NewsletterNewsletter No.No. 237237 JuneJune 20162016 Contents: Future Programme 2 Other Societies and Events 3 Editorial 6 Museum & Geopark updates 6 Committee Field Meeting - Churnet Valley 8 Chairman Geology in Action, Costa Rica, May 2016 10 Graham Worton Obituary, Albert Ludford 1913 - 2016 13 Vice Chairman Mike's Musings No. 3 - Peter Twigg On The History of Microsopy 14 Hon Treasurer Alan Clewlow Members' Forum Hon Secretary Time to Tweet? 16 Linda Tonkin Bromsgrove Glacial Erratics 17 Field Secretary Andrew Harrison Newsletter Editor Julie Schroder Webmaster John Schroder Other Members Christopher Broughton Bob Bucki Copy date for the next Newsletter is Monday 1 August Newsletter No. 237 The Black Country Geological Society June 2016 Linda Tonkin, Andy Harrison, Julie Schroder, Honorary Secretary, Field Secretary, Newsletter Editor, 4 Heath Farm Road, Codsall, 42 Billesley Lane, Moseley, ☎ Wolverhampton, WV8 1HT. 01384 379 320 Birmingham, B13 9QS. ☎ 01902 846074 Mob: 07973 330706 ☎ 0121 449 2407
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