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We hope that we can boost our ZOOM audience amongst members & visitors who have preferred not to use it before. Help and advice is readily available – please get in touch. If you haven’t joined a ZOOM meeting before please consider giving it a try!
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AIA News – The lastest AIA e-news Bulletin includes the sad news of the death of Sir Neil Cossons, one of the pivotal figures in the industrial heritage movement. The eNews is full of interesting developments and requests in the world of IA. Do take a look, it’s available at this link. 14th April 2026
The Riley Archive Coventry – The Spring event for 2026 was re-named the Victor Riley Memorial Day and held on the 11th April at the home of the archive, Coventry Canal basin. A fine collection of Riley cars was on display and the archive was open. If you are in the area it is well worth a vist, an excellent breakfast and other refreshments are available at the canal basin cafe! Some photos have been added to our gallery here. 12th April 2026
2026 WIAS Members & Supporters Survey – We will be carrying out this survey to help us understand the background and opinions of our members & supporters so that we can improve the programme and make plans to attract new members. The results will not be used to identify individuals, unless you wish to provide your name. If you do, we shall be pleased to follow up any matter that you wish to discuss. Take our on line survey now at this link. 24th March 2026
WIAS Newsletter No. 88 – The latest newsletter is now available at this link. Thanks to all involved in its creation! 2nd March 2026
WIAS 12th March 2026 Meeting – The speaker for the next meeting, James Davies, has had to withdraw as he unexpectedly has had to go to South Africa. He will deliver his presentation as part of next season’s programme. The talks will now be;
‘Empress Coaches: a family history’ – David Daniel and ‘Galvanizing Profits in Birmingham, Spreading Wealth in Warwickshire: Joseph Ash, zinc and the National Trust’ – Martin Green. 25th Feb 2026
Welcome to WIAS 2026 – Our second meeting of the year is the last of our winter Zoom only meetings on Thursday 12th February at 7.30pm, (join from 7pm onwards). The subject is ‘Concorde: The First Time Machine’ by Guy Bartlett. 16th Jan 2026