GEOLOGY

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.

BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS by Ian Wilson and Mike Gibson. Butterfly and Moth wing scales are beautiful subjects for mounting. We will briefly look at the anatomy of butterflies and moths under the microscope before mounting butterfly and moth wing scales using specimens from old rescued collections.

PEOPLE PLACES AND FACES by Lilliana Alani. A medley of different styles of photography that Lilliana has developed over the years. This presentation will take you around 5 continents in one evening. It is a medley of over 180 images, many of them award winning. It is a combination of different subjects, styles and techniques. From people in their natural environment, still life, decisive moments and many more. Presented in person in the rooms.

BEEBY THOMPSON - NORTHAMPTON’S GREATEST SCIENTIST? Beeby Thompson was a founder member of the Natural History Society, Curator of Geology at Northampton Museum and the first Principal of the College of Science and the Arts in Abington Square. How did this tailor’s son from Creaton end up prospecting for oil in Angola, Brazil, Peru and Jamaica? Bob Purser will recount Beeby Thompson's journey from the Roade cutting to Joe’s River Clay in Barbados.

NORTHAMPTON IN 100 YEARS’ TIME - FACING THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL WARMING. What will be the effects of Global Warming on Northampton? What might the World your grandchildren and great grandchildren inherit be like?