| The Hebden Bridge Astronomy Society
is a section of the Hebden Bridge Science & Literary Guild,
that celebrated its 90th Anniversary in 1996 . The celebration
was attended by Sir Bernard Ingham, whose maternal grandfather,
Mr Greenwood Horsfall was a founder member of the Astronomy
Section in 1918. The records show that this gentleman held the
Chairman’s post from 1918 to 1924.
The section lapsed through until the mid 1980’s (1985)
when the section was revived with Rosemary Naylor (One time
proprietor of ‘Earth and Sky’) as Chairman. The
speaker at our first 1985 ordinary meeting was Peter Drew
of the Amateur Astronomy Centre and our second lecture was
by Brian Jones of Bradford Astronomy Society. H.B.A.S. did
go through a quiet spell a few years ago but is now buzzing
away with a broad spectrum of members, both in age ,gender
, depth of interest and activity.
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Next
Meeting
May 7th
AGM and Members Night -
Short talks,video,demonstrations
etc
2007/2008 Season
Dates for Your Calendar.
New pictures in the members section
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