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on to Great Blakenham, near Ipswich, where the
till yielded a variety of erratic stones and
fossils. Variations in the till were noted
across the valley, at Barham, where also the
underlying gravels were seen. There are in
fact two gravels, a glacial one of Anglian age
and one related to an early course of the Thames
of Beestonian age, the two being separated by
a fossil soil of Cromerian age. The final site
visited, Sproughton, was only just recovering
from a flood and the sections of late Pleisto-
cene deposits were poorly exposed.
In September, the group visited Kent. The
first site visited was Dry Hill, near Sevenoaks,
to view the folding of the Lower Greensand
rocks. This folding occurred approximately at
the same time as the Alps were formed. At
Wrotham a sandy facies of the Lower Greensand
was inspected and a horizon of limestone
yielded some fossils. The party finally
visited Trottiscliffe to collect fossils from
the Gault Clay. Belemnites and ammonites were
abundant and one shark's tooth and part of a
crab were found. Nodules of pyrites (fool's
gold) were also common.

In November, there was an afternoon visit
to Ipswich Museum. Bob Markham, after giving
us a general introduction to, and a brief
history of, the museum and some of the more
notable exhibits from the natural history
section, showed us round. The party was parti-
cularly impressed by the Red Crag fossils and
the archaeological specimens.
In spite of rising costs, one annual event
that was included was the Dinner. Although we
had to restrict numbers we had a full atten-
dance at the White Hart, Brentwood.
Throughout the year, the numbers attending