Back to the Hotel for lunch. This time, because it was so warm and sunny, we decided to eat outside where we could get a seat at a table.
The afternoon social session includes the delegates who get their first taste of the fresh air for two days. There were two options, the Pallant Art Gallery or the Cathedral. I went to the Cathedral.
There is a theme here: knowledgeable guides anxious to imbue you with their enthusiasm for the subject.
Both groups then met up for the final part of the conference agenda which was a visit to the Rolls Royce factory. I have to state here and now that the visit was a huge disappointment. There were no free samples.
We were met by the head of communications who gave us a brief talk on the history of the car, including a reference to the first non-stop journey from London to Edinburgh. He was immediately pulled up by a pertinent questioner with sharp eyes, who pointed out that the slide accompanying his comment referred to a journey from London to Glasgow. He had given that presentation on hundreds of occasions and hadn’t noticed. You can take the girl out of Glasgow………………….
The factory is state of the art, ecologically very sound and creates a very pleasant working environment for an office environment, never mind what is a manufacturing process. We were told that a visiting consultant surgeon had commented that the floor and surroundings of the assembly line were cleaner than his hospital. There is very little noise as well.
Our guide was knowledgeable and interesting and amusing.
A parting note for you. A Rolls Royce will never break down. It might fail to proceed, but it won’t break down. Roll on Barnsley.
Malcolm MacAskill
APOLOGY
Due to an inadvertent error two photographs appeared with Mark Few’s article on page 36 and 37 of the summer edition of The Terrier.
These should have been part of the article by Ainsley Moore and Sarah Godowski on page 8 entitled “Upgrading Existing Assets”. Please accept an apology from the editor for not noticing this.
THE TERRIER - Autumn 2011
5
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64