Details of the correspondence received by the association
The President and Council are sad to report the passing of Brian Firth. Member Steve Gledhill broke the news to Membership Secretary Malcolm Murray. Eur.Ing. J.Brian Firth, C.Eng., F.I.E.E., M.I.Mech.E. had been a long standing Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Latterly he had been Yorkshire Chairman of the Institution of … Continue reading “Brian Firth – R.I.P.”
Report on the Church Service at Leeds Minster Our President John Aldersley attended the Annual Church Service and read the lesson at Leeds Minster on Sunday 11th May 2025. Here is a short report from John and a few comments below…. ******************************************************************** “I would like to thank Canon Paul Maybury, for inviting us to Leeds Minster and meeting Paul’s wife … Continue reading “Report on the May Church Service…..”
LAE 2025 Annual General Meeting The minutes of the AGM held at our Morley venue on Thursday 24th April 2025 will be published at a later date but in the meantime members might be interested in reading a short report presented by our Membership Secretary Malcolm Murray:- 2024/2025 Annual General Meeting Secretary’s Report “I would like to start my report … Continue reading “The 2025 AGM Membership Report & Statistics…..”
The eagle eyed amongst you will have noticed that the Home Page no longer has the slideshow with ‘Mallard’ etc. As software is updated not all items are compatible and the slideshow was causing a problem with an update. So to ensure continued use of the website the slideshow has been deleted, but will return at a later date with … Continue reading “Some Changes to the Website…..”
Keighley Association of Engineers December Events John Pankhurst of the KAE has kindly forwarded details of forthcoming events. Click on the links to see further details. Here are John’s comments:- . Tuesday 3rd December 2024 visit to Stells Cardboard Tubes and Cores starting at 6.30pm….. Stells visit 1224 . Tuesday 10th December 2024 Xmas Cheer Buffet and Mingle at the … Continue reading “Keighley Association of Engineers December Events…..”
Report on the visit to The Leeds Welding Company on 31/10/24 Member Neil Cobbold has kindly sent this report on the visit….. “Last night the Leeds Association of Engineers had a fantastic visit to The Leeds Welding Company premises which started with a brief talk followed by a factory tour led by managing director, Richard Eaglen. The visit started with … Continue reading “Report: Visit to The Leeds Welding Company….”
A letter from the president for the start of the 2024-2025 session of events:- To all members and guests, Starting the Leeds Association of Engineers’ 160th Year, I would firstly like to thank the past president Ross Town, what a cracking job he has done stepping in as he did, then to find himself running for several years, seeing us through … Continue reading “A Letter from the President…..”
Council Member (and now Trustee !) Barrie Yates keeps us up to date with some of the latest developments in Science and Engineering. You will recall he reported on an IET lecture on Graphene a few years ago. It was a fascinating lecture on a remarkable development in Materials Science. Barrie reports below on another development bearing similar qualities … Continue reading “‘Goldene’ a New Development in Materials Science…..”
Council Member Andrew Kibler has a friend, Huston Ludlum, who has spent his career in engineering in the United States of America and he has forwarded a summary of his work experiences to Andrew who thought this memoir would be of interest to members and it is published here in two parts……. ************************************************************************ Huston Ludlum – The Path I … Continue reading “Engineering in America – A Career Memoir….”
