• 22nd February - Profile of the Hebrides by Prof David Gilbertson.    The evolution of landscapes over the last 20,000 years.
• 15th March - Aspects of Armageddon by Dr John Gratton.    The eruption of the Laki Fissure in Iceland.

• The Cheshire Salt Deposits, their origins, and their role in causing surface subsidence by Dr. Fred Broadhurst, University of Manchester.
• Roman Salt-Making in Cheshire: Recent Excavations at Nantwich by Dr. Mike Nevell, University of Manchester.
• The Salt Industry around Northwich by Andrew Fielding, Project Director, Lion Salt Works Trust.
• Salt-Making in Present-day Cheshire Speaker to be announced.

In the Department of Earth Sciences, Williamson Building, Manchester University, Oxford Road; opposite The Manchester Museum.
For further information contact Michael Aiers, 4 Tintern Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, SK6 7QF.     Tel 0161 439 7692 or email AMM.Aiers@ukgateway.net