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Programme of Meetings - 2011 Members are requested to inform the contact for
the event of their Forthcoming SIAS Members Events The following events are at :- Saturday 28 th January, 7.30pm The Atlantic Rebuild.Presentation by David Jones tracing the background behind the scheme to reconstruct the Brighton Atlantic Class H2 steam locomotive Beachy Head of 1911, from the discovery of a suitable boiler in 1986 up to the present time. The project provides an insight into the challenges in overcoming the decline of engineering in the UK by using new methods such as water-jet cutting. The presentation will also cover the work currently being carried out and the plans for completion. (Note: At 2.00pm approx, at the same venue there is a Brighton Circle talk, "Craven Coaches" by Ian White. John Chester Craven was the locomotive carriage and wagon superintendent of the LB&SCR from 1847 to 1870 and produced a variety of coaches. Ian has measured and recorded examples that have turned up in use as bungalows, summer houses and chicken houses and will share his findings in what promises to be an interesting and little known subject. - SIAS members are welcome to attend). Saturday 11 th February, 7.30pm Industrial Archaeology of Lewes.Presentation by Bob Cairns using images from his extensive collection of Lewes postcards. The Industrial Archaeology of Lewes will be illustrated with reference to the locations and images on the postcards. Saturday 10 th March, 7.30pm The development of the British Roadside Letter BoxPresentation by Paul Snelling covering the development of roadside letter boxes since their inception in 1852 with illustrations of boxes around Sussex. Topics to be covered will be the major milestones in the development of the boxes, the various types and their distinguishing features. Friday 23rd
March, 7.30pm. AGM of Sussex Mills Group Saturday 28th April.
South East Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference (SERIAC)
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