Salon international des composants électroniques 85 PARIS 4–8 novembre

The early timing of the 1985 event, the 27th Salon International des Composants Electroniques, may have left those avid to sample the year's Beaujolais Nouveau a little disappointed, but the ‘long weekend’ (commemorating All Saints) that preceded the exhibition culminated in a sunny, clear‐skied Sunday before the considerably more changeable, murky and damp conditions that prevailed during the Salon week. Among the many seasonal delights to be enjoyed on the Sunday was the simple pleasure of a stroll along the ‘quais de la Seine’ with autumn leaves adding a lively blend of colour, and the enticing smell of roasting chestnuts lingering in the crisp air.