2024 Spring Programme
Tuesday 17th September “The Centurion Avre ” by Rob Allsopp
Rob Allsopp will present the story of the 165mm from 1960s to 1990s “The Swiss Army Knife for the Armoured Engineers” and give a brief history of the evolution of the AVRE, performance and capabilities, its variants and a brief look at its replacement
Rob sets an intriguing little puzzle:
Come and find out . . .for those who can’t make it I will publish the answer in October
Tuesday 26th September 2024 is the Cosford RAF Museum trip
Thanks to the efforts of out President we have managed to fill a minibus and get an outing together following poor response in May – all seats now taken.
Tuesday 15th October Speaker to be confirmed
A Note for your diary: Ladies Evening this year will be on Tuesday 19th November 2024 at Morecambe Golf Club
7:00 for 7:30 pm, which will be followed by a talk by Valerie Welti on “The Canary Girls” an unkind label given to the women who worked in the production of munitions during the war, exposure to which, besides the heath risks and obvious dangers, tended to pigment their skin yellow due to exposure to Picric Acid and other explosives.
We do not yet have the menu and prices for the 2024 Ladies Night Dinner at Morecambe Golf Club but the website will be updated and members notified as soon as we have them. As usual bookings and menu choices will be required before Monday 4th November to allow us to advise MGC and also to prepare table arrangements etc.
Advance Notice of Annual General Meeting: Tuesday 21st January 2024 at 7:30 pm.
As usual, the meeting will be followed by a talk (currently being arranged).
The Agenda for the AGM, together with the Spring Programme, will be distributed at the beginning of the New Year. Subscriptions are due at January meeting, please check with the Treasurer whether you are in any arrears!
Our meetings are on the THIRD Tuesday in the month, at the Bare Village Hall, Bare Lane, Bare, starting at 7.30 p.m. However if circumstances change e.g. if the government re-impose restrictions (I Hope Not!) we will revert to virtual meetings on Zoom, any changes to the above programme will be notified by e-mail and Facebook but please make sure your contact details are up to date and you have submitted a GDPR form so we can contact you.
Visitors are always welcome to attend, especially young engineers, who are eligible to join at a favourable rate.
Further information on any aspect of the Society is available from the Secretary, Phil Slack, tel. 01524-423287 or les.secretary@yahoo.com, from the LES Web Site www.lancasterengineeringsociety.org.uk or at the Society’s new Facebook group page. www.facebook.com/groups/LancasterEngineeringSociety
Please notify any change of email address, postal address or telephone number to the Secretary, either at a meeting or preferably via e-mail.