{"id":1411,"date":"2016-05-16T16:49:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2019-04-24T19:19:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:19:49","slug":"june-2016-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=1411","title":{"rendered":"2016 June meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SINGING BIRD AUTOMATA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip Gale FBHI<\/strong><br \/>\nThe meeting on the 2nd June will be back to our usual White Hart Barn venue and we are delighted to welcome Phillip Gale FBHI who will be talking to us about the repair and restoration of Singing Bird Musical Boxes.<br \/>\nPhillip has gained a wide reputation for restoring singing bird musical boxes and people now consult him on a worldwide basis.<br \/>\nHe studied horology at Hackney College on day release from his first job in Guildford before moving on to a job at the R.E.M.E. in Aldershot as a civilian watchmaker\/ instrument maker.<br \/>\nFour years later he moved to a job in Cornwell and then in 1990 set up his own business.<br \/>\nPhilip became a Fellow of the British Horological Institute in 1994, a Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1999 and a Liveryman of said company in 2002.<br \/>\nThis talk promises an experts insight into the complex mechanisms and workings of these fascinating devices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1406 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Singingbirdgroup.jpg\" alt=\"Singingbirdgroup\" width=\"288\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Singingbirdgroup.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Singingbirdgroup-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1407 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Workshop004_2.jpg\" alt=\"Workshop004_2\" width=\"299\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Workshop004_2.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Workshop004_2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monthly branch meetings are normally held at the The White Hart Barn in Godstone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE WHITE HART BARN<\/p>\n<p>(Godstone Village Hall)<\/p>\n<p>GODSTONE<\/p>\n<p>SURREY RH9 8DU<\/p>\n<p>7.30 pm for 8.00 pm Start<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGING BIRD AUTOMATA Phillip Gale FBHI The meeting on the 2nd June will be back to our usual White Hart Barn venue and we are delighted to welcome Phillip Gale &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=1411\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2016 June meeting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings-2016-2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","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=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2087,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/2087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}