Borders Bulletin · 2013. 8. 16. · and Appreciation Group Leader. If people wish to join groups,...

Oswestry Borders University of the Third Age (U3A)

With membership now topping 85, the life-blood of our U3A began to flow this

month as 14 Interest Groups starting in earnest to plan programmes of study,

places to visit and people to see.

Living rooms have been stretched to accommodate chairs of every shape and

size for groups of 10+. Maps of famous Australian icons have been unfurled,

while the mascot koala kept an eye on the tucker on Jane Stirling’s wonderful

glass table.

Lemon scented fund-raising geranium cuttings competed with the smell of fresh

ginger cake for the Gardening Group.

Church lecture rooms have been ringing to the strains of singers, sometimes

struggling to hit the right notes, trying to breathe in all the right places, and

always smiling!

Canals have lapped and listened to ambling walkers and bird watchers.

Family history group researchers have threaded their way through microfilm

tapes and yellowing local guides and street maps at Oswestry library, the second

largest resource of its kind in the County.

ICT enthusiasts have brainstormed electronically and floated to the internet

‘cloud’ to collaborate on projects such as a new website for Oswestry Borders

U3A.

Texts have been earmarked for play and poetry reading, paint materials have

been sorted and cleaned for art and collage work, digital cameras have been

clicking, capturing, clicking.

Attendance at the full membership Wednesday meetings at The Centre in Oak

Street, Oswestry, during April and May has been very encouraging. The two

Speaker Meetings on the first Wednesday of the month drew in good numbers.

At ‘Perspectives’, the

first of the newly

named Members’

Meetings, members

spent an enjoyable

couple of hours

sharing opinions,

thoughts and their

reactions to a range

of objects on display.

The Members’ Meetings will be planned on a month-by-month basis. Already, a

variety of suggestions have been made, including member presentations, and

activities run by Interest Groups.

Let the learning begin

Special points of interest:

Four new Group Leaders

Visit to Wroxeter

Notice board donation

Working, Equipment & Social Funds set up

Wanted PR team members

Monthly Planner

Inside this issue:

Chair’s Message 2

News 2

Interest Groups 3

Monthly planner 7

Committee & Policies 8

Perspectives 9

Speaker & Members’ Meetings

9

Borders Bulletin May 2013 Volume 1, Issue 2 Temporary graphic

to be replaced soon

by our new logo

Lynda Jones

What’s a duck to do in such awful weather? Join the U3A you say!

Thanks to a very kind donation from Kingswell Centre, Oswestry, we now have a

new 6 x 4 ft notice board , which is awaiting its stand. This will be invaluable for

sharing information and keeping members up-to-date with all the latest news from

Oswestry Borders U3A.

If you would like to use the board to promote an Interest Group event, or have

any other news relating to the U3A, please speak to one of the committee at the

next Speaker or Members’ Meeting.

Notice board

Chair’s message

Correct coinage Tea and Coffee Rota Oswestry

Borders U3A now

has 85 subscribed

members. Although

the majority are from

Oswestry, many come

from outside the town.

So, we are well

named ‘Oswestry

Borders’.

Some travel from

Shrewsbury. Several

come from over the

border in Wales:

Llanymynech, Chirk

and Corwen. Other

villages from

which members hail

include Weston

Lullingfields, Bicton,

Pant and Knockin

Heath.

We all appreciate tucking into the

waiting refreshments after our busy

Wednesday meetings in The Centre.

Buying, preparing, serving and clearing

up for a crowd of 85 is no mean feat.

So a big thanks to volunteer members

Laura Powell and Audrey Harrington,

who have worked so hard establishing

this service.

As with all things voluntary, though, we

need you to volunteer. Please give this

some thought the next time you collect

your cuppa.

We can’t organise a rota without some

names on it first.

With 85 members now in Oswestry

Borders U3A, there are going to be

moments when we can’t start events

until everyone’s seated. If you’ve ever

waited in a long queue to get into

Speaker and Members’ Meetings,

there’s one simple way you can help.

If you have the correct entrance

amount, then administration can be

speeded up. We’ll let you know about

entrance fees well in advance, so you

can do your bit to reduce the wait.

There have also been requests for us

to start promptly at 1.30 p.m. If you

could plan to arrive at The Centre ten

minutes earlier, this will help with

quicker admission and starting on time

– but not before 1 p.m. please!

Well, we’ve started, and you can read in this bulletin about the Interest Groups

and the other things that are happening. Organisations that have been around for

some time have their established practices, and maybe a nest egg to smooth

them through any financial stresses. For the moment we have neither, but this

lets you, the members, influence what we do and what practices become

established.

Please use the opportunity to communicate your wishes and suggestions to the

committee, and tell us when we get things right or wrong. We think we have an

engaging future programme of meetings to stimulate you, but at the end of the

day it is what the members think of the programme which determines its success.

Let us know what you think!

Melva Duley has stepped down as Chairperson but, happily, will remain on the

committee. We all owe Melva our gratitude for her efforts and tenacity in setting

up Oswestry Borders U3A. It is one thing to spot a need, but something else to

have the skills and perseverance to make it happen. Fortunately Melva was well

supplied with these skills and the result is the organisation of which we are all

now happy to be members. The rest of this newsletter shows what has been

achieved. Thank you, Melva!

Dave Stirling, Chair May 2013

Now, what the heck is this for?Members puzzle over an item at May’s ‘Perspectives’ meeting.

Borders Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 2

Glass Sculpture Group

Interest Groups

‘They are a friendly

group with a wide

choice of

appreciation within

the subject area.

I enjoyed the

experience of

hosting our first

meeting.’

Maggie Quinn,

Poetry Reading

and Appreciation

Group Leader.

Fourteen Interest Groups have either started or have planned a start in May. We

now have a leader for Art Appreciation. She is Gina Pearson. Gina is away until

June, and members who have signed up can expect to hear from her then. Dave

Stirling is the leader for the Local History group. There will be a meeting of this

group at 10.30 a.m. on June 26 at Dave’s home when Lewis Coleman will speak

on Chirk Castle. A schedule of meetings has yet to be decided.

Many of you will be pleased to learn that Glenys Lloyd and Joy Burgess, with two

other members, will be planning and arranging Outings and Theatre Visits. These

activities will be in addition to the two monthly Speaker and Members’ Meetings

at The Centre. The visits and outings to places of interest will be those best

reached by hire of a coach and will be offered to the whole membership.

The Scrabble Group is looking for more members and the Singing Group is still

looking for a pianist. We have a group of members who are very interested in a

Reading Group but we need a leader. There is support from the library available

and it’s just a case of organising.

Other ideas for Interest Groups but without enough people yet are: Antiques,

Bridge, First Aid, French for Beginners, German, Italian, Spanish, Welsh Conver-

sation, Maths, Sewing, Social Law, Table Tennis, Travelogues (Lonely Planet).

If people wish to join groups, we would like them initially to contact Anne Lynch or

Margaret Pritchard who will get the Interest Group leader to contact them. This

makes for a uniform response and leaves Interest Group leaders to get on with

leading their group. It’s also easier for us to know what the demand is and how

the groups are growing, etc.

If you are interested in any of these please contact

Anne Lynch [email protected] 657489 or

Margaret Pritchard [email protected] 654234

Anne Lynch, Education Officer

Bird Watching Group

This Glass Sculpture course is offered by professional sculptor, Tony Roberts.

You may have seen his work in the Open Studios event last year. The course will

run every Thursday for eight weeks. Each session will last three hours, at a cost

of £12 a session, for the materials etc.

Tony has costed this out really carefully, and taking into account the huge costs

of running the kiln, it’s a real bargain for any members interested. An exploratory

session is planned for June 20.

Joy Burgess and Glenys Lloyd will be planning and arranging Outings and Theatre Visits for the whole membership.

Our first meeting attended by five

people went well. It was a windy day

but no rain, thank goodness. We had

an enjoyable stroll and spotted over 14

different birds. I will try to get some

photographs at our next meeting and

provide a more detailed report.

The next date is planned for June 26 at

1.30 p.m., starting from Queens Head

and walking along the canal towards

Maesbury.

Four more members have contacted

me to say they hope to come to this

meeting. I will e-mail the group with

more details nearer the date.

We have agreed to be flexible with

the date each month to try to

accommodate members’ other

commitments.

Pam Broomby


mailto:[email protected]


Photography Group

Archaeology Group

Creative Photoshop

collaboration

50+ Photograph

competition

Neil Stevens of Ilkley U3A would like to

hear from any members who would like

to join an online Creative Photoshop

interest group to share and comment

on finished artwork, and to learn by

undertaking the same projects, share

tips etc.

He uses CS4 and attempts to follow

some of Steve Caplin’s projects in

‘100% Photoshop’ and ‘Art & Design in

Photoshop’.

If anybody is interested in progressing

this idea, please contact Neil

at [email protected]

This is using the Photoshop program

NOT Photoshop Elements.

A visit to the Roman city of Wroxeter is planned by the newly-formed Archaeology

Group. At their first meeting in May, eight members had the opportunity to share

both knowledge and ignorance in a ‘non competitive’ Archaeological Quiz.

The group aims to get out into the field as much as possible. When there is an

invited speaker, they plan to make this available to the whole U3A. A useful link

has been established with Shrewsbury Museum. The group is exploring an

alternative meeting day to Wednesday.

John Scorer

This six session course will focus (forgive the pun) on ‘How your camera can help

you take better photographs.’ There is likely to be a wide range of ability, from

those with a point and shoot digital camera, who are frustrated with how to use

the camera and get photos they want, to those who have so much equipment,

they need weight training sessions to carry it all when out!

I see the photography group learning how to take better photographs and

producing results, either as prints or displays. I am fairly new to digital

photography myself and keen to learn, so we ought to be able to help one

another.

The first introductory session was held on May 15, the second Tuesday of the

month. A talk was given on ‘Understanding Digital Camera Sensors’ and

‘Understanding Camera Exposure: Aperture, ISO & Shutter Speed.’ In June the

group will look at ‘Camera Metering’ and ‘Depth of Field.’

A second more specialist course about High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography

will be on offer on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The first session of this

course compared digital cameras to the human eye.

John Barrett

Keen on photography? Then why not

enter the 50+ Show photography

competition. Submit digital photos in

electronic format (.jpg, .tiff, .jpeg, .pdf)

with a minimum file size of 350kb in

the three following themes: ‘Things I

like’, ‘In my garden’, and ‘What makes

me smile’.

Please submit your photos by email

to: [email protected] (subject

line: 'photography competition') by

June 5, 2013. There’s a maximum of

three entries per person. The winners

will each receive £50 in Marks &

Spencer vouchers and will have their

work published in The 50+ Show

Magazine, distributed at The 50+ Show

in London Olympia this July.


Wroxeter visit

Members wishing to

join the Archaeology

Group on their first

field visit to the

Roman city of

Wroxeter should

make their own travel

arrangements and

meet at the site on

Thursday, June 27 at

10 a.m.

This triangle gives a useful

summary of photography

elements that can be changed

to get the right exposure.

Australian Studies Group

Ten members of

Oswestry Borders U3A

met for the first

Australian Studies

meeting at the home of

Jane Stirling on May 14.

They explained their

reasons for choosing this

interest group. Some

were revisiting and

developing knowledge of

Australia because of

long-standing affection

for the country; some

because relatives were

living in Australia

permanently, while other

members wanted to

know more about the

country; because of

connections to

Australians living in the

UK; and the rest, out of

sheer curiosity about the

island continent.

Members decided to

select independent

projects, allowing them

to explore an aspect of

Australia in which they

were particularly

interested. They would

then report on the

progress of the project

with a view to putting the

completed work onto the

internet and also in a

printed copy file.

Members could choose

to pursue a larger topic

or elect to do several

shorter ones. There were

some clear areas of

interest such as

Australian flora, the

export of meat and

livestock, the White

Australia Policy and the

indigenous people of the

Kimberleys in Western

Australia. Others were

going to do some

general reading before

deciding on a topic.

In the latter part of the

meeting the members

looked through a

selection of Australian

fiction and non-fiction

and selected an

interesting tome with a

view to reporting on their

chosen book at the next

meeting. A couple of

times during the course

of the year the group

planned to read the

same Australian text and

have a discussion.

The Australian Studies

group finished by

reading the short story,

The Drover’s Wife, by

Henry Lawson. Henry

Lawson is one of the

most famous of

Australian authors who

launched his career by

writing pithy portraits of

Australian life for the

newspapers and

magazines in the late

19th Century. In the

story we read about a

woman, alone on a farm

with her four children,

reflecting on her

responses to the

hardships of drought and

floods and upon the

dangers posed by

swaggies and snakes.

The group will meet

monthly on the second

Tuesday of the month.

Please contact the group

leader, Wendy Lowdon,

if you wish to know

more.

Wendy Lowdon

phrasing and expressing

emotions within the story

of the song.

It was, for me, very

enjoyable. We have

agreed to meet every

second Wednesday, until

July 17, in the Lecture

Room at Christ Church

opposite Oswestry

Library, through the big

black gates.

We meet 10.30 - 12.15

p.m., but arrive at 10.15

a.m. if you want to fuel

Firstly, well done to

those who bravely

contributed to our first

session.

Everyone received a

song folder and after

sharing why we wanted

to sing, the group

worked their way through

four traditional folk

songs.

Despite not having a

pianist, we worked hard

at singing in unison,

controlling breathing,

up with coffee first.

There is a coffee morn-

ing held at the Church on

Wednesday mornings.

We charge £2 a session

to cover expenses,

mainly for room hire.

Because of a prior

commitment I cannot

make June 19, so future

session dates are now

June 5, June 26, July 3

and July 17.

David Ryan

Our koala mascot enjoying the refreshments on offer at the first Australian Studies Group.

David doubling up as the pianist until we can find one. Guys, don’t be put off by the pink folders. We’ll get some blue ones for you!


Singing Group

Nine of us met for the first meeting of the Garden Group, in what promises to be a very interesting programme. As well as making some garden visits in the, hopefully, nicer weather , we want to widen our scope to look at other aspects of gardening.

Conveniently, the group

leader of Oswestry U3A

Garden Group is also a

member of Oswestry

Borders U3A Garden

Group, and so we

decided to combine with

them for our visits in

July, August and

September. This means

that visits can be by

special appointment

rather than public open

days, and so we will get

the undivided guidance

of the head gardeners!

We are starting off in

June with a visit to a

member’s bees and a

talk on bees as

pollinators, at her home

near Corwen.

In October we are joining

Gredington Garden

Open Day, near

Whitchurch, which

promises glorious

autumn colour – if the

weather this summer

obliges.

Subsequent meetings

will be arranged later in

the year, and will include

members sharing their

research on Plant

Collectors, Plant Biology

and Geology and Soils.

New members are

always welcome. Please

contact Sally Barrett on

01691 650944,

[email protected].

uk.

Sally Barrett

together with library staff,

entertained us with

stories about family

trees. They showed us

how to search Ancestry

(timed free sessions)

and other useful family

history sources.

Our next meeting is

booked at the library for

We joined members of

the public in Oswestry

Library on May 13 for a

‘behind the scenes’ tour

and local history taster

session.

A team of experienced

volunteers from

Oswestry Family and

Local History Group,

4 pm on June 12 for one

hour with use of four

computers, 5 — 6 p.m.

The meeting will

probably be on the

second Wednesday of

the month thereafter.

Nicki Carmody

builders. Alongside this

work, we’ve looked at

mind-mapping tools to

help us brainstorm ideas

and even floated into the

‘cloud’ to see how we

can share, sync and

store collaborative

documents via Google

Drive. The ICT Web

Group will meet every

third Thursday of the

month 10 —12 noon at

the group leader’s home.

As from June, in addition

to the ICT Web Group,

there will be an ICT

Skills Group, meeting on

the first Thursday on the

month 2 - 4 p.m. at the

group leader’s home.

Future content will be

determined by members’

requests for ICT skills to

be developed. Support

will be given by the more

experienced ICT

members of the group.

If necessary, separate 1

-2-1 start-ups will be pro-

vided for complete be-

ginners.

Jane Davies

The first few meetings of

the ICT group have

focused on a website

for Oswestry Borders

U3A as there is a real

need to store documents

centrally on the internet

for everyone to have

easy access to them.

The group explored

important points about

website design; a

welcoming home page,

clear links, easy

navigation and up-to-

date content. Members

have reviewed several

websites and website

It goes without saying that plant pots and cuttings will usually appear whenever a Garden Group meets. These cuttings for sale will also help the Garden Group fund to grow.

Judith Trevallyn and Maggie Quinn pick up some online Ancestry tips from group leader Nicki Carmody, centre.

Garden Group

ICT Group

Family History Group




Interest Groups monthly planner - June 2013

Day Morning Afternoon

1st Monday

(June 3)

Art / Collage: Sue Townsend, Term times 1.30 — 2.30 p.m. at Qube

1st Tuesday

(June 4)

1st Wednesday

(June 5)

Singing: David Ryan, 10.30 —12.15

p.m., Lecture Hall of Christchurch

(alternate Weds)

Walking: Occasional, John Scorer,

9.45 a.m., various

OSWESTRY BORDERS U3A SPEAKER MEETING, 1.30 – 3.30 p.m.

The Centre, Oak Street, Oswestry

1st Thursday

(June 6)

Glass Sculpture: Tony Roberts, 1.30—4.30 p.m., Knockin

ICT Skills: Jane Davies, 2 – 4 p.m., group leader’s home

1st Friday

(June 7)

Play Reading: Sandra Harvey, 10.30

a.m. group members’ homes

2nd Monday

(June 10)


Garden: Sally Barrett, 2 p.m., various

2nd Tuesday

(June 11)

Australian Studies: Wendy Lowdon, 2 p.m., group members’ homes

Photography: (Introduction), John Barrett, 2 p.m., group leader’s home

2nd Wednesday

(June 12)

Bird Watching: Pam Broomby, 1.30 p.m., various

Family History: Nicki Carmody, Library, 4 – 6 p.m.

Poetry Reading & Appreciation: Maggie Quinn, 1.30 — 3.30 p.m.

group members’ homes

2nd Thursday

(June 13)

Glass Sculpture: Tony Roberts, 1.30 — 4.30 p.m., Knockin

2nd Friday

(June 14)

3rd Monday

(June 17)

Art / Collage: Sue Townsend, Term times 1.30 — 2.30 p.m., at Qube

3rd Tuesday

(June 18)

3rd Wednesday

(June 19)

OSWESTRY BORDERS U3A MEMBERS’ MEETING, 1.30 – 3.30 p.m.,

The Centre, Oak Street, Oswestry

3rd Thursday

(June 20)

ICT Web Design, Jane Davies, 10 –

12 noon, group leader’s home


3rd Friday

(June 21)

4th Monday

(June 24)


4th Tuesday

(June 25)

Photography: (Advanced), John Barrett, 2 p.m., group leader’s home

4th Wednesday

(June 26)

Singing: David Ryan, 10.30 — 12.15

p.m., Lecture Hall of Christchurch

(alternate Weds)

Local History: David Stirling, 10.30 at group leader’s home. Lewis

Coleman will speak on Chirk Castle

4th Thursday

(June 27)

Archaeology: Visit to Roman city of

Wroxeter. Meet at site, 10 a.m.


4th Friday

(June 28)


Melva Duley recently

stood down as voluntary

Chairperson of

Oswestry Borders U3A,

but will continue to work

as a member of the

committee.

Although Oswestry

Borders U3A only got

started on March 13,

2013, Melva had

effectively been working

on it since April 2012,

when four of us were

part of the Overcrowding

Sub-Committee of

Oswestry U3A.

The work load was quite

strenuous, carrying out a

survey of all 400 of the

members, endlessly

researching, negotiating

alternative premises, and

finally recommending

that the Committee put a

motion to the A.G.M. in

November 2012 that

they support the forming

of a second U3A in

Oswestry.

After that there was an

enormous amount of

publicity to be done, and

more searching for

suitable premises.

Melva played an

important role in all of

this, which has paid off in

the success of Oswestry

Borders U3A that we

see today.

Until official committee

elections at the A.G.M.

next April, Dave Stirling

will be Chair. Dave will

continue to work in his

other role as Bookings

Secretary. His role of

Vice Chairperson will

now be taken up by Pam

Broomby.

Anniversary Birthday

cake with the tea, to be

made by members, after

the Speaker event on

April 2, 2014.

All our policies are kept

in a folder which is

available for anyone to

consult at our

Wednesday meetings.

Sally Barrett Business Secretary and Internal Communications

Co-ordinator

The following events in

our calendar have been

agreed:

Interest Groups’ Fair

(suggested date

November 20, 2013).

Winter Solstice

celebration (mulled wine

and mince pies)

December 18, 2013.

Orders for the 2014

U3A diary are now

being taken. If you

would like a diary it

costs £2.

To order one, please

give cash or a

cheque to Sally

Barrett at a Speaker

or Members’ Meeting

in June.

Committee changes

Diary dates U3A diary

Policies

Membership

Following a request by a member for his disabled son to join our U3A, it was agreed at the Committee Meeting on May 7, in line with national office guidance, to admit to membership anyone prematurely forced into their Third Age by disability.

Any carer who accompanies a disabled member need not be a U3A member, but would have to pay applicable charges.

Finance

In addition to our normal

Working Fund, it has

been decided to keep an

Equipment Fund (for our

savings) and a Social

Fund (for activities not

deemed to be

educational by the

Charity Commissioners,

e.g. Travel Group,

Theatre Group, Outings

and Social Activities) .

Leaders have received

financial guidance on

running Interest Groups

in general.

The Committee Meetings

schedule has continued

to be hectic (thank good-

ness future meetings will

only be bi-monthly!). The

latest batch of policies

decided upon are:

Members’ Meetings

Study Meetings are to be renamed Members’ Meetings, as this more accurately reflects the wide range of activities that might take place, including presentations by members or groups of members, and Interest Groups.

The newly-named Members’ Meetings provide us with an opportunity to meet others, even if it’s a chat about a measuring spoon.

Local press support

We’ve had great

support with full

features and

photographs about

Oswestry Borders

U3A in many local

newspapers. We need

to keep growing our

membership. One

assured way of

attracting new members

is to promote our

activities through all

media sources, both

printed and online.


‘Perspectives’

The ‘Perspectives’ Members’ Meeting, organised by the Education Group and led by

Joyce Whitehead provided just the right balance of activity and interaction about

everyday objects, with some really interesting exchanges between members, new to

each other. One group’s reflections gives a neat summary:

‘Our group enthusiastically commented upon the eclectic array of objects which

were laid before us. We expressed our initial like or dislike of an object, reflected upon

the memories that objects conjured up, had a discussion about privacy concerning

looking through someone's handbag, and explored the benefits of reflexology. It was

a terrific ice breaker and a good way to meet and talk to other members whom we

don’t see at the Interest Group meetings.

And the final words from Joyce, via William Blake

‘The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water and breeds reptiles of the

mind.

and William Morris

‘Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be

beautiful.’

Oswestry Borders U3A Borders Bulletin contact information The deadline for the next issue of this e-bulletin will be June 20. All contributions to Editor, Jane Davies [email protected]

Mobile: 07791117181

PR team helpers Logo competiton

We’ll soon be on the web

If you are interested in promoting our

U3A, there are many ways you can get

involved. Managing the notice board is

just one of several small PR tasks. Then

there’s putting up posters at public

buildings, meeting places and coffee

shops etc. Or you could work on writing

press releases to target key events and

maximise interest and attendance.

If anyone wants to learn more about

writing for the media, using desktop

publishing, then why not join the ICT

groups. If you are a keen photographer

and see a good photo-news story in your

Interest Group, please talk to the leader.

If you’d like to help, and join the PR

team, please contact Jane Davies at

[email protected]

Remember to bring your Oswestry

Borders U3A logo designs to the June

19 Members’ Meeting, when they will be

displayed for everyone to choose their

favourites.

Both colour and black/white drawings or

printouts are required. If you can’t draw,

remember you can work with someone

else.

Some guiding tips and competition rules

have been sent to you by email.

The winning logo will be the official logo

for our U3A for all promotional materials.

Please participate, even if you work in

pairs or a group, and good luck to

everyone who enters.

Temporary graphic to be

replaced soon by our new logo

Date Speaker and Members’ Meetings

June 5 Speaker - Art Historian, Sarah Gathercole, will give a fully

illustrated talk on ‘The Influence of Japanese Prints on Western Art’

June 19 Members’ Meeting and Oswestry Borders U3A logo competition

July 3 Speaker - Prof. Sally Roberts , RJ & AH Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, will give a talk on ‘Stem Cells — Can they keep us

perpetually healthy, even into the third age?’

August 7 Speaker - David Hughes from Ludlow U3A,

Slate Quarries and the Men who worked in them.


In a recent talk to the U3A on Chinese inventions, Dr Stan Moore demonstrates a gimbal, used to keep compasses upright in respect to the horizon on rolling, pitching ships.

An intriguing object to be explored and discussed at the ‘Perspectives’ meeting.


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