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He also showed a press-cutting describing the site of the proposed nuclear
power station at Bradwell-on-Sea.
He also showed a photograph of a nine-feet tall specimen of Hogweed
growing in front of John Aldridge's house at Great Bardfield, and also a.
photograph of a damaged branch of a Beech tree in Writtlepark Wood,
Margaretting. There were curious scratch marks, and it was considered
that the damage was the work of a squirrel.
Mr. Bartrop then gave an account of his observations on what he con-
sidered to be a disused road at Margaretting (see p. 341). He illustrated
his account with lantern slides from his photographs. The President ex-
pressed his appreciation of the way in which this interesting and useful
piece of research on an old road had been carried out and presented.
Dr. Rudge expressed his interest in the subject, saying that he wondered
whether a track leading from Bedesmans Berg in the High Woods area had
a connection with the old road which Mr. Bartrop had surveyed.
Mr. Richard Ward then gave an account of the natural history on the
Bromley Gasworks. His remarks were supplemented by Mr. Bernard Ward
and Mr. Pratt, who commented on the botany and the Lepidoptera observed
on this site during a visit under the guidance of Mr. Richard Ward one
evening in August last (see p.336).
Dr. Hayward showed black-cored zoned flints from the Clacton beds and
also large black-cored zoned flint nodules from a chalkpit at Stansted
Mountfitchet which appeared to represent a possible source of the Clacton
beds (see p. 334).
Dr. Rudge showed a flint artifact from Central Africa.
After some discussion of this exhibit, in which Dr. Hayward and others
took part, the meeting was closed and members went down to tea.
Ordinary Meeting (992nd Meeting)
SATURDAY, 26 NOVEMBER, 1955
Held at the West Ham College of Technology, this meeting was attended
by 39 members and friends and the chair was taken by the President,
Professor C. T. Ingold.
The following were elected to membership of the Club:—
Mr. and Mrs. Betts, of 453, Aldborough Road, Newbury Park, Ilford.
The attention of the members was called to the arrangements made for
the Passmore Edwards Museum to be the challengers in the B.B.C. Tele-
vision programme "Animal, Vegetable and Mineral" on Thursday,
December 1st. The panel was to be composed of Julian Huxley! f.r.s.,
Maxwell Knight and James Fisher, under the chairmanship of Glyn Daniel.
The producer, Paul Johnstone, had visited the Museum and, in consultation
with him, the working party had selected a series of objects which it was
hoped would promote an interesting discussion.
Messrs. Richard Ward, Bartrop and Huggins took part in a discussion
on the large Conger Eel reported to have been taken at Hullbridge recently.
Mr. H. C. Huggins, F.R.E.S., then gave a Survey of Essex Lepidoptera
in the past 50 years (see p. 327).
The lecture, by such an authority on the subject, was a valuable con-
tribution to the natural history of the county and was made the more
acceptable to those who heard it by the method of delivery and the lecturer's
interesting diversions.
After the lecture several members took part in the questions and dis-
cussion, and the President thanked Mr. Huggins for preparing and
attending to deliver his valuable lecture.
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