A Man and his Shed – The Story of Cowley Concrete + BAM

Herbert George Mullard started making things out of concrete in Cowley in 1923 in his shed but soon moved to Radley Road in Abingdon where there were more gravel pits. Here everything from small fence-post to the beams for Chiswick Flyover which were over 80 feet long were made.

Bert Mullard was very active and generous to the town of Abingdon being Mayor and a Freeman. There are many examples of Cowley Concrete products in the area, some famous, some infamous.

Tea and Coffee will be available.

Raffle

Large free car park adjacent to the hall.

Visitors and Non-Members are welcome – £5 pp

The talk will be preceded by a short Branch Annual Meeting (BAM), an essential part of the governance of the branch where we elect branch committee members for the coming year.

Date

Mon 19 May 2025

Time

Doors open at 7.15pm

19:30 - 21:30

Location

Abingdon Branch

Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 1XP

Organiser

Abingdon Branch - Berkshire FHS

Email

abingdon@berksfhs.org.uk

Speaker

Martin Buckland

Martin Buckland

Martin Buckland has been interested in Industrial Archaeology from the age of 4 when watching Great Western trains with his Dad at Iver, where he was born.

Nearly seven decades later he is involved with the Great Western Society at Didcot Railway Centre and with the restoration of the Wilts & Berks and other canals.

He gives talks at Abingdon Museum to primary school children about what it was like to live on a working narrow boat and leads walks along the historic and proposed routes of the Wilts & Berks Canal and another covering the rivers of Abingdon.