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Forthcoming Programme - Winter 2013

 

 

London Meetings

The 2013 AHS London Lecture Series is held at the Royal Astronomical Society, 20-21, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BQ. Refreshments will be available.

Thursday 16 May
5.30 for 6.15 pm
LECTURE:
‘Decimal clocks and ten-day weeks: the French Republican Calendar’ by Matthew Shaw
More details here.

Thursday 18 July
5.30 for 6.15 pm
LECTURE:
‘Bahne Bonniksen and the karrusel watch revisited’ by Clare Woodward
 
The 2013 AHS London Lecture Series is kindly sponsored by Carter Wright Ltd.


 

Scottish Section

Meetings are held at The Methodist Church, Nicholson Square, Edinburgh at 2.00 pm, unless otherwise stated.

Saturday 23 March
LECTURE: by Keith Scobie-Youngs from the Cumbria Clock Company Ltd.

Saturday 6 April
LECTURE: ‘The Greenwich Timeball’ by Douglas Bateman
Joint meeting with the East of Scotland BHI
Venue: The Canons Gait, 232 Canongate. Edinburgh


 

Northern Section

At Trinity Methodist Church, Trinity Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 3ED at 7.30 pm, unless otherwise stated.

Friday 12 April
CLUB NIGHT: Bring and discuss letter N

Friday 10 May
LECTURE: ‘Edward East’ by Oliver Cooke

Friday 14 June
CLUB NIGHT: Sundials


 

Midlands Section

In Room SO13 Social Studies Building, University of Warwick, Coventry, at 7.30 pm, unless otherwise stated.

Saturday 6 April
VISIT: to Richard Higgins Conservation Ltd

Wednesday 1 May
LECTURE: ‘Edward East’ by Oliver Cooke

Wednesday 5 June
LECTURE: ‘Admiral Lord Nelson and the Commemorative Domestic Clock’ by Rory McEvoy

Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June
TOUR: North Cheshire


 

East Anglian Section

At the Hyndman Centre, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3JT commencing at 2.00 pm, unless otherwise stated. Doors open 1.45. There is free parking at the centre.

Saturday 25 May
LECTURE: ‘Editing Antiquarian Horology with a background in the history of scientific instruments’ by Peter de Clercq


 

South Eastern Section

All meetings with the exception of the AGM are held in Vinters Park Community Centre, Hampton Road, Maidstone commencing at 2.30 pm

Saturday 6 April
Please Note - CHANGE OF VENUE This meeting will be held at Detling Village Hall, Pilgrim's Way, Detling, ME14 3EY from 2.00pm for 2.30
LECTURE:
'Of Clocks and Shadows (on the equation of time)' by Andrew James

Saturday 1 June
LECTURE: ‘Clock Dials’ by Hugh Cockwill


 

Southern Section

Meetings are held at West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, PO18 0QZ on Saturdays, starting at 2pm. There is free parking at the College.

Saturday 13 April
LECTURE: ‘English Clock Systems Ltd, Smith's venture into industrial electrical timekeeping’ by Martin Ridout, and Bring & Buy

Saturday 18 May
LECTURE: ‘George Graham - Watchmaker’ by Rory McEvoy, and Members Talks

Saturday 15 June
VISIT:  to a Private Collection. Numbers limited.


 

Irish Section

 


 

Dutch Section

 


 

American Section

 


 

Canadian Section

 


 

Western Canada Section

 


 

Electrical Horology Group

Saturday 8 June
BRING & DISCUSS:
Toddington Village Hall, Beds


 

Turret Clock Group

Saturday 11 May
VISIT: A day in the West Sussex area, including a visit to a private collection (numbers may have to be limited).

Friday/Saturday 5-6 July
SUMMER TOUR: based in Cornwall

Friday/Saturday 11-12 October
AGM & TOUR: in the York area.

  

Calendar 2013

March
16 East Anglian Section Meeting
23 Scottish Section Meeting
23-24 Annual General Meeting
April
6 South Eastern Section Meeting
6 Midlands Section Visit
6 Scottish Section Meeting
12 Northern Section Meeting
13 Southern Section Meeting
May  
1 Midlands Section Meeting
10 Northern Section Meeting
11 Turret Clock Group Outing
16 London Meeting
16 Council Meeting
18 Southern Section Meeting
25 East Anglian Section Meeting
June  
1 South Eastern Section Meeting
5 Midlands Section Meeting
8 Electrical Horology Group Meeting
14 Northern Section Meeting
15 Southern Section Visit
28-30 Midlands Section Tour
July
5-6 Turret Clock Group Tour
12 Northern Section Meeting
18 London Meeting
18 Council Meeting
20 East Anglian Section Meeting
August
3 South Eastern Section Meeting
9 Northern Section Meeting
September  
7 Midlands Section Day Out
7 Southern Section Meeting
13 Northern Section Meeting
14 Electrical Horology Group Meeting
19 London Meeting
19 Council Meeting
21 East Anglian Section Meeting
October  
2 Midlands Section Meeting
5 South Eastern Section AGM
11 Northern Section Meeting
11-12 Turret Clock Group AGM & Tour
November
6 Midlands Section Meeting
8 Northern Section Meeting
16 East Anglian Section AGM
21 London Meeting
21 Council Meeting
23 Electrical Horology Group AGM
23 East Anglian Section Meeting
26 Southern Section AGM
December
7 South Eastern Section Meeting
7 Midlands Section AGM
7 Southern Section Meeting
13 Northern Section Meeting

  

  • Clock & Watch Fairs 2013

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    • FAIR: Brunel Watch & Clock Fair, Brunel University, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex.
      9 am to 3 pm.
          14 April, 9 June, 15 September, 15 December
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    • FAIR: Midland Clock & Watch, National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, nr. Birmingham.
      9 am to 3 pm.
          17 March, 19 May
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    • FAIR: Clock & Watch Dealers Fair, Haydock Park Racecourse.
      9 am to 3 pm.
          21 April, 30 June, 8 September, 24 November
          
    • FAIR: Essex Clock Fair, St John Ambulance HQ, Greenstead Rd, Colchester.
      9 am to 3 pm.
          12 May, 13 October (TBC)
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Recent London meetings

An announcement of forthcoming London lectures is published in the Journal. Archived copies of these announcements for recent years (excluding AGMs) are available for download here as PDF files.

   
November 2009 'The Great Clock of Westminster' by Chris McKay
January 2010 'William Edwards Miller' by David Thompson
March 2010 'Researching & writing 'Shaping the Day' by Paul Glennie and Nigel Thrift
July 2010 'The Bowes Swan' by Matthew Read
September 2010 'Ahasuerus Fromanteel and the early pendulum clock' by Rebecca Pohancenik
November 2010 'Hope and Glory: a horological battle for survival, 1910-1945' by Philip Whyte and Richard Stenning
January 2011 'The horological collector Revd. Henry Leonard Nelthropp' by David Thompson
March 2011 'The Gretton Project' by Dennis Radage
July 2011 'The Great Knibb' by Andrew King
September 2011 'The Life and Times of Edward East' by Oliver Cooke
November 2011 'George Graham, Watchmaker' by Rory McEvoy
January 2012 Special Event - First meeting at Burlington House
March 2012 'The Great Collectors: J. Pierpont Morgan' by David Thompson
July 2012 'A Good Time in Berlin - the remarkable clocks of Normal-Zeit' by Dr. James Nye
September 2012 'Clocks for the Transits of Venus' by Matthew Read
November 2012 'Bankruptcy and insolvency in the English horological trade, 1720-1849' by Dr. David Bryden
January 2013

‘James Short, telescope-maker, and his support for chronometer-maker John Harrison’ by Professor Jim Bennett