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Saturday
10.30am - 3pm,
University of Manchester, Stopford
Building/Medical School
M13 9PT (corner of Oxford Road and Aker
Street next to the Holy Name Church).
Meetings take place in the new facility of
the Anatomy & Histology unit providing
access to microscopes, slides, books,
computers and projection.
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Meetings (back to 1998) and to
view our successful All Day Summer
Meetings 2023 &
2019 and
Anglesey Exhibition and Zoom meetings.
- 146th Season 2025-2026
(draft programme)
(PDF printable MMS Flyer & Programme)
- Octobe
25th 2025 (Saturday
10.30-3.00)
Manchester University Med
Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
- Perusal of the
Research Slides (Lectin Cytochemistry)
of the Late Dr Bob Stoddart
(Pathology)
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- Demo of MMS latest
acquisition - Microscope for
Outreach
- Microscope Sales
from the Fern Collection
A
dozen microscopes including Stereo,
Inverted, Compound, Goniometer,
Polarising, .... Plu
accessories .. objectives, eyepieces
etc
- Meeting Report
- An unexpected very poor turnout but
we did manage to view the donated
Lectin Cytochemistry slides of the
Late Dr Bob Stoddart and reminisce
over his contributions.
 MMoverviewLectins
- Our new acquisition of a £37 all in
one microscope and screen / storage
was demonstrated by Phil and will be
put into use next week for a school
Holiday Club at Etherow Park.
 
However, John brought an even cheaper
Chinese hand held magnifier that you
could even save the pictures to a
memory card - costing only £17! Where
is microscopy heading ??
- After a lot of lugging about and
setting up a dozen or more 'proper'
heavy metal and glass microscopes from
the Phil Fern collection we had our
first sale. The beautiful Wild
Inverted and Wild phase contrast were
snapped up as were some of the Olympus
and Bausch & Lomb
stereomicrocopes, NBS slides, filar
micrometers, objectives and eyepieces
and a microtome.
  
However, don't worry - we still have
the magnificent Baker (phase,
interference), Carl Zeiss Jena
(antique), Olympus (two
metallurgicals, several Stereos),
Bausch & Lomb (stereo), and the
tantalising Toolmakers Unitron TMS
goniometer stage microscope plus
numerous eyepieces, objectives etc for
sale.
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space!
- October
29th 2025 (Wednesday 1-2pm)
- OUTREACH
EVENT (Wild Wood Explorers Holiday Club
- Etherow)
- Over a dozen youngsters enjoyed
collecting bugs and viewing our displays
at Etherow. Mike & Phil were ably
assisted by our young recruit Harrison
(aged 9).
 
- November
22nd 2025 (Saturday 10.30-3.00)
Mancheste
University Med Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy -
including microscopes &
accessories for sale (see previous
meeting).
- Polarising
Microscopy (Mike Mahon)
- The World of the
Small: from Rocks to Fungi (Dr
Peter del Strother, Geologist)
- Meeting Report:
- Excellent very well attended
meeting by members, guests and Oldham
Micro.
- Mike's talk on Polarising
Microscopy for producing pretty
colours and for analytical microscopy
covered some of the history and theory
and modern modifications.
Members also paid tribute to recently
deceased microscopists in this field -
Richard L Howey (2023), Gustav Delly
(2024) and Spike Walker (2025).
- Graham, Ron, Steve and
others also brought many prepared slides
for demonstrating polarisation.
- Following a busy period
perusing and selling microscopes and
accessories (Baker interference and
Toolmakers microscopes now sold) from
the Fern collection we had a lunch
break.
- In the afternoon we were
treated to an outstanding well
illustrated talk from Dr Peter del
Strother ranging through many
areas of Geology including
granite, quartz, mica and much material
which included fossilised living
creatures such as foraminifera,
bryozoans and pollen.
  
ooids ppl hfov
3.5mm
Carboniferous
bryozoan
Muscovite Mica Bhutan ppl
Muscovite Mica xpl
Great Salt
Lake
& foraminifera hfov 2mm ppl
+ quartz hvof 3.5mm
ppl + quartz
A demonstration of some rock slices and
discussion followed which included the
many ways and processes by which life as
we know it may end on this planet!
Want to know more ... see Manchester
Geological Association !
- November
24th 2025 (Monday 6-7pm)
- OUTREACH
EVENT (Poynton Beavers)
- Report: A very
successful evening with around 16
seven year olds viewing the displays
and bringing their own specimens -
rocks, bugs, fish pond water, crystals
etc. Also earning their Science Badges
making labelled drawings of what they
saw. Phil brought along the Inspection
and LED screen microscopes and some
living material, Mike brought a couple
of stereozooms and two compounds.
The Beavers were also very good at
answering lots of questions thrown at
them during the short introductory
talk!
- February 21st
2026 (Saturday 10.30-3.00)
Manchester University Med
Sch Oxford Rd
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
This morning is set aside for members
& guests to bring and show material
and also to peruse the remaining
microscopes and accessories for sale.
- Pond Life in
Close-Up (Dave Furness)
- Electron Microscopy of
Protozoa
- March 14th 2026
(Saturday 10.30-3.00pm)
Manchester University
Med Sch Oxfor
Rd
- AGM 146 -
Reports, Plan events, Election of
Officers, ...
- Exhibits & Demos, Slide
& Book Library, Bring & Buy
- Lichens Magnified (Mark
Stephens & Co)
- Talks & Demonstrations
on microscopy and preparation of
lichens, spores etc ... by members of
the British Lichen Society
- April
(tba) 2026 (Saturday
10.30-3.30) - Liverpool World
Museum
- MMS Outreach Demo for
World Microscope Day (April 13th)
401years since the
term 'Microscope' was first
used ! (1625)
- May
(tba) 2026 (Saturday 10am
- 4pm)
- All-Da
Outreach Event - Etherow Country
Park Sailing Club
- Collect
& Display
- Members
Guests, Visitors are welcome to
bring along microscopes or samples
or go collecting around the country
park, nature reserve & lake -
viewing at the Club House,
refreshments available.
- Location SK6
5HN (Between Marple Bridge
& Romiley)
- Organiser
Phil Slatter
- Other
Meetings run by MMS Members in 2025-2026
- Beekeeping Microdays at Manchester
Grammar School (John Charlton)
- November 8, 29; December 13; January 10,
24; February 7.
See attached
details
- 147th
Season 2026-2027 (Provisional
Programme)
- October .. 2026,
Saturday
- November .. 2026,
Saturday
- February .. 2027,
Saturday
- March/April ..
2027, Saturday
- May .. 2027,
Saturday
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