A Taste of Lincolnshire: Food and Farming in the Fens - 16th October 2010
EMIAC, East Midlands Industrial Archaeology Conference, comprises six societies from across the East Midlands region. In addition to NIAG, the other members are (see the Links page for contact details):
- Derbyshire Archaeology Society
- Leicestershire Industrial History Society
- Nottinghamshire Industrial Archaeology Society
- Railway & Canal Historical Society – East Midlands Group
- Society for Lincolnshire History & Archaeology
Each of the six societies takes it in turn to organise a Heritage Day in their locality.
Heritage Days are held twice a year and are open to anyone with an interest in IA or related historical subjects. The first meeting was held in 1970 with the idea of enabling industrial archaeologists in the East Midlands to get together in different locations to consider topics of mutual interest. No formal organisation exists; the secretaries from each of the organisations meet on a regular basis.
Notes of recent events can be found on the Emiacs Past page.
Richard Hornsby Plough 1890s
Blackstone Potato Spinner 1930s
Images courtesy of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology.
The next Heritage Day is being organised by the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology and will be held on Saturday 16th October 2010 in Holbeach, Spalding.
The conference programme is:
09:30 Registration with tea/coffee
09:50 Welcome
10:00 The Changing Scene in Agriculture
10:50 Fenland Farm Machinery
11:40 break
12:00 Fenland Farming Today
12:40 Questions ...
12:45 EMIAC Business Meeting
13:00 Lunch and outside exhibits
14:00 Process Demonstration
14:45 Film Farming in the Fens
Cost of event: £17.50.
Click here for the booking form.
This conference explores aspects of farming and food production in the Fens of South Lincolnshire, an activity which has earned for the area the title of the Larder of England.
The conference venue is the National Centre for Food Manufacturing at the Holbeach campus of the University of Lincoln. The Centre’s facilities include a complete factory process area where we will have the opportunity to see how produce is processed and packed.