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February 1923 - The Welding Institute founded in London.
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April 1934 – The Institute of Welding was formed with the merger of The Welding Institute and the British Advisory Welding Council.
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Early 1940s - a move was made to transform the Welding Research Council to the recently established status of Research Association, giving it access to DSIR funding in proportion to that raised from industry.
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Late 1940s - professional institutions were debarred from acting as Research Associations.
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1946 – British Welding Research Association (BWRA) formed, separating research arm from professional activities of The Institute of Welding. BWRA bought Abington Hall, Cambridge, UK, for £3850. The first welding shop was established in stables adjoining the house, and fatigue research started under Dr Richard Weck in what was a former army hut. BWRA also owned 29 Park Crescent, London, which it converted into a metallurgical laboratory.
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The Institute of Welding thrived and bought property in London very close to the Imperial College of Science and Technology where it exerted powerful influence on the future welding engineers of the country. It ran an expanding training programme through its School of Welding Technology and later the School of Non Destructive Testing.
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1957 - Richard Weck became Director of BWRA and continued to pioneer advances in welding methods, metallurgy and engineering understanding.
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