EXPLORING THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTIONS. The society has important collections including butterflies, shells, eggs, sands, microscope slides, rocks, minerals and Northamptonshire fossils. This is a great opportunity to look at our extensive collections, to draw, study them or just appreciate their beauty. Also, if you wish to assist us conserving or documenting you would be welcome.
THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF STAINES MOOR by Robert Goble. The moor has been common land since 1065 and has remained unploughed and free of pesticides and fertiliser for 1000 years. It has been a SSSI since 1965. Robert, a member of the Staines Moor Preservation Society, is a frequent visitor to this site and will show us his images of the surprising amount of wildlife and wild flowers found on this site which is close to Heathrow, Staines & the M25. This lecture is presented by Robert Goble via Zoom. Join us in the rooms in the company of other members or check our web site www.nnhs.info/Whats-On/ for the Zoom link.
Coal by Ian Wilson. Once the black gold, now an environmental pariah. Ian will introduce us to the wonders of coal and evidence of its origins that we can now see with the use of a microscope.
The Seventh Masters of Print - Salon Des Refuses The Masters of Print exhibition is restricted to 60 prints and this makes acceptance particularly difficult. Many excellent photographers and many excellent prints were unlucky and this Salon des Refuses consists of 65 unmounted A3 prints with comments by many of the photographers.
What is Fracking and Why it is Used in the Oil and Gas Industry? Don Munn will look at the geological processes involved in the storage of oil and gas and the science of well drilling. What are the environmental risks from fracking and is it a risk to our water supply and does it cause earthquakes? As the case for fracking once again is taken up by politicians, Don is uniquely qualified to answer all of these questions.
The NNHS Glass Slides We will continue our fascinating tour through the glass slides taken around the county and further afield by society members on trips and walks etc in the first quarter of the last century.