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26 Eileen M BowltCouncil and organised the outings as well. Thegrowth of archaeology as a profession and theclose association of LAMAS with the Museumof London have meant that recent Transactionscontain papers based on scientific method andmostly written by professionals. In that area ofLAMAS's interests at least the day of the giftedamateur seems to be over. The proliferation ofsocieties devoted to the study of local historyall over the Cities of London and Westminsterand the former county of Middlesex has led tothose studies mainly being published outsideTransactions.Nevertheless LAMAS continues to act as anumbrella organisation and provides a forumfor both archaeologists and local historians withits annual conferences. The Rev Thomas Hugowould surely have loved to preside over themand to have contributed a paper or two!NOTESTrans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 1.2 S A Brooks 'L.A.M.A.S. - A Victorian establishment'Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 36 (1985),203-22^ London Metropolitan Archive: Ace 2899: EveningMeetings Book."* LMA: Ace 2899: Minute Book 1.•'' ibid: Minute Books 2 and 3.Ealing Central library: George Harris LL.D, FSA1809-1890, printed for private circulation, London1888.ibid.* ibid.^ LMA: Ace 2899: Minute Book 1.Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 1." ibid.^^ The Architectural Museum was formed in 1852,mainly through the efforts of George Gilbert Scott, inthe loft of a wharf at Cannon Row. The artefacts weremoved to the South Kensington Museum in 1856 andwere absorbed into the V & A collection.Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 1.14 ibid.15 ibid.^^ Brooks op cit (note 2).Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 1.18 ibid.Trans London Middlesex Archaeol Soc 2.Communication from Patricia Clarke, SubscriptionsSecretary, 18 April 2005.^1 ut supra." Brooks op cit (note 2).