The guest speaker this month was Optometrist Dr Jonathan Denniss. Jonathan is an Associate Professor in the School of Optometry & Vision Science, Bradford University, and he spoke about developments in Optometry. He has carried out research to improve understanding of changes to the eye and…

The guest speaker this month was Neil Hanson, who presented ‘Inn and Out at the Top’. Neil began with a resume of his jobs over the years after leaving university. Among these were working in a wood yard, in a bakery, as an ice cream salesman…

Neil Hanson - "Inn and Out at the Top"

The guest speaker was Marilyn Shalks. It was a second visit from Marilyn, along with her husband Allan, who assisted with the presentation. Excerpts from musical films from the last century, and some more recent, were intertwined with an imaginary honeymoon story from our visitors. Details…

David Glover - "Horrible Halifax"

Adrian Nixon - Space Elevators

The guest speaker was Adrian Nixon, who presented ‘Space Elevators - A Stairway to the Heavens.' In his introduction, Adrian referred to the table full of objects on display and said that the subject and project were unknown to most people – but found that several…

The guest speaker was David Hardcastle with a ‘Mobile Police Museum’. Most, if not all of the exhibits, were already laid out on a long table and David said he would try his best, in the time allotted, to describe and speak about as many as…

Steve Welsh - "Life as a Roman Legionary"

The guest speaker was Steve Welsh, with ‘Life as a Roman Legionary’. Steve had visited Hadrian’s Wall as a youngster many times and has walked the whole distance of it, wearing the full armour and clothing that legionaries would have worn. He began his presentation wearing what looked like an…

Tim Forman - Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing