Historical Association,
Essex Branch
Meeting on
Saturday 5 April 2014, 2.30pm, at Trinity Methodist Church , Chelmsford
(free parking; near train and bus stations) Visitors and prospective
members warmly welcome - a £2 donation is requested.
For
information, email essexha1@btinternet.com or phone
07914 910612.
Professor Robin Smith
Chairman of Cumbria HA Branch.
'Catch Me Who Can': Whatever happened to Richard
Trevithick
Professor Robin Smith is a social scientist, formerly head of University of
Northumbria Campus , Carlisle, and previously at Durham , and also former
chairman of the Locomotion Trust.
Richard Trevithick was
one of the greatest inventors and pioneers during the early phases of the industrial
revolution. 'Catch Me Who Can' was the first ever steam locomotive to run
in London . How has Trevithick's legacy been eclipsed by George
Stephenson? And what was the fate of Trevithick?
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