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November December
GLIAS EVENTS
GLIAS LECTURES
- 27 November Wed GLIAS FILM EVENING, featuring historic films of London's industrial heritage. The event will be at the Cinema Museum, Elephant & Castle in the evening, and there will be an opportunity to see around the museum beforehand. Please book early because ticket numbers are limited. To book, go to https://ticketlab.co.uk/event/id/28012
Our regular lectures will be held at 6.30pm in The Gallery, Alan Baxter Ltd, 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL. The Gallery is through the archway and in the basement at the rear of the building. There is a lift from the main entrance.
- 15 Jan Wed 'THE HISTORY OF LAUNDRY', by Nick Higham. How did people keep clean before baths and showers? Answer: they washed their underclothes. Doing the laundry was vital for personal hygiene, to ensure people didn't stink. But doing the laundry was also immensely hard work (almost always done by women) and used enormous quantities of a scarce resource: water. Nick Higham's A Short History of Laundry starts with Sir John Falstaff and Elizabethan England, takes in dollies, possers and titillating laundrymaids and finishes up with the modern launderette and the fearsome Victorian mangle.
- 19 Feb Wed tbc
- 19 Mar Wed tbc
- 16 Apr Wed tbc
- 28 May Wed tbc
OTHER EVENTSGLIAS is happy to publicise events by other societies that may be of interest to our members. If you are a not-for-profit organisation and would like us to list your event, please contact the newsletter editor via email at newsletter@glias.org.uk
December
- 27 November Wed KIRKALDY TESTING WORKS. Evening taster tours at 5pm and 6pm, bookable via Eventbrite.
- 29 November Fri CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. An East of London Family History Society talk by Diane Burstein on London's crime and punishment landmarks including the Old Bailey, courts and prison sites. 5.30pm, for 5.45pm. St Andrew's Church, Short Street, off The Cut, SE1 8LJ (near Waterloo). Email: central-london-branch@eolfhs.org.uk Web: www.eolfhs.org.uk
Exhibitions
- 1 December Sun KIRKALDY TESTING WORKS. Premium tour with machine run at 1:30pm, bookable via Eventbrite.
- 1 December Sun CROYDON AIRPORT OPEN DAY. Croydon Airport Visitor Centre, Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ. Open on the first Sunday of the month, every month, throughout the year. Web: www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk
- 4 December Wed THE HISTORY OF ROTHERHITHE. A Docklands History Group talk by Robert Hulse. 4.30pm for 5pm, Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, London E14 4AL. New members and visitors are very welcome. Web: www.docklandshistorygroup.org.uk
- 5 December Thur MUSINGS OF A MINER: A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN COUNTY DURHAM A CENTURY AGO. Surrey Industrial History Group talk by Michelle Howes (2pm, Leatherhead) + Xmas drinks/snacks. There will be a small entrance fee for all Leatherhead talks. Zoom talks are free. For more details, please visit https://www.surreyarchaeology.org.uk/content/sihg_front or email meetings@sihg.org.uk
- 8 December Sun MARKFIELD BEAM ENGINE AND MUSEUM OPEN DAY. Open second Sunday each month, 11am to 4pm. Markfield Road, South Tottenham, London N15 4RB. Tel: 01707 873628. Email: info@mbeam.org Web: www.mbeam.org
- 10 December Tue CROSSNESS ENGINES GUIDED TOUR. @ 11am - 2pm. The Crossness Pumping Station, Bazalgette Way, Abbey Wood. Web: www.crossness.org.uk
- 10 December Tue WILL CROOKS. EARLY LABOUR MP FOR WOOLWICH. A Greenwich Industrial History Society talk by Robert Bullard. Via Zoom. Free, booking details will appear on the GIHS Facebook page a week before the meeting. To go on the priority notice list and/or membership of GIHS email indhistgreenwich@aol.com
- 15 December Sun CROSSNESS ENGINES STEAMING DAY. @ 10am - 3pm. The Crossness Pumping Station, Bazalgette Way, Abbey Wood. Web: www.crossness.org.uk
- 21 December Sat UPMINSTER WINDMILL OPEN DAY & CHRISTMAS FAIR. St Mary's Lane (on A124), RM14 2QL. Enquiries for Windmill Open Days Tel: 0300 030 1803. Web: www.upminsterwindmill.org
- 28-31 December STEAM-UP WEEKEND. London Museum of Water & Steam. Web: https://waterandsteam.org.uk/event/new-year-steam-up-3/2024-12-28/
- Until 30 November MAPPING THE TUBE: 1863-2023. Free exhibition at The Map House, 54 Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge SW3 1NY. Web: www.themaphouse.com
- Until 5 February 2025 'LOST VICTORIAN CITY: A LONDON DISAPPEARED'. London Metropolitan Archives free exhibition
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