GLIAS events
GLIAS lectures
Other events
December
GLIAS LECTURESOur regular lectures will be held at 6.30pm in The Gallery, Alan Baxter Ltd, 75 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.
- 16 January Wed MARC ISAMBARD BRUNEL AND THE MAKING OF LONDON. By Tom Furber, London Metropolitan Archives
- 27 February Wed ROLLER FLOUR MILLS OF LONDON. By Mildred Cookson, The Mills Trust
- 20 March Wed LONDON'S LOST RAILWAY TERMINI. By Tony Riley
- 17 April Wed RIPPLES IN TIME: THE BUILDING OF GREENWICH POWER STATION & THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY. By Graham Dolan
- tbc May AGM (6.15pm) + TBC
December
Exhibitions
- 12 December Wed BRING YOUR OWN BOATING SLIDES AND STORIES, PLUS MULLED PUNCH & MINCE PIES. An Inland Waterways Association (South London Branch) social meeting. 7.45 for 8.00pm at The Primary Room, The United Reformed Church Hall, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon CR0 5LP. For more information please contact the Social Secretary Shea Richardson. Tel: 07803 904803. Email: shea.richardson@waterways.org.uk Website: www.waterways.org.uk/southlondon/south_london
- 12 December Wed ‘BISCUITS, CHOCOLATE, AND JAM’. HISTORY OF BERMONDSEY’S FOOD INDUSTRIES. A Rotherhithe & Bermondsey Local History Society talk by Jennie Howells. 7.15pm for 7.30, Time & Talents Centre, The Old Mortuary, in St. Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4JE. Visitors are welcome to all meetings but are asked to donate £2. Location a few minutes’ walk from Rotherhithe station or 10 minutes from Bermondsey (Jubilee line)
- 16 December Sun GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Regent’s Canal: King’s Cross – Granary Square – St. Pancras. Start at 2.30pm, outside King’s Cross tube station (taxi rank). £10 adults, £8 concessionary rate. No prior booking required. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
- 27 December Thur GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Grand Union Canal: Little Venice and Paddington Green. Start at 2pm, 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
- 30 December Sun GUIDED TOWPATH WALK, BY THE IWA. Along the Regent's Canal: Mile End to Limehouse. Start at 2.30pm, at Mile End tube station. £10 adults, £8 concessionary rate. No prior booking required. Tel: 0203 612 9624. Website: www.waterways.org.uk
- Until 26 January 2019 THE ART OF THE GESTETNER. A new exhibition exploring the political and social history of the Gestetner duplicating machine at Bruce Castle Museum, Lordship Lane, Tottenham, London N17 8NU. Open Wednesdays to Sundays, 1-5pm
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