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GREATER LONDON INDUSTRIAL ARCHEOLOGY SOCIETY .ISSN 0264-2385

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~******************************~***************************************************CHRISTfviAS GREETINGS.· TO ALL OUR l"lEMBERS

AND OUR BEST [;J I SHESFOR A JOYFUL NE[;,i YE(2JR.

***********************************************************************************DIARY DATES

199451 I t:lS ('H KiTE[..:;'LFCTURE SERI ERTo be gi\le:-I at St. Bcwtholomew's r"iedic=d College~ Chartarhouse Square? London Eelat 6.30prn. (ldmissicl!l -Fn3e.Jan. 19 EAR!Y ROUTESSOUTHFROivjTHF C!'::JPITAL:The Cr-oydon Cri.nal and Surrey .llron

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--·~F8b. le. TOWER BRIDGf="- ITS FIRST 1()C' \(EARS Speaker- to be announced ..!AJed.

jVlar-. 16 BREllJINGIN Of\iDOi\lSpeakejr Ken Smith of the Blre~Jery History Society.\IJed.

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Dec. 15 RECORDINGGF-:QUF'f"1EFTTf\i[!.b.30pm at. KijrkaJ.dy Testing jVluseum, 99 Southv"arkWed. St., London SEL All are v-Jelcorne. Ent.er by the back -door in P;rices Str~eet

Br ian Budd of l'hddlsex Uni\/eirsity and his compu.ter system TOt~collatingLea \.)alley Sites.

Jan. f0Vied.

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Feb. -7r"'lonc

RECORDINGi:3ROUPjv1FFTING12.30pm at Docklands Forum D-f-fj CB, The 8~"ady

Vi ct.or ia Casseley of the Sites and l"!onumentsRecord.

!"lu.seumoT London Foyer- to see thei}--computet- system.: < :

RECOR01NGGROUPr-'1EETING6.30pm at. Kid,aldy Testing IV!useum.99 Southwat~kSt .• London SEl. All alre Y,'8lcome. Entelr by tile back 000:-- in Pr icas Str-eet

HELP NEEDED FOR THi=" RE..-CORDII',,'GGROUf.: lJ.Jewoul cl 1 ikg to t~lk to f;50mCOnE.: '"Jr.o 1-vB.5invo l \fed v.;i Lh, Cif' Hnc has k r!D!;-) ledge UTi pr-oduct ion [lood: in a-Facto;r,/, equi pped ~-Jithline shafting and +l at, belt machines. Please contact jvlay-y I'hlls on 081-858 9482.

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OTHEREVE!".!TS

;:; BRUi'JELEXHI8ITWf'J, F:DTHERHITHFPub l ic Open Day i2 noon to -lprn, (~t TheEng ine Hcu.se 1 Rothsl'--!--jithe e Er-it)"..ance -Fet:] :£ 1 ~5e) ~

FF/Ef"lVERS if.iA~lS:The River L.ea and its -(:fibutar-ies. fVleet at Fishetrs Gl·-eenca.v· p.3 t,r V. , ~3tu.bbins. t"la.ll !_ans, o-F-F 8194 t/,lalth21.rn Abbey"" FE~e £1 .. (Oetails +r ornLee \)a.llBY· P.3J--k-eel ~ 0':;92 7"13838)

5 REGENT'S CA!'J(~[_t;JAL_~;Camdon CD Iss l ingt::q,,, ri!eet. 2,30pm. at Camdesn TO~'\JnUndet--glround st2. t.i DrL FE~e£4" ( I v,J:Ci)

8 THE OEVEL.DPfvlE[\!TOF- THE RI '-/ER TEES 1.808_ - 1914: A 1ectur e by Dr. R. if,).Reimi:-::,or1at 5.45pm. E:l.tthe Science r·;luseum) Lsctu!re Theatre. Admission -fY-ee.(Nev'!comenSoc iet y;'

8 HIS1"CJRICE)"TAIj\!EDGLASS r:'I\1D ITS· f'lIAI\llJFACTURE A- - ta 1k by J-ames liJsatheir 1syLtd. ) 8 pm. at The GeOl'''ge~donation:;

(y-etired 2rnployee Cif Godda(-ij & Gibbs Stu.cicJSLiver poo l Road=; )\!1;; \/i~~it.or s .3v"e ci.sked -to!·r

Feb.ilJed.

9 THFRfviIOf\lIC!,HV.,JE INDUSTRYA yevie~\l by P.R. rrlor-hs at 5.45pm at the Sciencef""lL~E.eufn Lect:U.r~e -rhe.?tre ... FY"eB E~drnission. (Nslt-Jcomen Society)

Feb. '17., / PORTHISTORY/; lectun:: by Adrj.an J3Y"v'is at rrk.To be ol-ganised by Sun~ey Industriali-listm-y' Group,

r::·X·HT"I·-~-lU-;I\\C;,.. 1_0 I. '.i-}E;gH[v1E - ' THREATFi\jFDFlU I LD I NGS'_Until Dec. 17th at the Bishopsgate Institu.te -B.n .Exrubit ion o·F photographsYE':!cording'threatened' buildings in London, It moves to the Public Record O-F-FiceatKe"'JFrorn 20t,h December'-Fo,~about. tv~o months.

ALL STEAI"iEOUP - Unti 1 iVlaj~ch199!+'An Exbibi t.i on in the Pr-int Roo,C!0+steam can:"iages of the 18205/30s"

the GU.i1dh.-311 Li bi'-airy o.f pr int.s o-F roed-runru ngincluding technical i llusb-ations and car icatnr-es ,

EA~T ENDSUFFF(i~GETTESAn Exhibition at tilE; Ragged School i"!u.seun1,48 Copper-Fiel d Road~ E.3. u.ntil 6thJanuayy, in co+oper-at.i on w ith "tIle East London Histoy''''' Society.FROi"iTHE RECORDINi::;FROUP

At its Oct.ober rllseting the Rscor-ding ~!~QUP v-isi.ted the fViu.S8urO in Dock l ands Libr-ar-y;-', in PopLar Business F'a.r-k.1"'1anythanks to Bob Aspinall -few havint] u.s. tAle held thg

m~eting and ate. o:-'~- ~al:d!'.iiCr1eS_in a c~m-F::v·~a~le, area. over l ookinq Can:I-,( !Nh~!:--fandthe Docklands Llgnt hal.hiay" ~l+ten\'aros tloo ;:OOK members.on a tOUY 01" "Chel t brar v tolook at. the many tn?aSUJ~esin hi s c!-1aJr;Je.These inc1ude sets 0+ Dock Companyminutebooks as \r~ell as a su~eat deal o-Fother ar chiva l mater-ial r-e12icing totha Docks andthe RivBY-. TrlB collection includes some ephemera and moder-n Items like videos 0+curr-ent, events. Thank you 1 Bob, -For d. lovely interesting a.-ftelrnoon.

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f(il'-kaldy's Tsstin!;; i·'·k.JselU"n~scene o-Fmany Recording GJrou.pIVleetings~ hosted anexty2..n-\--';"'': ,-- .i..._ intr-c~du.C8 j-'''lich2.81 TU.r-nEQ-- ~ thE! PiTA Fiel d U-F-FiC81'- ~ to ELIA~3 .3nd IRIS t;~~~7~~';!;el~~S~-Sand '-epr-esent,2-t.ives +r om the Sites and ''"IonumentsRecOt-d~the Royalr= .. , i :-•.~ "-'. _ - ,- I ~-ri-- -,-,-I +-h.--: IQ-,·.__se__;·,.~~,.::=,._..:.: S.·..·-_..hoo l ~.'·";'·;.·i_j.~q!_j.fT.,.·.L.:omml:=-SlC}n~ 1'...(18 riU.5c::Uiil ,--~T L-L.1! L1Ln 1 d.! L.: :":!:.o "_:' - '-- 'I.....: --

IRIS) the AlA I "d:??( Rec;:::wdof Indl,.\str-ial Sites, is metr;oo -f-m- 6-eati.ng +orrnaljreco:·-dso·F Iriduet.r iel Si.tas ~\lhi·chenablesthem to be ana.lysed and handledsystematicall,/. Designed t.o Ho(k on paper tr.e -impl icat ions For computedsationnot been over Looked and fu!~ther meetings (advert i.sed above) a~re being he1d toexamine existing compu.tedsed systems.

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DANNYHAYTON

A HECTIC YEAh'01\1 THEROAD

As 1(7'93 dt-:33NS t.o a close, it is time to reflect on activities, During IndustrialHer-i-CageYecw Chi:::! GLI(~Sbook stock na[-3tYi3\1Ellledhundl'-edsof mil es, raisi ng fundsand rnore import.ant Iv , promoting the Society_ I have attended manyevents; From theGlreenv,!ichLocal Hi.story Festival to the Crovdon Local History Favre, via the SouthLondon BODkFai r: at; \/au}.send me details. GLIASBook Sales may be ai:ast rnovinq, pYo-acti ve road show, but ithelps v-Jit.hparticipation +rorn youyselves, to help incv'ease l:he variety of events andalso the books on CJffer and all v')1th Dne aim - the pr'ornot.ion of GLIAS.

8est wishes for- Cht-istrnas~ and happy readi'ng!

GLIASBook 8ales, clo Ni qel Stwrt; (14 Spri nqbank Road, Hithel/ Gn3en, London 8E13 6SX

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GLI(.:jS i\IEJ.AJSLETTER NO. 149 Decembev 1993

This SU(i":iT,eirthe gafdens .c;! +r orrt o-f the site I;,;ev'ema(;jni-ficerrUy kept. ?~t night the-From; -fa:9adp has b813ndjra.rnati.call':../ lit by gireen floodlights but, in hOIJ.EBSclose byit has ,P9t been th.3.-c pleasant to have e\i8!r")l"ching render ed in sh.a.desof. QI....een and thepr act.i ce !/~(:'1S beirjQ ;reouced in scale"

Inside:;. next t.o t.,he sI...tper-j:'nEu·-ket itsel f, the ca-Fe c;an be r"eccJfT:rnended!: r,!UInSrOUS par iodphotogjra.phs a.re 'on diap l ay tCJhletl'l8r- gj.\/ing the v is i t.or an idea 0+ V~jha.t th(~ site didand looked 1ike OG-rCJ!"-e the r-ecsnt CCJ!-j\/2Ysic)n