The third open meeting will take place at the B R staff Club on Sunday
26th of May. From 2.30pm until around 5.30pm. The Club is just 200 yards
from the station. There is an hourly train service from most directions.
Didcot is well situated for road connections from the N4 & A34 and
easy to find being situated midway between Oxford, Newbury, Reading and
Swindon. There is ample parking space at the Staff Club.
It would be especially nice if those living within 10-40 miles distance
could make a special effort to attend this year. We are aware of the
expense of traveling these days, but with planning perhaps some car
sharing could be arranged among members and Area Leaders, and enough
savings could be made to make the journey worthwhile.
We are pleased to announce that Bill Crumplin will be featuring his
Wide-Screen 3-D show. You will recall that we missed out on this
presentation at the first meeting when an accident put one of his
projectors out of action. Most of the equipment is home made and Bill
uses two Russian HORIZANT cameras to give a wide picture ratio and
projects onto a l7ft Silvered Screen. The projector lamps are boosted to
give ample light output this requires a liquid coolant to protect the
slides. Using polarizing filters and glasses, this combines to give one
of the most spectacular slide viewing experiences you are likely to
encounter.
Along side this will be some A/ST work from Yorkshire and South Wales
members. All members are welcome to bring some slides whether it he 2 or
102, to show their, work. if you really cant come along we shall be
pleased to accept your slides along with some comments. Every care will
be taken to return them in good order.
Some light refreshments will be available during the interval when it is
hoped that Margary Meadows will have some of her African Safari
Cibachrome prints on show and along with some processing units, Kevin
Craske hopes to have his TFM desk available for sales. We say hopes, as
around this period Kevin and his wife shall be expecting to process
their second ‘reversal, which we hope will develop into a perfect
positive!
Much work is put into bringing these meetings to fruitition and we urge
everyone who can possibly attend to please make every effort to come
along. We shall certainly do all we can to make you very welcome.