The Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group are holding a twitter conference on Tuesday 15 September 2020. This is part of the Heritage Open Day online events for 2020. This trail blazing event for local industrial archaeology groups, and HOD, starts at 4pm and runs to 7pm with seven papers on topics ranging from what is Industrial Archaeology to Berkshire’s Gas Industry. Our own Industrial Heritage Support Officer, Dr Mike Nevell, will be tweeting about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Industrial Heritage site. #BIAG20
The Programme is as follows:
- 16.00 – I like it – tell me more: Getting into Industrial Archaeology– Jo
- 16.15 – Saving a Revolution: Industrial Heritage and the Impact of COVID-19 – Mike
- 16.45 – Surviving the Wrecking Ball: Industrial Buildings in Berkshire – Jo
- 17.15 – Funiculars: The Ups and Downs of a leisure Transport Phenomenon – Victoria
- 17.45 – Berkshire’s Gas Industry – Jo
- 18.15 – Reading Cemetery: The Industrialisation of Death – John
- 18.45 – The Conservation of Industrial Written Heritage – Jo
Full details here:
http://biag.org.uk/heritage-open-day-biag-twitter-conference-15-sep/
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