The 'Electronics Club' . I am afraid it sounds a lot grander than it was. It was at the start of the electronic revolution in business machines. Around 1970's most small companies were run on accounting machines, large mechanical monsters sometimes 20 or more in one office . It seemed to me that most of the engineers ( service, that is , including myself ) did not have any formal electronic training, but plenty of interest . The company's training programs started with the top people, to move them into the new electro , mechanical machines. Accounting machines linked to some form of electronic input,/ storage / output. And then of course onto mainframes. So a few of us met after work, and began to explore the new world of , diodes transistors and silicon magic ! , We had use of the work shop , and the company gave us some “expenses” . Parts were somewhat difficult ,mail order took an age, but there were some electronic component shops locally an OC72= 5 shillings ! Once a week , Magazine's, circuits, ideas and parts were swapped built and sometimes destroyed ! Handily we had tools and test equipment to hand, even a oscilloscope if we promised to look after it. (ever seen a scope switched on in front of 8 engineers , hands everywhere ! ) The club lasted perhaps a couple of years, with several regular members, young and not so young, making amps, train controllers , power supplies and testers .. we even had a couple of talks by clever chaps... transistor theory etc.. it ended when we were all getting trained and involved with electronics in our daily work. One of my projects was a 74 TTL test rig , a wooden bread board , with power and sockets for 9 IC's . only way to learn ….