Contact
- joalexanderjones@gmail.com
- 07980803050
Charges
- Charge - No Charge for Talks
- Travel - mileage to be covered or return rail fare
- Online (e.g. Zoom) - No Charge for Talks
Biography
Jo spent over 30 years in the oil and gas industry, working in the UK and overseas. Now retired, she has time to indulge her passion for local history and especially our industrial heritage. She is active with the Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group, The History of Reading Society and is Secretary of the Berkshire Local History Association.
Talks
- History of the gas industry in Berkshire
- Let there be gas – a history of the gas industry and associated technologies in the UK
- What is Industrial Archaeology? Tales of what we do in Berkshire and how we record our industrial heritage
- More Than Biscuits, Bulbs and Beer: Reading’s Other Industries – a review of some of the other industries that made Reading what it is