Photographic Club

During this year the activities of the Photographic Club have been somewhat curtailed. This has been principally due to the difficulty which members have experienced in obtaining apparatus and materials. Among the things which have been necessitated by this shortage, was the cancellation of the usual exhibition, no card suitable for mounting the prints being available.

In spite of these difficulties, however, lectures and demonstrations have been given, and the Committee has met regularly. Thanks for assistance with meetings this year is due especially to Mr. Roland Hipkins for his lecture on the relations between photography and the other graphic arts, and to Messrs. H. E. Perry Ltd, for the loan of a fine set of lantern slides of London by night, made by Mr. Ainger Hall.

At the time of writing, the year is not yet over, and the Committee hopes to be able to hold a number of outings, and if suitable material is available, to hold a revival screening of some famous films of the past.

The Club still lacks its so eagerly awaited new enlarger. Now that sufficient funds are available, it is found that all suitable enlargers in the stocks of local dealers have been sold, and there seems to be little likelihood of their obtaining new stocks at the present time. A sub-Committee has therefore been set up to consider the possibilities of either having a suitable instrument made locally, or of adapting one of the available models. Until this instru-

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ment is obtained, the Club is at a very great disadvantage.

The standard of work among members is maintaining its usual high level, as the illustrations in "Spike" will show. The usual competition has this year been judged by Mr. Geoffrey Perry, and our thanks are due to him for the able manner in which he carried out his task. The results of his deliberations are to be found elsewhere in the magazine.