Leeds Association of Engineers
Membership is open to engineers of all disciplines
The 2014 Summer Solstice Walk was held on 19th June and took the form of a gentle stroll around Pugney’s Country Park. This was followed by supper. Seventeen people would rather walk around Pugney’s on our Annual Walk than watch England’s football team play Uruguay in Brazil on the television ! (Well done you outdoor types ! ) Was it … Continue reading “Report on the Summer Solstice Walk….”
The 148th LAE Anniversary Dinner was held on Friday 9th May 2014. (Photos at the end of the report) This year the dinner was moved to the month of May to avoid the chilly wet weather of February. As before the venue was ‘Leeds Seventeen’. Special guests were the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray … Continue reading “Report on the 2014 Anniversary Dinner – with Photos !”
At short notice your vice-president, Barrie Yates, has been able to arrange a special visit to Sheffield Forgemasters… www.sheffieldforgemasters.com The visit is to be on Friday 16th May at 2.30 pm. (prompt) A ‘PDF’ map of the location is available showing the meeting point at Gate No. 2 Map Announced recently at the last meeting there is a visit to … Continue reading “Special Visit to Sheffield Forgemasters……”
The 2014 Annual General Meeting will be held prior to the Lecture on Thursday 10th April at the Cleckheaton venue. You can read, download and print a copy of last year’s minutes in advance of the meeting on 10th April 2014. A text document can be opened using this link: – 2013 AGM Minutes and you can then copy and … Continue reading “Notice of the Annual General Meeting and Minutes from the 2013 AGM…”
There are some interesting events coming up soon… ! Don’t miss them… Put the dates in your diaries and on your electronic gizmos ! Thursday 10th April there is the Annual General Meeting to be immediately followed by a lecture by John Bentley on his Model Railway Engines… Friday 9th May we have our prestige Annual Dinner at ‘Leeds Seventeen’ … Continue reading “Forthcoming Events…..”
Meet Roger W. Smith – Watchmaker extraordinaire ! He can spend a week producing a tiny cog that his rivals might churn out in a few seconds. Just one sneeze can make a month’s work disappear into thin air (it happened once). Everything about his production line is studiously low-key — the building, the people, even the name for that … Continue reading “Roger W. Smith – Watchmaker Extraordinaire !”
The world’s longest aircraft (as opposed to a lighter than air ‘airship’) has just been unveiled at an airfield in Cardington, England, from where the great airships of the 1920’s flew. At first, you might mistake it for a giant airship – gas-filled balloon on top, pod slung underneath. But the unique, aerodynamic shape of the balloon – it looks … Continue reading “The World’s Longest Aircraft…..”
In July 2013 there was a great reunion of A4-class Pacific Locomotives at the National Railway Museum. ‘The Great Gathering‘ was to celebrate the 75th anniversary of ‘Mallard‘ becoming the fastest steam locomotive in the world. On 3rd July 1938 the world steam locomotive speed record was set at 125.88 miles per hour by Mallard hauling a train of six … Continue reading “‘The Great Gathering’ (with photos)…..”
