Morley meeting 2018 report
We had another very successful annual meeting at Morley this year which consisted of displays/sales tables in the morning and demonstrations in the afternoon.
Displays:
John Fletcher
A slide of diamond writing by William Webb. Shown on a magnificent Watson Edinburgh student microscope, with a three doublet objective.Headingley Microscopes
A large spread of microscope slides at 20p each plus a few microscopes including a research Leica.RMS
As usual this sales table was ably manned by Peter Evennett and Chris Hammond. There was a variety of Baker and other microscopes together with numerous accessories that you never knew you wanted until you saw them. All proceeds from this went to the RMS fund “Microscopes for Schools”Lawrence Hartley
Lawrence had a large amount of books for sale starting at a very reasonable £2
John Birds displayed a beautiful mahogany microscopist’s cabinet, made by himself. Unfortunately not for sale, although I doubt few could have afforded it, considering the hours of work involved.
Lawrence had a large amount of books for sale starting at a very reasonable £2
Mike Samworth & Steve Gill
Mike and Steve made a heroic job in transporting and displaying a vast amount of microscopical gear from the estate of the late Steve Edgar.Demonstrations:
The afternoon saw a demonstration by Mike and Steve on the fluid mounting of diatoms, and we heard some amusing anecdotes from John Birds about the history of the Morley meetings of the Leeds Microscopical Society.
Smaller tables were manned by June Scott and Mike Smith.
