{"id":1395,"date":"2016-04-11T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2019-04-24T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:19:57","slug":"may-2016-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=1395","title":{"rendered":"2016 May meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>May 5, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Our next meeting will comprise of several presentations from the current crop of horology students at West Dean college. This annual event gives the students a chance to try their hand at public speaking and present on a project that makes up a major part of their coursework for qualification in restoration and conservation of antique clocks. This evening promises good variety and an opportunity for lively discussion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1392\" src=\"http:\/\/slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cfnctu2WwAEsd80.jpg-large-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cfnctu2WwAEsd80.jpg large\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cfnctu2WwAEsd80.jpg-large-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cfnctu2WwAEsd80.jpg-large-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Cfnctu2WwAEsd80.jpg-large.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><em>Examples of work from West Dean college, shown at our open day in 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Presentations:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michael Cranefield \u2013 More on Cleaning. An update on research into using \u2018CleanSpirit\u2019 as a viable clock cleaning solution.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Thompson \u2013 Researching the properties of mainsprings using an electronic torque meter to evaluate their characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Turner Bishop \u2013 Career change from the Swiss watch industry to the conservation of clocks.<\/p>\n<p>Daniela Corda \u2013 Dilemmas of Dynamic Objects. A journey through some of the ethical issues relating to the repair of clocks through case studies.<\/p>\n<p>Ken de Lucca \u2013 You always hurt the one you love. A discussion of the historic remaking of a tavern clock and its future.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Western \u2013 The turret clock at West Dean by JW Benson.<\/p>\n<p>Fjodor vd Broek \u2013 The professional decision making process relating to historic restorations.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Read \u2013 Seven years at West Dean. A review and reflection of some of the highpoints from the past seven years and a glimpse of the future as the college engages more with Higher Education in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that this event will be held at the temporary venue, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/maps\/place\/Soper+Hall,+Harestone+Valley+Rd,+Caterham,+Surrey+CR3+6YN\/@51.2811401,-0.0809533,17z\/data=%213m1%214b1%214m2%213m1%211s0x4875febcf92a09d9:0x9a8ad892ccdb53e9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Soper Hall in Caterham<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"hwr-address1\">Soper Hall, Harestone Valley Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"hwr-address2 hwr-nudge\">Caterham, CR3 6HY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"hwr-address1\">Soper Hall, Harestone Valley Road<\/li>\n<li class=\"hwr-address2 hwr-nudge\">Caterham, CR3 6HY<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 5, 2016 Our next meeting will comprise of several presentations from the current crop of horology students at West Dean college. This annual event gives the students a chance &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=1395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2016 May meeting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meetings-2016-2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2232,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions\/2232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}