The Science Group meeting for January 2016 was introduced to Madcap Ideas & Quirky Inventions by Douglas Eaton. This often humorous look at science showed us the idea of knife, fork or spoon caps for your pen when eating lunch at your desk! The accidental finds that have given us penicillin, nylon & teflon. Strange ideas in their time would include Leonardo’s helicopter and it was said of the telephone that “every town should have one”, now there’s one in every handbag. But the one that really bought the house down was the hairy tights as an anti-pervert deterrent! Do Google this for more information & images.

With the early Easter this year it has been decided not to have a March meeting, but we are instead encouraged to go along to the West Sussex Coast WI  day event at Ashington on 18 March 2016.