Interest Groups - Industrial Heritage
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We meet on the 3rd Monday each month at 10 am in Fetcham Village Hall during the winter months. Our mission is to explore Britain’s industrial heritage through discussion and site visits, which are arranged to suit the group and the opening of the site to be visited.

We hear presentations prepared by members on topics of specialist knowledge. This winter we have had talks on Brunel & Bristol, Early Woodworking Techniques, Early Radio Industry in Britain, Refurbishing the Safety Systems on a Steam Train and Harry Ferguson & His Tractors. We also had a heritage walk and lunch on the Wey Navigation in the run up to Christmas.

The programme for the next year is:-

Summer Visits
Wednesday 9th May at 2pm - Guildford Hydro Scheme and Dapdune Wharf
Monday 14th May at 1.30pm - Tour of Brooklands Museum, Brooklands Concorde Experience and Visit to Mercedes Benz World
Monday 18th June leaving Fetcham at 9am - RAF Museum, Hendon
Sunday 1st July leaving Fetcham at 9am - Crofton Beam Engines at Gt Bedwyn near Marlborough, Wiltshire
Thursday 30th August leaving Fetcham at 8am - Great Dorset Steam Fair at Tarrant Hinton near Blandford Forum, Dorset.

Talks in Fetcham Village Hall on Third Mondays at 10am.
Entry £1 to cover hall hire and tea/coffee biscuits. Guests welcome.
Monday 15th October To be arranged
Monday 19th November Jon Weller - Early Television
Monday 17th December Walk/pub lunch To be arranged
Monday 21st January To be arranged
Monday 18th February Ken Tythacott - Early Mechanical Music
Monday 17th March To be arranged

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Current Group Status: Vacancies
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