Our Technology and Science group looked at the history and science of ‘plague’ at the end of June. We covered several pandemics around the world but, because the presenter is squeamish, the gory details were only scraped over.
But Channel 5 has given us the chance to relive the 1665 English events.
Click on the image to watch the program. You will need to register with C5!
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Wednesday’s talk was given by John Joyce (BA) who talked about all aspects of the Grenfell Towers incident. A very comprehensive presentation covered the incident itself, previous issues with similar buildings, building materials, council issues and the inquiry.
He also gave detailed information on the outcomes of findings within all the industries and services involved including significant changes to legislation, likely to affect all construction in the future.
The presentation was broken down into 5 key areas:
Our thanks to John and to Steve for inviting him to the group.
Further reading can be found in these links:
The Grenfell tower inquiry
The Hackitt Report
Grenfell – BBC podcast
Show me the bodies
Next month we will be looking at Luca Turin (11th) and plague (25th)
The May 28th meeting will now be looking at Grenfell Tower with a guest speaker.
Next month schedule should be:
June 11 – Luca Turin and the ‘Secret of Scent’
June 25 – The history and science of Plague
We then take our Summer Break and will resume on
Wednesday Sep 10th with subjects to be announced
On Wednesday 9th April we will be looking at the 1831 cooling, a global event that brought the planet dangerously close to disaster.
Join us at Kensington House from 2.30.
New members welcome.
Our next meeting is Wednesday 26th March at Kensington House
at 14:30 where we will be looking at the science and history of ‘graphene’.
Future topics and dates:
09 April ‘The 1831 cooling’
23 April Bar codes
May 14 Mustard
May 28 Luca Turin
If you have a topic to share or offer for us to present then please contact Colin or Phil
Our next meeting is Wednesday 26th Feb at Kensington House
from 2.30 where we will be looking at HAARP.
Interested in ‘science or technology’ ?
Come and give us a try
We got our dates mixed up in the previous post. Hopefully this better.
A small turnout for ‘3 lines of coke’ but it seemed to be well received. Hopefully folk know a lot more about Pepsi cola, coal coke and crystal meth 
Our next topic will be the history of Thalidomide on Wed 22 Jan.
February: 12th – Kodaks first digital moments 26th – HAARP
March 12th we will be looking at ‘glass making’ with John. We are proposing a visit to the world of glass museum in St. Helens on Wednesday March 26th. We have the option for a private (FREE) visit or as a group with various add-ons for £15 per head. Have a look at the website please, check out the group visit and let know if you’re interested.
A small turnout for ‘3 lines of coke’ but it seemed to be well received. Hopefully folk know a lot more about Pepsi cola, coal coke and crystal meth
Our next topic will be the history of Thalidomide on Wed 22 Jan.
On Feb 12th we will be looking at ‘glass making’ with John. We are proposing a visit to the world of glass on Feb 26th. We have the option for a private (FREE) visit or as a group with various add-ons for £15 per head. Have a look at the website please, check out the group visit and let know if your interested.
In March we will be looking at Kodak digital (12) and HAARP (26)
In March 2018 we discussed the origins and history of the Shipping Forecast.
The Shipping Forecast is produced by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It was first broadcast on 1 January 1924 as a weather bulletin called Weather Shipping before moving to the BBC a year later.
Here is a link to the BBC special
Best wishes for the New Year from Colin and Phil
We restart on January 8th with a few lines on Coke
Here is a link to the BBC’s Martin Lewis podcast – SCAM Epidemic.
It’s an interesting listen and some great learning.
Call at the Tuesday coffee morning help desk for any IT related issues you might have. We can usually point you in the right direction.
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