Winter Programme 2005/06

The Industrial Archaeology of North East Derbyshire
D V Fowkes
Thursday 16th March 2006, 7.30 p.m
From the industrial archaeology point of view, north east Derbyshire is an area of more than passing interest. A whole spectrum of sites exists within the area from the remains of basic early agricultural processing industries through to structures associated with abandoned modern transport and public utilities. Sites such as New Bolsover and Cresswell Colliery Village are arguably of modern significance. This talk will provide an overview of the wealth of industrial archaeology this area offers.

The Industrial Archaeology of World War II
Dr Barrie Trinder
Saturday 8th April, 6.30 for the meal, 7.30 for the lecture
Eat their food and learn about their buildings, machines and landscapes. The two world wars have been portrayed as the most potent engines of social change in 20th Century Britain. This lecture will consider the artifacts, images, structures, sites and landscape that provide evidence of some of the social and economic changes that occurred in Britain between 1939 and 1945, and their long-term consequences. Among the topics to be considered will be the Royal Ordnance Factories, the Shadow Factory Programme, the adaptation of the railway system to wartime conditions, the standardized structures built be the ministry of works and the post-war housing programme.
Dr Barrie Trinder, social historian and industrial archaeologist, was first drawn to Cromford by the Arkwright Festival in 1971 and has subsequently written about the Derwent Valley in several books including The Making of the Industrial Landscape.
Before the lecture you are invited to meet Barrie Trinder and to join him for a Wartime Supper in the Cromford Mill Restaurant at 6.30pm. Authentic wartime recipes but Cromford Mill quantities. Tickets £8.95 available from The Shop in the Yard or by calling 01629 823256. Tickets for the lecture are free but must be reserved in advance.

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