Leeds Association of Engineers
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After a sunny start to the week the evening of Thursday 20th June turned out to be cold and drizzly. But this didn’t put off the members and their guests who turned out for a gentle walk around Yeadon Tarn to be followed by a good old Yorkshire supper of Fish and Chips at ‘Murgatroyds’. After the walk during which … Continue reading “Summer Solstice Walk and Supper Report and Photos…”
Visit to Constar International – 23rd May 2013 Based in Sherburn-in-Elmet this was quite a trek for most of us but turned out to be one worth making. We were well greeted by Allison (Human Resources Manager) and taken upstairs to their meeting room. Allison gave us a company overview before handing over to Will, the company’s Project Manager, who … Continue reading “Report on the recent visit to Constar International….”
The website now has a new feature which members should find useful to keep up with the latest news and developments. You can now subscribe, using your email address, and be notified by email of the latest posts to the website as soon as they appear. This will be useful when further details about visits and lectures become available or … Continue reading “Subscribe and be Notified !”
Here are some photographs from the dinner held on Friday 22nd April 2013. It was held at ‘Leeds Seventeen’ in Alwoodley, Leeds. The guest speaker was Pete Finlay, Senior Flight Engineer on Concorde who gave an illustrated talk entitled ‘Concorde: The End of a Dream’. Top table guests included the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Ann Castle, accompanied by her … Continue reading “147th Anniversary Dinner – April 2013”
We were very fortunate that James Paskell stepped in at short notice to give us a lecture on developments in Pneumatics over the last fifteen to twenty years. James is a well travelled engineer, working for Thorite of Bradford. He began his lecture by giving us some background history. The first records of pneumatics tell of the use of animal … Continue reading “Lecture Report…. Thursday 28th March 2013”
The President, Jaswinder S. Shergill, requested that we give some publicity to a very worthy cause. Our friend from The Welding Institute, Dr. Richard Johnson, supports ‘Lifelites’, a charity which provides equipment for terminally ill children. It gives them the opportunity to use a computer or play a computer game and bring a little joy into their lives. Richard was … Continue reading “Lifelites – A Charity for Children with Life Limiting Illnesses.”
The President and Council were sad to hear of the passing of Terry Ashton recently. He had joined the council at the start of this current session and had been a member of the association since 1996. Terry had been Fluid Power Manager with Thorite Limited before his retirement and was highly respected in his field of expertise. He is … Continue reading “Obituary : Terry Ashton”
On the 21st February 2013 the Welders and Joiners Society held a lecture on the “Building of the Shard” given by J. J. Krancioch. The Shard is the tallest building in Europe and was officially opened to the public on the 1st February 2013. Johann (John) J. Krancioch was the group Welding and Quality Manager for the Severfield Rowen Construction … Continue reading “Lecture on The Shard”
