The Photographic Society

At our meeting on 3rd March we were privileged to have Lord Bolton as our speaker to talk about "Forestry". He dealt with the subject under two main headings; forestry as a business; and forestry and agriculture. Lord Bolton owns a considerable area of woodland in Wensleydale and his lecture was in preparation for the visit which the Club was to make to his estate later in the term.

The final lecture of the term was held on 17th March when Mr. J. Shaw spoke on "Wool". He illustrated his talk with many amusing stories drawn from his experiences as a Bradford wool merchant. He classified the main breeds of wool-producing sheep and strongly emphasised the necessity of producing clean wool on the farms.

On 20th March the Club visited Lord Bolton's estate at Leyburn in Wensleydale. We walked round part of his 600 acres of woodland, which have been run on commercial lines since 1927, and Lord Bolton was able to show that considerable knowledge Wand patience are required to grow trees successfully. We wish to express our appreciation to the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Mr. J. V. Huzzard, and Mr. W. S. Woodsworth for generously providing transport to Leyburn.

This term has been a very full one, with many manuscript lectures provided by Ilford and Johnsons of Hendon, 'Ltd.

Mr. Robinson gave the first lecture of the term, his subject being "Negative Development". It was, as usual, excellently delivered. A collection of Ilford papers was also on view. At the next meeting R. F. Coates gave a talk on "Colour Photography". The lecture was well illustrated with some of the speaker's own slides.

On the 10th of February P. G. Brooke gave a lantern lecture entitled "Applications of Photography today".

For the last meeting of the term an informal gathering was held, the topic for discussion being "Making better prints". In general the attendance at lectures has been poor throughout the term, and it is hoped that members will attend more regularly in future.

To round off the term a display of members' own work was included in the Science Exhibition; the standard attained being excellent throughout. P.G.B. 33