GLIMPSE OF PRE-WAR PARIS

摘要

By 1914, the institution had been organising summer meeting visits to other countries, or to cities outside London, for years. That year, it decided that members would visit Paris, with the meeting taking place from 6 to 10 July. In the archive, we have all the old programmes from these summer meetings. They unveil a fascinating picture detailing everything, from the kinds of factories that members visited as well as the restaurants they ate at, to the price of a horse cab. On these visits, each member would wear a specially designed badge, which would act as a 'ticket' - "serving as passes for visiting various clubs, works, etc" - and identify the wearer as a proud member of the IMechE.