1st edition 2006
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- a welcome from the Chairman
- “Old Friends” an article on supporters of the Clockmakers’ Museum in the early 19th century, including Benjamin Vulliamy and Hon. Anne Seymour Damer
- The Friends’ programme for 2006/7
- Also articles on the Friends’ webside , the Friends’ Logo and “H5—now you can own the clock!”
Autumn 2007
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- articles on the Royal opening of the new gallery at the Royal Observatory, together with a description of the Friends visit to Greenwich
- A description of “Art in Action” 2007
- Articles on John Donne, on the chronometer maker Samuel Elliott Atkins and on the history of the longcase clock.
- Also the Chairman’s Report, a note on a cheap “H5” replica sold in aid of the Clockmakers’ Museum and a review of Jeremy Evans’s book “Thomas Tompion”.
Autumn 2008
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- a description of the Friends’ visit to Bletchley Park
- “A Coincidence” a new look at the origins of the celebrated 17th century clock maker Edward East
- A description of the Friends’ visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry
- “Behind the Craft” an interview with the sundial maker Joanna Migdal
- Recollections of the Solar Eclipse in Cornwall by Dr. Colin Lattimore
- The Chairman’s Report
- “Tales from a Library”: clockwork in the service of science.
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