POSTED ON JUNE 26, 2008. Two items are below from my Northampton blog 2009 Centenary events start to take shape It’s more or less July now and the weather for Wimbledon is better than normal. We are sitting in the garden catching the strains from Glastonbury. Not a bad way to spend such a dry […]
Sichuan University and more
POSTED ON MAY 22, 2008 Sichuan and our good friends Over the last year China has frequently been the focus of these columns, and it was only six weeks ago that we were in Chengdu and Deyang. Both are in Sichuan Province at Chengdu is about 50km from the epicentre and Deyang, although a little […]
Leather Conservation Centre, the Livery and APLF
FEBRUARY 13, 2008 Wednesday 13 February, 2008 The train from Northampton to London is a busy one these days and very often filled with busy Corium Club members. Of course it might be Dr Martins staff heading for their design office in Covent Garden (we need to find the imperative that will persuade them to […]
Leather Guilds, 110th SLTC Meeting
POSTED ON. OCTOBER 17, 2007 It is October and it is sunny in Scotland The weather is hot and sunny and we are having a drink outside in shorts and sun hats. We have been lying on the beach. Is this global warming or just an “Indian” summer? Or perhaps the microclimate that Daniel Defoe […]
Paris and Chengdu
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 (more than one item; one of many put here from my original blogs for the University of Northampton) Paris in September Paris in September was for many decades an essential part of life in the leather industry. A trip to the Semaine du Cuir, the world’s most important leather show, […]
An Important September
First POSTED ON JULY 11, 2007 An important September September looks like being an important month for the BSLT. The main event going on is the Shanghai is the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) which is the “Biggest and Most Important International Leather Trade Fair in China”. It is certainly important to the school as […]
University cocktail party at the Leathersellers Hall in London
University cocktail party at the Leathersellers Hall in London first published June 2007 Just a few days ago I attended a University cocktail party at the Leathersellers Hall in London . It was not a leather event but one where the University makes use of the Leathersellers offer of a fabulous venue in London when […]
Leathersellers Prize Giving Day
JULY 3, 2007 Leathersellers Prize-giving day So now we have reached the end of term which always arrives punctuated with a lot of interesting meetings for the non students. Perhaps the students enjoy them too, but the impact of actually having to turn up at exams may take away some of the pleasure. For the […]
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