Summer Meeting 2008 — West Cumbria
West Cumbria, 10th–11th July.
The Summer Meeting was held on the 10th and 11th of July and was hosted by the President Steve Davison in West Cumbria. There was an interesting variety of visits to Corus, Wordsworth House, Jennings Brewery and M-Sport. An excellent dinner was taken in the Haunted Vault of the Rum Story at Whitehaven.
The summer meeting was very enjoyable and we are grateful to the outgoing President for organising an extremely successful few days.
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New Award Holders' Visit to Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum
On Friday 21st February 2025, a group of new award recipients gathered at Imperial College London.