Docklands History Group Fifth Symposium

Saturday 18th February 2012

Cleaning the nautical timbers at Rotherhithe
Image by N. Cohen

The Docklands History Group is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the above Symposium, which is to be held at the Museum of London Docklands. The day promises to be a first rate event, which will appeal to a very wide range of interests.

Programme

The Archaeology of Medieval Shipbuilding, Three Quays, by the Tower – Damian Goodburn
Foreshore Archaeology, Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing – Gustav Milne
The Mystery of the Shipwrights – Rodney Brown
Gordon & Co., Deptford: Discovering a Lost London Shipyard – Chris Ellmers

Artists and the Thames Shipyards – Pieter van der Merwe
Sailing Barge Building on the Thames – Richard Hugh Perks
John Scott Russell and HMS Warrior – Professor Andrew Lambert
Maudslay, Sons & Field and their Greenwich Shipyard – Mary Mills
The Social and Economic Impact of the Closure of Thornycroft’s Yard, Chiswick – James Wisdom

The Symposium will be jointly chaired by Professor Sarah Palmer and Professor Andrew Lambert.

Further information

Early booking for the Symposium is highly recommended. To register an interest in attending, and to receive further information, please email your details to Docklands History Group. The booking form can now be downloaded below: