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Please note that members or guests taking part in meetings, visits or field events do so at their own risk as SIAS can not accept any responsibility for injury or damage.

Programme

Talks are held at Silver Street Baptist Church, Taunton or on-line via'Zoom' on Monday evenings at 19:30 from September to March. They cover a wide range of topics. At Silver Street there is also a free-of-charge Book Exchange and SIAS publications are on sale at reduced prices for members.
Trips to various Industrial Archeology sites are organized during the Summer.

MEMBERS OF SIAS: There is no charge to SIAS members for attending any meetings.
'Zoom' Meetings: Links to meetings held on-line are sent by email to all members a few days beforehand. Clicking on the link will take them to the 'Zoom' Waiting Room whence they are swiftly admitted to the meeting.
Trips are also free except for any entry fees where indicated. To be sure of being able to book a place, members are advised to book well in advance by contacting the SIAS Field Officer (details below).

GUESTS are most welcome at all meetings and are invited to introduce themselves to the Membership Secretary as they enter the Silver Street Baptist Church Hall (location maps below). The charge is £3 per person (refundable if they subsequently become a SIAS member).
'Zoom' Meetings: To obtain a link to join on-line 'Zoom' meetings guests should click on the appropriate button (below) to make a payment to SIAS of £3.50. (The extra 50p covers the fee charged by PayPal.) The link to join the 'Zoom' meeting will then be sent to them by email. The number of places for guests is limited, so those wishing to join on-line meetings should apply in good time as places will be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis.
Trips: Guests are welcome on trips unless otherwise indicated, but priority will always be given to SIAS members. Guests wishing to join trips should contact the SIAS Field officer (details below) shortly before the date to ascertain whether places are still available. A fee of £3 will be collected on the trip.

Field Officer contact details:
Peter Daniel
Email: peter.daniel51@btinternet.com
Telephone: 01288 341653 or 07736 374003

Except in the event of illness preventing you from attending, you will be expected to pay for any trip for which you have booked a place.

Autumn Programme 2026

Our hybrid programme of talks, with some being online via Zoom and some taking place at Silver Street Baptist Church, allows members from further afield to participate and also enables us to use speakers from a distance.

Monday 19^th October - on-line via ‘Zoom’ – Derek Alexander (Head of Archaeology, National Trust for Scotland), Pioneering Spirit: the archaeology and history of early whisky making in Scotland.

Monday 2^nd November - live at Silver Street – Paul Upton, The History of Stoates Mill, Watchet.

Monday 16^th November - on-line via ‘Zoom’ – Jon Willis (Kennet & Avon Canal Trust), Crofton Beam Engines and their 200 year old technology

Monday 30^th November - live at Silver Street – Christine King, The Mapping of Somerset (with lots of physical examples).

Monday 14^th December - on-line via ‘Zoom’ – Ben Sumpter, Mining Engineering in Cornwall

Silver Street Baptist Church Hall is situated on the gyratory system where the B3170 from Corfe meets the A38 in Taunton. There is parking in the Church's private car park, but please do not park in reserved spaces.

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