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Here are the details of the 2024 Newbury Meeting, including how to get there. Non-members are also welcome - no need to arrange anything in advance, just turn up.
There are several notices in this Newsletter and I draw particular attention to a selection of them below... Newbury 2024: Meeting and AGM I hope to see many BSS members at the Newbury Meeting on 28 September. The Society's AGM will take place during this meeting; there is a formal announcement under 'Acting Secretary' below […]
2024 Annual General Meeting, 28 September 2024, Newbury Notice is hereby given that our next AGM will be at 12:30pm on Saturday 28 September 2024 at Sutton Hall, Stockcross, Newbury, RG20 8LN. Included within the September mailing are two seperate sheets: the AGM agenda and an additional information note. The latter outlines the business to […]
Many thanks to those BSS members who have sent me links and/or info about some dials they have seen for sale or had encountered when replying to enquiries. Since January, I have received information about dials by Barker, Beck, Halsey, Heywood, Jones, Melville and Watkin. Some of these names are well-known, but the information will […]
Not a lot happening here, but I will be giving a talk in York on June 14 next year at the 'Festival of Ideas' as I was contacted back in January to talk at the 'Festival of Time' which appears to now be subsumed into a larger event. So, keep your eyes peeled and if […]
I am sure you will have seen the new BSS Web Site, and I am very glad to say that Bridol is now fully up to date with details of all the publicly accessible dials currently listed in the Register. Please do have good look, and let me know of any suggestions for corrections or […]
The first phase of the refurbishment of the BSS website is now online. Having created a new framework for the site, I am now transferring content from the old site into the new format, which I hope you will find attractive and easy to navigate. It should also be mobile friendly and automatically arrange itself […]
In the last few weeks there have been a couple of enquiries about the history of Mass dials. One enquiry was from a writer who wanted to incorporate a dial into her children's story. The other was from a PhD student interested in the repurposing of pre Reformation artifacts in post Reformation England. The PhD […]
We would like to welcome three new members to the Society, from Chelmsford, Redbourne and Malvern. Jackie Jones
The BSS Conference in Peterborough was well attended and much enjoyed. The Society is once again very much indebted to Doug Bateman for the overall organisation. We are also indebted to the many others who contributed. David Hawker laid on an excellent gallery of photographs, and Chris and Louise Smail organised the outing and the […]
The next AGM will be held on 28 September 2024 at Newbury. The 2023 Annual Report was presented in the March Bulletin and the 2023 Annual Accounts are presented in the June Bulletin.The Business to be conducted will be formally notified in the September circulation/mailing. Nick Orders
The conference, with 38 attending, was a success, and within budget. Oliver Cooke, Curator of Horology, British Museum, was due to give the Andrew Somerville Memorial Lecture, but had to pull out due to illness. However, he is promised for next year. Oliver's place was filled by Werner Riegler from CERN, who gave another outstanding […]
We would like to welcome 4 new members to the Society. From Hartlepool, Bishop's Stortford, Princes Risborough and Maine. Jackie Jones
The sundial registers are an important part of the BSS's reason for existing, and are by no means yet complete. Now that it is warmer and raining less, whenever you may be making cross- country journeys, please check if you are passing any on the map. Here are some more dials worthy of an entry […]
The photographic display at the Annual Conference this year seemed to be well received. The photographs were made more interesting by having the addition of the photographer's name and more detailed captions and remarks.. There were 26 photos submitted by seven members and all photos were nicely mounted and with Jenny Brown even writing her […]
THE EQUATION OF TIME – AEquatio Dierum. A Journal, a Reference and a Picture Book. Kevin Karney has finally published his tome on the Equation of Time.