Glyn Davies Michael began to learn about Taiwan when his daughter, son-in-law and their three children moved there in 2011. Many people know that Taiwan: is an island was called Formosa produced cheap, tatty goods is wanted by China In fact, Taiwan is now a manufacturer of very high tech electrical goods and the tension with China … Read more
Kate Allatt loves to run. In February 2010 she was running for two hours around Chatsworth with her running mates, trying to get super-fit ready to attempt a climb of Kilimanjaro. She developed a severe headache and her husband took her to the walk-in centre. The triage nurse said she should go to the A … Read more
(Andrew’s career was in education and not in engineering, but he has always been very interested in cars and the history of car manufacture in Sheffield. He managed to acquire a large archive of Sheffield motor manufacturing information. He brought the archive with him so that members could look at it after the talk.) In … Read more
In 1957 Mike was in the RAF and was posted to Christmas Island as part of the military involved in the British H-bomb tests (code named Grapple X). Conditions were primitive. Troops were billeted in tents in temperatures of 95 degrees and 95% humidity, with only 5 gallons of desalinated water for 6 men each … Read more