THE GREAT MILLENIUM EXHIBITION
Since this is the millenium year a particular effort was put into making the Annual Exhibition something special. This it certainly was, due to the efforts of many people, but two deserve especial mention: our energetic membership Secretary, Tony Jarrett, who successfully persuaded the distinguished scientist and broadcaster, Professor Susan Greenfield, to open formally the Exhibition, and the Past President, Bruce Scott, who organised the whole thing. A guest looked around the room, and remarked "Someone has put an awful lot of work into this". That someone was Bruce Scott. Tony Dutton, and Charles Hussey of the Museum staff, must also take great credit.
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The President, Bryan Tabor listens appreciatively while Prof.Greenfield formally opens the exhibition, pointing out to an attentive audience that the microscope has been a vital tool in many scientific disciplines, including her own of neurophysiology and pharmacology. It was also nice to hear her pay tribute to the aesthetic qualities of many images - good to hear from a professional scientist
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Susan Greenfield and Savile Bradbury are old friends! Savile had a most comprehensive exhibit on 'muscle' and other human tissues. |
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Professor Greenfield finds that the instruments are not only good to look at, but good to look through! Tony Dutton stands in the background. |
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One of the most striking features of the Exhibition was the Time Line, a magnificent array of instruments ranging from 1852 (a superb Powell and Lealand) to the present day.
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The impressive Time Line display, with Bruce Scott most appropriately at the modern end!
| There was also a fine pictorial record of the Club's many activities. I don't know exactly what caused Bryan Tabor and Susan Greenfield's amusement, but most of the Club's meetings and excursions were shown. |  |