[Blackpool] Blackpool LUG a brief history 2004 - 2015

[Arthur Garlick]

I'd haven't been coming that long, I've always appreciated the friendly space for a chat.  I have had a bad time in the last 12 months and it's been a help.
 
I have great memories of ridiculous rants at the space, but what will always stay with me have been the times away from the group when I've caught myself being a little more adventurous trying new things.  
 
I am semi proficient in Python now (I always said it was the future)
 
If I have some new micro controller peripheral to play with, I reach over my PIC chips for an Arduino now. 
 
I type things into a command line that begin with 'sudo' without grumbling any more.
 
and last week I put water inside a PC, which is just plain daft and would not have happened under any circumstances before I met you guys and learned to give more things a go.
 
Cheers
 
Arthur
 
> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 22:01:16 +0000
> From: jmsp.1983 at gmail.com
> To: blackpool at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Blackpool] Blackpool LUG a brief history 2004 - 2015
> 
> I vaguely remember my first visit to the LUG (as it was then)... It was a
> bright, sunny summer's morning outside. I opened the door, sunlight
> streamed in and everyone inside turned to look at me (like they do in
> Westerns?). Mike and Les said hello and  asked who I was and where I was
> from. "I'm James and, err, I'm from the Internet*" was my reply. I think
> they were expecting something more specific; it felt like the Spanish
> Inquisition!
> 
> I think I might have ended up coming along because I saw Jon was doing some
> Python sessions, which I thought would be nice to try out.
> 
> And that's my memory of my first visit to Ripon Road.
> 
> *May not be exactly what I said.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> James
> 
> On 17 March 2015 at 21:34, Tony Hughes <tonyhughes1958 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thank you Mr Pounder for those kind words, actually my memory is of myself
> > and Mike sitting there with one of the Dave's each week trying to work out
> > how we could breathe life into the LUG. It seems a long time ago when five
> > of us was a big meeting. But when Les joined us and then Donald things
> > started to shift up a gear.
> >
> > But sitting at the meeting 2 weeks ago discussing the new venue and moving
> > into our next phase as a makerspace and LUG shows how far we have come over
> > the last few years. The focus now seems how we can as a group support the
> > young people of Blackpool to learn what we do and how they can get
> > involved. The screaming penguins of Blackpool have much to do as we move
> > forward.
> >
> > For the uninitiated the Screaming penguins are the roving LUG/Makerspace
> > members that help at Linux and technology related events both in blackpool
> > and around the North West. We have helped to run Raspberry pi events,
> > barcamps and Linux related events since 2010.
> >
> > Now with the move to becoming a makerspace much more geekery awaits.
> >
> > RIP Rippon Road, Long live Blackpool LUG/Makerspace
> >
> > Tony
> > On 17 Mar 2015 20:16, "Les Pounder" <lespounder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Evening
> > >
> > > At my first LUG meeting in February 2010, I spent the entire session
> > > talking to Tony about Linux, tech and general geeky subjects. Tony
> > became a
> > > great friend from that point on, as have you all. We all bring a certain
> > > something to the group dynamic that makes Blackpool LUG and now or
> > > Makerspace unique.
> > >
> > > Best
> > > Les
> > > On 16 Mar 2015 09:43, "M Hewitt" <admin at pcrecycler.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Folks -
> > > > to coincide with Ripon Road closing, I thought I would put a post
> > > together
> > > > by picking a few items from the mailing list and the blog for each
> > year.
> > > >
> > > > If anyone has any memories of maybe their first meeting, or a favourite
> > > > meeting, please send it to me for inclusion.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Mike Hewitt
> > > >
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