Our President has received a letter from the Deputy Lieutenant following his recent talk to members. Here he shares the letter for you to read….. Alex Rogers wrote a short report about the evening…… Deputy Lieutenant’s Lecture
At the meeting on the 26th January 2017 we arranged to have a talk given by the West Yorkshire Lieutenancy, which was organised by our council member Jas. Shergill J.P. and what a good and interesting evening it turned out to be. The deputy Lord Lieutenant who addressed us at our meeting was David Pearson, a very charming gentleman indeed, … Continue reading “Report on the January Meeting….. by Alex Rogers”
The President and Council of the Leeds Association of Engineers would like to wish all members, their families and friends a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2017. We hope to see you at some or all of the forthcoming events in our programme. This year we have … Continue reading “Happy New Year !”
The President and Council send their Season’s Greetings and wish all members and their families and friends a very Merry Christmas ! It’s getting close to Christmas but please don’t forget that the last meeting of 2016 is on Thursday 22nd December at the usual venue in Cleckheaton. Come along for an … Continue reading “Merry Christmas to our Members !!!”
I have recently been contacted by John Suter who is the Meetings Secretary of the Newcomen Society, South Yorkshire Branch. Here is the email from John:- Dear Gordon, I hope you don’t mind me writing to you about the Newcomen Society, but I have been given your name by, Bill Jagger who felt that some of your members could be … Continue reading “Newcomen Society – South Yorkshire”
GOLF 2016 Photographs (recently added) of the prize-giving following the dinner are posted following the report……. Captain – Barrie J. Yates Hon. Golf Secretary – Steve Stacey This year the event was held at Leeds G. C. The golf course, hospitality and catering were … Continue reading “Report on the 2016 Golf Tournament and Photographs !”
Here is a treat for all you locomotive enthusiasts ! You will recall keen railway modeller, our Treasurer John Bentley, lecturing on his hobby of building model locomotives. I have cajoled him to put together an article about his latest model, the Stanier ‘Black Five’ along with some photographs (after the article). Thank you John for your contribution… GT – Editor. … Continue reading ““Black Five” – An Article By John Bentley…..”
President’s Message – 2016/17 Seasons Greetings to all you happy band of members ! On behalf of the Council, may we welcome you all to the new season ? As you are aware I have tried to keep in touch during the holiday period by sending out some items that I thought would be of interest, to which several of … Continue reading “President’s Message – 2016-2017”
Council Member Ian Blakeley who works at Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds has worked in recent months on a project that will be of interest to all you rail enthusiasts. It involved the refurbishment of two locomotives. Here are Ian’s words:- ” Please see attached three photographs of the two locomotives parked up in a field before we started work. … Continue reading “Hunslet Locos Refurbishment….”
