The majority of the talks in the 2023-2024 season will be held in the Hub at the Pavilion on Park Drive, Hethersett, but since the first Covid lockdown, when we started to hold virtual meetings, meetings have been published live using Zoom and can be watched afterwards on Youtube using the links in Past Events.
For all meetings, a link to the Zoom meeting will be emailed out in advance of the meeting, to members for whom we have current email addresses.
Any member wishing to take part in a talk via Zoom is advised to download the 'Zoom' client,
if they don't already have the app, onto their computer/tablet/phone.
If you don't have one it takes much longer to join a meeting!
Currently the programme is being reconstructed assuming that we will keep the same date/time
slots as per our traditional approach; roughly every other Monday starting at 19.30.
To keep abreast of developments please watch this space.
Mon 24th February 2025 at 19:30, Zoom+Hethersett Hub
Talk: Technical Innovations on the Bure Valley Railway (BVR)
by Andrew Barnes, General Manager, Bure Valley Railway
Summary: Andrew will provide us with a brief history of the BVR and explain how he has been able to greatly improve the efficiency of the BVR steam Motive Power, the ride and crash worthiness of the passenger stock and introduce the first battery locomotive for passenger haulage of any statutory regulated railway in the UK.
Mon 3rd March 2025 at 18:00, Town Close School, Norwich
Visit: Meet the Town Close School Greenpower electric racing team
by Town Close School Team, Town Close Team
Summary: Greenpower Education Trust is a UK based charity which gets young people enthusiastic about science and engineering by challenging them to design, build and race an electric car.
Greenpower supply age appropriate Kit Cars, which can be built in school, college or elsewhere and raced at motor sport venues at Greenpower organised events. Alternatively, older participants can design and build their own car to our regulations. The Greenpower challenge uses the excitement of motor sport to inspire young people to excel in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
(STEM). - Read more -
Mon 10th March 2025 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: Space Topics
by Stuart Catchpole, Space East
Mon 17th March 2025 at 19:30, zoom
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 24th March 2025 at 19:30, Hethersett Hub + Zoom
Talk: History & Engineering of Ice production
by David Forster,
Summary: David is the owner of a company which goes back to his grandfather in 1898 in Lowestoft that started the industrial production of ice. His talk will include an original film video of how the ice was made, the American use of compressed ammonia, shipping of ice from Norwegian glaciers and the provision of ice to cool Wimbledon tennis balls and for ice statues at the wedding of Princess Diana. - Read more -
Mon 7th April 2025 at 00:00, Zoom+Hethersett Hub
AGM: AGM 2024-2025
by The President,
Mon 5th May 2025 at 19:30, zoom
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 8th September 2025 at 19:30, Zoom
Visit: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 6th October 2025 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 13th October 2025 at 19:30, Zoom
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 20th October 2025 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 3rd November 2025 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 17th November 2025 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 1st December 2025 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 15th December 2025 at 19:30, TBA
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Mon 12th January 2026 at 19:30, Zoom
Visit: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 26th January 2026 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 9th February 2026 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 23rd February 2026 at 19:30, TBA
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Mon 9th March 2026 at 19:30, TBA
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Mon 16th March 2026 at 19:30, TBA
Council: Council Meeting
by The President,
Mon 23rd March 2026 at 19:30, TBA
Talk:
Mon 30th March 2026 at 19:30, TBA
Talk: AGM
by The President,
