Leading ladies - 1912 GA Field Excursion to Leith Hill

Leading ladies - 1912 GA Field Excursion to Leith Hill. From the Geologists' Association 'Carreck Archive'

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Geologists' Association Eifel Excursion. At the University of Bonn.

Geologists' Association Eifel Excursion. At the University of Bonn. Group photograph.

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100 years ago - Geologists' Association Field trip to the Lizard, Cornwall, Easter 1913. Director Sir John Flett.

Geologists Association Field trip to the Lizard, Cornwall, Easter 1913. Director Sir John Flett. Group photograph and key.

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Geologists' Association Field trip - Oswestry 1908 - group photograph

Geologists' Association  - Oswestry  Excursion, 1908 - group photograph. Photograph from the GA 'Carreck Archive'

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Travelling in style, at Newlands Corner, Geologists' Association Motor excursion in Surrey, June 6th 1914

BGS image ID: P804705

Geologists' Association Motor excursion in Surrey, June 6th 1914. At Newlands Corner.

From the Geologists' Association 'Carreck Archive'

Does anyone know the make of coach?

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Geologists' Association Excursion to Derbyshire, August 3rd 1914. Bonsall.

BGS Image ID: P804358

Group photograph, Geologists' Association Excursion to Derbyshire, August 3rd 1914. Bonsall.

From the Geologists' Association 'Carreck Archive' currently being digitized at the British Geological Survey.

Bonsall is an old mining town. Lead was mined there and in nearby Wirksworth from Roman times. The market cross is medieval and is the tallest market cross in Derbyshire. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement preached from the top step. The King's Head public house on the far right dates back to 1677.

Bob McIntosh

Easter 1916, Bourton, Dorset. Geologists' Association Excursion.

Geologists' Association Excursion Easter 1916 - a page from a GA photograph album.

The image is a page from one of the many GA photograph albums now on deposit at the National Geological Records Centre, British Geological Survey and currently undergoing digitization and cataloguing. The GA 'Carreck Archive' is an amazing resource. It consists of a large number of photograph albums/scrapbooks and many loose photographs and ephemera relating to the GA excursions from the 1890s to the 1970s.

Unlike many other geological organizations of the time ‘Ladies’ were eligible for membership of the Association from its formation in 1858, and as a consequence, many of the early women geoscientists are represented in photographs and signatures. There was also no age limit so children were allowed to join, today a highly popular junior club called Rockwatch carries on this tradition.

Bob McIntosh