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Arrangements for meeting are given in the latest Newsletter. Anyone wishing to attend should telephone the Field Secretary, David Pannett, on 01743 850 773 or 07986 558 683 at least 48 hours in advance of the activity.
(some events have an attendance charge, indicated where known. An additional nominal charge is also levied for attendance by non-Members)
Saturday 23 August 2008: Forest Glen car park, Wrekin Hills, following the route of the geotrail, to be led by Christine Rayner
Generally held at Shire Hall, Shrewsbury, commencing at 7.15pm for 7.30pm.
(a nominal charge is levied for attendance by non-Members)
Wednesday 10 September 2008: Members Evening (update on Society projects plus members' holiday reports, research, etc., co-ordinated by David Pannett: 01743 850 773)
Wednesday 1 October 2008: Long Mynd in the Ice Age (guest speaker: Ken Addison)
Wednesday 12 November 2008: Great Geologists of the West Midlands (guest speaker: Alan Cooke)
Wednesday 10 December 2008 7.00pm start: AGM and lecture on Oil (guest speaker: Gordon Hillier)
Wednesday 14 January 2009: tba (guest speaker: tba)
Wednesday 11 February 2009: Lagerstatte, linked to the Darwin Festival (guest speaker: Professor David Siveter)
Wednesday 11 March 2009: tba (guest speaker: tba)
Saturday 11 July 2009: What happens when we re-run the tape of life? Evolution and the Cambrian explosion reconsidered (guest speaker: Prof Simon Conway Morris, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge) to be held in the Ludlow Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ, organised by the Shropshire Geological Society in association with the Fifth Lucton Summer School and the Darwin Festival (01938 820 777)
Below is a list of events organised by other societies that may be of interest to Members. Note that a charge may be levied for attendance. Prior booking is recommended - contact details are shown where known. Details of the organisations are also listed here.
Saturday-Sunday 23-24 August 2008: Church Stretton, Society stand at the Food Fayre
Sunday 12 October 2008: Rocks that make the Landscape: Clee Hill Village Car Park [SO 594 793], Titterstone Clee - details 01588 674 080 - in association with the Shropshire Hills AONB (fee payable; for details click here)
Monday-Friday 27-31 October 2008: Mammoth Munchers! Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms - details 01588 674 080 - in association with the Shropshire Hills AONB (fee payable; for details click here)
Saturday 15 November 2008: Rocks that make the Landscape: Chalet Pavilion [SO 491 952], Cardingmill Valley - details 01694 722 631 - in association with the Shropshire Hills AONB (fee payable; for details click here)
February 2009: Darwin Festival (click here for details)
Thursday-Sunday 9-12 July 2009: Fifth Lucton Summer School, looking at the evolution of Upper Palaeozoic life, to be led by Robert Williams and Andrew Jenkinson. Please contact Andrew if you are interested in attending (01938 820 777)
Summer 2009/10, exact date tbc: The Future of the Universe (guest speaker: Lord Rees of Ludlow, Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society) - to be held in the Ludlow Assembly Rooms, organised by the St Laurence's Conservation Trust (01584 879 155)