Zoom meeting #8, 'Uncle Max Gill and his use of OS maps'.
Tuesday 8 December 2020.
We welcome new CCS member Caroline Walker, author of newly-published biography 'MacDonald Gill: Charting a Life'. Caroline will give us a talk entitled 'Uncle Max Gill and his use of OS maps', with time for Q&As. Gerry Zierler will also add to the public transport aspect of Caroline’s talk with examples of use of OS mapping by London’s transport operators in the C20th. Members wishing to attend please email chairman@charlesclosesociety.org and Zoom invitations will be sent to you soon.
Zoom Meeting #7, 'Quarter Inch Ordnance Survey Maps'
Wednesday 25 November 2020.
Richard Oliver will run a Zoom session on the OS quarter-inch map. He intends to give a talk of half an hour or so on the basic development of the maps, but encourages questions from participants, and particularly any oddities that they may have found and know about. If you want to contribute, please contact Richard on flookcarto@gmail.com
Zoom Meeting #6 'Errors & Omissions'
Wednesday 11 November 2020.
This 6th meeting is to be chaired by Dave Watt on Wednesday 11th November at 7.30pm GMT on Zoom. Those interested in participating should email Dave Watt at david-watt@outlook.com. Dave invites all CCS members to attend whether as presenter or observer, and those presenting to email him with no more than five maps in either jpeg or .png formats.
Zoom Meeting #5 'Lakes & Reservoirs'
Tuesday 27 October 2020.
The 5th online 'Zoom' meeting has now been scheduled and will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 27 October. See details of previous meetings and how to join on the dedicated Zoom Meetings page.
The subject this time is 'Lakes & Reservoirs', so if you'd like to 'moor up', please contact the Chairperson Ian Byrne at ian@roadmaps.org for details. You can just sit and watch, or join in with examples of your own if you like. Wednesday 9 September 2020. Wall, Staffordshire. Midland Group local meeting This is a thematic evening, the subject being 'Antiquities on Larger Scale OS Maps (25-inch to Quarter-inch)'. Everyone interested in Ordnance Survey maps is welcome. Admission is free to guests. Bring along any Ordnance Survey maps or products that you feel are of interest for discussion. The hall is large and will be laid out for social distancing at 2m. Please bring face covering, sanitizer and refreshments. Hot water will be available, along with disposable cups and plates. For more information, please email the organizer Lez Watson at watsonlv1954@gmail.com
Zoom Meeting #4
Tuesday 18 August 2020.
'Rivers & Canals' This will be the 4th such online meeting, with numbers attending increasing all the time. See details of previous meetings and how to join on the dedicated Zoom Meetings page. The subject this time is rivers and canals, so if you'd like to join in, please contact the Chairperson Ian Byrne at ian@roadmaps.org for details. You can just sit and watch, or join in with examples of your own if you like. See the recording here.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020.
Saturday 8 August 2020.
When we were obliged to cancel our plans for 9 May, we expressed the hope that it would be possible to hold an AGM in London on 8 August. As of mid-June, it appears doubtful that this will be permitted. Even were a physical gathering to be possible, many members may consider the risk of attending so large an indoor assembly, and of getting there by public transport, to be unacceptable. Accordingly, we have decided to follow the practice of most local authorities and to hold the meeting on-line, using Zoom, on 8 August at 1200. The necessary link to join this meeting will be sent out by email to those members who have signed up for email alerts and in hard copy to all members with the next Sheetlines, which will come out somewhat in advance of its usual date and will include full AGM papers.
Annual General Meeting talk (streaming length: 20m 28s) by Karen Rann entitled 'Contours: Lines of Subversion?'. Karen Rann is a visual artist who joined the society in 2018 and is currently working on her doctoral thesis at Queen’s University Belfast. The rationale is a novel approach (with some artistic licence taken) to the function of contour lines and their changed role from the 1800s to today.
Items at a Sotheby’s auction.
Tuesday 28 July 2020.
An interesting couple of lots in a forthcoming Sotheby’s auction has been highlighted that might be of interest to the group. A partial set of 1 inch Old Series maps in 6 lovely cases, and a Survey of Jerusalem in 3 volumes, see the links below. Fair prices, but lovely things they are....
Don't Lose Your Way campaign from The Ramblers www.ramblers.org.uk/dontloseyourway and then click on the box ‘JOIN THE SEARCH’. Over 10,000 miles of paths across England and Wales could soon be lost forever, unless we come together to save them. Shaped by our ancestors over centuries, our path network tells the stories of our history and our heritage and connects us to the landscape. But many paths are not recorded on the definitive map of rights of way, and if they're not found and added by the cut-off date of 2026 when the final map must be completed, they could be lost forever. To meet the deadline, this will be a huge undertaking and we need thousands of people to help. That's why The Ramblers have launched Don't Lose Your Way to build a growing movement of people across the country to uncover and save generations of lost paths and hidden ways before it's too late. They are also launching an exciting new tool. The Don't Lose Your Way online mapping tool splits the country into 150,000 1km squares and makes it easy to compare current and historic maps (from the NLS) side by side and find lost paths. They need your help to get as many people as possible mapping!
'The Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey Maps'
Friday 14 February 2020
Milton Heritage Society have an interesting event on 'The Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey Maps'. A talk by Geraldine Beech, at The New Milton Memorial Centre, Whitefiled Road, New Milton. BH25 6DE. Free to Milton Hertigate Society Members, £5 to everyone else.
London London Group meeting
Saturday 8 February 2020, 11:00-16:30 Notting Hill Gate.
All welcome, please contact John Davies John@Jomidav.com. Show and Tell on theme of London.