Hull Geological Society
In the summer we held nine field
meetings, which were well supported. Two trips were cancelled due to illness.
The walk around Spring Bank Cemetery attracted over 250 people, which shows a
growing public interest in our local environment. There were also special public
events for Science Week. We also led walks for the University Science Club and
the Yorkshire Wolds Heritage Trust.
The Society has maintained contact
with several other geological societies and other conservation and local
interest groups. Members of the Society continue to play an active role in the
local RIGS Group, which this year has designated a further 15 sites and is
considering urban geological educational sites. We also put on a display of
geology and fossils at the South Ferriby Cement Works open day and raised nearly
£12 for local charities.
The Winter Programme consisted of
six meetings, plus a joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological
Society. The Mark Piasecki Tribute Lecture had to be postponed, but we hope to
rearrange it for a Saturday afternoon in the early summer. I would like to thank
all our guest speakers and those who have helped at our meetings. The abstracts
from the joint meeting were published in
Humberside Geologist.
We published No. 13 of our journal
Humberside Geologist, in December
2000. This was the biggest ever edition with 82 pages. It was a bit of rush to
get it ready and meet our printer's deadline. I hope we will not have to rush so
much next millennium!
Membership remains healthy. Eleven
new members joined the Society during the year and there was one resignation. Dr
Lewis Penny, an honorary member of the Society died in August; we are planning a
memorial meeting in October as a tribute to his researches in the Quaternary.
The Society wishes to thank members
who have made donations to our funds. In particular we thank Singleton Birch
Quality Lime Products of Melton Ross Lincolnshire for sponsoring
Humberside Geologist, a member who donated the cost of the mini-bus
hire for our trip to Castleton and Gordon Binns for selling geological calendars
in aid of the Society. These donations have helped us keep the subscriptions low
and fulfil our charitable aims of bringing the science of geology to a wider
audience in Hull and the surrounding area. We also thank the Geography
Department of Hull University and Hull Museums for their continued support and
hospitality.
Thank you to all members of
the Committee for their help during the year and all those who have
helped at our meetings.
Mike Horne FGS, Hon. General Secretary, March 2001
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