{"id":3306,"date":"2024-02-18T12:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T12:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T12:30:23","slug":"2024-march-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=3306","title":{"rendered":"2024 March Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>7th March 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AGM followed by<br>&#8216;Sir John Bennet \u2013 His Impact on Horology&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>David Rooney<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>John Bennett (1814\u20131897) was a retail clockmaker, watchmaker and jeweller based in Cheapside, London, from 1846 onwards. He has been remembered for his views on the British horological industry and his use of modern advertising, marketing and publicity methods. Bennett retired in 1889 but the company he founded continued to trade in several London locations until 1963. This talk explores the public face of what became known as the \u2018House of Bennett\u2019, offering a case study in the history of horological retail that might prompt a wider examination of the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Rooney is a writer and curator. He was formerly Curator of Timekeeping at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Keeper of Technology and Engineering at the Science Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doors open at 19:30, Starting 20.00 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The meeting will be held at The White Hart Barn in Godstone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>THE WHITE HART BARN (Godstone Village Hall)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GODSTONE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SURREY RH9 8DU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7.30pm for 8.00pm Start<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/map.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/map.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/map-300x278.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7th March 2024 AGM followed by&#8216;Sir John Bennet \u2013 His Impact on Horology&#8217; David Rooney John Bennett (1814\u20131897) was a retail clockmaker, watchmaker and jeweller based in Cheapside, London, from &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/?p=3306\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2024 March Meeting&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings-2024-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3323,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/3323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slbbhi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}