Programme of lectures 2011

Tuesdays at St Mary's Community Hall LE3 3FT

18th October
Sex and Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll: documenting marginal urban lives in the post-industrial midlands Neil Fynn, ULAS (University of Leicester School of Archaeology)

based on the recent investigation of industrial buildings in Leicester and Nottingham, the talk will be structured around surveys of various industrial buildings undertaken over the last decade and will be illustrated by pictures of many familiar sites. Neil stresses that he wants to avoid the usual focus on the archaeological approach to recording these structures, which tends to be rather selective often ignoring or avoiding (either deliberately or subconsciously) the evidence for the more recent use of some of the buildings.

ULAS undertakes archaeological projects all over the UK. Neil holds a senior position within this group and will choose a Leicester Building recently surveyed to demonstrate their work

15th November
Reroofing a prestigious building, Dr John Castleman from Norman & Underwood
Dr Castleman has worked on prestigious buildings all over the world and this talk is bound to be fascinating.

20th December
Christmas Social

17th January 2012 Land Grab and Clearance at Bradgate, David Ramsey 
The story behind the purchase and movement of second hand building materials C 1510.

21st February 2012 (note change of date)
Railways of the World, Bill Pemberton

20th March 2012
The Suffragette movement in Leicester, Jess Jenkins

April AGM and Members' contributions