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01/07/2018 The Outdoor Events page has been updated with details of an additional event in July 2018 22/06/2018 The Indoor Meetings page has been amended to show two meeting date changes, as well as new details of speakers 03/05/2018 The Outdoor Events and the Other Events pages have been updated 11/04/2018 Notice of cancellation of the July 2018 trip to Fife put up on the Outdoor Events page 06/04/2018 The March 2018 newsletter has been added and the Outdoor Events and the Other Events pages have been updated 24/03/2018 GDPR information added to the home page 22/02/2018 Additional details have been added to the Indoor Meetings and Outdoor Events pages 19/02/2018 Details of an additional event have been added to the Outdoor Events page 18/02/2018 Provisional details have been added to the Indoor Meetings and Outdoor Events pages 12/01/2018 An additional indoor meeting, in March 2018, has been added to the Indoor Meetings page 12/01/2018 The January 2018 meeting lecture titles and abstracts have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 07/01/2018 The December 2017 newsletter has been added and the Other Events page updated 13/12/2017 The Other Events page has been updated 28/11/2017 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated with links to abstracts for the December meeting 27/11/2017 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated with links to abstracts for the October and November meetings 30/10/2017 The September 2017 newsletter has been added 25/09/2017 Booking details for the 29 November meeting have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 19/09/2017 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated with details of an additional lecture in November 2017 04/09/2017 The Indoor Meetings page and Other Events page have been updated 09/08/2017 The June 2017 newsletter has been added 29/06/2017 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 15/05/2017 The date of the Shap field excursion has been added to the Outdoor Events page and The North West Geologist page has been added 07/04/2017 The Other Events page has been updated 27/03/2017 The Other Events page has been updated and a date correction made on the Outdoor Events page 20/03/2017 The March 2017 newsletter has been added and the Outdoors Events page updated. 09/03/2017 The Indoor Meetings and Outdoor Events pages have been updated 06/03/2017 The Other Events and Who's Who pages have been updated 02/03/2017 Notice given of the cancellation of 8 March indoor meeting 13/02/2017 The abstract of the 29 March meeting and details of the associated field trip on 1 April have been added to the Indoor Meetings and Outdoor Events pages 02/02/2017 The provisional 2017 programme has been published on the Outdoor Events page 30/01/2017 The title of the Presidential Address has been added to the Indoor Meetings page< br> 26/01/2017 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated with important information about the March meeting 16/01/2017 Lecture titles for the January meeting have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 06/01/2017 Details of the 2017 Herdman Symposium have been added to the Other Events page 05/01/2017 The December 2016 newsletter has been added 16/12/2016 Speakers for the January meeting have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 08/11/2016 Lecture titles for the December meeting have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 01/11/2016 Lecture titles for the Broadhurst Lectures have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 24/10/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 02/10/2016 The September 2016 newsletter has been added 11/09/2016 Details of The Broadhurst Lectures have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 11/09/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 04/08/2016 The Outdoor Events page has been updated 12/07/2016 The June 2016 newsletter has been added 05/07/2016 The Outdoor Events, Indoor Meetings and Who's Who pages have been updated 20/05/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 07/05/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 31/03/2016 The Other Events page has been updated and the March 2016 newsletter added 04/03/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 01/03/2016 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 29/02/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 21/02/2016 The Outdoor Events, Indoor Meetings and Links pages have been updated 08/02/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 27/01/2016 The Other Events page has been updated 19/01/2016 The title of the Presidential Address has been added to the Indoor Meetings page 05/01/2016 The December 2015 newsletter has been added and details of the 2016 Herdman Symposium added to the Other Events page 02/12/2015 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 20/11/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 13/11/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 03/11/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 01/11/2015 Details of the 14 November lectures have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 03/10/2015 The Manchester Building Stones page has been added 29/09/2015 The September 2015 newsletter and 2015-16 indoor meetings programme have been added 16/09/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 01/09/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 05/08/2015 The June 2015 newsletter has been added and the Other Events page updated 23/06/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 23/04/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 16/04/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 10/04/2015 The Outdoor Events and Other Events pages have been updated 09/03/2015 The March 2015 newsletter has been added 08/03/2015 The Outdoor Events and Other Events pages have been updated 25/02/2015 The Other Events page has been updated 19/02/2015 The Who's Who, Outdoor Events and Other Events pages have been updated 03/02/2015 Details of the Oxford Colloquium have been added to the Other Events page 07/01/2015 The abstracts for the Broadhurst lectures have been added 05/01/2015 An additional speaker has been added to the Broadhurst lecture programme 18/12/2014 The December 2014 newsletter has been added and the Other Events page updated 01/12/2014 Details of arrangements for the December and January meetings have been added 21/11/2014 Abstracts and venue details for the December indoor meeting have been added 03/11/2014 Titles and abstracts for the November meeting have been added 24/10/2014 A video of the completed Styal fish pass has been added to the Photo Gallery 16/10/2014 A lecture has been added to the Other Events page 13/10/2014 Two speakers for the November indoor meeting have been added 02/10/2014 The abstract for the October indoor meeting has been added 15/09/2014 The September 2014 newsletter has been added and the Other Events page updated 22/08/2014 The Other Events page has been updated 18/07/2014 The June 2014 newsletter has been added and the Who's Who and Other Events pages updated 23/06/2014 The Other Events page has been updated 20/05/2014 The Other Events page has been updated 05/04/2014 The March 2014 newsletter has been added and the Other Events page updated 07/03/2014 The 2014-5 indoor meetings programme and the revised constitution have been added 28/02/2014 The 2014 outdoor meeting programme has been added 18/02/2014 The Who's Who page has been updated, following the AGM 06/02/2014 The Other Events and Photo Gallery pages have been updated 13/01/2014 The Other Events page has been updated 07/01/2014 The December 2013 newsletter has been added 10/12/2013 The full programme and notes for the Broadhurst Lectures have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 29/11/2013 Details of the St Bede's College Christmas Lecture 2013 and the Herdman Symposium 2014 have been added 29/10/2013 The November indoor meeting lecture title and notes have been added 24/10/2013 The Membership page has been updated to reflect new membership rates 03/10/2013 The September newsletter has been added 13/09/2013 The Indoor Meetings and Other Events pages have been updated 12/07/2013 The Other Events, Outdoor Events and Newsletter pages have been updated 18/06/2013 The Other Events page has been updated 31/05/2013 The description of the July 7 event has been revised 30/05/2013 Details of the BGS 2013 Open Day have been added to the Other Events page 30/05/2013 Additions and modifications to the Outdoor Events page have been made 30/04/2013 Photographs from the April 2013 trip to Pott Shrigley have been added 29/04/2013 The March 2013 newsletter has been added 01/03/2013 The provisional 2013-2014 indoor meetings programme has been added 22/02/2013 The 2013 outdoor meeting programme has been added 23/01/2013 Details of Manchester Museum identification sessions added to the Other Events page 07/12/2012 Notes for the January 2013 Broadhurst meeting have been added 05/12/2012 The December 2012 newsletter has been added 06/11/2012 November and December meeting notes and a Herdman Symposium 2013 flyer have been added 20/10/2012 The request for Broadhurst lectures applications to be made by December 1 added 10/10/2012 The September 2012 newsletter has been added 04/10/2012 The St Bede's College Geology Christmas Lecture announcement has been added 03/10/2012 A postponement notice for 6 October field trip put up 25/09/2012 The Indoors Meeting page has been updated with the latest information 14/09/2012 Details of the geology identification drop-in sessions at Manchester Museum have been added 24/07/2012 The June 2012 newsletter has been added 08/06/2012 Details of a free public lecture added to the Other Events page 01/05/2012 Details added to the Outdoor Events and Indoor Meetings pages 25/04/2012 Details of geological walks at Quarry Bank, Styal added to the Other Events page 19/04/2012 The March 2012 newsletter has been added, as have details of the inaugural William Boyd Dawkins Lecture in Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology 14/03/2012 Archive page restructured to include previous indoor meetings programmes 06/03/2012 Other Events page updated with Dr Nudd's Archaeopteryx lecture details 28/02/2012 Provisional details for the 2012 Outdoor Events programme have been added 27/02/2012 The prematurely deleted 2011-2012 Indoor Meetings programme page has been restored 16/02/2012 Early details of the 2012-13 Indoor Meetings programme have been added and the Who's Who page has been updated, following the AGM 23/01/2012 Details of the 2012 Herbertson Memorial Lecture added to the Other Events page 10/01/2012 The December 2011 newsletter and meeting notes for the January 2012 meeting "The Fossil Hunters" have been added 09/12/2011 Details of the St Bede's Christmas Lecture 2011 added to the Other Events page 01/12/2011 Meeting notes for the December 2011 meeting "A Look at the Triassic" have been added 29/11/2011 Details of the Herdman Symposium 2012 and a lecture in Stockport by Professor Iain Stewart added to the Other Events page 08/11/2011 Final details and meeting notes for the 2011 Broadhurst Lectures have been added 08/10/2011 The September 2011 newsletter and additional and revised details for indoor meetings have been added 16/09/2011 Abstracts for the October meeting have been added 09/07/2011 The June 2011 newletter and additional details for indoor and outdoor meetings have been added 31/03/2011 The March 2011 newsletter and details of the 2011 Outdoor Events programme have been added 10/03/2011 Early details of the 2011-12 Indoor Meetings programme have been added 18/02/2011 Membership forms and Who's Who page changed following the AGM 27/01/2011 The MGA Constitution made available as pdf and Word documents 06/01/2011 Detailed meeting notes for January 2011 are available. Minor revisions to the meeting notes for December 2010 have been made 05/01/2011 The December 2010 newletter has been added 07/12/2010 Indoor Meetings page updated. Lecture notes for the December meeting are available 19/11/2010 Meetings notes for December 2010 and January and February 2011 have been added 28/10/2010 The September 2010 newsletter has been added 20/10/2010 Details of St Bede's Christmas Lecture 2010 and the Herdman Symposium 2011 added to the Other Events page 15/10/2010 Indoor Meetings page updated. Lecture notes for the November meeting are available 17/09/2010 Details added to the Indoor Meetings page 31/08/2010 Photo Gallery updated to include photographs from Styal 2010. Further details of the 2010-11 indoor meetings programme added 01/07/2010 The June 2010 newsletter has been added 21/06/2010 Photo Gallery updated to include photographs from Styal 2009 and Llangollen 2010 events 10/06/2010 Notice of the cancellation of the Jumbles Country Park field trip and substitution with a half-day event at Ashton-under-Lyne 09/06/2010 Lecturers and provisional lecture titles have been added to the Indoor Meetings page 27/03/2010 The March 2010 newsletter has been added 10/03/2010 Early details of the 2010-11 indoor meetings programme have been published. Details of an April 2010 meeting in Manchester have been added to the Other Events page 08/03/2010 Links and Who's Who pages have been modified 25/02/2010 The Who's Who page has been updated following the AGM, and descriptions of each event have been added to the Outdoor Events page 02/02/2010 The Outdoor Events and Other Events pages have been updated 06/01/2010 The December Newsletter has been added 22/12/2009 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated with notes for the Precambrian lectures 08/12/2009 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated with notes for the Volcanoes lectures 27/11/2009 The Photo Gallery has been updated 31/10/2009 The Indoor Meetings and Other Events pages have been updated with notes for the Darwin Day and information about seminars organised by students at Manchester University respectively 23/10/2009 The Other Events page has been updated 02/10/2009 The September Newsletter has been added. Start times for indoor meetings have been clarified 31/07/2009 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated - there will be an additional lecture in October. Speakers at the Darwin seminar and the Volcanoes lectures have changed 31/07/2009 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 22/06/2009 The June Newsletter has been added 01/06/2009 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 22/05/2009 The Other Events page has been updated 12/04/2009 The Other Events and Photo Gallery pages have been updated 31/03/2009 The March Newsletter has been added 13/03/2008 The Outdoor Events, Other Events and Indoor Meetings pages have been updated with details of the President's Dinner 21/02/2008 The Outdoor Events, Other Events and Who's Who pages have been updated 16/01/2009 The Other Events page has been updated 10/01/2009 Notes for the seminar on 17/01/2009 have been added to the Indoor Meetings page. The Other Events page has been updated 15/12/2008 The December Newsletter has been added 08/12/2008 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 22/11/2008 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated. Photographs from various 2008 field trips have been added to the Photo Gallery 31/10/2008 The Other Events page has been updated 06/10/2008 The Other Events, Links and Archive pages have been updated. Some photos and diagrams have been added to the September Newsletter 03/10/2008 The September Newsletter has been added, and is also available in pdf format 02/10/2008 The Other Events page has been updated 23/09/2008 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 19/09/2008 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated - please note that lectures will be held in the Samuel Alexander (Arts) Building (which is behind the Students' Union) until further notice 03/09/2008 The Other Events page has been updated 09/08/2008 The Indoor Meetings page has been updated 03/08/2008 The Other Events page has been updated 17/06/2008 The June Newsletter has been added, and is also available in pdf format 24/04/2008 The Other Events page has been updated 01/04/2008 The Local Heroes event is now fully booked, and various pages have been updated to indicate this 19/03/2008 The March Newsletter has been added, and is also available in pdf format 12/03/2008 The Outdoor Events and Other Events pages have been updated 05/03/2008 The Other Events page has been updated with details of talks organised by the University of Manchester Palaeontology Society 19/02/2008 The Who's Who page has been updated 15/02/2008 The Other Events page has been updated 07/02/2008 The Outdoor Events page has been updated 29/01/2008 A link giving access to the Herdman Symposium details has been put on the Other Events page 20/01/2008 The details for the Local Heroes event in April 2008 have been updated and put on a separate page, accessible from the Home page and the Other Events page 15/01/2008 The details for the Local Heroes event in April have been updated and put on the Indoor Meetings and Outdoor Events pages. Photos have been added to the December 2007 Newsletter report of the field trip round the building stones of Manchester. More photos of the same field trip have been added to the Photo Gallery 11/01/2008 The notes for the lecture on 12/01/2008 have been updated 06/01/2008 The December Newsletter has been added 18/12/2007 The Other Events page has been updated. More lecture notes have been added 07/12/2007 The notes for the lecture on 08/12/2007 have been updated 18/10/2007 The Other Events page has been updated 24/10/2007 The Links page has been updated 18/10/2007 The Other Events page has been updated with links to three events in November 2007 16/10/2007 The Photo Gallery has been updated - captions have been added to recent photos 24/09/2007 The September Newsletter has been added, and the Other Events page has been updated with details of the Festival of Geology at World Museum Liverpool in November 11/09/2007 An Archive page has been added, to provide access to various reports and some previous newsletters 09/09/2007 The Photo Gallery has been updated 07/08/2007 The Indoor Meetings page and some of the notes for meetings have been updated 06/08/2007 The Outdoor Events page has been updated - the field trip planned for 01/07/2007 has been rearranged for 23/09/2007 24/07/2007 The July Newsletter and some lecture notes have been added 28/06/2007 The Outdoor Events page has been updated - the field trip planned for 01/07/2007 has been cancelled 11/04/2007 The March Newsletter has been added 20/03/2007 Photos in the Photo Gallery have been resized to make them easier to view under various browsers 15/03/2007 The Outdoor Events and Indoor Meetings pages have been updated 08/03/2007 The Outdoor Events and Who's Who pages have been updated 27/02/2007 The Outdoor Events and Indoor Meetings pages have been updated to give details, where available, for 2007 and 2008. The Herdman Symposium information has been removed from the Other Events page 15/02/2007 The Photo Gallery has been changed so that each field trip and photo opens in a new window 29/01/2007 The Other Events page has been updated with details of the Herdman Symposium 2007 20/01/2007 Redesign of MGA web site