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Following my report on last year's AIA Conference the Association was approached by the Lyndhurst Trust of Hampstead with an offer of help.

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We await not only the full text of his lecture (to be published in IA Review) but also the first fruits of his actions.Īs always there has got to be an AGM and it was good to hear that the GLIAS Newsletter reaches parts that others do not.

From his new position Neil would appear the only person able to start these procedures rolling. Similarly the academic standing of the subject and the quality of research must be raised. State monies should be available but the standards of conservation must be high. There are few industrial monuments given state protection and the new generation of IA museums/sites unfortunately rely on admissions for too high a percentage (85%) of their costs. We can go on collecting and preserving for ever otherwise admission to Historic Britain will be charged at Heathrow, but we must protect those items of worldwide importance that relate to the Industrial Revolution, with all our efforts. He called for a new approach to our Industrial Heritage. Neil Cossons, now Director of the Science Museum, will be seen as an important statement. The lectures were varied in both content and presentation but without doubt the Rolt Memorial Lecture given by Dr.

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The bar as always forced a focal point, with various displays in adjoining rooms including professional ones by the English and Welsh Royal Commission and society exhibits including our own on Bricklayers' Arms. The full conference was attended by about 150 members - a welcome increase over the previous two years, which were hold in more remote spots. Friday's visits included the 'other' Bell foundry - 'Taylor's in Loughborough'. Thursday saw the party in a 1904 lace-making factory in Long Eaton and then Arkwright's Masson Mill at Cromford. The extensive Georgian buildings are now awaiting development. We gate-crashed the pre-Conference party at an interesting tannery at Rounds on the Wednesday and followed onto the little known ex-military base at Weedon near the M1 where it was planned that if Napoleon invaded the Royal family would make their base. The Conference was organised by Leicestershire Industrial History Society (mainly Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson) with help from the IA societies in neighbouring counties. Forget the IA - the food, four, five and seven-course meals daily was unforgettable in both quantity and quality for such meetings and it is the only conference of any kind where I've seen a presentation made to the kitchen staff!

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Supplement: Shoreditch Refuse DestructorĪssociation for Industrial Archaeology conference - LoughboroughĪ fair number of GLIAS members are probably considering going on a diet having spent up to six days (9th-14th September) at the AIA Conference, plus additional programmes at the University of Loughborough.Shoreditch Refuse Destructor and Generating Station.