{"id":371,"date":"2013-08-10T08:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-10T08:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T11:52:18","slug":"previous-tacs-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/tile-events\/previous-tacs-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Previous Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>2023-2026 Virtual Event replays are available to TACS Members only. Please contact the Events Secretary for the Password <strong><a href=\"mailto:e&#118;ents&#064;ta&#099;s&#117;&#107;.&#111;&#114;&#103;\">even&#116;&#115;&#64;&#116;&#97;&#99;&#115;uk.&#111;&#114;g<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2026<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January 22nd, Open Lecture \u2018Printed Tiles Galore: the mass production and applications of Victorian transfer printed tiles\u2019 (on Zoom). Speaker: Hans van Lemmen, TACS President<\/li>\n<li>February 26th, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/videos\/experimental-archaeology-and-medieval-tiles\/\">Experimental Archaeology and Medieval Tiles<\/a> (on Zoom). Speaker: Dr Tom Chamberlain<\/li>\n<li>March 19th, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/videos\/tacs-the-dovecot-studios-an-artistic-endeavour\/\">The Dovecot Studios \u2013 An Artistic Endeavour<\/a> (on Zoom) Speaker, Rob Higgins, TACS Treasurer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2025<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>January 23rd, <strong>\u2018Maw \u2013 the golden years 1850 to 1880\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong>(Zoom) with Rob Higgins, TACS Treasurer, tile collector and author<\/li>\n<li>February 20th, <strong>\u2018Tiles designed by the Dutch printmaker Mauritz Escher (1898-1972)\u2019<\/strong> (Zoom) with Hans van Lemmen, President of TACS and author of many books about tiles<\/li>\n<li>March 20th, <strong>\u2018Looking at and caring for medieval tiles\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;(Zoom) with Lesley Durbin, Senior Conservator, Jackfield Conservation Studio, and Conservation Advisor to TACS<\/li>\n<li>May 10th, <strong>Tiles of Salisbury tile walk<\/strong>ing tour in person led by Jo Amey, local tile historian and TACS committee member<\/li>\n<li>4th to 6th July, <strong>Bradford weekend and AGM<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2024<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16th January, <strong>\u2018An elegant garden\u2019 &#8211; Ottoman Tilework c. 1525-1600<\/strong> (on Zoom) Speaker, Dr Melanie Gibson<span style=\"font-size: revert;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15th February<span style=\"font-size: revert; text-align: var(--stk-alignment-text-align,start);\">, <strong>Carter and Co of Poole, 1920-1970<\/strong> (on Zoom) <\/span>Speaker, Jo Amey<span style=\"font-size: revert;\">,<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>21st March, <strong>Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Ceramics &#8211; Identifying the Primary Causes of Degradation<\/strong> (on Zoom) Speaker, Lesley Durbin,<\/li>\n<li>27th April, <strong>Arts and Crafts Ceramics, Tiles and the De Morgans<\/strong>, joint event with the Northern Ceramics Society<\/li>\n<li>1st June, <strong>Scarborough walking tour inc. St Martin on the Hill Church<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>25th June, <strong>Tile Sale Private Viewing: The Roger Hensman Collection &#8211; From Delft to De Morgan + Stourbridge Walking Tour.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>6th July, T<strong>ACS AGM<\/strong> and local walk, <strong>Cambridge, Inc. the Divinity School, the Round Church, the All Saints \u2018Painted Church\u2019 and Lloyds Bank.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>12th September, <strong>TACS Extraordinary General Meeting<\/strong> &#8211; On Zoom<\/li>\n<li>3rd October, <strong>Hathern Terra Cotta Factory Visit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>4th October, <strong>Nottingham Self Guided tour<\/strong> &amp; <strong>viewing of the late Michael Blood\u2019s art collection &amp; home<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>5th October, <strong>Annual Tile Fair, Nottingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2023<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9th February &#8211; Zoom Talk: <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/videos\/persian-by-design-british-tiles\/\"><strong>Persian by Design, the influence of Persia on tiles of the 19th and 20th centuries<\/strong><\/a>, by Rob Higgins<\/li>\n<li>1st April &#8211;<strong> Bristol Walking Tour<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>12th May &#8211; <strong>Morecambe Winter Gardens<\/strong> and walking tour Led by Vanessa Toulmin, Chair of Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust<\/li>\n<li>30th June &#8211; <strong>London Weekend<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thorpe Lodge in Holland Park School<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Leighton House<\/strong>, including a talk in the Arab Hall by Islamic ceramics expert and Leighton House trustee Melanie Gibson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>1st July <strong>TACS AGM at V&amp;A, South Kensington<\/strong> with tour of ceramic gallery led by Assistant Curator, Becky Luffman<\/li>\n<li>16th September &#8211; <strong>Manchester City Walking Tour<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>7th October &#8211; <strong>Annual tile fair, St Jude\u2019s Hall, Nottingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2022<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>27<sup>th<\/sup> January &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/tiles-in-valencia-with-hans-van-lemmen\/\"><strong>Tiles in Valencia with Hans van Lemmen, TACS President, on Zoom*<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>10<sup>th<\/sup> March &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/videos\/tiles-of-london-through-the-ages\/\"><strong>Tiles of London through the ages with Ian Betts, Senior Finds Specialist, Museum of London Archaeology on Zoom*<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>7<sup>th<\/sup> April &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/videos\/tacs-events-architectural-ceramics-gallery-vam\/\"><strong>The architectural ceramics gallery at the V&amp;A, with Rebecca Luffman, Assistant Curator, V&amp;A, on Zoom*<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>14th May &#8211; <strong>Alton station restoration (Minton and Hollins geometric tiles), and surrounding area, led by Michael Rieveley<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>June 11<sup>th<\/sup> and 12<sup>th &#8211; <\/sup><strong>Poole weekender, with Diana Hall, tile maker, and Jo Amey, local tile historian<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2nd July &#8211; <strong>AGM at Jackfield Tile Museum<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>30<sup>th<\/sup> July<strong> &#8211; Burmantofts open house with tea (nr Leeds)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> October <strong>&#8211; Annual tile fair, St Jude\u2019s Hall, Nottingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2021<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20th January, <strong>Azlab talk about Dutch and Portuguese Tile Production in Religious Scenes on Zoom (Non-TACS Event)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>28th January, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/desert-island-tiles-with-rob-higgins\/\"><strong>\u2018Desert Island Tiles\u2019 with TACS member and collector Rob Higgins on Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>18th February, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/terracotta-common-causes-of-degradation-with-lesley-durbin\/\"><strong>\u2018Terracotta \u2013 common causes of degradation\u2019, Lesley Durbin on Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>25th February, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/james-duncan-tilework-with-dr-lindsay-lennie\/\"><strong>James Duncan tilework, Dr Lindsay Lennie on Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>11th March,<a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/17th-century-dutch-tiles-with-hans-van-lemmen\/\"> <strong>17th Century Dutch Tiles, Hans van Lemmen on Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st April, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/built-in-bournemouth-made-at-poole-with-jo-amey\/\"><strong>\u2018Built in Bournemouth, Made at Poole\u2019, Jo Amey on Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>27th May<a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/medieval-tile-pavements\/\">, <strong>Medieval Tile Pavements, Maureen Mellor on Zoom<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>3rd July <strong>TACS AGM on Zoom<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>25th September, <strong>Medieval Tile Day at Norton Priory, Runcorn<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2nd October, <strong>TACS annual tile fair, St Jude\u2019s Church Hall, Nottingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>13th October<strong>,&nbsp; Carlton Towers, Yorkshire<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>18<sup>th<\/sup> November, <a href=\"https:\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/videos\/johan-kamermans-francine-stoffels-dutch-tile-museum\/\"><strong>The Dutch Tile Museum (Otterlo) and collecting tiles, Johan Kamermans. The Cuypers Passage and the Zeeburg Skate Park, Francine Stoffels.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2020<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>22nd February &#8211; <strong>William de Morgan Day<\/strong>, South West Heritage Centre, Taunton*<\/li>\n<li>4th July &#8211;<strong> 39<sup>th<\/sup> Annual General Meeting, <\/strong><strong>Virtual AGM <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Planned events cancelled due to Covid-19:-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>12th-13th November &#8211; Terracotta: Past Present and Future, Manchester<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>1st April- Carlton Towers, Goole<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>24th April &#8211; curator-led tour of The National Liberal Club, London<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>9th May &#8211; Ceramic Bournemouth, guided walk with local tile lady Jo Amey<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>30th May &#8211; Burmantofts collection private viewing, West Yorkshire<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>4th July &#8211; TACS AGM and guided tour \u2013 V&amp;A Museum, London<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>5th September &#8211; Medieval Tile Day at Norton Priory, Runcorn<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>3rd October &#8211; TACS annual tile fair, Nottingham<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events 2019<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6th April &#8211; <strong>Touching History in Stoke-on-Trent<\/strong> inc lecture by Hans van Lemmen<\/li>\n<li>11th May &#8211; guided tile tour of <strong>Winchester cathedral and environs <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>8th June &#8211; <strong>tiles of Oxford inc Ashmolean<\/strong> curator-led tour<\/li>\n<li>6th July &#8211; <strong>TACS AGM in Coventry<\/strong>, The Belgrade Theatre<\/li>\n<li>5th October &#8211; <strong>TACS Annual Antique &amp; Collectable Tile Fair<\/strong>, St Jude\u2019s Church Hall, Nottingham<\/li>\n<li>30th November &#8211; <strong>Decorative tiles in Georgian and Victorian domestic architecture<\/strong>, Wisbech and Fenland Museum*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2018<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>21st April &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>The Ludlow Palmers\u2019 Symposium on English Tiles <\/strong>(Non-TACS Organised Event).*<\/li>\n<li>2nd June &#8211; <strong>London Underground tilework over the decades.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>7th July &#8211; <strong>TACS AGM Liverpool.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>6th&nbsp;October &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>Annual Antique &amp; Collectable Tile Fair, Nottingham.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>3rd November &#8211; <strong>Illustrated talk on ceramic and terracotta pubs in NW England, Manchester.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2017<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8th April &#8211; <strong>Cardiff Castle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>17th June &#8211; <strong>Private view of &#8220;A Private Collection of Burmantofts Faience Pottery&#8221;. Wolley &amp; Wallis, Salisbury.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>24th&nbsp;June &#8211; <strong>Oppenheimer Mosaics 20th Century Society joint tour.*<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1st &amp; 2nd July &#8211; <strong>TACS AGM &amp; Hull weekend.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>4th October- <strong>Darwen Terracotta and Faience Factory tour.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>7th October &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;Antique &amp; Collectable Tile Fair in Nottingham.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2016<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>30th April &#8211; <strong>Spring Trip, Brighton<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>4th June &#8211; <strong>Burmantofts Tiles, Terracotta and Faience in Leeds<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>2nd July &#8211; <strong>AGM &#8211; Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>8th October &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;Antique &amp; Collectable Tile Fair in Nottingham.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2015<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6th-7th June &#8211; <strong>Weekend visit to Somerset<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>4th July \u2013 <strong>TACS AGM<\/strong> and visit to <strong>Jackfield Tile Museum&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;\u2018John Scott Gallery\u2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>16th October &#8211; <strong>H &amp; R Johnson new works<\/strong>, <strong>Stoke-on-Trent<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>3rd October &#8211;<strong>&nbsp;Antique &amp; Collectable Tile Fair in Nottingham.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2014<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11<sup>th<\/sup> April &#8211; <strong>Visit to the Law Society Building, Chancery Lane, London.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>5<sup>th<\/sup> July &#8211; <strong>AGM at the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) and walking tour of Reading.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>20<sup>th<\/sup> September &#8211; <strong>Walking Tour, Bournemouth; including a visit to the Russell Cotes Museum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>4th October &#8211; <strong>Antique Tile Fair in Nottingham.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2013<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>9th March &#8211; private guided tour of the fabulous Grade I listed Victorian Gothic <strong>Rochdale Town Hall<\/strong>. and <strong>St John the Baptist RC Church<\/strong> with its Eric Newton mosaics, and also a look at some tiled pubs and 20th c murals.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157634143638988\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>14th June &#8211; <strong>Tile Study Day at the V&amp;A, London<\/strong>. An introduction to the new ceramics galleries and then a behind-the-scenes visit to see some of the V&amp;A tile collection.<\/li>\n<li>22nd June \u2013 Visit to the <strong>Ashmolean Museum, Oxford<\/strong>. An introduction to the collection of tiles&nbsp;at the Ashmolean Museum.<\/li>\n<li>6th July \u2013 <strong>TACS AGM and visit to Jackfield Tile Museum<\/strong>. The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford. The day&nbsp;featured a <strong>Members Forum<\/strong> where members discussed their tile collections . To round off the day there was a short presentation on the progress of the <strong>Heritage Lottery funded \u2018The Potteries Tile Trail\u2019<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>21st and 22nd September \u2013 <strong>Open House London<\/strong>. A self-guided tour of London\u2019s buildings, places and neighbourhoods. Every September is a unique opportunity to get out and explore London\u2019s amazing architecture, with over 700 buildings of all kinds opening their doors to everyone, all for free.<\/li>\n<li>11th October &#8211; <strong>British Ceramics Biennial<\/strong>. A tour of the <strong>Award exhibition at the Potteries Museum<\/strong> and an afternoon visit to the <strong>British Ceramics Biennial at the Spode Site<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2012<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>16th June &#8211; <strong>Visit to Holburne Museum, Bath<\/strong> and studio of contemporary ceramic sculptor <strong>Bronwyn Williams-Ellis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>7th July &#8211; <strong>TACS AGM, Littlehampton,<\/strong> including an \u2018open house\u2019 to view <strong>Chris Blanchett\u2019s collection<\/strong>. Sunday includes the opportunity to view tiles at <strong>Findon and Clapham church<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>22-23rd September &#8211; <strong>Open House London 2012<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 29th September &#8211; <strong> Antique Tile Fair in Nottingham. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>16th November &#8211; <strong>Visit to the Manchester Onward Buildings <\/strong> to view the extensive recently restored Band of Hope tiling scheme. Some good photographs in this article <a href=\"https:\/\/confidentials.com\/manchester\/the-good-the-standard-the-ugly-onward-buildings?id=589970169e079\">www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li>17th November &#8211; <strong>Visit to Manchester Metropolitain University<\/strong> to view the special collections (inc. small tile collection, replicas of Della Robbia, Manchester Society of Architects and Art School Libraries e.g. Owen Jones) followed by a walking tour, to include the Palace Hotel, and other buildings in this quarter of Manchester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2011<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 5th \u2013 Visit to the<strong> William Morris Gallery <\/strong>in Walthamstow<\/li>\n<li>April 9th &#8211; <strong>Coade stone and Doulton walk along Thames Embankment <\/strong>and <strong>V&amp;A <\/strong>visit<\/li>\n<li>June 4th &#8211; Visit to a <strong>private Burmantofts collection<\/strong>, West Yorkshire<\/li>\n<li>June 11th &#8211; <strong>Alan Boyson in Manchester. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>July 1st &#8211; <strong>Visit to Shaws of Darwen<\/strong>, Lancashire<\/li>\n<li>July 2nd &#8211; <strong>TACS AGM in Blackpool.<\/strong><strong style=\"color: initial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157627081953807\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>October 1st &#8211; <strong>Antique Tile Fair in Nottingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>November 12th &#8211; <strong>Exporting Stoke and Beyond: Tiles and architectural ceramics in the world context. <\/strong>TACS conference being held at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent. <a href=\"\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/tile-events\/exporting-stoke-beyond-conference-2011\/\">conference website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2010<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Visit to the Private Tile Collection (March 13th).<\/li>\n<li>Visit to the <strong>Potteries Museum &amp; Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent<\/strong> to see the reserve collection of tiles. Followed by a visit to the <strong>Wedgwood Museum<\/strong> (April 17th).<\/li>\n<li>Visit to see the <strong>Doulton tile panels in West Kirby Residential School<\/strong> and the terracotta, chimney stacks and chimney pots of&nbsp;<strong>Port Sunlight<\/strong>. (May 8th) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157624172041462\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weekend in <strong>Hull and Hornsea <\/strong>(June 12th\/13th) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157624623791456\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>TACS AGM in Birmingham<\/strong>(July 3rd)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antique Tile Fair in Nottingham<\/strong>(September 25th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2009<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A visit to <strong>selected tile locations in Liverpool<\/strong> including the Walker Art Gallery, the Town Hall, the Municipal Buildings, the Pearl Life Assurance Building, the Lion Tavern and the Cavern Wall of Fame &amp; Lewis\u2019 Department store(March 21st) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157616568439299\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>weekend in Lisbon<\/strong> sampling the many tile delights in Lisbon such as the National Tile Museum, the Gulbenkian Musuem, the Pinheiro Museum, tiled churches and monasteries, tiled railway stations and underground stations, the Viuva Lamego tile factory. (April 25th-26th) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157620817558404\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A Visit to <strong>Greenwich<\/strong> including a Coade stone tour of the former Royal Naval Hospital looking at the magnificent Coade pediment in the King William Court, and the many Coade stone statues and decorations in the Chapel of St. Peter and Paul. Also the South Building at the Royal Observatory with Doulton terracotta by W. Neatby and the relocated Greenwich mural by Philippa Threlfall (May 16th). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157620664594345\/\">View Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Medieval Tile Workshop with Diana Hall<\/strong>: A demonstration workshop looking at the materials and the various processes involved in medieval tile making (June 13th).<\/li>\n<li><strong>TACS AGM London<\/strong> (July 4th) Held at Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London WC1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antique Tile Fair in Nottingham <\/strong>(September 26th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events for 2008<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Sheila Hughes tile collection<\/strong>. TACS Private view and study day Fieldings Auctioneers, Stourbridge, Birmingham.(5th January).<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: initial;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157604515954561\/\">Visit to Leeds<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 600; color: initial;\">. A tour of the latest developments including the Town Hall foyer, the reopened Tiled Hall at the Central Library, the Frank Brandwyn mosaics in St Aidens Church and the Grand Theatre (15th March).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Visit to <strong>private tile collection in Kent<\/strong> (26th April).<\/li>\n<li>Visit to <strong>Pownell Hall<\/strong>, Wilmslow, Cheshire (TACS members only, limited to 25 people). An Afternoon visit to the hall which is now School and not usually open to the public. The tiles are mainly 19th and early 20th century and include some fine examples of Arts and Crafts designs. There will be a guided tour of the house by the headmaster.(May 10th)<\/li>\n<li>Visit to the <strong>Reserve Collection of the Museum of London<\/strong>. Afternoon visit going behind the scenes at the museum of London to see the tiles not on show. (7th June)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TACS AGM<\/strong> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157606217532406\/\">Walking tour of Chester<\/a> (5th July)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual TACS Antique &amp; Collectable Tile Sale<\/strong>, Tile Sale, St. Judes Church Hall, 403 Woodborough Road, Mapperley, Nottingham, NG3 5HE. (September 27th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events in 2007<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\n<figure><span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: initial;\"> <\/span><a style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157602551792520\/\">Tile and terracotta walk in South Kensington, London, a joint TACS and Victorian Society Event (17th March)<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Visit to private <strong>Burmantofts collection<\/strong> (21st April)<\/li>\n<li>Behind the scenes visit to the tile collection of <strong>Norwich Castle Museum<\/strong> (19th May) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157601188660428\/\">Tile &amp; Architectural Ceramics sites in Norwich (20th May)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Visit to <strong>private tile collection in London<\/strong> (23rd June)<\/li>\n<li>AGM meeting and backroom tour of Manchester Art Gallery ceramics collection (7th July)<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><a style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/72157602740256391\">Two-day visit to Delft and Amsterdam (September 8-9)<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>TACS Annual Antique and Collectable Tiles Fair<\/strong>, Nottingham (29th September 2007)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/tile-events\/tacs-postwar-murals-study-day-2007\/\">TACS Postwar Murals Study Day&nbsp;<\/a>report by Alan Swale&nbsp;(Tuesday 20th November 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events in 2006<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>Weekend in the Lakes<\/strong> (12th-13th May)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TACS Twenty-fifth Anniversary AGM<\/strong> &#8211; Gladstone Pottery Museum (1st July)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Looking at Leicester <\/strong>(5th August)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antique and Collectible Tile Fair, Nottingham<\/strong> (30th September)<\/li>\n<li><strong>TACS 25th Anniversary Conference<\/strong>, <a href=\"\/\/tilesoc.org.uk\/tacs\/index.php\/tile-events\/conference-2006\/\">Church Ceramics: Decorative tiles, mosaic and terracotta during and after the Gothic Revival<\/a>. Coalbrookdale. (6th-7th October)<\/li>\n<li>Visit to members tile collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TACS Events in 2005<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A two-day trip to <strong>Ireland<\/strong> (18-19th March)<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>Blue Plaques study day in London<\/strong> (23rd April)<\/li>\n<li>A walk around <strong>York<\/strong> (14th May)<\/li>\n<li>A weekend in <strong>Bristol<\/strong>(10th-11th June)<\/li>\n<li>TACS AGM at <strong>The Water Tower Carshalton <\/strong>(2nd July)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launch of the Tile Gazetteer<\/strong> &amp; opening of the Industrial Tiles Exhibition, Jackfield Tile Museum (24th September)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tile Gazetteer Press Launch<\/strong>, Leighton House, London (27th September)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Antique Tile Fair, Nottingham <\/strong>(1st October)<\/li>\n<li>Visit to members tile collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10119368@N06\/sets\/\">Previous Event Photos on Flickr<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"events\">\n<h3>Events from previous years<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2004 Walking tour of <strong>Manchester<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">2004 <strong>Wales, Shotton Steel Works, Craig Bragdy<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>2003 <b>Loughborough and Hathernware Terracotta Works<\/b><\/li>\n<li>2003 <strong>Tiles, Terracotta and Faience in Leeds<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2002 Tiles in <b>North Kent <\/b><\/li>\n<li>2002 <b>Newcastle upon Tyne<\/b><\/li>\n<li>2001 <b>Dorking<\/b>, Surrey<\/li>\n<li>2001 Minton in <b>North East Staffordshire <\/b>St Giles Cheadle and other churches featured in the Cumming Report<\/li>\n<li>2000 <b>Stoke-on-Trent<\/b><\/li>\n<li>2000 <b>Southampton<\/b> and district<\/li>\n<li>1999 <b>Mornington Crescent (Camden &amp; Islington)<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1999 <b>Birkenhead<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1998 <b>County Durham<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1998 <b>South East London<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1998 <b>West Sussex Churches<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1997 <b>Leicester<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1997 <b>English Riviera<\/b>, Devon<\/li>\n<li>1997 <b>Carlisle<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">1995 <b>Somerset Churches<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"text\">1994 <b>Liverpool<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li>1993 <b>Newcastle upon Tyne<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1993 <b>Whitby<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1992 Ornamental <b>Nottingham<\/b> by K. Brand<\/li>\n<li>1992 <b>Aberystwyth<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1992 Architectural Ceramics in <b>Reading<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1992 Medieval sites in N. Yorks: <b>Helmsley, Rievaulx &amp; Byland<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1991 <b>Windsor &amp; the Albert Memorial Chapel<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1991 <b>Norwich &amp; Norfolk<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1991 <b>Lichfield<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1991 <b>Scarborough<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1991 <b>Rochdale<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1990 <b>Hereford &amp; Abergavenny<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1990 <b>Hull<\/b> Tiles Tour<\/li>\n<li>1990 Delftware Tiles at <b>Holyrood, Edinburgh<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1990 <b>Holland House &amp; City of London<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1989 <b>London <\/b>visit, including <b>All Saints<\/b>, Margaret St., <b>Prudential Building<\/b> &amp; <b>Lloyds<\/b> <b>Bank<\/b>, Strand<\/li>\n<li>1989 <b>Hathernware<\/b> &amp; Terracotta and Faience in <b>Loughborough<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1989 <b>Birmingham &amp; District<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1988 Decorative Tiles &amp; Architectural Ceramics in <b>Yorkshire<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1988 Visit to <b>London,<\/b> including <b>Michelin Building<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1987 Tiles in <b>Amsterdam<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1987 <b>Tile Museums in Holland<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1985 Carter &amp; Co. in <b>Poole &amp; Bournemouth<\/b>, Pilkington\u2019s Tiles Limited, Poole<\/li>\n<li>1985 Architectural Ceramics in <b>Manchester<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1986 <b>Wightwick Manor &amp; Highbury Hall<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1986 Architectural Ceramics in <b>Glasgow<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1986 Tiles and Terracotta of <b>Wrexham &amp; District<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1984 Tiles and Terracotta in<strong> Hull<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1984 <b>St. Giles\u2019 RC Church, Cheadle<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1984 <b>Shaws of Darwen<\/b> &amp; A Ceramic Tour of <b>Blackpool<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1984 Medieval Tiles at <b>Malvern Priory<\/b><\/li>\n<li>1981 Tiles &amp; Terracotta in <b>London<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* TACS had no responsibility for the organisation of events marked with an asterisk<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- \/wp:freeform --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>2023-2026 Virtual Event replays are available to TACS Members only. 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