burlington Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 I am giving a talk to the WFA (Gwent) tonight at Abergavenny. Wish me luck please- I don't really know why I volunteered so many months ago. Must have been the good beer at the British Legion! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Best Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 Martin The best of luck. I take tours to the battlefields and give talks. My audiences are mainly serving or ex-military and they can be daunting enough. I attend the York WFA and am always impressed by the level of knowledge of members there; they would terrify me as an audience. Let us know hoa you get on. Best wishes Chris PS: What's your topic for tonight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 23 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2005 The topography of the Somme ie High & low land Water Soil Woods Habitations Weather Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 Best of luck with the talk, Martin. The topic sounds really interesting and something they will want to hear. That's always a plus point! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desmond7 Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 Go on my son. Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 I wish you well - I have spoken to a few WFA branches in my time and have always had a nice welcome. I am sure you will enjoy it - I would have liked to hear the talk myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz79darren Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 I have some data on metals within soils around Albert and Longueval if your interested martin. Daza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 23 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 23 March , 2005 Daza Yes please if you can. Don't rush; I am all packed up ready to go for tonight as it were. I can add your data to my talk IF anyone also wants to hear it sometime! Thanks Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz79darren Posted 23 March , 2005 Share Posted 23 March , 2005 Do you have excel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Best Posted 24 March , 2005 Share Posted 24 March , 2005 The topography of the Somme So, how did it go? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 24 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 March , 2005 Do you have excel? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 24 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 24 March , 2005 So, how did it go? Chris <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very good thanks. 55 minutes 'running time'. The Chairman bought me a pint, and they clapped me afterwards! So I must have done something right. I can relax now and think of something else. Thanks for the thoughts. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Robertson Posted 24 March , 2005 Share Posted 24 March , 2005 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Best Posted 25 March , 2005 Share Posted 25 March , 2005 I can relax now and think of something else Martin So did your prep open up anything new to you - a grid reference that you must check out next time you're over in France? Did you get the "I know rhe answer to the clever question I'm about to pose" type reaction? Will you publish your address as a paper? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 25 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 March , 2005 So did your prep open up anything new to you - a grid reference that you must check out next time you're over in France? Did you get the "I know rhe answer to the clever question I'm about to pose" type reaction? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not really. The idea for the talk came after my last visit to the Somme so all my own material was originally obtained for another purpose. When I go out again, at the end of April, it will be in the light of the talk and what I need to get to enhance it. Will you publish your address as a paper? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not likely!! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 25 March , 2005 Share Posted 25 March , 2005 Well done - bet you're thinking of another talk you might give... Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 25 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 25 March , 2005 Well done - bet you're thinking of another talk you might give... Marina <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very doubtful indeed. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 30 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 March , 2005 Just a thought in case all my hard work goes to waste. I wonder if there would be an interest if I made the PowerPoint presentation available to Pals? Or would this open a can of worms eg copyright and so on? The thing is over 27mb so it is no baby. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paullaw1155 Posted 30 March , 2005 Share Posted 30 March , 2005 Just a thought in case all my hard work goes to waste. I wonder if there would be an interest if I made the PowerPoint presentation available to Pals? Or would this open a can of worms eg copyright and so on? The thing is over 27mb so it is no baby. What do you think? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Martin I would like to see your presentation. I did a small powerpoint one for myself with my own photo's and some I aquired from the web. It is only 3 mb a mere tadpole to yours. I am visiting the western front in May armed with digital camera, spare battery and 290mb of memory xd cards. So i should come back with plenty of images. Congratulations on the success of your talk/presentation at Abergavenny Cheers Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Best Posted 31 March , 2005 Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Martin I wonder if there would be an interest if I made the PowerPoint presentation available to Pals? I'd certainly be interested in sight of your presentation. I've been invited to speak to a military health workers' study period in a couple of months. Although I've been given carte blanche I'll most probably talk about Gallipoli with emphasis on medical support. Other options that I'm keen to put together are Myth and Mythology - Time for Revision and a session based on Tommies' lives, pre- duration and post war. However, it's several years since I retired and I'm out of practice with Powerpoint etc; your presentation might offer some hints. It would, in addition, be useful for my own future tours to the Somme. So, if you don't mind some honest plagiarism, would be delighted to see your work. Happy to receive by Email. Happy to reciprocate once my own text is completed. Regards Chris Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 31 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Chris The thing is 28mb!! Too large to email really. Let me have your address via a PM & I will post. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 31 March , 2005 Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Why not submit it to Stand To!? I had a speaker on same topic at a 1999 WFA meeting here in Kentucky, well received talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 31 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Why not submit it to Stand To!? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Paul How would I do that? The presentation is very much a visual and illustrative thing. I could turn it into an all-text item, but I think that a lot of such impact as there is would be lost. Also, the presentation was conceived between visits to the Somme and as my part of the material was not designed originally for the presentation per se, my subsequent visits to the area are part intended to get material which would enhance what I have done- I hope. If you see what I mean! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul guthrie Posted 31 March , 2005 Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Well Martin you know the subject and your material and I don't so... give it some thought but if not possible, it's not. You know Ann would give you space for a few pictures/graphs/charts and of course it must be of resonable length. Was it a power point talk? Slides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burlington Posted 31 March , 2005 Author Share Posted 31 March , 2005 Paul Yes it was Powerpoint. Some 38 slides excl. title slides, and some 40 images. See what I mean? martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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