2024 EVENT DATES

Meetings
Now USUALLY ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY of the Month
are held at
Countess Wear Village Hall, School Lane, Exeter EX2 6LB

There is a map to help find the hall on the
How To Find Us page – click in the column on the left

Members and friends may like to meet for food and drink beforehand at the very close by Tally Ho! at around 6 p.m.

Meetings start at 7.45 p.m. unless otherwise stated
For further details/latest information & before travelling do check the meeting is on -
Contact Lewis Spiller O1626 368912 (Mobile 07821 922874),
or at work 01626 352195 or lewisspiller@hotmail.com
or the Secretary - contact details are on the Committee Page

Wednesday March 13^th

AGM & The Mick Watters Memorial Lecture
by
David Thompson
"Rev. Henry Leonard Nelthrop: Author, Collector and Benefactor"

Wednesday April 10^th

David Rooney
"About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks"

Invitation:
Sunday 28^th April: From 9 am.
West Country Clock Watch and Jewellery Fair

Holiday Inn Taunton M5 Jct 25, Deane Gate Ave,
Taunton, Somerset TA1 2UA
https://westcountryclockfairs.co.uk

Wednesday May 8^th

David Poole
"Antiquarian Horology - Clues for the Future"

Wednesday June 12^th

Regret Oliver Cooke cannot come, Lewis has brought forward his February talk
Lewis Spiller
“Four years in Retail: Recession and a Double Heart Bypass”

Wednesday July 10^th

Peter Watkinson FBHI
“Gyrocompasses”

gyrocompass: The direction a gyrocompass points is independent of the magnetic field of the Earth and depends upon the properties of the gyroscope and upon the rotation of the Earth. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

(Proposed for) Thursday August 15th

The Phillip Gale Memorial Outing
Bodmin Museum and Steam Railway
George Thomas suggests: Arrive Bodmin Museum SATNAV PL31 2DQ about 11am, grab some lunch somewhere, head for the Bodmin Railway PL31 1AG and maybe go for the last trip of the day at 15.45 with a cream tea.
It will be a great help to have a good idea of numbers; there are around 10 on the list so far, if you would like to be added to the list, please contact
BHI SWB Secretary Martin Dickinson tindi4@icloud.com

Wednesday Sept 11^th

David Force’s
"Antiques Quiz”

Wednesday October 9^th

David Thompson
“Thomas Mudge – Devon boy made good.”

Invitation:
Sunday 10th November: From 9 am.
West Country Clock Watch and Jewellery Fair

Holiday Inn Taunton M5 Jct 25, Deane Gate Ave,
Taunton, Somerset TA1 2UA
https://westcountryclockfairs.co.uk

Wednesday November 13^th

Tony Glover
“Gold teeth, the lost wax technique,
along with useful dental instruments for the horologist”

Wednesday 11^th December

Bring and Discuss

2025

Wednesday 12^th February 2025

T.B.A.

2025 Wednesday March 12^th 2025

AGM
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The Mick Watters Memorial Lecture
David Thompson - "The Shogun's Clock"