EDITORIAL
By the time this second issue of the Bulletin reaches
you, there should "be many signs of spring, and fair-weather
naturalists like myself will be stirring out of their
hibernation. But others, I know, have been active all along,
for there have been the indoor meetings and an outdoor
meeting on a very wet day, as reported on other pages. With
the coming of the better weather, there should be much more
for members to observe and write about, and I shall look
forward to an increase in contributions as the season
progresses.
After publication of the first Bulletin, a number of
people wrote me letters of appreciation and encouragement;
I would like to thank them here for their kindness. One
letter was from Mr. E.M. Green, of Leaden Roding, who tells
me he has in his possession a run of the Transactions and
Proceedings of the Essex Field Club 1880 - 1887 which were
his grandfather's, and a run of the Essex Naturalist from
1887 to 1921 which were his father's, and his own run from
1922 to the present. In his own words he says, ".... it is
a good run of 90 years all in one family". I wonder if
any other member can match this.
Several letters contained suggestions for improving the
Bulletin; as far as is practicable, I am following them up.
One of these was to ask well-known members of the Club for
their "Personal View" of their particular field of interest.
As my first victim, I asked Mr. Lawrence Harley, a noted
archaeologist and historian, and a former President of the
Club, if he would start the ball rolling, and was very
gratified when he agreed. And so it was that on a misty
Sunday morning we sat in his delightful sixteenth-century
house in Stoke-by-Nayland and, over a glass of equally
delightful Madeira, I recorded his views on certain topics
presented to him. An edited transcript of the tape starts
on Page 6.
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