Open Days at Wortley Top Forge. Contact : Gordon Parkinson 2817991 or Ted Young 01226 763896.
There some Society events and cooperations with events run by other people.
A new programme of Winter activities for the 2013 - 2014 Season will be published in Autumn 2013.
Events marked * are Society/Trust events. A selection of events from the Environment
Weeks programme etc has also been included.
Some are organised by our members, and some by affiliated/sister
organizations.
Please note that for many of the walks you will need stout shoes, waterproofs and a packed lunch
(we will be away from easy access to pubs/cafes in some cases). Contact names
will be able to provide you with more details of access by bus and train. These details are included in the Environment
Weeks brochures where appropriate, and on their web site: www.sheffieldenvironment.org/events/2013/5.
Contact details are given for each
event, but feel free to phone me if necessary. (Telephone prefix is 0114,
except where stated.)
Would
members who would be willing to receive programmes etc by email, please contact
me with their email address; the postal savings will be quite large, and you will
be able to receive updates for any new events, event changes etc.
Christine Ball, Hon
Secretary. christineb948@gmail.com Tel: 2361471
NB to members – subscriptions become due on 1st May for 2013-14
Some
Exhibitions and Events celebrating the 100th anniversary of
Stainless Steel and the life of Harry Brearley:
Rustless (the Harry Brearley story) and Stay Bright (the Impact of Stainless steel on Everyday Life).
Designed to Shine: 100 years of stainless steel. Millennium Gallery 16th
February-13th November.
Mon–Sat 10–5pm, Sun 11-4pm. Free
admission. www.museums-sheffield.org.uk
Harry Brearley Centenary Conference and Exhibition:
the development and application of stainless steels 11th-13th
June. The Edge,
Historical Metallurgy Society 50th Anniversary Conference: 100th Anniversary of stainless
steel. 19th-20th
October at Cutlers’ Hall and excursions on the 20th. See:
the website at:
hist-met.org/meetings.htm
Contact: Eleanor.Blakelock@archaeomaterials.co.uk
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*Monday 15th April 7:30pm Work
and life in
Saturday 27th April 10:00=12:30 Archaeology walk in Ecclesall Woods. Meet at Graves Discovery Centre, sawmill
site,
*Saturday 11th May
2pm-4pm SYIHS. Huntsman to
Brearley – steel history walk. Meet
at Attercliffe Tram Stop. An
Environment Weeks Event.
Contact: Derek Bayliss
2307693 v.bayliss@btinternet.com
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th
May 11-4pm Festival Forge In: British Artist
Blacksmith Association/Galvanize Festival.
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet.
Admission: adults £3, children
free. Contact: Sheffield Industrial Museums
Trust 2722106 www.simt.co.uk
Wednesday 15th May 6:00-8:00pm Engineering
Contact: David
Tattersall 2670055 or 2325044
iceyandh@ice.org.uk
* Saturday 18th May 10:30-2:30pm
*Monday May 20th 7:30-9pm Barnsley Making History: the creation
of the new
Contact:
Christine Ball 2361471 christineb948@gmail.com
or Derek Bayliss 2307693 v.bayliss@btinternet.com
*Wednesday 22nd
May 6.30-8.30 pm Victorian Society walk round
Sunday May 26th – Thursday May 30th 11am –
4pm Waterpower, Working Lives. Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet. Family events and free admission.
Contact:
Sunday
2nd June 10:30+ Lumford Mill and Bakewell. Hunter Archaeological Society walk, led by
Jan Stetka. Cost approx £7 per head.
Contact: Liz Hackett 2367037 or peter@cometoo.plus.com
*Saturday 6th July 2pm. Ridgeway Forge,
Contact: Christine Ball christineb948@gmail.com or
Derek Bayliss 230 7693 v.bayliis@btinternet.com
*Sunday 14th July 11-4pm. Hoylandswaine Nail Forge. Open day during the CBA Festival of
Archaeology 14th-29th July. Coincides with Silkstone Festival of
Archaeology: www.thisispenistone.co.uk/penistone-events/silkstone-festival-of-archaeology
Contact: Derek Bayliss 2307693
v.bayliss@btinternet.com
*Sunday
21st July 11-3pm Hunshelf
Walk: industries of Hunshelf, following the trail. Lunch stop at Wortley
Top Forge 1-2pm approx. Meet at Green Moor.
Contact: Margaret and Barry
Tylee 2830056 margarettylee12@yahoo.co.uk
*Sunday 1st
September 11:00-5:00pm. Model
Engineers’ Open Day at Wortley Top Forge.
Railways, refreshments, and the Forge.
More volunteers always needed.
Contact Gordon Parkinson 2817991 or Ted Young
01226 763896
*Saturday
14th September. 11:00-4:00pm Wortley Top Forge, Heritage Open Day. Free admission on this day, but donations
welcome.
Contact:
Derek Bayliss 2307693 v.bayliss@btinternet.com
* Sunday
15th September. 11:00-4:00pm. Hoylandswaine Nail Forge, Heritage
Open Day. Free admission, but
donations welcome.
Contact: Derek Bayliss 2307693 v.bayliss@btinternet.com
*Wednesday 18th September 10am. Visit
to
Saturday 21st September 9:45-
4:30pm. Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, WF4 4RH. Yorkshire Archaeological
Contact: Margaret Tylee 2838856
margarettylee12@yahoo.co.uk
*Saturday 23rd November South
Yorkshire Archaeology Day [advance notice only]. At the Showroom. The Society will probably be having a stall as usual.
Contact: Christine Ball 2361471 christineb948@gmail.com
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