It is with great sadness that we have to report the sad loss of Andrew D Busby Prof MICME 04.10.56 to 25.03.20 Andrew started his foundry career with Mansfield Sands making various foundry sands. He moved to BCIRA and then moved on to work for Ashland (now ASK Chemicals…
Photo – Winners: Thomas Dudley Duport and the team were: Danny Harlow, Pawel Maculewicz, Ethan Asquith, James Hopkins Last year saw the first go-karting event organised by the branch as part of its drive to introduce ICME to younger foundrymen and women in a relaxed, friendly, informal, environment. The…
Please be advised that ICME staff will be working as normal but this will be from home/remote access rather than from the main office from tomorrow, 18th March 2020. This is because the University will be closing the office building in the next day or so. We have set up…
On Monday 2nd March 2020, the ICME Lancashire Branch were invited by Mr. Charles Hadcock DL to visit his studio and take a tour of his onsite production facility, at the Roach Bridge Mill, Preston. Charles is a renowned British sculptor with purchased works around the world, many are situated…
You may have heard via the media or been informed by your insurance company that COVID-19 has been made a notifiable disease. The information you need to be aware of is: At 6.15pm on 5 March 2020, a statutory instrument was made into law that adds COVID-19 to the list…
PROTECT Alert Fraudsters are exploiting the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus to facilitate various types of fraud and cyber crime. Since February 2020, the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) has identified 21 reports of fraud where Coronavirus was mentioned, with victim losses totalling over £800k. Ten of these reports were made…
The branch was pleased to host an evening recently for the Apprentices and their Tutors from the new National Foundry Training Centre, so that Members could find out more about what is now on offer from Foundry Training Services Ltd. Branch President Mark Holliday Prof MICME welcomed members and guests…
The January branch meeting is always given over to the branch quiz which is now held as a memorial to Bill Rooker who was for several years quiz master and was known for the unique manner in which he managed the event. However before handing over to Bob and Roger…
Since becoming part of the branch social calender 6 years ago the sportsmans dinner has grown in popularity and tickets sell out very quickly. Whilst providing excellent entertainment and a conviviial atmosphere for socialising the event has also enabled the branch to raise money for its chosen charity, the Steve…
Branch President Mark Holliday, Prof MICME, welcomed members and guests to the evenings lecture and introduced the speaker for the evening, Dominic Grosvenor of Barr and Grosvenor Ltd. Prior to 2006 Barr and Grosvenor were invited by English Heritage to undertake trials for conservation work on the Abraham Darby bridge…
