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

The guest speaker was Tim Forman who presented ‘Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing’. Tim qualified as a teacher in 1982 but subsequently began his sales career with Endsleigh Insurance. He gave his first talk about today’s subject in 1992 and passed on a tip to any…

Bob Hayter - The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person

The guest speaker was one of our members, Bob Hayter, who presented ‘The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person’. Before the Industrial Revolution, clothing was primarily made from natural, animal, and plant fibres like wool, linen, and silk. People used hand-powered methods like spinning wheels and looms…

Chris Freeman - Jungle Look - The Birds and the Bees and The Kapok Tree