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On Saturday 18th April 2015 the association held its 149th Anniversary Dinner at Headingley Golf Club. This was the first time that we have used this venue for the anniversary dinner and it seemed to be very popular with the guests, especially as the food choice and quality were judged to be excellent. Photographs taken during the evening can be … Continue reading “Report on the 2015 Anniversary Dinner – with Photos !”
Members please come along on Thursday 30th April to the 2015 AGM to be followed by a lecture to be given by Andrew Kibler after he hands over to the new President. Click here for further details…… 2015 AGM
The Annual Church Service will be held at Leeds Minster on Sunday April 26th 2015 at 10.30 am. This year there is to be a special presentation….. A commemorative plaque is to be presented to Leeds Minster… Read more about this and the church service here…. Church Service .
Well, for those of you that could not make this Ladies’ evening you missed a cracker ! The evening started with a talk from the head chef who presented two of his students who were going to do the live cooking. There were three different types of cooking presentation all based on ‘Spherification’. After the chefs showed how it was done … Continue reading “Report on the 2015 Ladies’ Evening by President Andrew Kibler…. With Photos !”
Support our friends in Hull for their Annual Dinner… . Members of the Leeds Association have been invited to the Hull Association of Engineers Dinner on Friday 20th March 2015. Your President Andrew Kibler will be attending as their guest to represent us but any members and guests of the LAE would be most welcome. The cost for the dinner … Continue reading “Hull Association of Engineers Dinner….”
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 2015. We hope to see you at some or all of the forthcoming events in our programme. This year we will celebrate 150 years since formation. The first anniversary dinner was held in 1866 and … Continue reading “Happy New Year !!!”
On 26th November 2014 council members attended a farewell dinner in honour of the retiring Rector of Leeds, Reverend Tony Bundock. Tony has been our Honorary Chaplain for the last nine years, regularly speaking at our Annual Dinner. Every year we have been welcomed by Tony to St. Peter’s at Leeds (Leeds Minster – formerly known as Leeds Parish Church) … Continue reading “Retirement of the Rector of Leeds – Tony Bundock”
You will recall that in October 2013 we had a lecture by Nigel MacKnight of the Quicksilver Project for the World Water Speed Record Challenge. Nigel is the principal of the project as well as being the pilot of the craft. Vice-President Barrie Yates and Alex Rogers went along to one of the Corporate Days to see the latest developments … Continue reading “LAE becomes Corporate Member of the Quicksilver Project….”
The Leeds Association of Engineers salutes John Kelsall – Winner of the 2014 Schneider Trophy ! . John has only recently joined the association having attended some of our annual dinners. In the past he has lectured to us about the Schneider Trophy as well as his passion for flight and building his own light aircraft. He is the only … Continue reading “John Kelsall wins the 2014 Schneider Trophy…”
