Horological Calendar

May 2013

1 – South West Branch, Speaker Peter Watkinson FBHI  ‘Restoration of the Waddesdon Manor Flute Player Clock’, 7.45pm,  Daw Building, Exeter School, Manston Terrace, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
1 – Wessex Branch, Speaker David Poole ‘Antiquarian Horology  Clues for the Future’, 7.30pm, Badger Farm Community Centre,  Winchester, S022 4QB.
1 – Lakes Branch, Social Evening. Venue to be arranged.
8 – Sheffield Branch, Bar and Discussion, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
8 – Cheltenham Branch, Speaker Geoff Armitage ‘Bellcasting, Turning and Uses’,  7.30pm, Parmoor House, 13 Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2SX.
9 – South London Branch, Speaker George deFossard, ‘Miniature Longcase Clock’, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
9 – North London, Speaker Justin Koullapis ‘Restoration of a Longcase Clock’,  7.00pm, Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
12 – Essex Clock and Watch Fair, 9am-3pm, St John Ambulance HQ, Greenstead Road, Colchester, C01 2SL. Contact: BHI Ipswich Branch. Tel 01787 476462. Email clocks@ipswichbhi.org.uk
13 – Leicester Branch, Change from Advertised Programme (ring Colin Reynolds for details). 7.30pm, The BRITE Centre, Leicester, LE3 1LE.
13 – Lincolnshire Branch, Speaker Dr David Firth, ‘Longcase Clocks’, Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
14 – Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch, Speaker Jim Arnfield ‘Development of Wrist Watches’ 7.30pm, The Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, WA10 6RW.
19 – Yorkshire Branch  Speaker Ed Cloutman, Clocks in Bermuda, 1.30pm, Top Floor Lecture Room, Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP. NEW DATE
19 – Midland Clock & Watch Fair, National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, Near Birmingham. www.clockandwatchfairs.com
21 – Manchester Branch , Speaker Ashley Strachan, ‘Early Japanese Clocks and Time Measurement’, 7.30pm,  Sale Moor Community Centre, Norris Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2TN. NEW VENUE
23 – Milton Keynes Branch, Members Evening, Sales Table, Bring & Discuss, 7.30pm, Sherington Village Hall, MK16 9NW.
28–Oxford Branch Speaker Ray Darnell, ‘Waltham Industrial Watch Museum’,  7.30pm, Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DP.

June 2013

5 – South West Branch, Speaker Chris Ayres, ‘Clock Case Making and Restoring’, 7.45pm, Daw Building, Exeter School, Manston Terrace, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
5 – Wessex Branch, The 13th Tony Gutteridge Lecture, Speaker David Thompson FBHI, 'The Watch and Clockmakers of Blois'. 7.30pm, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY. A buffet and wine will be provided.
5 – Lakes Branch, Horological Visit to Chapel Stile Church Clock. 7.30pm at the Church.
6 – South London Branch, Speaker Sid Lines, Workshop Practice, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
9 – Milton Keynes Branch Outing.
9 – Brunel Clock and Watch Fair, The Sports Hall, Brunel University,Uxbridge, Middlesex. www.clockandwatchfairs.com
10 – Lincolnshire Branch, Speaker Jim Arnfield, ‘Escapements’, Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
10 – Leicester Branch, Members Night - Bring along an item for discussion, 7.30pm, The BRITE Centre, Leicester, LE3 1LE.
11 – Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch, Speaker Steve Tennick ‘My Time with Clocks’, 7.30pm, The Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, WA10 6RW.
12 – Sheffield Branch, AGM and Speaker John Edwards ‘Mining Machinery and Automation’, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
13 – North London, Speaker David Read  ‘Observatory Time for the Public  1880 to 1970’,  6.30pm for 7.00pm, Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
14, 15, 16 – The BHI Annual Summer Show at Upton Hall. (AGM 16th).
20 – South London Branch, Visit, Music Box Museum (Horsham).
24 – Bristol Branch, Speaker Mike Cardew ‘Watchmaking - my recent work’, 7.30pm, The Globe, Newton St. Loe, Bath,  BA2 9BB.
25 –Oxford Branch Speaker Malcolm Pipes  ‘Compensated Pendulums’  7.30pm, Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DP.
27 – Milton Keynes Branch, Speaker William Sunderland, ‘English Lantern Clocks’  7.30pm, Sherington Village Hall, MK16 9NW.
30 – Northern Clock and Watch Fairs, Haydock Park, M6 Junction 23/A580 interchange signed to Racecourse. www.clockand watchfairs.co.uk

July 2013

3 – South West Branch, Speaker Clive Steer, ‘Turret Clock Restoration’ 7.45pm,  Daw Building, Exeter School, Manston Terrace, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
4 – South London Branch, Speaker David Hornsea, ‘Clockmaking Soho Birmingham’, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
11 – North London, Speaker Jim Lewis, ‘London's Lea Valley, Britain's Best Kept Secret’,  6.30pm for 7.00pm, Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
10 – Sheffield Branch, Bar and Discussion, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
14 – Yorkshire Branch Auction of books, tools and clocks, etc, 1.30pm, Top Floor Lecture Room, Bradford Industrial Museum, Moorside Road, Eccleshill, Bradford, BD2 3HP.
21 – Midland Clock & Watch Fair, National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, Near Birmingham. www.clockandwatchfairs.com
25 – Milton Keynes Branch, Bedford Astronimical Society Demonstration,  7.30pm, Sherington Village Hall, MK16 9NW.
29 – Bristol Branch, Speaker David Pearche ‘Loctite – its uses in horology’, 7.30pm, The Globe, Newton St. Loe, Bath,  BA2 9BB.

August 2013

1 – South London Branch, Speaker Marion Smith, ‘Researching Clock/Watch Makers’, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
8 – North London, Speaker John Warner ‘Some More Clocks, Watches and Experiences,’  6.30pm for 7.00pm, Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
14 – Sheffield Branch, Bar and Discussion, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.

September 2013

4 – South West Branch, Speaker Paul Shufflebotham, ‘The Coventry Watch Industry’, 7.45pm,  Daw Building, Exeter School, Manston Terrace, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
4 – Wessex Branch, Speaker Mike Wilson, 'Time on my Hands', 7.30pm, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY.
5 – South London Branch, Speaker Ron Rose, The Beresford Hutchinson Lecture ‘Complicated Carriage Clocks’, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
5 – Lakes Branch, Horological Speaker TBA, 7.30pm, Stricklandgate House, Kendal, LA9 4PU.
8 – Northern Clock and Watch Fairs, Haydock Park, M6 Junction 23/A580 interchange signed to Racecourse. www.clockand watchfairs.co.uk
8 – Brunel Clock and Watch Fair, The Sports Hall, Brunel University,Uxbridge, Middlesex. www.clockandwatchfairs.com
9 – Lincolnshire Branch, Practical Session, Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
9 – Leicester Branch, an evening visit to a number of local turret clocks in the south Leicester area. Contact Geoff Armitage for details.
10 – Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch, TBA, 7.30pm, The Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, WA10 6RW.
11 – Sheffield Branch, AGM and Speaker TBA, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
11 – Cheltenham Branch, Speaker Keith Scobie-Youngs ‘The Three Ancient Clocks of England; Salisbury, Wells and Rye’,  7.30pm, Parmoor House, 13 Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2SX.
12 – North London, Speaker JGeorge Gunthrope ‘Wheel Cutting in a Small Workshop’, 6.30pm for 7.00pm, Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
16 – South London Branch, Visit, Clockmakers Company.
24 –Oxford Branch Speaker Justin Koullapis  ‘Project 150’  7.30pm, Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DP.
26 – Milton Keynes Branch, Speaker Andrew Lound, ‘The Boulton Foundry’  7.30pm, Sherington Village Hall, MK16 9NW.
30 – Bristol Branch, Speakers Cornelia & George de Fossard  ‘Ava's latest new construction clock’, 7.30pm, The Globe, Newton St. Loe, Bath,  BA2 9BB.

October 2013

2 – Cheltenham Branch, Speaker George deFossard  ‘The Making of a Miniature Longcase Clock’,  7.30pm, Parmoor House, 13 Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2SX.
2 – Wessex Branch Auction, 6.30pm viewing for 7.30pm auction, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY.
3 – South London Branch Auction, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
3 – Lakes Branch, Bring and Discuss, 7.30pm, Stricklandgate House, Kendal, LA9 4PU.
7 – Leicester Branch, a morning visit to Norman and Underwood, to see demonstrations of making lead sheet. Contact Colin Reynolds for details.
8 – Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch, Annual Welcome to New Members evening, plus free format demonstrations 7.30pm, The Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, WA10 6RW.
9 – Sheffield Branch, Bar and Discussion, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
10 – North London, Speaker Ron Howes ‘The History of London's Water Supply’,  6.30pm for 7.00pm, Sekforde Arms, Sekforde Street, London, EC1R 0HA.
14 – Lincolnshire Branch, Speaker Colin Reynolds, ‘The Royal Liver Clock, Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
22 –Oxford Branch Speaker Oliver Cook  ‘Edward East’  7.30pm, Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DP.
24 – Milton Keynes Branch, Speaker Martin Gatto, ‘English Tavern Clocks’  7.30pm, Sherington Village Hall, MK16 9NW.
26 – Awards, Education and New Members Day, at Upton Hall.
27 – The BHI Autumn Open Day at Upton Hall.
28 – Bristol Branch, Speaker David Poole ‘The BHI Distance Learning Course’, 7.30pm, The Globe, Newton St. Loe, Bath,  BA2 9BB.

November 2013

3 – Midland Clock & Watch Fair, National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, Near Birmingham. www.clockandwatchfairs.com
6 – South West Branch, Speaker George de Fossard ‘Making a Table Regulator’, 7.45pm,  Daw Building, Exeter School, Manston Terrace, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
6 – Wessex Branch, Speaker TBA, 7.30pm, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY.
7 – South London Branch AGM followed by Bring and Show, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
11 – Lincolnshire Branch, Speaker TBA, Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
11 – Leicester Branch, Speaker Mike Frost, The Rector of South Kilworth, 7.30pm, The BRITE Centre, Leicester, LE3 1LE.
12 – Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch, Speaker Kevin Eva ‘Ancient to Modern we Move with the Times, Indexing, Dividing and Laughing at Primes’, 7.30pm, The Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, WA10 6RW.
13 – Sheffield Branch, AGM and Speaker TBA, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
13 – Cheltenham Branch, AGM,  7.30pm, Parmoor House, 13 Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2SX.
24 – Northern Clock and Watch Fairs, Haydock Park, M6 Junction 23/A580 interchange signed to Racecourse. www.clockand watchfairs.co.uk
25 – Bristol Branch, AGM followed by Members' Bring and Discuss, 7.30pm, The Globe, Newton St. Loe, Bath,  BA2 9BB.
28 – Milton Keynes Branch, Speaker Richard Edwards, ‘British Watchmaking since WWII’  7.30pm, Sherington Village Hall, MK16 9NW.

December 2013

4 – South West Branch, Bring and Discuss, Mince Pies and Wine, 7.45pm,  Daw Building, Exeter School, Manston Terrace, Exeter, EX2 4NP.
4 – Wessex Branch AGM, 7.30pm, Lyndhurst Community Centre. SO43 7NY.
5 – South London Branch, Speaker Christopher Hurrion, ‘Garnier Carriage Clocks’, 7.30pm, The White Barn (Godstone Village Hall) Godstone, RH9 8DU.
9 – Lincolnshire Branch, AGM and Christmas Celebrations Birchwood Leisure Centre, Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0JE.
10 – Merseyside, North Wales and West Cheshire Branch, Bring and Discuss, plus Seasonal Refreshments, 7.30pm, The Pavilion Meeting Room, Ruskin Leisure, Ruskin Drive, St Helens, WA10 6RW.
11 – Sheffield Branch, Bar and Discussion, 7.30pm, The Red Deer, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield, S1 4DD.
12 – Milton Keynes Branch Christmas Dinner.
15 – Brunel Clock and Watch Fair, The Sports Hall, Brunel University,Uxbridge, Middlesex. www.clockandwatchfairs.com