Humberside Geologist no 18

A history of the Hull Geological Society from 1984 to 2025

by Mike Horne FGS

Appendix 7

Hull Geological Society Meetings 2004 to 2013

Thursday 22nd January 2004 - Members' Evening included talks by Terry Rockett, Ron Harrison, Mike Horne and David Hill and a display by Harold Tabiner.

Thursday 12th February 2004 - Pete Rawson on "Early Cretaceous events: from eastern England to Argentina". Attended by 19 members and guests.

Thursday 25th March 2004 - AGM and Will Watts of the Dinosaur Coast Project on "The Speeton Plesiosaur revisited".

Saturday 17th April 2004 - Rifle Butts SSSI and Sands Top Quarry, Newbald led by Mike Horne.

Sunday 23rd May 2004 - Mappleton led by Nigel Whittington.

Tuesday 25th May 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Wednesday 26th May 2004 - North Cave Wetlands Research Project meeting.

Sunday 6th June 2004 - Flamborough Research Group led by Ian Heppenstall & Mike Horne.

Tuesday 29th June 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 4th July 2004 - Port Mulgrave led by Stuart Jones and Nigel Whittington.

Saturday 17th July 2004 - Cayton Bay led by Chris Blackhurst and Mike Horne. Attended by 8 members.

Thursday 29th July 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 8th August 2004 - Keyingham and Holderness coast led by Mike Horne and Stephen Whitaker.

Tuesday 17th August 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 22nd August 2004 - Sewerby led by Nigel Whittington.

Sunday 12th September 2004 - Castleton area led by Paul Hildreth.

Tuesday 14th September 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 25th September 2004 - Ryedale Building Stones led by Richard Myerscough.

Sunday 3rd October 2004 - Flamborough Research Group led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Thursday 7th October 2004 - Prof Jack Hardisty of Hull University on "Humber Evolution: Past, Present and Future Prospects”. Attended by 36 members and guests.

Saturday 9th October 2004 - "Pick your own Microfossils" day-school led by Mike Horne.

Tuesday 19th October 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 24th October 2004 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation visit.

Saturday 6th November 2004 - "Glacial Landforms" a joint meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society including a talk by John Catt and displays by members of the Society. Attended by over 80 people.

Sunday 14th November 2004 - Flamborough Quaternary Research led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 16th November 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 18th November 2004 - Barrie Heaton on "Geological wanderings around the world". Attended by 20 members and guests.

Thursday 9th December 2004 - Paul Hildreth on "Confessions of a Chalkoholic". 

Tuesday 14th December 2004 - Microscopy Evening.

Tuesday 18th January 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 20th January 2005 - Derek Gobbett on "Geological adventures in Malaya". Attended by 20 members and guests.

Tuesday 15th February 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 17th February 2005 - Mike Horne on the Quaternary of Flamborough and the Glacial Erratics of the Yorkshire Coast.

Tuesday 8th March 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 17th March 2005 – AGM and David Hill on "The Oil Industry".

Sunday 10th April 2005 - Flamborough Quaternary Research led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 12th April 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 17th April 2005 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation visit.

Saturday 7th May 2005 - Holderness Coast with Hull University Science Club led by Barrie Heaton and Nigel Whittington for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by about 30 people.

Saturday 7th May 2005 - Thixendale led by Derek Gobbett for the Hull Geological Society for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 7 people.

Tuesday 10th May 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Friday 13th May 2005- "Stones and Bones” in Spring Bank Cemetery led by Chris Ketchell of the Hull College Local History Unit and Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 40 people,

Sunday May 15^th 2005 – Open Day at Rifle Butts SSSI with Terry Rockett and the site warden for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 15 visitors.

Tuesday 17^th May 2005 – Beverley Geology Walk led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 45 people.

Friday 20^th May 2005 – “Stones and Bones II” in Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 45 people.

Sunday 22nd May 2005 - Danes Dyke led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 14 people.

Saturday May 28th 2005 - Earth and natural sciences roadshow at the Hull and East Riding Museum for Yorkshire Geology Month including displays by Stuart Jones, East Yorkshire RIGS Group, Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst. Attended by 117 visitors.

Friday June 3rd 2005 - Hessle Foreshore and Humber Bridge Country Park led by Mike Horne for East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Yorkshire Geology Month. 27 people booked but only 16 attended.

Saturday 4th June 2005 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at Hornsea Museum for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by about 200 visitors.

Tuesday 7th June 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Friday 17th June 2005 - Society Dinner at the West Bulls.

Tuesday 28th June 2005 - evening visit to Dinostar Museum in Hull

Saturday 2nd July 2005 - A celebration of Yorkshire Geology at the Yorkshire Museum for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 20 contributors. 

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July 2005 - weekend research meeting to measure and sample the Speeton Shell Bed at Speeton led by Prof Alan Lord of University College London and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 12th July 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 24th July 2005 - Carnelian Bay led by Stuart Jones and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 23rd August 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 10th September 2005 - Brimham Rocks and Nidderdale by Barrie Heaton and Geoff Featherstone.

Tuesday 13th September 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 25th September 2005 - Chalk pits of the Yorkshire Wolds led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 8th October 2005 – “in the footsteps of Lamplugh” joint afternoon lecture meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society with talks by John Catt, Mike Horne, Paul Hildreth and Pete Rawson, and displays by Stuart Jones, John Green, Mike Horne, Jack Doyle, Derek Gobbett, Ron Harrison, Paul Hildreth, Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst. Attended by about 80 people.

Sunday 9th October 2005 - Flamborough and Speeton 'In the Footsteps of Lamplugh' led by Mike Horne, a joint meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society.

Tuesday 11th October 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 20th October 2005 - Bob Maurer of Mauer Instruments Ltd. On "Professional collecting of Rare Mineral and Fossils in Bolivia". Attended by 18 members and guests

Sunday 23rd October 2005 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 15th November 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 17th November 2005 - Terry Rockett on "Volcanoes of Sicily and the Aeolian Islands". Attended by 22 members and guests.

Tuesday 13th December 2005 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 15th December 2005 - Jane Bunting of Hull University on "Quaternary Wetlands: the muddy time machine".

Tuesday 17th January 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 19th January 2006 - Members' Evening - speakers included Derek Gobbett, Don Berry, Mike Horne, Paul Richards and Terry Rockett. Attended by 10 members.

Tuesday 7th February 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 16th February 2006 - Ben Gearey of Birmingham University on "Holocene environments and archaeology in east England". Attended by 21 members and guests.

Sunday 5th March 2006 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group fieldwork.

Tuesday 14th March 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 16th March 2006 - AGM and Camilla Nichol of the Yorkshire Museum on "New horizons for geology at the Yorkshire Museum". Attended by 22 members and guests.

Friday 7th April 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 8th April 2006 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation and barbeque.

Friday 5th May 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 6th May 2006 - Thixendale led by Derek Gobbett for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 9 people.

Tuesday 9^th May 2006 – Hessle foreshore and the Humber Bridge Country Park led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 24 people.

Saturday 13th May 2006 - urban geology walk in Hull led by Nigel Whittington for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 3 people.

Tuesday 16th May 2006 - 'Stones and Bones' cemetery walk led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 17 people.

Thursday 18th May 2006 - Peter Scott of the Camborne School of Mines on "The GeoValue Project: Valuing geodiversity for the community” a joint meeting with East Yorkshire RIGS Group for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 14 members and guests.

Saturday 27th May 2006 - Earth and Natural Sciences Roadshow at Hull and East Riding Museum organised by Paul Richards for Yorkshire Geology Month, with displays by Paul Hildreth, Ron Harrison, East Yorkshire RIGS Group, Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst. Attended by about 120 visitors.

Sunday 28th May 2006 – ‘Dinosaur feet and dinosaur food’ walk led by Nigel Whittington and Stuart Jones for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 8 people.

Saturday 3rd June 2006 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum with Barrie Heaton, Nigel Whittington, Paul Richards and Terry Rockett for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 118 visitors.

Saturday 24th June 2006 - Scunthorpe led by Steve Thompson of North Lincolnshire Museums.

Sunday 16th July 2006 – Flamborough Quaternary Research Group fieldwork.

Thursday July 20th 2006 - Red Cliff led by Terry Rockett,

Saturday 12th August 2006 - Hornsea led by Nigel Whittington for Hornsea Museum.

Sunday 27th August 2006 - fossil and erratic collecting in Holderness for the Treasure House Museum in Beverley led by Mike Horne.

Sunday 10th September 2006 - Ravenscar led by Chris Blackhurst and Terry Rockett.

Friday 29th September 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 8th October 2006 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group fieldwork.

Thursday 19th October 2006 - Richard Myerscough on "Geo-Archaeology of Wolds’ Churches". Attended by 16 members and guests.

Friday 20th October 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 22nd October 2006 - Bainton and South Landing led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 28th October 2006. Joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society at Hull University with a "Pick your own Microfossils" workshop in the morning with Mike Horne, Pattie McAlpin and Stuart Jones, followed by "Papers on Palaeontology (tribute to Professor John Neale)" speakers included Pete Rawson and Jack Doyle. Attended by about 50 people; 12 for the workshop.

Thursday 16th November 2006 - Phil Brierly of the North East Yorkshire Geology Trust on "The supra-ophiolite sediments of Cyprus". 

Friday 24th November - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 7th December 2006 - Martyn Pedley of Hull University on "Constraining the timing and magnitude of the Miocene (Messinian) salinity crisis in the Mediterranean: new information from Sicily". Attended by 15 members and guests.

Friday 15th December 2006 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 18th January 2007 - Jamie Casford of Durham University on "Black Shales, Sapropels and Ocean Anoxic Events”. Attended by 14 members and guests.

Friday 26th January 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 15th February 2007 - John Varker of the Leeds Geological Association on "A Geological Perspective on the History and Culture of Yorkshire".

Saturday 24th February 2007 – Public lecture at the Ferens Art Gallery by Jenni Chambers of the Ice Age Network and Birmingham University on "The big chill: life in the ice age". Attended by 55 people.

Friday 2nd March 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 15th March 2007 – A G M and John Powell of the British Geological Survey on "Petra: the influence of geology on Jordan and the Middle East". Attended by 25 members and guests.

Thursday 29th March 2007 - evening visit to the Treasure House in Beverley to view the new geology exhibition and a behind-the-scenes tour of the storage and archives

Friday 13th April 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 15th April 2007 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation, research fieldwork and barbeque. Attended by 6 members.

Saturday 21st April 2007- Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led by Mike Horne.

Friday 4th May 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 5th May 2007 – “Walk on the Woldside” at Thixendale led by Derek Gobbett for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 38 people.

Saturday 12th May 2007 - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow in the Education Room of the Treasure House in Beverley for Yorkshire Geology Month with displays by Stuart Jones, Gordon Binns, Ben and Chris Blackhurst, Patty McAlpin and Kingston Lapidary Society and short talks by Mike Horne. Attended by over 300 visitors.

Saturday 19th May 2007 - Hornsea led by Stuart Jones and Terry Rockett for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 39 people.

Friday 1st June 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 2nd June 2007 - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Hull and East Riding Museum for Yorkshire Geology Month organised by Paul Richards with displays by Gordon Binns, Ben and Chris Blackhurst, Patty McAlpin, Dinostar, Kingston Lapidary Society and Hull Museums. Attended by about 125 visitors.

Sunday 3rd June 2007 - Whitby and the Cleveland Dyke led by Paul Hildreth for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 6 people.

Saturday 16th June 2007- ‘The alum industry at Ravenscar’ led by Chris Blackhurst and Gordon Binns. Cancelled.

Saturday 23rd June 2007 – geological boat trip at Flamborough organised by Stuart Jones.  

Saturday 30th June 2007- Society Dinner at the West Bulls organised by Chris Blackhurst.

Friday 6th July 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 15th July 2007 - Speeton led by Jack Doyle and Mike Horne.

Saturday 28th July 2007 - Bainton and South Landing led by Mike Horne.

Friday 3rd August 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 18th August 2007 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led Mike Horne.

Saturday 1st September 2007 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Paul Richards and Stuart Jones. Attended by about 120 visitors.

Friday 28th September 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 29th September 2007- Dimlington and Keyingham led by Mike Horne, Stephen Whittaker and Terry Rockett.

Friday 12th to Sunday 14th October 2007 – “Geology of East Yorkshire” weekend field meeting a joint meeting with the Geologists' Association  led by Mike Horne with an evening lecture on the Friday, field trip to coast on the Saturday and inland exposures on the Sunday morning.

Thursday 18th October 2007 - Barrie Heaton on the excavations for a gas pipeline in the North Cave area, David Hill on the Plutonio oilfield off Angola; and Terry Rockett on The Giant's Causeway. Attended by 14 members and guests.

Friday 26th October 2007 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 27th October 2007 - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Geological Society on "Local Quaternary Heroes" - speakers included Patrick Boylan on W S Bisat and Mike Horne on “Tom Sheppard, J W Stather and the East Riding Boulder Committee”. Attended by about 90 people.

Sunday 28th October 2007 - Sewerby and Dimlington led by John Catt, a joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society. Attended by 16 people.

Friday 2nd November 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 8th November 2007 - Mike Rogerson of Hull University on "Small is Beautiful; Foraminifera and how they've changed our view of the world".

Sunday 11th November 2007 - Flamborough Quaternary Research led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Friday 30th November 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 13th December 2007 - David Hill on "Fossils in the Desert". Attended by 14 members and guests.

Friday 14th December 2007 - Microscopy Evening.

Friday 18th January 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 24th January 2008 - Members' Evening. Speakers and exhibitors included Barrie Heaton, David Hill, Geoff Featherstone, Harold Tabiner and Mike Horne. Attended by 14 members and guests.

Friday 15th February 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 21st February 2008 - Brian Sweeney of University of Hull Scarborough Campus on "Scarborough South Bay – not all coastal management problems are erosion based”, Attended by 18 members and guests.

Saturday 8th March 2008 – “Leading Field Trips Workshop” chaired by Mike Horne. Attended by 6 members and guests.

Thursday 13th March 2008 - AGM and Derek Siveter of Oxford University on "Soft bodied sensations from the Silurian of the Welsh Borderland".

Friday 14th March 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 15th March 2008 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation.

Sunday 6th April 2008 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group meeting led by Mike Horne.

Friday 4th April 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 12th April 2008 - Microfossils Workshop with Mike Horne, Patty McAlpin and Stuart Jones. Attended by 15 people.

Friday 2nd May 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Monday 5th May 2008 - Jack Doyle's 50th Anniversary field trip to Speeton. Attended by 8 members and friends.

Saturday 10th May 2008 - Hayburn Wyke led by David Hill for Yorkshire Geology Month.  Cancelled.

Thursday 15th May 2008 - Sewerby led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month.

Saturday 24th May 2008 - "Fossil Fossick" joint field trip with RockWatch on the Holderness Coast led by Gordon Binns and Chris Blackhurst for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 15 members and guests.

Friday 30th May 2008 - East Yorkshire RIGS Group Meeting 

Friday 6th June 2008 - Microscopy Evening

Sunday 8th June 2008 - Flamborough Research Group meeting led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Thursday 12th June 2008 - Society Dinner to celebrate the 120th Anniversary of the Society organised by Chris Blackhurst. Cancelled.

Saturday 21st June 2008 - Patrington and Spurn Point led by Chris Blackhurst. Cancelled.

Saturday 5th July - display at a Craft and Hobby Fair at Princes Avenue Methodist Church Hall in Hull, organised by Paul Richards with displays by David Hill, Paul Richards, Stuart Jones and Mike Horne.

Friday 11th July 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 12th July - Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley with displays by Stuart Jones. Nina and Ian Scott. Gordon Binns, Benjamin and Chris Blackhurst. Paul Richards and Patty McAlpin with Barrie Heaton and Mike Horne on the "finds desk".

Sunday 20th July 2008 – ‘tribute to Lynden Emery’ field trip at Speeton led by Mike Horne.

Sunday 3rd August - Flamborough Research Group meeting led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Saturday 23rd August 2008 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum, led by Paul Richards and Stuart Jones. Attended by over 250 visitors.

Saturday 30th August 2008 - Wetwang, Thixendale, Burdale and the Fairy Stones led by Barrie Heaton and Geoff Featherstone.

Friday 12th September 2008 - Microscopy Evening

Sunday 14th September 2008 - "Chalk of the Lincolnshire Wolds" led by Paul Hildreth.

Thursday 16th October 2008 - Lynda Yorke of Liverpool University on "Deglaciation of Northumberland: an example from the Tyne Valley ". Attended by 16 members and guests.

Friday 17th October 2008 - Microscopy Evening

Sunday 19th October 2008 - Flamborough Research Group at Sewerby led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Saturday 25th October 2008 - joint afternoon meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society on "Geology south of the Humber, down Lincolnshire way". Speakers and exhibitors included Barrie Heaton, Felix Whitham, Pete Rawson, Stuart Jones and Terry Rockett. Attended by 43 people.

Thursday 6th November 2008 - Prof. Mark Seaward of Bradford University on "The amazing Mr Sheppard",

Friday 14th November 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 11th December 2008 - Barrie Heaton on "A run on the Humber banks, part two" and Mike Horne "Did the Earth move for you? - the geology of some recent local natural disasters”. Attended by 14 members and guests.

Friday 12th December 2008 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 22nd January 2009 - Prof Lynne Frostick of Hull University and President of the Geological Society (of London) on "The rising waters".

Thursday 12th February 2009 - The Lynden Emery Memorial Lecture by Pete Rawson on "The Speeton Clay", with an introduction by Mike Horne. Attended by 15 members and guests.

Friday 13th February 2009 - Microscopy Evening.

Friday 13th March 2009 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 19th March 2009 - AGM and Will Watts of the Rotunda Museum Trust on 'Rotunda, the William Smith Museum of Geology, its history and redevelopment'. Attended by 19 members and guests.

Friday 24th April 2009 - Microscopy Evening

Saturday 25th April 2009 - Rock, Mineral and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley, with displays by Patty McAlpin, Rod Towse, David Hill and Stuart Jones and with Mike Horne, Terry Rockett and Barrie Heaton on the “finds desk”.  Attended by 150 visitors.

Sunday 26th April 2009 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation and social event.

Sunday 3rd May 2009 - Threshfield led by Ian and Mary Heppenstall for Yorkshire Geology Month.  Attended by 8 people.

Friday 15th May 2009 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 30th May 2009 - "Fossil Fossick at Hornsea" led by Stuart Jones for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 10 people.

Saturday 6th June 2009 - boat trip at Flamborough. Postponed due to bad weather.

Friday 19th June 2009 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 4th July 2009 - Welton-le-Wold SSSI, Lincolnshire led by John Aram.

Saturday 11th July 2009 - Cayton Bay led by Barrie Heaton.

Sunday 19th July 2009 - boat trip at Flamborough. Postponed due to bad weather.

Friday 24th July 2009 - Microscopy Evening

Sunday 26th July 2009 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led by Ian Heppenstall. Cancelled.

Friday 21st August 2009 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 23rd August 2009 - rearranged boat trip Flamborough organised by Stuart Jones.

Saturday 29th August 2009 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones, helped by Barrie Heaton, Paul Richards and Mike Horne.

Sunday 6^th September 2009 - the Chalk and Quaternary geology of Dane's Dyke and South Landing led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne. Attended by 7 members and guests.

Thursday 15th October 2009 - Martin Whyte of Sheffield University on 'Whyte about the gills - soft tissue preservation in bivalves'. Attended by 18 members and guests.

 Friday 16th October 2009 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 24th October 2009 - Joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the Geography Department of Hull University on "The Last Glacial Maximum", organised by Mike Rogerson and Paul Hildreth with talks by Dick Mol (Natural History Museum Rotterdam), Ian Heppenstall, Jane Bunting (University of Hull) and David Bridgland (University of Durham), with a display of bones and fossils from the Kelsey Hill and Keyingham Gravel Pits by Stephen Whittaker. Attended by 71 people.

Sunday 25th October 2009 - joint field meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society to “The raised beaches of South Landing and Danes Dyke” led by Ian Heppenstall. 

Thursday 19th November 2009 - Prof Martin Brasier of Oxford University on "Darwin's Lost World: in search of the hidden history of animal life". Attended by 24 members and guests.

Friday 20th November 2009 - Microscopy Evening

Saturday 21st November 2009 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting.

Thursday 3rd December 2009 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at South Landing.

Thursday 17th December 2009 - Members' Evening. Included a talk about the Hull Geological Society 50th Anniversary medal by Terry Rockett, Paul Hildreth on H E Wroot, Mike Horne on  "A tribute to Felix Whitham", a display local fossils by Stuart Jones and a display fossils from England by Philip Vixsebroxse. Attended by 17 members and guests.

Friday 18th December 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 21st January 2010 - Peter Hoare of the University of London and Rodger Connell on "The Scandinavian legacy in the Pleistocene record of eastern Britain". Attended by 26 members and guests.

Friday 22nd January 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 18th February 2010 - Angela Kelham of Hull University on 'An investigation into the behaviour of benthic foraminifera during post-mortem transport'. Attended by 16 members and guests.

Friday 26th February 2010 - Microscopy Evening

Thursday 11th March 2010 - AGM and Paul Hildreth on "Flint – a key to unlocking the past?".  Attended by 25 members and guests.

Friday 19th March 2010 - Microscopy Evening

Saturday 20th March 2010 - Roadshow at the Treasure House, Beverley.

Saturday 27th March 2010 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation and barbecue. Attended by 10 members.

Sunday 18th April 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at Danes Dyke led by Mike Horne and Ian Heppenstall.

Friday 23rd April 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 1st May 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at South Landing.

Monday 3rd May 2010 - Geology Walk in the Kiplingcotes area led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 8 people.

 Friday 21st May 2010 - Microscopy Evening. 

Saturday 29th May 2010 - Mappleton "Fossil Fossick" led by Stuart Jones for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 11 people.

Sunday 13th June 2010 - Filey Brigg led by Terry Rockett.

Sunday 27th June 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at Sewerby led by Ian Heppenstall. Cancelled.

Friday 2nd July 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 4th July 2010 - Hellwath Beck in the North York Moors led by Paul Hildreth. 

Saturday 24th July 2010 - cataloguing the Lewis Penny Collection at the University of Hull

Friday 13th August 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 28th August 2010 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones, with the help of Barrie Heaton, Mike Horne and Terry Rockett.

Saturday 11th September 2010 - Whitby and Whitby Museum led by Paul Hildreth.

Friday 17th September 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 26th September 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at South Landing led by Ian Heppenstall and Mike Horne.

Saturday 2nd October 2010 - Hildenley Quarries and Brows Hill Quarry led by Richard Myerscough of the Ryedale Vernacular Building Stones Group. Attended by 7 members.

Sunday 10th October 2010 - field meeting to South Landing led by Mike Horne. Attended by 6 members and guests.

Friday 15th October 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Tuesday 19th October 2010 - Frank Cox on "Climate change from a Geologist's viewpoint". Attended by 24 members and guests.

Saturday 23rd October 2010 - joint afternoon meeting with Yorkshire Geological Society at Hull University on "New Techniques in Geology" organised by Paul Hildreth and Mike Rogerson. There were displays by Mike Horne, Stuart Jones, Terry Rockett, Jack and Brenda Almond, and Ron Harrison.

Saturday 30th October 2010 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group meeting.

Thursday 11th November 2010 - Prof Paul Wignall of the University of Leeds on "Permian extinctions: death by fire". Attended by 30 members and guests.

Friday 19th November 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 27th November 2010 - "Microfossils Workshop" with Mike Horne, Patty McAlpin and Stuart Jones

Friday 10th December 2010 - Microscopy Evening.

December lecture cancelled due to bad weather.

Thursday 20th January 2011 - Mike Horne on "Felix Whitham and his contributions to science". Attended by 29 members and guests.

 Friday 21st January 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 17th February 2011 - Mark Woods of the British Geological Survey on "The Chalk and climate change - the greenhouse connection". Attended by 32 members and guests.

Friday 18th February 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 17th March 2011 – AGM and Presidential Address by Stuart Jones on “What the ice age did for Holderness”. Attended by 22 members and guests..

Friday 25th March 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 2nd April 2011 - North Cave Wetlands research visit led by Barrie Heaton.

Sunday 10th April 2011 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation and social event.

Friday 15th April 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 17th April 2011 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at Sewerby led by Ian Heppenstall.

Sunday 1st May 2011 - Speeton led by Jack Doyle and Mike Horne.

Thursday 5th May 2011 - Roger Sutcliffe from Whitby on "Limestone, the only rock you can see from the inside" for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 24 people.

Tuesday 10th May 2011 - Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 21 people.

Friday 13th May 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 21st May 2011 - Thixendale area led by Derek Gobbett for Yorkshire Geology Month. Attended by 12 people.

Sunday 29th May 2011 - geological boat trip at North Landing organised by Stuart Jones.

Saturday 4th June 2011 - Bolton Abbey led by John Varker of the University of Leeds.

Friday 17th June 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 19th June 2011 - research fieldwork at Skipsea Withow led by Rod Towse and Stuart Jones.

Sunday 26th June 2011 - Scarborough and the Rotunda Museum led by Terry Rockett. Attended by 12 members and guests.

Saturday 16th July 2011 - Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley with displays by Stuart Jones, Barrie Heaton and Patty McAlipn and Barrie Heaton, Mike Horne, Rod Towse, Ron Harrison and Terry Rocket on the “finds Desk”.

Friday 22nd July 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 31st July 2011 - Flamborough Research Group field meeting to South Landing led by Rodger Connell.

Saturday 20th August 2011- Chalk quarry at Huggate.

Sunday 21st August 2011 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at Danes Dyke led by Ian Heppenstall.

Saturday 27th August 2011 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Paul Richards and Stuart Jones with the help of Jan Harrison and Barrie Heaton.

Sunday 11th September 2011 - Castleton led by Paul Hildreth.

Friday 16th September2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 17th September 2011 - North Landing and Thornwick Bay led by Mike Horne. 

Sunday 2nd October 2011- Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at Sewerby led by Mike Horne and Rodger Connell.

Saturday 15th October 2011- Research visit to Tesco building site at Hornsea organised by Janet Harrison.

Sunday 16th October 2011- Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at Barmston led by Rodger Connell.

Thursday 20th October 2011- Tim Horsfield of Hull University on "A Record of Winter Severity in the Holocene of the Northwest Balkans”. Attended by 14 members and guests.

Sunday 23rd October 2011- Spring Bank Cemetery led by Mike Horne.

Saturday 29th October 2011 - joint meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and University of Hull on "Geotourism", the speakers included Patrick Boylan. Attended by about 50 people.

Friday 4th November 2011 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 17th November 2011 - Martin Whyte of Sheffield University on "Which came first the dinosaur or the egg? Dinosaur eggs from a Chinese perspective". Attended by 20 members and guests.

Saturday 3rd December 2011 - Keyingham led by Stephen Whittaker and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 6th December 2011 - Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen on "Why a social scientist became a ‘denier’: An interdisciplinary journey from geology to politics and vice versa".  Attended by 13 members and guests.

Friday 9th December 2011- Microscopy Evening.  

Wednesday 28th December 2011 – Sand-le-Mere led by Brenda and Jack Almond.

Thursday 19th January 2012 - Members' Evening with short talks and displays by Barrie Heaton, Brenda and Jack Almond, Mike Horne, Paul Hildreth, Rodger Connell, Stuart Jones and Terry Rockett. Attended by 13 members and guests.

Monday 23rd January 2012 - Committee Meeting.

Friday 27th January 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 16th February 2012 - Richard Lamb from Beverley on "Man made minerals".

Friday 24th February 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 22nd March 2012 – AGM and Cath Neal of the University of York on "People and the environment: a geoarchaeological approach to the Yorkshire Wolds landscape". Attended by 29 members and guests.

Friday 30th March 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 15th April 2012 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation and social event.

Friday 20th April 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 22nd April 2012 - Barmston led by Rodger Connell and Mike Horne.

Sunday 15th May 2012 - urban geology walk led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month.

Saturday 26th May 2012 - "The structure and stratigraphy of the Skyreholme Anticline, Wharfedale" led by John Varker of the University of Leeds.

Friday 1st June 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 3rd June 2012 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group field meeting to Thornick Bay and the Northern Bays of Flamborough Head led by Mike Horne and Rodger Connell.

Friday 29th June 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 30th June 2012 - Rock and Fossil Roadshow at the Treasure House organised by Rod Towse, with displays and help by Barrie Heaton, Brenda and Jack Almond, David Hill, Patty McAlpin, Rodger Connell, Stuart Jones.

Sunday 22nd July 2012 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group at South Landing, Danes Dyke and Sewerby Buried Cliff led by Ian Heppenstall.

Friday 27th July 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Friday 24th August 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 25th August 2012 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones.

Thursday 6th September 2012 - Boulby Potash Mine underground visit organised by Rod Towse.

Saturday 8th September 2012 – Roadshow at Trinity Square in Hull organised by Mike Horne for Hull Civic Society’s Heritage Open Buildings weekend with displays by Brenda and Jack Almond and Stuart Jones with the help of Ian Heppenstall, Mike Horne Rodger Connell and Terry Rockett.

Sunday 9th September 2012 - Hull city centre led by Mike Horne for the Heritage Open Buildings weekend. Attended by about 20 people.

Saturday 6^th October 2012 - “Sedimentology – process and products” joint weekend meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society and the University of Hull including a talk by Mike Horne and Rodger Connell on “late Devensian glaciogenic sediments at Barmston” and displays by the HGS Flamborough Quaternary Research Group, Ron Harrison of brick clays of north east England and Ken Fenton’s diagrams of Yorkshire Coast Stratigraphy and Stuart Jones of photographs of Sewerby Buried Cliff taken in November 2007. .

Sunday 7th October 2012 – field meeting at Barmston and Danes Dyke led by Mike Horne, Stuart Jones and Rodger Connell for the “Sedimentology – process and products” joint weekend meeting with the Yorkshire Geological Society. Attended by 24 people.

Thursday 25^th October – Malcolm Fry of the Yorkshire Geological Society on “the geologist and the dinner party”. Attended by 22 members and guests.

Friday 26th October 2012 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 15th November 2012 - David Hill on "The Geology of Malta". Attended by 22 members and guests.

 Friday 30th November - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 13th December 2012 - Jonathan Lee of the British Geological Survey on "Stacking it up: glacitectonics and moraine development in north Norfolk during the Middle Pleistocene”. Attended by 20 members and guests.

Sunday 30th December 2012 - New Year Geology Picnic at Sand-le-Mere.

Friday 11th January 2013 - Committee Meeting.

Thursday 17th January 2013 - Ian Heppenstall on "A History of the Glacial Formations at South Landing, Danes Dyke and the Sewerby Buried Cliff over the last 120 years in old and new photographs and maps: Recent processes of deposition and erosion". Attended by about 20 members and guests.

 Friday 25th January 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 21st February 2013 - Prof Mark Bateman of Sheffield University on "The ice that built the Holderness landscape”. Attended by 42 members and guests.

Friday 22nd February - Microscopy Evening

Thursday 21st March 2013 – AGM and John Knight of Harworth Minerals Consultancy on "Resources to Reserves- a sometimes rocky road". 

Thursday 21st March 2013 - Committee Meeting.

Friday 22nd March 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 6th April 2013 - Rifle Butts SSSI conservation. Attended by 7 members.

Tuesday 9th April 2013 - Club Night on "ammonites".

Sunday 14th April 2013 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group led by Ian Heppenstall.

Friday 19th April 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Sunday 5th May 2013 - Grassington led by Ian Heppenstall for Yorkshire Geology Month.

Tuesday 14th May - Club Night on Metamorphic Rocks and Geological Maps.

Saturday 18th May 2013 - Flamborough Head led by Paul Hildreth for Yorkshire Geology Month.

Sunday 19th May 2013 - Urban Geology Walk led by Mike Horne for Yorkshire Geology Month.

Saturday 1st June 2013 - 125th Anniversary meeting with talks by Derek Gobbett, Ian Heppenstall, Kristian Saether, Mike Horne, Patrick Boylan,  Pete Rawson and Rodger Connell, followed by a dinner at the University of Hull.

Sunday 9th June 2013 - Speeton led by Jack Doyle. Attended by 11 members.

Saturday 15th June 2013 - 125th Anniversary field meeting to Kelsey Hill and Keyingham led by Stephen Whittaker. Attended by 10 members and guests.

Tuesday 18th June 2013 – East Riding Boulder Committee at Mappleton led by Mike Horne. Attended by 11 members.

Saturday 22nd June 2013 - "Cretaceous Adventure" - the Chalk of Flamborough Head at Danes Dyke led by Mike Horne. Attended by 8 members and guests.

Sunday 23rd June 2013 - "Ice Age Adventure" - the Quaternary of Flamborough Head at South Landing led by Mike Horne. Attended by 8 members and guests.

Friday 28th June 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 13th July 2013 - Skipsea led by Stuart Jones and Mike Horne.

Tuesday 16th July 2013 - Club Night on “green”.

Saturday 20th July 2013 - Roadshow at the Treasure House in Beverley organised by Stuart Jones.

Friday 23rd August 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 24th August 2013 - Roadshow at Hornsea Museum organised by Stuart Jones, with the help of Barrie Heaton, Brenda and Jack Almond, and Annie and Mike Horne. Attended by about 160 visitors.

Saturday 14th September 2013 - Roadshow at Holy Trinity Square organised by Stuart Jones and Rodger Connell, with the help of Rodger Connell, David Hill, Jack and Brenda Almond, Ian and Mary Heppenstall, and Ron Harrison. Attended by about 250 visitors.

Sunday 22nd September 2013 - Roseberry Topping and the Cleveland Dyke led by Chris Leach.

Tuesday 24th September 2013 - Club Night on Speeton Clay Fossils.

Friday 4th October 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Saturday 5th October 2013 - Tunstall led by Jack and Brenda Almond.

Tuesday 15th October 2013 - Club Night - the theme is "Metamorphic Rocks", including metamorphic rocks under the microscope.

Tuesday 22nd October 2013 - Stuart Jones on "Holderness Erratics Revisited". Attended by 21 members.

Saturday 16th November 2013 - Skipsea led by Mike Horne and Stuart Jones.

Tuesday 19th November 2013 - Club Night on trace fossils.

Thursday 21st November 2013 - Patrick Boylan on "The significance of Charles Darwin's month in the High Andes, March - April 1835". Attended by 32 members and guests.

Friday 29th November 2013 - Microscopy Evening.

Thursday 5th December 2013 - Flamborough Quaternary Research Group Field at Bridlington led by Ian Heppenstall.

Tuesday 10th December 2013 - Members' Evening with the following talks and displays - Ian Heppenstall on "A Look around Malham in Airedale" and "The Ipswichian Buried Cliff", John Upton on "Global climate change, New York, Spurn Peninsular and the Humber Estuary flooding", Paul Hildreth on "The Frodingham Ironstone – the rock that built Scunthorpe", Derek Gobbett on “Torrent Scars”, and Rodger Connell, Stuart Jones, Derek Gobbett and Mike Horne on  "So... how many “Bridlington Crags” are there? Ongoing work with the Penny Collection". Attended by 24 members.