About this Event
This fully illustrated talk illuminates the history of the most important manufacturing complex in British history. Begun by Henry VIII in 1517, the Royal Arsenal became the near monopolistic supplier of England’s and later the United Kingdom’s armaments. By the First World War its 1,100 buildings covered a two square mile site and in 1916 the number of those employed reached over 100,000. The earlier buildings, many of which survive, were designed by the most eminent architects of their day.
The talk will be presented by Ian Bull, a committee member of the Royal Arsenal Woolwich Historical Society, which was formed by the establishments’ staff. He will be joined by Steven Peterson, an acknowledged expert on the great factory. The images, all of which are unpublished, will be drawn from the Arsenal’s vast archive which they both administer.
This lecture will be available in person at Dagnall Street Baptist Church and also online via Zoom. Attendance is free to members; £5 for non-members. Please click on the button above right to register. You will then receive confirmation of your registration by email return. Registration closes at 3.30pm on Tuesday 5 November.
All those registered will be emailed the Zoom joining instructions by 4pm on the day of the lecture. If you have not received this by 5pm, please contact us using the email address below. NB. If you are registering two or more members to attend via Zoom, and want each of them to receive the link in their own email inbox, these details need to be entered at registration.
If you have any questions, please email Gill Girdziusz via [email protected]
Picture above: The Great Crane c.1888, part of the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich (Wikimedia Commons)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dagnall Street Baptist Church, 1 Cross Street, St Albans, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00 to GBP 5.00
