After a gap of 2 years we thought it was about time we should put on another conference. This time it was more of a "get together" than a proper conference as we held it in a room of a hotel owned by a couple of group members. The Hotel is now under the personal supervision of Alan French, the unflappable former manager of a hotel which appeared on the hit BBC1 show "Hotel on Sea"!

No flyer exists for this one but the speakers were Jon Downes (cryptozoology), Larry Warren (Rendlesham Forest), David Boyle (life, the universe & everything!) and our good friend Russell Callaghan (latest UFO footage).

A good time was had by all and the master of ceremonies was once again our former head honcho, Rob Whitehead. Everyone had a good knees-up after lectures concluded and Jon Downes fondly remembers the excellent northern comedian and the attention of a certain LAPIS member afterwards!

We've got some pictures somewhere - we'll post them if we find 'em!

UPDATE - We found some! Apologies for the poor quality which is due to the pictures being screen captures from video footage. By the way, the reason that Christmas decorations are up is because in November a lot of Blackpool hotels host “Turkey & Tinsel” weeks for the old folks. We can’t understand it ourselves as one dose of Christmas is more than enough for us!

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