Peter Jackson

After such a build-up to his appearance it was always possible that we might have been disappointed. It was matter of minutes into his tales that we realised that there was no fear of that! A great raconteur and speaker who clearly has an innate ability to bring to life the stories he relates – … Read more

Next time you are watching a play on the television, close your eyes and pretend you are partially sighted or completely blind. You will find that your understanding of the events you hear may well not be sufficient to follow the story. This is when the skill of the audio describer fills in all the … Read more

A superbly well-constructed and delivered presentation revealed that Hardstoft – near Tibshelf services – in East Derbyshire was the site of the first deep oil well in the UK – maybe the world – and we all thought it was in the Middle East! Sadly it has mostly run out now except for a little … Read more

We’ve only just got rid of the snow in Sheffield and we are off to the Antarctic where the temperature rarely gets above minus 6 Centigrade! However we were in for treat with some splendid pictures which revealed the major difficulties of building a research base on top of ice. Ultimately it gets covered and becomes … Read more

After all the recent snows and cancelled meetings it was good to get back together and we could not have wished for a more entertaining way to start the week. Roger told the story of George Formby with musical accompaniment and the grand finale was having us all on our feet to sing “Leaning on … Read more

I post here a picture of the snow outside my workshop which acts as a reminder of why the meeting was cancelled!