7:07 pm in Down Memory Lane by Dave Palmer
1965 to 2008 – A Story of a Clock
When I inherited the Physics Laboratory in 1964 there were no stop clocks. Any that did exist prior to that had been borrowed from other labs when the need arose. This was far from perfect, especially as I could not control their care, so I muddled by for the first year cadging the odd clock when necessary. This worked reasonably well for the sixth form practicals, but my policy with the ‘O’ level sets was to have no more than three pupils in a group for practical.
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Tags: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
10:45 am in Guest Posts by Dave Palmer
A moving guest post from Philip White – 1983-1987
It’s 1990 and a warm June day in Canterbury. My first daughter’s just been born and I’m as proud a father as anyone can be and I settle back in a chair in the delivery room with Sarah in my arms telling her how great life’s going to be.
Wind forward to November 1996. We’ve moved to Bristol but I’m working in Cambridge, staying there during the week and driving home for the weekends. Sarah’s been unwell for a few weeks with a bad chest. She’s been to the doctor every week for the past 7 weeks and he thinks she has asthma. As she’s still going to school every day (she loved school so much!!) he insisted it couldn’t be anything serious.
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Tags: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
