Humberside Geologist no 18

A history of the Hull Geological Society from 1984 to 2025

by Mike Horne FGS

Appendix 6

List of Hull Geological Society meetings 1994 to 2003

Friday 9^th January 1994 – Committee meeting.

Thursday 20^th January 1994 – Sheila Rogers on “granites, geysers and glaciers”.

Thursday 17^th February 1994 – Prof George Cole of Hull University on “inside a planet”.

Thursday 17^th March 1994 – AGM and the Kenneth Fenton Memorial Lecture by Paul Wignall of Leeds University on “the mother of all extinctions”.

Sunday 13^th March 1994 – Rifle Butts SSSI conservation visit.

Saturday 19^th March 1994 – in the morning the HGS President officially hands over the Rifle Butts Shelter and Noticeboard to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust attended by 20 people including representatives of the Geologists’ Association, English Nature and the Yorkshire Geological Society.

Saturday 19^th March 1994 – City geology morning walk led by Mike Horne. Attended by 9 people.

Saturday 19^th March 1994 – joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society at the Grammar School Museum with talks by Mike Horne and Donald Beveridge about Rifle Butts SSSI and the shelter, Mick Stanley on geological conservation and a possible Chalk Way for Yorkshire, and displays by Mike Horne and Ron Harrison. Attended by 35 people.

Saturday 16^th April 1994 – Ravenscar led by Mike Horne and Felix Whitham.

Thursday 28^th April 1994 – microscopy evening with Mike Horne, Richard Middleton and Jim Darmody.

Sunday 15^th May 1994 - Rosedale led by Chris Leach and Lynden Emery.

Thursday 19^th May 1994 – Society Dinner at the Country Park Inn at Hessle.

Friday 10^th to Monday 13^th June 1994 – field trip in East Anglia led by members of the Geological Society of Norfolk to Grimes Graves, Weybourne, Sidestrand and Trimmingham, Waldingfield, Sudbourne, Orford and a Chalk pit near Norwich.

Tuesday 5^th July 1994 – Mappleton led by Judith Bryce and Mike Horne.

Sunday 10^th July 1994 – Kiplingcotes walk led by Don Beveridge and Mike Horne.

Saturday 10^th September1994 – Spurn Point led by Mike Horne; a joint meeting with the Nationwide Geology Club attended by 21 people.

Saturday 24^th September 1994 – Scarborough Castle and Scalby Mills led by Richard Myerscough.

Sunday 2^nd October 1994 – walk around York led by Paul Ensom of the Yorkshire Museum. Attended by four people.

Thursday 20^th October 1994 – Simon Mitchell of the University of Liverpool on “the Lower Chalk – a tropical climate or an ice age?”.

Thursday 3^rd November 1994 – rocks in thin section workshop with Mike Horne.

Wednesday 9^th November 1994 – microfossils workshop with Mike Horne.

Thursday 17^th November 1994 – Martyn Pedley of Hull University on “a geologist in Sicily”.

Thursday 8^th December 1994 - Lynden Emery on “the geology and scenery of New Zealand”. Attended by 18 members and guests.

Friday 13^th January 1995 – Committee meeting.

Thursday 26^th January 1995 – Members’ Evening at the Grammar School Museum which included: “geology of Petra, Jordan” by Mavis May and Claire Heyes, “geology of the Yorkshire coast” by Ron Harrison, “25 years in geology” by Mike Horne, the evolution of Gryphaea by Felix Whitham, fossil mammals from Brandesburton by Sheila Rogers,  the geology of Iceland by Donald Beveridge, archaeological flints found in Doncaster by Robin Westbrook and a geological quiz by Heather Rayfield.

Thursday 16^th February 1995 – Ian Sutton of Nottingham University on “volcanic activity and history in the Naples area, Sicily and the Aeolian Islands”. Attended by 26 members and guests.

Wednesday 15^th March 1995 – AGM and the Kenneth Fenton Memorial lecture by Prof John Catt of the Rothamsted Research Centre on “East Yorkshire Glaciations – how many?”. Attended by 50 members and guests,

Sunday 19^th March 1995 – Old Town walk for National Science Week.

Sunday 2^nd April 1995 – Rifle Butts conservation visit.

Saturday 8^th April 1995 – Staithes led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 20^th May 1995 – Cayton Bay led by Felix Whitham.

[Some dates missing including RIGS fieldwork meetings and a Field meeting to Port Mulgrave]

Thursday 19^th October 1995 – Donald Hunt on “Iceland – living fire and water”.

Thursday 2^nd November 1995 - Mark Piasecki of Keele University on “a geologist in Poland”.

Thursday 16^th November 1995 – Steve Ellis of Hull University on “the Humber Wetlands Project”.

Thursday 7^th December 1995 – Richard Edmonds of the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre on “the rocks and fossils of West Dorset”.

18^th December 1995 – Committee meeting.

Thursday 18^th January 1996 – Mick Stanley of Hull Museums on “Tom Sheppard – his life and work”.

Thursday 15^th February 1996 – Mike Romano of Sheffield University on “tracking Jurassic dinosaurs”.

Thursday 14^th March 1996 – AGM and the final Kenneth Fenton Memorial lecture by Patrick Boylan on “fossil human remains as sacred objects”.

Saturday 12^th April 1996 – Melton Ross Chalk Pit.

Saturday 4^th May 1996 – Port Mulgrave.

Saturday 18^th May 1996 – Stamford area by minibus led by Alan Dawn of the Stamford and District Geological Society.

Friday 21^st to Sunday 24^th June 1996 – Lake District led by David Hill.

Saturday 6^th July 1996 – Hawsker Bottoms led by Paul Forster.

Saturday 13^th July 1996 – Rock, mineral and fossil roadshow at the Town Docks Museum for Yorkshire Geology Week.

Sunday 14^th July 1996 – geology walk along the Hull Fish Trail by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Week.

Tuesday 16^th July 1996 – Wolds scenery walk led by Lynden Emery for Yorkshire Geology Week.

Saturday 20^th July 1996 – Scalby field trip led by Richard Myerscough for Yorkshire Geology Week.

Saturday 27^th July 1996 – Rifle Butts SSSI led by Simon Mitchell of Liverpool University.

Sunday 15^th September 1996 – display by Mike Horne and Felix Whitham at the Rugby Portland Cement Open Day at South Ferriby.

Saturday 21^st September 1996 – North York Moors by minibus led by Jim Darmody.

Saturday 19^th October 1996 – joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society on Recent Research in eastern Yorkshire” including a talk by Mike Horne on “The Marl Bands of the northern Chalk and their origin” and a display by Felix Whitham of fossils from the Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks of Yorkshire.

Thursday 24th October 1996 - Dick Ineson of the University of Sheffield on “the UK’s dimension stone market”.

Thursday 14^th November 1996 – Prof C Wilson of the University of Liverpool on “Ocean drilling and earth history: a personal perspective”.

Thursday 12^th December 1996 – Huw Griffiths of Hull University on “Pleistocene ostracods and the changing climate”.

Thursday 9^th January 1997 – Committee meeting.

Thursday 23^rd January 1997 – Members’ Evening at the Grammar School Museum with talks by Lynden Emery on the geology of Lanzarote, Mike Horne on recent HGS field meetings and Jim Darmody on the geological interest of Humphrey Davey and exhibitions by Felix Whitham of fossils from the Chalk, Lynden Emery of the rocks of Lanzarote, David Hill of Silurian fossils from the Wren’s Nest Geology Trail in Dudley, and Donald Hunt of the rocks of Ardnamurchan, and a geological quiz by Chris Leach.

Friday 14^th February 1997 – Pete Rawson on “the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquem Basin, Argentina”.

Thursday 20^th March 1997 – AGM followed by Mike Horne on “Thomas Sheppard and the Hull Geological Society” and “urban geology”, and Felix Whitham on the Yorkshire Chalk.

Saturday 19^th April 1997 – Raisby Quarry led by Paul Forster.

Saturday 10^th May 1997 – Speeton led by Lynden Emery.

Thursday 15^th May 1997 – preview of new geology display at the Hull and East Riding Museum led by Heather Rayfield.

Wednesday 18^th June 1997 – Boulder Survey at Mappleton led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 28^th June 1997 – Clitheroe area by minibus led by Derek Glover.

Saturday 5^th July 1997 – Newtondale and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway by train led by Lynden Emery.

Saturday 6^th September 1997 – Runswick Bay led by David Hill.

Saturday 27^th September 1997 – Nafferton and Langtoft led by Felix Whitham.

Friday 17^th October 1997 – Paul Taylor of the Natural History Museum on “the folklore of fossils”.

Thursday 20^th November 1997 – Steve Temperley on “new light on the pre-Caledonian tectonic evolution of Scotland”.

Thursday 11^th December 1997 – Mick Stanley of Hull Museums on “Thomas Sheppard – his geological life and works” held at the Hull and East Riding Museum.

Thursday 8^th January 1998 – Committee Meeting.

Thursday 22^nd January 1998 – Members’ Evening with Terry Rockett on “the geology and scenery of the Lake District”, Chris Leach on dating the Quaternary, Mike Horne on “Recent field meetings”, Mick Stanley on geological conservation in Europe; Lynden Emery on Hawaiian volcanoes;  and displays by Mick Stanley of geological photographs and maps in the Museum collections, Chris Blackhurst and Gordon Binns of fossils from the Yorkshire coast, Terry Rockett of fossil echinoids and David Hill of fossil fish from Scotland.

Thursday 12^th February 1998 – Prof Lynne Frostick of Hull University on “rivers and tectonics”.

Thursday 19^th March 1998 – AGM and Colin Scrutton of Durham University on “the life and times of Palaeozoic corals”.

Saturday 21^st March 1998 – Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Hull and East Riding Museum for Science Week.

[Some info missing]

Sunday 16^th June 1998 – Keyingham Quarry led by Terry Rockett.

June 1998 - informal Society 110^th Anniversary Dinner at the West Bulls in Cottingham.

Sunday 12^th July 1998– Speeton led by Lynden Emery.

Thursday 15^th October 1998 – Pat Wagner of the University of Sheffield on “recent developments at Gransmoor”.

Saturday 12^th September 1998 – Sandsend led by Richard Myerscough.

Saturday 28^th November 1998 – public lecture at the Ferens Art Gallery by Prof Simon Conway Morris of Cambridge University on “the Burgess Shale: looking into the crucible of creation“. Attended by over 100 people.

Friday 18^th December 1998 – Martin Chambers on “analysis of a source rock – environmental, climatic and stratigraphic signatures in the type Kimmeridge Clay”.

Thursday 14^th January 1999 – Richard Myerscough and Tony Lane on “Magic and mystery of the Ryedale Windy Pits”. Attended by 60 members and guests.

Friday 22^nd January 1999 – Committee meeting.

Thursday 18^th February 1999 – Prof John Gunn of the Birmingham University on “restoration blasting and habitat reconstruction in limestone quarries”.

Thursday 18^th March 1999 – AGM and Eric Robinson of University College London on “the joys of urban geology”.

17^th April 1999 – Ryedale led by Richard Myerscough.

Saturday 15^th May 1999 – Hornsea led by Mike Horne.

Wednesday 2^nd June 1999 – informal Society Dinner at the West Bulls, Cottingham.

Saturday 5^th June 1999 – Whitby and Whitby Museum led by Mick Stanley.

Saturday 3^rd July 1999 – Sandsend led by Richard Myerscough.

Sunday 18^th July 1999 – Lincolnshire Chalk led by Paul Hildreth.

Saturday 11^th September 1999 – South Ferriby and South Cave led by Felix Whitham.

Sunday 16^th October 1999 – Cayton Bay led by Terry Rockett and Felix Whitham.

Thursday 21st October 1999 – talks by Mike Horne on recent field meetings and Felix Whitham on Chalk Stratigraphy and displays by Chris Blackhurst, Gordon Binns and Felix Whitham.

Sunday 24^th October 1999 – geology and local history walk in Spring Bank Cemetery in Hull led by Chris Ketchell of Hull College and Mike Horne.

Thursday 18^th November 1999 – Duncan Friend of Rockwatch on ”the enigmatic creatures of the Burgess Shale”.

Thursday 2^nd December 1999 – Ben Geary of Hull University on “palynological approaches to Holocene landscape change in Yorkshire”.

Thursday 20^th January 2000 – Members’ Evening at the Hull and East Riding Museum with talks by Chris Leach on “electronic geology”, Mike Horne on recent field meetings, and Nigel Whittigton on “above and below ground in eastern Europe”, and displays by Nigel Whittington, Matt Stevens, Paul Hildreth, Chris Blackhurst and Gordon Binns,

Friday 21^st January 2000 – Committee meeting.

Saturday 19^th February 2000 - Public lecture at the Ferens Art Gallery by Martin Whyte of Sheffield University on “Dinosaur Trackways in Yorkshire”. Attended by over 70 people.

Monday 13^th March 2000 for 2 weeks – display at Central Library in Hull by Matt Stephens and Nigel Whittington for Science Week.

Thursday 16^th March 2000 – AGM and Eric Robinson of University College London on “out and about with geology”.

Saturday 18^th March 2000 – Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Ferens Art Gallery for Science Week.

Saturday 18^th March 2000 – “In search of the Yorkshire Dinosaur” at Scalby led by Richard Myerscough for Science Week.

Saturday 25^th March 2000 – “pick your own microfossils” workshop with Mike Horne for Science Week and Rockwatch.

Saturday 8^th April 2000 – Rifle Butts conservation visit.

Saturday 20^th May 2000 – Mappleton led by Mike Horne and Felix Whitham, a joint meeting with the University of Hull Science Club..

Saturday 7^th May – Easington and Dimlington led by Felix Whitham and Mike Horne.

Friday 2^nd June 2000 – South Ferriby led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 10^th June 2000 – Castleton area by minibus led by Mick Stanley.

Tuesday 20^th June 2000 – informal Society Dinner at the West Bulls, Cottingham.

Wednesday 12^th July 2000 – Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 22^nd July 2000 – Filey Brigg led by Chris Blackhurst, Gordon Binns and Terry Rockett.

Sunday 10^th September 2000 – display by Mike Horne and Felix Whitham for the Charity Open Day at Rugby Portland Cement in South Ferriby.

Saturday 16^th September 2000 – Weedley Springs led by Barrie Heaton.

Sunday 1^st October 2000 – Limestones and ironstones of Lincolnshire led by Paul Hildreth.

Thursday 19th October 2000 – “the geology of Riplingham Chalk Pit by Mike Horne and Felix Whitham a slide show of recent field meetings by Mike Horne and displays of fossils from Solnhofen by David Hill and “living fossil” trees by Lynden Emery. Attended by 15 members.

Saturday 4th November 2000 - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society on "Karst and caves" at Hull University. Which included a talk by Richard Myerscough on “Ryedale Windypits” and displays by Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst of fossils collected from the Yorkshire coast and quarries. "Chalkoholics Anonymous" by Paul Hildreth; “Castleton Limestone Fossils and Blue John Fluorite” by David Hill, “A new Chalk ammonite from Selwicks Bay'”by Mike Horne, “Echinoid display” by Terry Rockett, “Windy Pits” by the Scarborough Caving Club, a collection of Jurassic and Cretaceous fossils from Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire by Felix Whitham and a poster by Nigel Whittington about “Caves and caving in Eastern Europe”.

Tuesday 28th November 2000 – Prof David Drewry of the University of Hull on "Rocks and Ice in Antarctica". Attended by 56 members and guests.

Thursday 14th December 2000 - Ray Wallis of the University of Hull on "Walking the Minster Way".

Thursday 18th January 2001 - Sheila Rogers on "Geological excursions around Languedoc". Attended by 30 members and guests.

Saturday 17th February 2001 - Public lecture at the Ferens Art Gallery by Prof Dick Moody of Kingston University on "Evolution of Man, with Woman in mind". Attended by 30 people.                             

Thursday 15th March 2001 – AGM and Alistair Bowden of the Dinosaur Coast Project on "A journey along the Yorkshire Dinosaur Coast". Attended by 30 members and guests.

Sunday 8^th April 2001 – South Cave Station Quarry led by Mike Horne. Attended by 5 members.

Saturday 26^th May 2001 – Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Hull and East Riding Museum.

Sunday 3^rd June 2001 – urban geology walk in Hull led by Nigel Whittington.

Saturday 9^th June 2001 – Holderness coast led by Nigel Whittington.

Wednesday 13^th June 2001 – Society Dinner at the West Bulls, Cottingham.

Sunday 23^rd June 2001 – Caphouse Colliery National Mining Museum by minibus.

Saturday 7^th July 2001 – Steve Temperley on “the tectonic evolution of the Scottish Highland” a tribute to Mark Piasecki held at the Friends’ Meeting House in Hull. Attended by 16 members and guests.

Sunday 15^th July 2001 – Wakefield area led by Alison Quartermain of the Huddersfield Geology Group.

Saturday 8^th September 2001 - Scarborough South Bay and Carnelian Bay led by Mike Horne and Nigel Whittington.

Sunday 30^th September 2001 – Melton Ross Chalk Quarry led by Paul Hildreth.

Saturday 13th October 2001 - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society on "The Pleistocene World" at Hull University as a tribute to the late Lewis Penny. Introduced by John Neale and including a talk by John Catt on "The Pleistocene glaciations of Yorkshire" and displays by Stuart Jones, Stephen Whittaker, Mike Horne and the East Riding Boulder Committee, Felix Whitham, and specimens from the Lewis Penny Collection at Hull University, with catering provided by Janet Binns.

Thursday 18th October 2001 - Trevor Ford of Leicester University on "Geology of the Grand Canyon". Attended by 45 members and guest        

Thursday 22nd November 2001 - Prof Peter Scott of the Camborne School of Mines on "The real mineral resources of the United Kingdom".

29^th November 2001 – Committee meeting.

Thursday 6th December 2001 - Martyn Pedley of the University of Hull on "Glacial signals in a far away place: cool-water limestones and sea-level changes in the Quaternary of Sicily".

Saturday 19th January 2002 – East Riding Boulder Committee at Hornsea led by Mike Horne.  Attended by 8 members.

Thursday 24th January 2002 - Members' Evening with talks by Nigel Whittington on dinosaur footprints of the Yorkshire Coast, Mike Horne on Quaternary research in East Yorkshire, Ron Harrison on Famous Yorkshire geological sites and brick and tile making, Terry Rockett on the K/T boundary and a display of fossils from Morocco by David Hill. Attended by 27 members and guests.

Thursday 21st February 2002 - Huw Griffiths of the University of Hull on "What Pleistocene ostracods can tell us about modern bio-diversity".

Thursday 7th March 2002 - AGM and Paul Wignall of the University of Leeds on "Black shales - deep or shallow water".

Sunday 17th March 2002 - North and South Ferriby led by Terry Rockett and Mike Horne.

Saturday 23rd March 2002 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation visit and Kiplingcotes Nature Reserve led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 11th May 2002 - Easington led by Terry Rockett.

Saturday 18th May 2002 – Public lecture at the Ferens Art Gallery by Phil Manning of the Yorkshire Museum on "Hunting Dinosaurs in Argentina". Attended by 29 people.

Sunday 19th May 2002 - "Stones and Bones" walk in Spring Bank Cemetery led by Chris Ketchell and Mike Horne. Attended by 30 people.

Wednesday 12th June 2002 - Dinner at the West Bulls.

Sunday 23rd June 2002 - Grassington by mini-bus led by Ian Heppenstall,

Sunday 28th July 2002 - Isle of Axholme led by Paul Hildreth.

Saturday 7th September 2002 - Selwicks Bay led by Richard Myerscough.

Sunday 22nd September 2002 - Holderness Coast led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 5th October 2002 - Crossgates Quarry led by Richard Myerscough.

Friday 11th October 2002 – “The Cretaceous of East Yorkshire” at Speeton and Danes Dyke led by Mike Horne. Attended by 19 people.

Saturday 12th October 2002, joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society - "The Cretaceous Greenhouse World". With talks by Rete Rawson and others and displays by Felix Whitham, Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst. Attended by about 70 people.

Thursday 24^th October 2002 – Mike Horne on current geological research in East Yorkshire: Sands Top Quarry, Quaternary at Flamborough and Chalk sedimentology at Selwicks Bay.

Thursday 14th November 2002 - Mike Elliott of the University of Hull on "The Yorkshire Coast - the Tees to the Humber". Attended by 37 members and guests.

Thursday 12^th December 2002 - Paul Hildreth on "The stratigraphy and structure of the Ingleton inlier".

Thursday 16th January 2003 – Prof David Drewry of the University of Hull on "Lake Vostok, Antarctica: the world's remotest lake". Attended by 30 members and guests.

Thursday 20th February 2003 - Prof Patrick Boylan on "W.S.Bisat, FRS (1886 - 1973) and the Quaternary Geology of Yorkshire”.

Sunday 16th March 2003 - Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne.

Thursday 20th March 2003 – AGM and Mark Bateman of Sheffield University on 'Water, water everywhere: proglacial lakes in the Vale of York and beyond.'

Sunday 6th April 2003 - Blea Wyke led by Nigel Whittington.

Sunday 20th April 2003 - Rifle Butts conservation and a walk in Dugdale led by Barrie Heaton and Mike Horne.

Saturday 10th May 2003 - "Pick your own microfossils" workshop with Mike Horne.

Saturday 17th May - joint field meeting with the University of Hull Science Club at Hornsea.

Saturday 31st May 2003- Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hull and East Riding Museum.

Sunday 15th June 2003 - joint field meeting with the Huddersfield Geology Group in the Market Weighton area led by Mike Horne.

Monday 14th July 2003 - Sands Top Quarry, Newbald, led by Mike Horne.

Sunday 27th July 2003 - Elsham and Mansgate chalk quarries in Lincolnshire led by Stuart Jones and Paul Hildreth.

Saturday 16th August 2003 - Hornsea led by Nigel Whittington.

Saturday 30th August 2003 - Sewerby led by Nigel Whittington.

Friday 26 to Monday 29th September 2003 - joint weekend field meeting in East Yorkshire with Hertfordshire Geological Society led by John Aram, John Catt, Jack Doyle, Mike Horne, Ada Pringle and Felix Whitham, visiting Speeton, Danes Dyke, Sewerby, Dimlington, Spurn Point and Welton-le-Wold.

Saturday 4th October 2003 - Ryedale led by Richard Myerscough.

Saturday 11th October 2003 - Welton-le-Wold led by John Aram.

Saturday 18th October 2003 - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society: “a tribute to the late Professor Michael House”, which included displays by Gordon Binns, David Hill, Sheila Rogers, Felix Whitham and the Society's Newbald Research Project Team. Attended by over 100 people.

Thursday 30th October 2003 - Chris Darmon of Geosupplies on "Iceland - where geological processes happen in real time!"

Thursday 20th November 2003 - John Rees of the British Geological Survey on "the Post-glacial evolution of the Humber Estuary". Attended by 31 members and guests.

Sunday 30th November 2003 - geological survey of North Cave Gravel Pits.

Thursday 11th December 2003 - Nigel Whittington on "Pillars of Wisdom, Fire and Stone: a Tourists Guide to Italian Volcanos". Attended by 19 members and guests.