POSTED ON APRIL 28, 2009 two items below From past to present in one easy move Sadly I will miss another SLTC Council Meeting in Northampton on Wednesday as after my accident and back operation I am still strictly limited in how much I can travel and how many hours I am allowed on my […]
Richard Graves, Ron Smith and Fred Shortland
POSTED ON MARCH 21, 2009 Two items A bad start to 2009 This has been a tough year so far with a lot of problems. We have our economic meltdown and without question the leather industry in a year’s time will have a different look about it. But the year has also been tough on […]
Chennai, APLF and of course Sheep
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2009 two items Things you discover by accident Over the last few months we have been hearing a lot of talk in the UK industry about new initiatives in the South West of England to develop the sheepskin tanning industry, and I was astonished to discover on line thanks to Mr […]
Pakistan industry at a cross roads
Pakistan industry at a cross roadsJanuary 2009 We have spent the last two days discussing Pakistan with Dr. Warren Weinstein of J.E. Austen. Warren has been running the Austen office in Pakistan for some years and has gained a strong reputation for work in such sectors as dairy, furniture and marble. His team is currently […]
India is complex
POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2008 Tragedy at the Taj I remember being welcomed and escorted by a charming young lady along winding corridors to a quite magnificent suite in the old building looking over the British colonial era Gateway of India. It was the early 1980s and the first time I stayed at the Taj […]
The start of Leather Naturally triggered by bad science in Hong Kong
POSTED ON OCTOBER 5, 2008 The danger of bad science in good hands It was only a week ago that we were listening to Dr Heinz-Peter Germann give a very clear and straight forward Procter Memorial Lecture about the current technical status of tanning from an environmental stance at the SLTC conference in the UK. […]
Old Leather Dogs and new tanning drums
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2008 two items below More awards please The one thing that brings our old friends out of the woodwork for the SLTC Annual Conference is the award of Life Membership…..perhaps the committee needs to establish an annual award to keep all retirees and old friends coming back year after year. Certainly […]
Catskills and Kasur
POSTED ON. AUGUST 23, 2008 Two Items August rains and American parties They have not had a great summer in the US this year but the last two weeks in New England have been just fine, and it is hard to think that just a few days ago we were in famous tanning towns such […]
LFRG; Pakistani Alumni: Metz: rue des tanneurs
LFRG: initials to remember This was first posted on University of Northampton on July 24 2008. There are two items from July 2008 here. I am guessing that for us there will be one really memorable event of this summer and that will be the founding of the LFRG. Now what does this stand for? […]
Tilman Taeger at Leathersellers and 2009 thoughts
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 […]
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