SECRETARY'S NOTES 



The Society met last winter at the hall of the new Christ Church 

 School, Brockman Road, by the kindness of the Divisional Executive. 

 Events have proved that the move was fully justified ; accommodation 

 at the Lady Sassoon room was becoming more and more restricted 

 owing to the exhibitions held there during the autumn and wincer, and 

 in addition, there were not sufficient facilities for the showing of films. 

 The new hall, besides being convenient, is pleasant and comfortable. 



We are glad that contact with the Public Library is still maintained, 

 as some of the Section Meetings are held there and our posters are 

 displayed in the hall. 



The Annual Conversazione was also held at Christ Church School. 

 The increased space for exhibits and better facilities for catering are a 

 great improvement and our thanks are due to Miss Skinner for the 

 excellent tea arrangements. 



The exhibition was of high quality, and, it was heard said, almost 

 as good as that arranged last year at the Leas Cliff Hall for the S.E.U.S.S. 

 Where all the exhibits were excellent it is difficult to pick out a few for 

 mention. The demonstration of spinning and weaving by the Art 

 School was specially attractive ; exhibits of home-made wines were 

 colourful and of great interest, as was the large stand of cheeses, with 

 samples for tasting, set up by the Milk Marketing Board. A noteworthy 

 exhibit was a fine collection of geological specimens showing natural 

 forms of calcium and we were pleased to see a well arranged exhibit 

 from Brampton Down School. 



Mrs. D. Harris, a life member, whose spinning and home dyeing 

 demonstrations were so popular at the Conversazione, has moved to 

 Chislehurst. We shall miss her. 



Our old friend from the Marsh, Mr. Charles Richardson, died last 

 autumn, and a former cadet, Jack Eltham, was lost at sea in tragic 

 circumstances. 



In spite of an unusually trying winter, attendance at lectures was 

 very good. We were fortunate in securing for our opening lecture 

 Mr. L. H. J. Williams, with his unique colour film of the 1954 British 

 Museum Expedition to Nepal. Two lectures which evoked many 

 questions were Woodworm Control by a representative of Rentokil 

 Ltd. ; and Antibiotics in the Control of Plant Diseases by Mr. Lawrence 

 Greggain, F.R.H.S., of Pfizers Ltd. Mr. L. W. Adams of British 

 Railways gave an extremely detailed and absorbingly interesting lecture 

 on the Warren Sea Defences, illustrated by many fine photographs, and 

 other lectures of outstanding interest were from Mr. D. Marshall, 



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