2005 - Whitby Naturalists

THE WINTER PROGRAMME ORGANISER.'S REPORT
November 77th 2004 was the end of an ela. This was the last lectrtre
to be held in the Kendall Room. In January we moved into the
museum's new lecture room with every modern facilify for the lecturers
and very comfortabie chairs. In addition there was increased capacity.
The increased capacify was needed as the lectures in the New Year
wefe very well attended and peopie expresseci their delight with the
new facilities.
Arnong the iecturers was an old favourite, Colin Stephenson, who can
always be relied upon to givc an interesting talk on fungi. Another
interesting lecture was on Dormice inYorkshire. I believe that this was
the first tirne we had heard a talk on this anirnal and we leamt of the
efforts being made to establish it in the Yorkshire Dales.
In October 2005 wc inrroduced a charge of 50p for attending the
lecrures, which in the past have been free to members. Half of the fee
u'ill go to the museum as the club's contribution to the cost of running
and maintaining the new lecture room.
As usual I shall be grateful for any offers for
names of any person or organisations who you
to give a lecture in the future.
future lectures or the
think may be prepared
EzuC ADDISON