MCPF PORTFOLIO OF DIGITAL IMAGES The MCPF Travelling Portfolio includes the award-winning entries and a selection of the best entries of the 2025 Midland Counties Photographic Federation Photofolio Exhibition.

THE NNHS GLASS SLIDES. We will continue our fascinating tour through the glass slides taken by society members in the first quarter of the last century.

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.

40 YEARS ON – PART 1. Nick Hewitt our section president. An overview of the first 20 years of my time at the NNHS. Guests and visitors are 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.

Some Aspects of the NNHS Historic Microscope Slide Collections by Mike Gibson. Mike will introduce us to some of the wonders of the Society's microscope slide collections. Ranging from slides made in Victorian times to modern examples