewer.com/acatalog/London_Sewing_Machine_Museum.html
• 9 December Mon   IA FILMS AND CHRISTMAS SOCIAL. A Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group talk event. 7.30pm, St Mary's Church Hall, Castle Street, Reading RG1 7RD. Web: www.biag.org.uk
• 15 December Sun   GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Regent’s Canal: King’s Cross – Granary Square – St. Pancras. Start: at 2.30 pm, outside King’s Cross station (taxi queue). £10 adults, £8 concessionary rate. No prior booking required. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
• 16 December Mon   TO BE CONFIRMED. A London Omnibus Traction Society talk. 6pm for 7.30pm start. Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL. There is no charge. Visitors are welcome, especially from other societies or if you buy something or join as a new member. Web: www.lots.org.uk

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