2026 – 2027
Evening Programme
LIVE – HYBRID MEETINGS
Live/Hybrid meetings will be held on the
second Thursday of the month,
September, October, November 2026,
March, April, May, and June 2027,
at Warwick Prep School Hall, Banbury Rd, Warwick,
CV34 6PL
at 7.30pm.
Doors open at 7.00pm for refreshments.
(Join via Zoom if not able to attend in person!)
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ZOOM ONLY MEETINGS
‘ZOOM’ only meetings will be held on the
second Thursday of the month,
December 2026,
January and February 2027,
starting at 7.30pm.
There are two advantages to this arrangement,
members & visitors do no have to turn out in bad weather and
WIAS is able to book speakers who would not normally consider travelling to Warwick.
Programme 2026 - 2027
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10th Sep 2026 Hybrid | AGM, Survey Feedback and Members’ ‘Twenty’s Plenty’: 20-minute talks – History of the Sewing Machine; Railway Engineer William Alexander; Coir and the Silk Road | Members |
| 8th Oct 2026 Hybrid | ‘The Stratford & Moreton Tramway 1826-2026’ | Roger Cragg |
| 12th Nov 2026 Hybrid | ‘The Life Story of a Spitfire: MJ627’ | Clifford Hill |
| 10th Dec 2026 Zoom Only | 'Detroit on Thames: The origins of car-making in Oxford and the rise of Cowley factory’ | Maurice East |
| 14th Jan 2027 Zoom Only | 'The Black Country in the Industrial Revolution' | Dr. Malcom Dick O.B.E. |
| 11th Feb 2027 Zoom Only | ‘Arsenic: Its former uses and production in Cornwall and Devon’ | Dr. Neil Dickinson |
| 11th Mar 2027 Hybrid | ‘Concrete Evidence: The Surprising Story of Winget in Warwick’: A talk by WIAS members based on the research of Gordon and Anne Higlett | Members |
| 8th Apr 2027 Hybrid | ‘Three Extraordinary Women in the History of Jaguar and Daimler’ | Tony Merrygold |
| 13th May 2027 Hybrid | ‘Now the Dust Has Settled - Recording Britain’s Coal-mining Heritage’ | James Davies, Lead Photographer, Historic England |
| 03rd Jun 2027 Hybrid | ‘From Field to Factory: A presentation by British Motor Museum on the development of the Gaydon site' NOTE - THIS MEETING IS ON THE FIRST THURSDAY IN JUNE | British Motor Museum |
Sales table & refreshments available – visitors most welcome.
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Details and visits and trips organized by WIAS are contained on their own page via this link.
A simple guide on how to access ZOOM is available to download at this link