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Past Meetings

Date	Speaker	Topic
2007
September	Roger Chambers	Preliminary inaugural meeting
October	Bob Mizon	A Tour of the Universe in Space and Time
November	Ray Maycock	Seeing is Believing
December	[Visit]	Wych Farm Oil Extraction Facility (Susie Baverstock)

Date	Speaker	Topic
2008
January	Dr Andrew Nicholson	The Ecology of Purbeck Heathland
February	Norman Burrell	Brief Post War History of Grain Storage
March	Simon Robinson	Climate Change
April	Prof Ken Peach	Particle Physics: Adventures in the Quantum Wonderland
May *	David Gerry	The Technology of Canals
June	John Hale	The Evolution of Sound in TV Post Production
July	John Ross	Myxomatosis: A nice example of Co-evolution
August		[No meeting]
September	Ian Platt	The History of the Camera
October	Dr Bill Penley	The Early Days of Radar
November	Jim Kerr	Hypnotism
December	Bob Mizon	Comets

Date	Speaker	Topic
2009
January	David Harris	A Physicist’s View of Humanity’s Top Ten Problems
February	Cyril Carr	The Avro Vulcan Bomber
March	Ian Mackenzie	Above or Below Average? Testing at REME 1987-2002
April	Robin Humphries	Agricultural Irrigation
May	[Visit]	Weymouth Sewage Treatment Works
June	[Visit]	Bournemouth University - Archaeology
July	[Visit]	Canford Heath Nature Reserve
August		[No Meeting]
September	Ben Buxton	British Pre-History: The Scientific Evidence
October	Graham Elmes	Ants and their Guests
November	John Lillington	My Experience in the Nuclear Industry
December	Ian Platt	The Greatest Detective Story in Geology

Date	Speaker	Topic
2010
January	David Harris	How Forensic Science Can Reveal the Truth
February	Barry Wheeler	The Design and Construction of Bridges
March *	Mark Warn	Managing Forests for Timber and Wildlife
April	John Howard	Building a Portable X-Ray System for Security Use
May	Dr Phil Judkins	Echoes of the Past Radar DVD showing by John Hale
June		[No Meeting]
July	[Visit]	Imery’s Ball Clay Processing Plant - Furzebrook
August		[No Meeting]
September	Lynn Insall	Genetic Modification and Food
October	Martin Gregory	Waste Management in Dorset
November	Ray Maycock	Roses are Red, Violets are Blue - Or Are They?
December	David Harris	What is Time? How Do We Measure It?

Date	Speaker	Topic
2011
January	Steve Austen	The Design and Construction of Lifeboats
February	Brian Andrews	The Sandbanks Ferry - An Engineering Story
March	Dr Howard Oliver	From Deep Freeze to Hothouse (with Mrs Sylvia Oliver)
April	Dr Phil Judkins	Bletchley Park and the Enigma Machine
May	Peter Curran	The New Poole Bridge
June	[Visit]	Hall and Woodhouse, Blandford
July	Andy Ramsbottom	Managing Poole Harbour - An Engineer’s Perspective
August		[No Meeting]
September	Dr Ken Collins	The Mary Rose Journey (with Jenny Mallinson)
October	John Howard	The Origins of the Quantum Theory
November	Alan Bagley	Why Digital? Why is everything going digital these days?
December	Ian Mackenzie	GPS and Digital Mapping

Date	Speaker	Topic
2012
18 January	Chris Copson	The development of Armoured Fighting Vehicles
15 February	Dr David Bacon	Energy in the Universe
21 March	Richard Edmonds	The Jurassic Coast, geology and geotourism
18 April	Dr Phil Judkins	“Breakout!” & More Deadly than the Male
16 May	James Fradgley	Tides on Earth
20 June	Nigel Webb	History of Nature Conservation
18 July	Phil Stephens	The Science of Bell Ringing
15 August		[No Meeting]
19 September	Steve Turnock	Extracting Energy from the Wind
17 October	John England	The Royal Naval Cordite Factory, with John Hale (DVD)
21 November	Dr Michael Bailey	Robert Stephenson - The Eminent Engineer
19 December	David Parham	The Swash Channel Wreck

Date	Speaker	Topic
2013
16 January	John Hale	The Evolution of TV Post Production Sound
20 February	Anne & Mike King	Rocks and Landscapes
20 March	Ian Platt	The History of the Camera
17 April	Phil Judkins	“Chess” - The Science behind the Air War, 1939 - 45 [Presentation Postponed - Rescheduled to 16th April next year]
15 May	Ray Maycock	Memory - Try and Keep it in Mind!
19 June	Geoff Kirby	The History of the Torpedo
17 July	Charles Miller	Surface & undersea drilling operations in the oil industry
20 August	[Visit]	The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum
18 September	Adrian Harvey	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon: Knee & Hip procedures
16 October	James Fradgley	The Astronomical causes of Global Warming
20 November	David Harris	What is Time? How do we measure it?
18 December	Geoff Kirby	The History of the Toilet - A light hearted talk!

Date	Speaker	Topic
2014
15 January	Colin Wintle David Harris	Heat transfer in a nuclear reactor A physicist at large
19 February	Mike Goater	Coastal Engineering
19 March	John Churchill John Hale	The First “HS2” - First design of High Speed Rail in UK The Evolution & Anatomy of Computer Hard Discs
16 April	Phil Judkins	“Chess” - The Science behind the Air War, 1939 - 45
21 May	Chris Sargeant	Colour Science in the high Street
18 June	Ian Platt	Is the moon a balloon?
16 July	Stephen Irving	Growing Food - How do we feed the world?
20 August	Nigel Webb	Visit: Higher Hyde Heath Nature Reserve
17 September	Pat Murdock	Importance of Rare Earth Metals for modern technology
15 October	John Ives	Zero Gravity
19 November	Jeremy Southgate	Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon: Hand surgery procedures
17 December	Geoff Kirby	Optical Illusions [Change to previously published programme]

Date	Speaker	Topic
2015
21 January	Tony Bates	Making of AV presentations - Dorset scenery & wildlife
18 February	Ian Church	Forensics: “The death by fire of an old lady”
18 March	Gareth Gregory	Application of science and technology to Olympic Sports
15 April	Phil Judkins	Diamond cut diamond: Wireless intercept & enigma in desert war
20 May	Ian Platt	The Earth’s magnetic field and its reversals
17 June	John Hale	Life Story - The Discovery of the Double Helix and DNA
15 July	Sarah Welton	Marine Conservation Locally, Nationally & Internationally
12 August		[Visit cancelled]
16 September	Pat Murdock	The Story of Coal
21 October	Nigel Webb	The History of Heathland
18 November	John Churchill	La Palma - Isle of Dark Secrets
16 December	Geoff Kirby	Breast Health & Bra Comfort

Date	Speaker	Topic
2016
20 January	John Hale	The Birth of Television
17 February	David Harris	The History of Computing - Part 1
16 March	Robert Westwood	Geology of the Jurassic Coast
20 April	Phil Judkins	Before Exocet, Before Cruise - The Hunt for German Missiles
18 May	Jim White	Dorset Grasslands
15 June	Kevin Patience	Scapa Flow – Salvaging the Imperial German Navy
20 July	Mike Waldock	Tributyl Tin – The deadly chemical on the bottom of boats
17 August	Jim White	Field Trip: Dorset Grasslands
21 September	Michelle Spruce	Microcirculatory changes and diabetes
19 October	John Churchill	Design of large Astronomical Telescopes
16 November	Brian Cresswell	Technologies for Tracking Wild Animals
21 December	Geoff Kirby	The Early History of Mathematics

* Additionally, on 15th May 2008, we had an all day trip to the National Oceanography Centre (part of the University of Southampton), including a cruise on the RS Callista and a tour round the shore facilities with a talk on "Polar Exploration"

* Additionally, on 31st March 2010, we visited the Royal Signals Museum at Blandford Camp where we were given a talk on "The Technology of Communications".

Date	Speaker	Topic
2017
18 January	Emma Rance	Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Vision for Living Seas
15 February	John Churchill	The Tools of Astronomy
15 March	Ted Proctor	The Physics of Radiotherapy
19 April	David Harris	The Devil’s in the Detail
17 May	John Hale	Weather Forecasting - FitzRoy to the Future
21 June	Dale Johnson	Surviving the Blitz - from Gas Masks to Doodlebugs
19 July	Gordon MacPhearson	Immunity - the Good, the Bad and the Unknown
16 August		[No Meeting]
20 September	Michael Bailey	The Archaeology of early Steam Locomotives
18 October	Derek Monk	Of Mushrooms and Men
15 November	Ted Pratt	Wild flowers of the Isle of Purbeck and Brownsea Island
20 December	Geoff Kirby	Quirky Astronomy

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Date	Speaker	Topic
2018
17 January	Sean Walls	Tracking Dragonflies and Birds
21 February	John Lillington	Nuclear Power: Past, Present and Future
21 March	John Forsdyke	Small Wonders - Microscopy
18 April	Phil Judkins	Convoy – The War at Sea
16 May	Ray Jones	Working with H.M. Submarines
20 June	Andy Ramsbottom	The New Quay in Poole Docks
18 July	Alan Turner	Science of LSM Organ with Demonstration
15 August		[No Meeting]
19 September	Cheryl Bailey	Modern Day Psychiatry: Art, Science or Mumbo Jumbo?
17 October	David Harris	How it all Began - Part I The Non Organic Universe
21 November	David Harris	How it all Began - Part II The Organic Universe
19 December	Geoff Kirby	The Wonderful World of Non-Dimensional Number Groups

Date	Speaker	Topic
2019
16 January	Steve Etches	Stories from Deep Time - The Etches Collection
20 February	David Harris	Forensics: The Devil’s in the Detail
20 March	John Forsdyke	Even Smaller Wonders - Microscopy
17 April	Phil Judkins	Spies, Science and the Deceptions masking D-Day
15 May	Alan Neal	Radiation - Facts and Myths - Uses and Abuses
19 June	Malcolm Haas	How the Mind Works
17 July	[Visit]	Swanage Railway & Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museums
21 August		[No Meeting]
18 September	Colin Divall	Canford Manor’s “splendid archway under the South-Western Railway”, ca 1844-55
16 October	David Harris John Hale	Dmitri Mendeleev and the Periodic Table How Can Three Words Save Your Life?
20 November	Richard Cottrell	John Snow - Pioneer in three fields of Medicine
18 December	Richard Edmonds	The Great Bindon Landslide of 1839

Date	Speaker	Topic
2021
20 January	Marten Gregory	Zoom Meeting: Waste Management
17 February	Gordon MacPherson	Zoom Meeting: Immunology & Immunity
17 March	Lindsay Dixon	Zoom Meeting: Orthopaedic Implant Design
21 April	Phil Judkins	Zoom Meeting: Science, Theft and Treachery
19 May	Will Bond	Zoom Meeting: Ecological Restoration
16 June	Laura Gleave	Zoom Meeting: Understanding Strokes
21 July	Jim White	Zoom Meeting: The Biodiversity of Flora in Purbeck
18 August	Jim White	Field Trip: Dorset Flora - Stoborough Heath
15 September	[No Meeting]	[No Meeting]
20 October	Geoff Kirby	Zoom Meeting: The History of the Toilet: A Fresh Flush
17 November	David Harris	Zoom Meeting: The Extraordinary Man from Freshwater
15 December	Nick Ward	Zoom Meeting: Lighthouses

Date	Speaker	Topic
2020
15 January	John Hale	Feature Film: “Life Story” - The Discovery of DNA
19 February	Michael Edmonds	Observing the Effects of Nerve Damage in Diabetes
18 March	Malcolm Haas	The Mind and our Lives - ‘Taking the road less travelled’ Meeting postponed
15 April	Phil Judkins	Science, Theft and Treachery Meeting postponed until April 2021
20 May	David Harris	Zoom Meeting Online: What is Time?
17 June	Phil Judkins	Zoom Meeting Online: Secrets and Spies
15 July	Michael Bailey	Zoom Meeting Online: The LYON that Roared: The Archaeology of an Early Steam Locomotive
19 August	Geoff Kirby	Zoom Meeting Online: Covid-19: The Statistics
16 September	John Hale	Zoom Meeting Online: Tech Forum & Discussion
21 October	Richard Cottrell	Zoom Meeting Online: Sir Jack Drummond - Scientist, Icon or Spy?
18 November	Geoff Kirby	Zoom Meeting Online: Covid Update and the Future
16 December	Michael Wardle	Zoom Meeting Online: The Magic of Mathematics …

Date	Speaker	Topic
2022
19 January	Rebecca Mack	Zoom Meeting: The Work of a Patent Attorney
16 February	Gareth Parry	Zoom Meeting: Porthcurno and Global Communications
16 March	Nigel Webb	Zoom Meeting: The Natural History of Spitsbergen
20 April	Phil Judkins	Zoom Meeting: Science, Theft & Treachery - Part 2
18 May	Sarah Gilbert (video)	Zoom Meeting: Covid Race: Vaccine Versus Virus
15 June	Ian Caskie	Zoom Meeting: SS Great Britain - Launch to ‘re-launch’
20 July	Paul Culshaw	Zoom Meeting: The MRI Scanner - A whistle-stop tour
17 August		[No Meeting]
21 September	Various	Zoom Meeting: Recordings of past meetings
19 October	Alan Neal	Nuclear Fission & Fusion: Net Zero by 2050?
16 November	Nick Burden	The Evolution and Optics of the Eye
21 December	Geoff Kirby	Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena

Date	Speaker	Topic
2023
18 January	Richard Cottrell	An Introduction to Toxicology
15 February	Charles Rees	Alcohol Considered
15 March	Lindsay Dixon	Regulation of Medical Devices
19 April	Phil Judkins	Using Military Intelligence
17 May	Nick Ward	Development of Marine Navigation
21 June	Chris Morris	The world's first Driverless and Unattended train
19 July	Brian Cresswell	Wildlife Tracking Wizardry
16 August		[No Meeting]
20 September	John Ives	Zero Gravity
18 October	Nick Reed	Tides - Their Origin and Influence
15 November	Ian Brown	The Emergency 999 Service
13 December	Nick Blackman	The Development of British Military Helicopters

Note: Dates in RED are not on the third Wednesday in the month

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