Lincs BHI
founded 1980
Lincolnshire Branch
Clocks and Time
for members and visitors
Contents
News
- Branch Secretary is now Jake Jarron.
Previous secretary Mick Floyd after doing a fantastic job for some years felt it was time someone else had the opportunity.
- Bookings now being taken for the Spring Dinner.
- Programme for 2008.
- People to contact with enquiries.
About the talks and other events
Meetings cover a wide range of interests and visitors are very welcome. You do not have to be a member of the BHI to come to talks and meetings and take an interest in the activities of the Lincs branch of the BHI.
A donation of £3 - is requested from each person at a meeting, members, guests and visitors, towards the cost of room hire, speaker, and refreshments (tea/coffee and biscuits are always provided).
Meetings unless otherwise stated in the programme take place on the second Monday of the month at 19.30 (7.30 pm.)
Venues for Meetings
Unless otherwise stated will be at the Birchwood Leisure Centre. Chosen for its central position and ease of access off the Lincoln by-pass, free car-parking, and facilities.It is near the Birchwood centre, on Birchwood Avenue - which runs between Skellingthorpe Road and Doddington Road. Both these roads lead off the A46 Lincoln by-pass.
If you are coming from the north along the bypass - turn left at the Skellingthorpe road roundabout - down Skellingthorpe road to the traffic lights - turn right at the traffic lights and go down Birchwood Avenue - the Leisure Centre is on the left with its own carpark in front and war memorial.
If you are coming up the A46 from the south - from the bypass turn right up the Doddington Road, then turn left either up Pershore Way (first turning) which leads into Birchwood Avenue, or up Birchwood Avenue (second turning left). Keep up Birchwood Avenue just past the shops and the Leisure Centre is on the right. (New entrance towards the back).
From centre of Lincoln, Skellingthorpe Road can also be reached off Tritton Road.
The room we are using is on the ground floor with upholstered seats, and tea and coffee making facilities, and an RAF museum (this was RAF Skellingthorpe). Toilets including baby changing and disabled facilities. There is also a soft drinks machine, a licensed bar and free carpark just outside the entrance.
Meetings and Events
Contact programme secretary Jake Jarron for further information on meetings and events.
Tuesday 8th April 2008. Spring Lincs branch Dinner - in south of Lincolnshire, for members and guests. At "The Village Limits", Woodhall Spa, again. Mick Floyd will be organising this.
Useful Contacts
- President: Mervyn Hobden
- Chairman: Alwyn Kirk
- Treasurer: Robert Hodgson
- Secretary and Programme secretary: Jake Jarron
- Media and website: Heather Hobden
John Harrison
It was members of the Lincolnshire Branch of the BHI who started the renewed interest in John Harrison's scientific work in designing a clock that could be used for finding longitude at sea.
 | John Harrison and the Problem of Longitude |
by Heather and Mervyn Hobden | ISBN.978-1-871443-25-7 | £10 |
Hampton Court Clock
 | Inside the Hampton Court Clock | by HeatherHobden | ISBN 978-1-871443-14-1 | £5 |
By the author of the official guide book, this contains all the interesting information that was omitted, and is updated. More information on the website.
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Follow up from talks and other information
Malcolm Leach showed how he made a complete replica of H.2. - over some 20 years of painstaking research and labour. And no he had no regrets about selling the finished machine.- The turret clock tour arranged by John Ablott, was more of a turret clock party - the first stop coincided with a local festival, the second had a precarious method of getting up to the clock, the third, and most interesting was at Alkborough - and was followed by the maze Julian's Bower, and remains of the iron-age fort next to it, then tea at John and Avis Ablott - which was superb and Avis is an expert gardener and gave some of us a home-grown cucumber. And - we were lucky with the weather!
- The LincsBHI stall at the BHI fair at Upton Hall brought in a good boost to branch funds despite the weather. Mick Floyd organised the stall helped by Margaret and Alex, and also by Heather and Mervyn Hobden. It was nice to meet up with old friends too.
25th Anniversary 2005
2005 was the 25th anniversary of the Lincolnshire branch of the British Horological Institute which was founded in 1980.
As part of the celebrations and to publicise the branch and its activities, an exhibition was arranged in the Lincolnshire Life Museum on a hot sunny May Bank Holiday weekend, 2005. The interactive events were extremely popular. The picture, shows one of the many young girls who showed great skill on the mid-19th century watchmaker's turns. A similar event is now being planned at the Usher Gallery in August 2008. (20 years after our last sucessful event there.)-
Don Unwin "The Thing Maker" returned with another interesting talk about one of his historic reconstructions. He has made amongst other things, the Di Dondi astronomical clock, H.3, and the grand Orrery - and its history - lots of interesting facts new to many of us.
- Bernard Whitworth's talk showing how skills learned in horology had a valuable application in industry - provoked a great deal of discussion.
- Local horologists, A.S.H. Wilbourn and Roy Ellis (who runs the shop Timepiece Repairs on Steep Hill) have published their research on "Lincolnshire Clock, Watch and Barometer Makers", ISBN 0 9541584 1 5. It is available from the shop.
- Members with websites can ask to be linked to this one.
- More information on the events at Upton Hall from the main bhi website.
- The BHI logo and title used at the top is from the first Horological Journal of 1858.
- If there is anything you would like to have added to the website or think should be updated, please contact the webmistress.
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