Photo Album 2
Photo Album 2
Gareth Skinner sent this photo of
most of the farm staff helping the Finch entomologists
to plant one of our famous circles of crops to catch cabbage root flies.

From the left we have: 'Sooty' Gordon Lawson, Albert Leach, Chris Ackley, Colin Welch (sitting facing away), Reg Russell, Phil Perkins, Stan Finch,
Nigel Sissons (sitting facing away), Ray Price (sitting), Ken Williams, Ron Perkins, Derek Dawson, Bob Grendon, Gareth Skinner, Ken Turnbull
What a team!
David Wurr writes
Lousy weather here (still) has encouraged me
to go through other photos and slides and scan them in

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NVRS Hockey Club on tour in Aberystwyth, April 1975.
An example of tidy, well-organised scientists?

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NVRS Hockey Club on tour in Aberystwyth, April 1975.
Gareth Skinner's infamous bell tent with David Gray already showing management potential.

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NVRS Hockey Club on tour in Aberystwyth, April 1975.
Breakfast with David Gray supervising the cook, Graham Collier.

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NVRS Hockey Club on tour at East Malling, April 1976.
Graham Collier, David Gray and Hugh Rowse.

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East Malling Hockey Club at Wellesbourne, autumn 1976.
Spot the ball? In NVRS shirts
Ian Crute, Andy Hart and Graham Collier.

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East Malling Hockey Club at Wellesbourne, autumn 1976.
Half time oranges for
John Taylor, Tudor Thomas, David Wurr, Peter Crisp, Graham Collier,
Ian Crute, Gareth Skinner, Sandy Presly and Andy Hart.

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NVRS float in Chestnut Square in Wellesbourne
for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations in June 1977.
Tractor driven by Ron Perkins.
On the float: Gareth Skinner (partially obscured) with Norman Biddington,
Polly Quick, Ann Miller, Wendy Biddington, Martin Quick and vegetables.

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The float on its way back.

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NVRS Sports Day September 1979
with Eric Cox, Mike McKee, Pauline Brown and Bob Ellis.

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NVRS Sports Day September 1979
with Tudor Thomas, Norman Biddington and Mike McKee
of the Plant Physiology volleyball team.

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NVRS Sports Day September 1979
with Bradley Wiggins (Peter Costigan) and Mark Cavendish (Dave Walkey)
both watched by Norman Biddington.
And now, 2010 ...

BBSRC Science Photo Competition 2010:
Photo: Oliver Smith, University of Warwick HRI
"Students check on live experiments in a glasshouse at Warwick HRI."
"A small army of young researchers are given studentships each year;
considering the importance of agricultural research for the future wellbeing of the planet,
finding the right people for the job is absolutely imperative. ...
"The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council,
the leading funding agency for academic research and training in the United Kingdom,
asked its scientists to share images that are beautiful as they are informative taken in the course of everyday research work. ..."
With thanks to
http://www.neatorama.com/spotlight/2010/02/21/bbsrc-science-photo-competition-thats-one-strong-ant/
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