Early 1970s Hobbies Exhibition at Winsford Civic Hall

This show is referred to in an undated press cutting which must be late 1960s or early 1970s because of the old money "kitty". It also pre-dates the issue of G3ZTT (1971).
The cutting mentions VQ4CUR who was also G2CUR Vernon Thomas of Sandiway. G3THL was Bill Brown.

Pictured at the Hobbies Exhibition at Winsford Civic Hall - Is a group from the "Mid Cheshire and ICL Winsford Amateur Radio Clubs".
 
Shown are Ken Starnes G3JWK, ?, Ken Maddock G8ARQ (ICL)(Now a G4OG?), Ron Gourley G3H?? (ICL), Bill Moore (Probably)(ICL), Mike Potter (ICL) and Terry Gunby G4HOD.
Thers is some uncertainty over the identifications in this photo: Also present may be Roger Starnes, Eric Pendlebury, N Allen or John Jeffrey.
 
Roger Starnes is one of Ken's sons and a founder member of The Club.
 

This display shows a home built computer and ATV equipment (A Thorn TV).
 
We now know that the computer was more special than at first guessed: It was buit by Roger Starnes and his father Ken in 1968 when Roger was 17. This contributed to Roger earning his Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award and was reported in local and national newspapers: "Roger, 17, builds Computer".
 
The computer could add up two 8 bit numbers represented on the bank of 8 LEDs. The upper row of dots visible on the photograph is probably a row of switches for setting the bits and over to the left some switches to select the operands for input and to display the result. The tape section is installed but not working. This may have been paper or fax tape.
 
This digital computer was built almost a decade before computer kits would become commercially available heralding the home PC revolution.

Roger is now a highly skilled computer controlled robot builder, aeromodeller and model gas turbine builder.
Some of Roger's recent robots can be seen here . Follow the links from this page for paper and technical specifications of his robots that make fascinating reading.

Thanks

Club Treasurer Ron Gourley at an RCA AR88 receiver. On top of it is an ATU. An antenna cable leads from this to the transmitter on the left under which (presumably) is a big power supply.

Give me a clue somebody! Set on top is an Eddystone EC10 HF receiver (longwave - 33MHz'ish)

Bill Moore (?) operating as G3SIQ/A in Winsford Civic Hall

Club Chairman Ken G3JWK at G3SIQ/A. Presumably this is before the Club obtained G3ZTT.

Club Secretary Arthur G3SIQ seated at G3SIQ/A in Winsford Civic Hall. Please tell me what it all is!

Here is an ICL QSL card from the time.

This callsign is still valid (A. Frost)