Wednesday, 8 April – Professor Joe Cain, UCL
Professor Cain will discusses how the dinosaurs fit into the larger setting of the park and into the history of science.
Category: Talks
TALK: “…we will remember them”
![Croydon War Memorial, at the Town Hall [Hahnchen, Creative Commons]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/683px-croydon_war_memorial_-_north.jpg?w=100)
Monday 30 March
Society Member Ron Cox talks about the artists, funding, inscriptions and preservation of Croydon’s War Memorials.
TALK: The Last Monastic Herbal in England: Syon Abbey, before 1517
![Seal of Abbess & Convent of Syon Monastery [Wikimedia Commons public domain]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/syonsealno1.jpg?w=96)
Monday 23rd March
An illustrated talk by John Adams, Member of Syon Abbey Research Associates and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
TALK: Erith Forest
Wednesday, 11 March 2015.
Jane Sidell, Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage, talks about her research of the lost Bronze Age forest and the surviving stumps and roots.
TALK: The House of Reeves, its history, family and their activities
Monday, 23 February 2015.
A talk by Trevor Reeves. Edwin Reeves started trading in Croydon in 1867. His sole trader company, five generations later still exists in Croydon as House of Reeves.
TALK: Animal Power – Muscle Mills
Monday, 16 February 2015
The history of animal power, the variety of animals employed and the uses to which the power is put. Local examples will be explored. Jan Spencer of the Surrey Industrial History Group will discuss what he has learnt from constructing working models.
TALK: The Wonder of the Era
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
On the 90th anniversary of the introduction of “Electrical Recording”, Adrian Falks will describe and illustrate, with some rare recordings, the impact of this invention on communication, entertainment and the preservation of the legacy of great artistes of the period.
