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Numbe r 155

Autum n 2015

WATER T RWITCH MAGAZINE OF THE H LANCASTER CANAL TRUST

The Lancas ter Canal Trust (Registered Char it y No.2409 57) Corporate Member the Inland Waterways Association http://www.lancastercanaltrust.org.uk/

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Contents Hosting a Trail Boat Festival Any More Coke Ovens? 6HDW DW :DNHILHOGÂ·V :KDUI 1st Burton Brownies Chapel Charter Living Next the Canal 100 club Correspondence

Chairman's Report 3 Membership Report 4 Restoration Update 6 By-gone Days 8 Lancaster Canal Show Time. 9 Canal Art 11 Panoramic Pictures 12 Ebb& Flow 12 Working Party for all part II 13 Leak at Lune Approaches 14 Boat Operations Report 15

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Welcome to all members and friends reading this edition of Waterwitch. It is a great pleasure to receive so much information and photographs from a whole bunch pf people who have, in various ways, been doing a lot of work on various projects since the last edition of Waterwitch. , GRQÂ·W JHW WR DWWHQG DQ\ RI WKHVH HVFDSDGHV QRZ P\ PRELOLW\ LV VRPHZKDW restricted but these articles really do keep me in touch with all that is happening. I hope this is so for other members who live far way or, like me, GRQÂ·W JHW RXW VR PXFK XQOHVV WKHUH LV D JRRG SLHFH RI Â¶WDUPDFÂ· WR VFRRW along. 7KH 7UDLO ERDW )HVWLYDO KDV EHHQ KHDYLO\ IHDWXUHG DV DW 1HLOÂ·V VXJJHVWLRQ ZH intend to send a complementary copy of this Edition to all Trail Boat entrants. I hope you enjoy this edition of Waterwitch; have a good &KULVWPDV DQG 1HZ <HDU DQG KHUHÂ·V WR QH[W VXPPHU ('

Front Cover: IWA National Trailboat Festival, organised by the Lancaster Canal Trust in association with Country Fest, Crooklands, near Kendal, May 30th to 1st June 2015. The boats are fully decked for Country Fest held at the Westmorland Showground

JOANNE HALLIDAY It is with deep regret that we announce the death of our minutes secretary Joanne Halliday. Our condolences go out to all her family and friends. The funeral service took place at the Carlton Crematorium, Blackpool on 17th July 2015 Ric ha r d Tr ev it t a nd Fr a nk Sanderson attended. Our Chairman Robin has sent his condolences.

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&KDLUPDQÂśV 5HSRUW Friends. A warm welcome to all members both old and new to the Autumn edition of Waterwitch. I am writing this piece as Robin, our new chairman, is away until later this month and the editor needs his copy. Another full boating season has come and gone: 2015 seems to me to be rapidly drawing to a close and the colder darker nights hold sway. So it is time, perhaps, to reflect on the fortunes of the Trust during the past six or seven months. On the restoration front things have not gone as speedily as we would have liked, but problems are being dealt with in a professional manner and Peter -RQHVÂˇ UHSRUW H[SODLQV WKH FXUUHQW SRVLWLRQ The main event this year, and one of which we can be justly proud, was the highly successful National Trailboat Festival held in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) and The Westmorland $JULFXOWXUDO 6RFLHW\ÂˇV RZQ &RXQWU\ )HVW ,W ZDV D PDUYHOORXV H[DPSOH RI how working together saved the Trust a considerable sum of money and helped Country Fest provide the public with an enhanced event due to the boats and other canal societies being present. My thanks to Neil McGarry, his Project Group and many other members for the considerable amount of hard work in the planning and operation of this event. We received many plaudits. We have a fairly new set of volunteers who have stepped up since the AGM to replace those who had given many years of invaluable service. In particular we thank Alan Mather for many years as both Membership Secretary and Boat Manager. David Joyner is our new Boat Manager and is straight in the deep end, (not in the canal, I might add), with Neil McGarry, as together they embark on the three year lift out and inspection regime. We also appreciate all Richard Trevitt did as Chairman, Working Party Organiser etc. Richard took on many different jobs and made a big difference to the canal and Trust. We miss both him and Alan. Dave Moll becomes our new Membership Secretary and has the sometimes onerous job of prising some money from Members who may be a little forgetful in renewing their membership. Please, if this is you, then send in your money and continue to help us in our tasks. As you will VHH IURP 'DYHÂˇV FRQWULEXWLRQ WR WKLV PDJD]LQH VXEVFULSWLRQV DUH GXH LQ January. Prior to that I hope you all have a very happy Christmas Season and that the New Year will bring all you wish for yourselves. With very best wishes to all, Helen Thomas

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MEMBERSHIP REPORT as at September 2015 from Dave Moll LCT Membership Secretary .

order or send your renewal to me (at 83 Main Street, Great Br oug ht on , Coc k e r mout h , Cumbria CA13 0YJ) in good time for the new year. There is a Standing Order form to be found on page 7, if required. I feel that clarification is needed regarding life membership. The life subscription of £180 applies to an individual member only, not, (as stated in the previous issue of Waterwitch), one or two adults at the same address. I also note that some renewals for 2015 were still at the rate of £10. Please note that £14 will be due for all individual memberships. T o s a v e po s t a g e c os t s , communications to members between issues of Waterwitch are sent by email whenever possible. To make these communications as effective as possible, please ensure that I have an up-to-date email address for you if you have one. This can be communicated to

This is my first report as membership secretary, having been elected to the post at the 2015 A.G.M. I have to say that picking up the reins has been challenging, but I feel I am now settling into the role. New memberships have been quite brisk over the summer, but membership always goes up when people go on Waterwitch during the summer but now obviously fewer people will be joining as there are no trips. It may, however, be appropriate to issue a reminder that, as stated in the constitut ion, "New Members joining after 1st September in any year shall have their membership extended to 31st December of the following year..." Now is therefore a good time to encourage new members to join us. This is also a timely occasion to remind members, other than life members, that their membership is due for renewal at the start of January. If you already pay by standing order, no action is necessary as long as the subscription rate in your standing order is up-to-date. If you don't, please either set up a standing

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NB A reminder, LCT will not pass on email addresses to any third party We are pleased to welcome the following new members who have joined since our last issue: Patricia and Richard Barnes

Poulton le Fylde

John Bebbington

Blackpool

Peter & Lisa Bell

Kendal

Norman Buckley

Windermere

Richard Cardwell

Blackpool

Frank Tripp & Bernadette Carney

Ulverston

Bernard and Sally Cragg

Kendal

Chris & Diana Crewdson

Kendal

Susan Dickson

Kendal

Mrs Pat Gradwell

Preston

Bill Hall

Stockton on Tees

Christine Bennett & Stephen Hignett

Hest Bank

Stephen Hotton

Lancaster

Wendy & Derek Humphreys

Darwen

Martin Hurley

Kendal

Christopher Lloyd & Julie Poulter

Huddersfield

Patricia F. Mason

High Wycombe

Peter & Victoria Mercer

Prestwich, Manchester

Phil Neale

Morecambe

Colin & Lynda Ogden

Preston

Phill & Gill Pacey

Preston

Norman Kent & Fiona Preston

Kendal

Colin Proctor

Longridge

Joseph & Joyce Reynolds

Galgate

Peter Rivet & Brenda Rockall

Lancaster

David & Julie Youngs

Preston

Ian Wake

Preston

Michael M West

Preston

Roger Woodhouse

Sheffield

Anthony Wright

Burnley

Cabus; Bolton-le-Sands; Forton; Newton with Clifton; Over Kellett; Warton; and Slyne with Hest Parish Councils;

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Restoration Update October2015 Peter Jones It has been a Looking South from Bridge 173 Sellet Hall d i s a p p oi nt i ng time for resto rat ion work. Since last October we will have carried out filling trials on the First Furlong at Stainton. Wit h two syphons running we could not raise the level anywhere near the required level. In the end we level went down over a couple of resorted to a large pump which weeks. got the level up to the target level The level was up for the IWA and it all looked fine. However, Trailboat Festival and could be when the pump was stopped the used by canoeists. As we can see no obvious location for the leak we h a v e consulted an I W A engineer. He has made a site visit and a p r e l i m ina r y report which includes: Looking North from Bridge 172 Stainton Crossing

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'there is no magic bullet to solve this problem...'. He has made s ome inv e st ig a t ion a nd recommendations for us to follow which will lead to the locating the leak. We have identified that there is a substantial amount of clay in the towpath bank but whether it is of the right 'puddle' quality needs to

be determined. If the clay needs puddling then we will need an army of navvies in boots or a herd of sheep or cows. Difficult on the sloping sides though! We hope to resume filling tests soon to get more measurements. A plan for remedial work is needed for next summer when we hope to host a WRG volunteer camp. Peter Jones

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We recently received an email from Neil McGarry as follows: Â´+L $OO 7KHVH 3LFWXUHV RI D LCT Dinghy Rally have come up on Facebook, Does anybody recognise anybody?. and where it was. I see Ebb & Flow was in use if only half of it, with the other half on WKH EDQN %\H IRU QRZ 1HLO Âľ Well, our Vice President David Slater came to the rescue with the following response: Two shots are of the canal looking south from Millness culvert so this would be the occasion when the dinghies were portaged across the A65. The police stopped traffic for short periods to allow them to cross and leaflets were handed out to the waiting motorists urging them to support restoration so we wouldn't have to do this again. The event finished at Dukes Bridge I think. John and Margaret Muncaster are manning the Trust sales stand, Treasurer and Membership

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S e cr e ta r y re s pe c t iv e ly . Unfortunately the images are too small to recognise anyone else and I don't recall what 'Ebb & Flow' was being used for. There may be an account of the event in 'Waterwitch' if Editor David is prepared to do some research. Ed. In edition 87 of the Waterwitch, 6XPPHUÂˇ , IRXQG D IXOO UHSRUW E\ David Slater on what appears to be this very event; starting from south of Millness across the A65 and finishing D 'XNHÂˇV %ULGJH 'DYLG WDONV DERXW Ebb & Flow our recently sold hypozomatic being there. This was the inaugural year of its use, so it FRXOGQÂˇW KDYH EHHQ HDUOLHU It was once an annual event; will it come back or are we survivors far too old to c ont e m p l at e such madness!

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Lancaster Canal Show Time. Westmorland County Show, Crooklands, Kendal. 10th September 2015 . The Lancaster Canal Trust stand worthwhile, sharing a lot of the at the annual Westmorland hard work. County Show was, as usual, In this case, Christine Knipe and extremely busy with visitors. staff of the West mor land Volunteer staff, led by Vice Agricultural Society, can always be President David Slater, were kept relied upon to put on one of the busy throughout the day handing best events of its kind and this out leaflets and information. years County Show was no Commit tee Me mbe r Be ry l exception. %RZFRWW VDLG Â´7KH ORYHO\ VXQQ\ The trip boat 'Waterwitch' was weather, increased membership, busy transporting people from donations and general sales made Crooklands landing stage to the it a highly successful GD\Âľ Tea and lunch breaks, laid on by Pat and Gordon Clapham, had to be put on hold. As those who took part in the 2015 IWA Trailboat Festival will know, organising joint events is Julian Sims. Doing his barrow boy stint at the Westmorland extremely profitable and show getting passengers on the boat. He was shouting "Best three quid you will ever spend"

show-ground, as well as t he ir usua l tr ips ; skippers and crew being exhausted at the end of the day. FS

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Above: Beryl Bowcott at the Trust sales stall in our Show Tent Above left: Vice President David Slater in discussion with a visitor

2015 Waterways Restoration Raffle ends 31st December 2015

Win a canal boat holiday! Help the Lancaster Canal Trust! Buy your tickets from LCT by phone or post. They cost ÂŁ2 and don't forget to nominate 'The Lancaster Canal Trust' on the stub. For details contact our Treasurer (details on page 39)

For full details of Raffle see www.waterways.org.uk/raffle

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The canal art class teaching Roses and Castles at the Old School Gallery, Crooklands, is proving very popular. Lancaster Canal never had Roses and Castles art decorating their 70 foot by 14 foot coal barges. However, keeping in the spirit of modern pleasure boats, our Press Officer and Local Artist Frank Sanderson has developed a unique Lancaster style. Traditional Roses and Castles art always depicted imaginary castles and bridges. Frank thinks that if we are to paint castles and bridges, let them be real Lancashire or Westmorland castle DQG EULGJHV -RKQ 2 *DXQWÂˇV FDVWOH and Kendal's ancient Nether Bridge, both still in constant use today, are well worth painting. Celia Briar, Lancaster Canal Trust Secretary, thinks these classes quite exciting, and are a good way of de v e loping t he culture around the Lancaster Canal and increasing people's appreciation. Everyone had a really nice time learning something worthwhile in such a pleasant atmosphere.

Canal Art Classes Prove Popular Quotes from students include: "Frank is a great teacher, very encouraging" "He shows us techniques we can build on and it's really satisfying. It's a traditional craft but at the same t ime pe ople a re a lr ea dy developing their own styles, and their individuality shows through". "I'm hoping to paint my canal boat in roses and castles eventually" Painting is done on specially prepared boards, supplied by Frank, and there is constant laughter from the students when looking at their early attempts, such is the speed at which they are improving.

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Panoramic Pictures of the Northern Reaches Peter Jones I am planning to build up a full a full set of 360 degree panoramic (Photo Sphere) pictures of all points of interest along the Northern Reaches. These will be similar to Google Street View pictures (they only do the roads). They will form part of an interactive presentation to assist with and promote the restoration of the Northern Reaches. The example picture, at the foot of this page, is of Kendal Changeline Bridge but needs a bit of web site magic to bring it to life. I started the project from Kendal, spent half of a glorious day and got about 1 1/2 miles so it will take some time to do. I am looking for

We report, with a tinge of

volunteers to assist me for the next 12 1/2 miles. All you need is an Android camera or tablet with the Google Camera app; you just follow the dots around. You can probably do it with an iPad as well. If you are interested please contact me as below and I can give further information, you can do as little or as much as you like. Just wait for a fine day! You also learn a lot about the canal and its environs. If there is anyone of a ¶WHFKLH· GLVSRVLWLRQ ZKR FRXOG assist in associated web page software I would very much appreciate it. pe t e r @c ps j .me .uk 0786 0 330529

sadness, the sale of our old WULS %RDW ZH FDOOHG ¶(EE )ORZ· GXH WR LWV EHLQJ GHVLJQHG as two separate sections. A Hypozomatic Craft. Having laid for many years EBB & FLOW hardly used it was about time to go and be more useful elsewhere. Farewell, time has indeed flown and the craft has now ebbed away! Ed

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The Trust recognise that their extensive restoration work on the Nort hern Reaches at Stainton, near Kendal, is inevitably taking volunteer workers away from the Lancaster to Preston section. So, as reported in the last edition of Waterwitch I was organising, on behalf of Lancaster Canal Trust, a special joint working party with the Canal and River Trust. This took place on Wednesday 20th May at Aldcliffe Road in Lancaster. Blessed with sunny weather the team rubbed down and prepared part of the long fence alongside the towpath, did some minor repairs (thanks, Nigel) and then started painting!. As the rails were to be painted white and the uprights black there was some competition between the two colour groups". Well! What colour would you paint the old Black and White canal? It is hoped to continue this job (some way still to go along the fence) and attempt other jobs over the next few months. BB

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%RDW 2SHUDWLRQ 0DQDJHU·V 5HSRUW March 2015 The Season for 2015 has now ended and it has again raised a considerable sum of money towards the Trusts Reserves. A c c o r d in g to ou r Treasurer the figures are: General Donations £2,561 and Charters £632. The tripboat volunteers can be justly proud of their efforts and they are very deserving of our praise. This winter the boat is due for its three year refit and inspection and has therefore been lifted out t o a llow wor k t o commence. The lift went with accomplished ease by Bob W oo dho use , P la n t Engineers, of Lancaster, ably helped by two of his sons, Jack 8 and Bob 6, when safety conditions allowed Neil McGarry was on hand while David Joyner, Boat O per at ions M a nag er , began pressure washing the high and dry hull in preparation for a detailed

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National Trailboat Festival 2015 Boat Entrants Boat Name

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1 Olive

Derek Smith

Wilderness Beaver

Cheshire

2 Grey Owl

Bernard Snell

Wilderness Beaver

Kent

3 Jenny Wren

Eric Firth

Wilderness Beaver

South Wales

4 Delilah

Chve Maynard

Norman Conquest

Yorkshire

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Neil Mcgarry

Caraboat

Lancashire

6 Princess Estrith

Ronald Glover

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Adam & Jane Pilgrim

Wilderness Otter

Devon

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Cynthia Fairall

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Devon

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Roy &Lois Parker

Nomad

Coventry

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John Burbery

Wilderness Beaver

Somerset

11 Tophy of Taunton Bill Perry

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Somerset

12 Mini Me

Patrick Mckeown

Wilderness Beaver

Somerset

13 Arwyn

Patricia Mason

Wilderness Beaver

Bucks

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Beryl Blake

Wilderness Beaver

Devon

15 Bobbles

John Parker

Wilderness Beaver

Suffolk

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Diana Wines

Wilderness Beaver

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Yorkshire

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Ivan Cane

Wilderness Beaver

Norfolk

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John Last

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Suffolk

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Adrian Wills

Wilderness Beaver

Devon

21 Markie

Dave Cawston

Winkle Brig

Newcastle

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Peter Huish

Wilderness

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Chris Crawley

Wilderness Water Rat Cumbria

24 Whimbrel

Colin Ogden

Shepherds of Bowness Lancashire

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Katy Sayles

Adrian Noyes Wooden Skiff Yorkshire

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