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Issue 36 Summer 2021 www.waterways.org.uk/lichfield
Lichfield Lines
Adrian & Maz Enjoying Their Swansong Cruise (See Page 7)
The newsletter of IWA Lichfield Branch
The Inland Waterways Association is a membership charity that works to protect and restore the country's 7,000 miles of canals and navigable rivers. The IWA may not agree with opinions expressed in this magazine but encourages publication as a matter of interest. Nothing printed may be construed as policy, or as an official pronouncement, unless specifically identified as such. The Inland Waterways Association is a non-profit distributing company limited by guarantee. Registered in England no. 612245. Registered as a charity no. 212342 Registered Office: Island House, Moor Road, Chesham HP5 1WA Tel: 01494 783453 Web: www.waterways.org.uk
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Branch Chairman’s Report - October 2020
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Chairman’s Report I hope this finds everybody well and cheerful. As I write this we are looking forward to July 19th, Freedom Day, although I’m not sure how much freedom we will actually get. Still, the current restrictions have not stopped boating and I hope there has been an opportunity for everyone to get out on the water. Our boating is in our shared narrowboat Dragonfly, currently moored at Dunchurch Marina on the North Oxford. We managed to coincide all our weeks last year with lockdowns so haven’t been on her since November 2019. Our next trip is not due until October so we are definitely getting withdrawal symptoms, so much so we decided to hire a boat for a week on the Chesterfield and had a great time (see page 9). As I was putting this report together I received the sad news that John Stockland had passed away. John was a founder member of the branch and a long time committee member. John had also been involved for many years with the organisation of the “National”. I have included a brief summary of John’s involvement with the IWA on Page 6. The Branch’s next event will be the lock wind at Barton Turn on August 1st. It is unlikely that the magazine will arrive before that so a full report will be published in the next edition. With the restrictions being lifted the Branch is going to restart our public meetings in September in Martin Heath Hall. Our first speaker is Phil Clayton who is always entertaining so this will be an experiment to see how it goes. The mandatory rules on social distancing (who invented that phrase, it is anything but social) and mask wearing will not be in force by then so it will be up to individuals to do what they are most comfortable with. If all goes well we have further meetings planned in October and November. We have already had several walks this summer led by Clive Walker which were well attended with the latest finishing with an excellent pub meal. There is another one planned for September. Sue and I recently met up with Ian Fletcher who was the quizmaster at the West Midlands Region quiz earlier in the year to receive our “prize”. Unfortunately, this was the wooden spoon (or in this case a wooden windlass) for the branches’ efforts in the quiz. It was a fun event even if we didn’t do very well. The “Prize” The boat show at Crick and the
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IWA Festival of Water are on consecutive weekends in August (Crick on 20th-22nd August and the Festival on August Bank Holiday weekend (28th-30th). The Festival will be held at Perdiswell Park in Worcester where the cancelled 2020 Festival was due to be held. Sue and I will be working on the IWA stand at both events at various times over the weekends so if you are there please stop in for a chat. I look forward to seeing everybody at our planned events or at the two shows in August. All the Best Pete Gurney 16th July 2021 Forthcoming Events IWA Festival of Water 28th-30th August 2021 In IWA’s 75th year the location for the festival is Perdiswell Park on the Birmingham & Worcester Canal in Worcester. Loads of things to see and do. Should be an interesting weekend. Free entry and free parking. Wednesday 15th September 2021-Meeting—Phil Clayton “Walking Cruising and Musing along British Rivers” Phil has entertained us a few times before and no doubt this will be another interesting evening. Meet at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, Off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY Thursday 16th September 2021 Walk—10:15am start This is an easy figure-of-eight walk on quiet country roads, byways, and the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs canal starting from Shareshill. It is approximately five miles in length and includes three stiles. If you would like to come please register with Clive Walker at email clive.walker@waterways.org.uk (or on 07866 201873) giving contact details. Wednesday 20th October 2021 Meeting—Helen and Andrew Tidy “Life aboard the Jam Butty” Helen and Andrew run the “Jam Butty”, a boat and butty selling jams, chutneys and other produce, much of which they make themselves from ingredients acquired during their travels. Meet at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, Off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY Wednesday 17th November 2021 Meeting—Neil Barnett “The Mersey Crossing and other Travels” Branch member Neil Barnett gives another talk on one of his expeditions in his narrowboat. This time it will be an account of the Mersey crossing to Liverpool plus
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an update on some of his other travels. Meet at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, Off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY Recent Activities Wednesday 21st April 2021 Meeting—John Parry “Burton’s 18th Century Waterways and Tipsy Romanovs” We had another good attendance for the last of our Zoom meetings of the spring. John had great fun researching this talk and provided the audience with a fascinating presentation about trade on the River Trent at Burton and the use of the river for transporting the produce of Burton’s breweries around the world, including Russia, hence the title. Thursday 20th May 2021 Walk—Brewood and the Shropshire Union Canal We ventured to the outer reaches of the catchment area for this walk. The weather was warm and sunny for our 4 ¾ mile stroll. The lifting of restrictions had enabled us to proceed with more than 6 people in the group, and so it was that nine people assembled in the car park of The Swan Hotel in the pretty village of Brewood in Staffordshire. We first skirted the church and walked past a row of fine houses in Dean Street, where there is also a mural of Admiral Rodney, a relic of a pub of the same name. We turned right at Hyde Mill Lane, where we joined the Staffordshire Way, a long-distance footpath. Pausing for a group photo above the Shropshire Union we continued our way towards Chillington Hall, the ancestral home of the Giffard family, the Earls Ferrer. Capability Brown was commissioned with landscaping the grounds which include an impressive two-mile-long driveway of trees extending eastwards towards an ornate canal bridge, which we crossed later in the walk. Strolling past fields of sheep, we stopped at a house in Park Lane, where we purchased their day’s output of duck eggs - £1.50 for six eggs, a real bargain. We re-joined the Lower Avenue at Mount Pleasant wood and proceeded towards the Shroppie, which we reached by bridge number 10. No expense had been spared with
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this elaborate bridge, one of the most decorative on the canal with its pillared balustrade and dressed stone. Because the towpath here is in a deep wooded cutting, it receives little sunlight, and the towpath was muddy in places after the previous days’ rain. After a mile or so we arrived back in the village and, following a recommendation from Carol, we went into the churchyard to find the grave of a local boatman, Mike Webb who died in 2012, and whose gravestone included a carving of a narrowboat. The gravestone of Mike Webb, a boater Afterwards, we retired to The Swan who died in 2012. Hotel. The pub did not serve food, but we had been permitted to bring our own packed lunches, which we enjoyed with a drink from the bar. Clive Walker Wednesday 16th June 2021—Walk—Atherstone and the Coventry Canal This Summer afternoon walk had originally been planned to take place on January 1st 2021, so it was fortunate that, following the lifting of some restrictions, by June we had the availability of a pub and food for refreshment. We met up half an hour before our departure time and placed our food orders with the staff of The King’s Head in Atherstone. It was a stiflingly hot afternoon as we set off along the A5 at rush hour. After carefully crossing the Holly Lane roundabout, we entered the tree-clad, jungle-like surroundings of the “Paddy Line” a disused line connecting Baddesley Colliery with the main line and Baddesley Wharf, where at one time as many as 30 boats a day were loaded with coal. The footpath ends suddenly beside a house (although the original railway continued on an upward gradient towards Baddesley, and we continued along Waste Lane, so called because it was where the colliery deposited its spoil. Today it is a pleasnt tarmaced country
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lane with extensive views northwards towards Leicestershire. Passing a fishery, we entered Grendon, where we turned right along an access road, running parallel to the A5. At Green Lane we crossed Watling Street again – more easily this time – and passed over the railway line to enter fields vibrant with the songs of skylarks. This land, wedged between the Coventry Canal, the railway line and the A5 has been earmarked for large-scale housing, but it is difficult to see where the developers would have been able to lay down viable access roads between three long-standing transport thoroughfares. On reaching the Coventry Canal by bridge 46 we phoned the pub to let them know we were half an hour away. The Atherstone flight is busy all year round, the locks are slow to fill and quick to empty, and each chamber has a side pond attached. However, without supervision or instruction boaters found the side chambers awkward to use, and they have all now fallen into disuse. We arrived back at the King’s Head within the scheduled time, and the delicious food and refreshment duly arrived on time. Clive Walker JOHN STOCKLAND
John joined IWA in 1982. The local branch was then Birmingham Branch which met on Mondays way over in Quinton. This was too far for John to go to any meetings. In 1985 a meeting was called with a view to forming a Lichfield Branch. Eric Wood was elected Chairman of the new branch and Helen Whitehouse the Meeting Secretary which office she soon passed on to John. Apart from a brief break around 2017 John subsequently served as Secretary, Publicity Officer, Speakers Secretary and Membership Secretary until his retirement from the committee in early 2020.
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The first National John attended was at Hawkesbury in 1987 where he became Assistant Harbour Master to Eric Wood. In 1996 Joh joined the Publicity team at the National when it was held at Windmill End. The following year John became Waterspace Manager and later started a 10 year term as Waterspace Director involving negotiating with landowners and laying out moorings for over 70 boats. A few IWA Annual General Meetings were attended along the way, the last one in 2013 when John was the proud recipient of a Richard Bird Medal for all the hard work at both Branch and National level. John will be sorely missed and our thoughts go out to Billie and his family. News From The Restoration Societies Lichfield's Canal Restoration Trust has received a cheque for more than £3,000 as one of the nominated charities of the former Mayor of Lichfield, Cllr Deborah Baker, and the former Sheriff of Lichfield, Dr Daryl Brown. Mrs Baker and Dr Brown presented the cheque for £3,031.70 to Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust chairperson Chris Bull and Trust finance director Bob Williams at a small ceremony at Borrowcop Locks Canal Park, on the city's Tamworth Road. The funds, which were shared equally between LHCRT, St Giles Hospice and Lichfield Voluntary Transport for the Disabled, were raised through various charity events held during the Mayor and Sheriff's term of office, from May 2019 to May 2021. Highs & Lows of a 'Swan-song' cruise on the Caldon—Maz & Adrian Wedgwood Maz & I have spent many happy times cruising most of the connected system but have never cruised this splendid canal in Staffordshire less than 30 miles from home. Having explored much of the Churnet Valley, including that part on the Staffordshire Way, our first long-distance path walked. Sadly Maz's disability from a stroke and my advancing years meaning we must reluctantly curtail our boating, we decided to choose the little used Caldon Canal for our final cruise. Picking up our 65 ft. n.b Oracle from AngloWelsh at Great Haywood we took two weeks to cruise slowly to Etruria, Froghall, Leek & back.
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What a memorable trip filled with Highs, a few Lows and lots of Industrial Archaeology! Thank goodness we had the luxury of time. Once up the staircase we found the water down by at least 9" and silt bank traps all the way to the Stockton Brook summit level where a generous soul had deposited their office swivel chair to jam open the lock bottom gates. Hanley Park with glorious floral displays in scorching sunshine and swapping tales over a pint with the locals at the extraordinary Foxley Hotel made up for grounding and hard work and lack of hot water for showers at Etruria services. Park Lane services were a little used luxury we enjoyed to ourselves. A few 'graveyards' along the way: The curious cruiser collection & rifle range near Stoke on the T&M and rusting hulks near Horse Bridge on the Leek Branch. The surprising temporary bridge serving off-side moorings at the bottom of the Hazelhurst flight, the canal fly-over nearby and Denford Tug of War team's adjacent practice polytunnel were fascinating. Disappointment beckoned when we were too tall to get through Froghall Tunnel and claim a Silver Propeller on the Uttoxeter Canal but we consoled ourselves with friends from Burton Bridge Brewery at Hetty's splendid tearoom at the Wharf. When last we were at Foghall Bolton's copper works was in full swing - now its a vast polluted wasteland awaiting re-development. Hopefully Phil Sharpe's superb IWA rebuttal of the Froghall lock flight housing scheme will see off developers plans or create funding for canal restoration! Leek Branch was quite a surprise. Fabulous scenery and great lengths of delightfully wide lagoon-like stretches of the canal fringed by magnificent trees and amazing gardens culminating in the tunnel and winding just on the Leek side and a Silver Propeller location. We were too long to go to the end and explore the proposed extension of the steam railway & walk into the 'Queen of the Moorlands'. Meeting IWA's Alison Smedley & Rupert, her husband owner of historic n.b 'Skylark' and scion of the business that invented canned & frozen peas in Britain, for a quick 'jar' at the 'Hollybush' close to their home at Denford was a delight. An impromptu
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evening with Uttoxeter Morris musician friends at Consall Forge's 'Black Lion' reinforced that hostelry as my favourite pub in the whole world. Our best pub meal was Lamb Koftas at Neil Morrisey's 'Plume of Feathers' at Barlaston close to our family's 'pot bank'! Memories of working at Joules brewery in the delightful canal town of Stone when we at Bass took over in 1971 were rekindled by mooring courtesy of Karen at Canal Cruising Co. at their historic boatyard. This was right next to the new 'Crown Wharf' impressive pub, theatre & Community Centre, a circa £3.5mill. investment by my former brewing colleague Steve Nutall from his new Joules brewery in Market Drayton. It has lots of Joules original memorabilia & should be opening later this month. Probably the greatest delight was having a succession of our family to help crew the boat. I had intended to be 'single-handed'. Since her stroke Maz is no longer able to steer, let alone work locks. But our family came to the rescue with both sons (one with wife), two grand children now living in Nottingham & Manchester and a girlfriend enjoying parts of the trip giving us the opportunity to catch up with their news and enjoy their company as we meandered slowly through the Staffordshire countryside. Our memorable 'swan-song' cruise finished with a nostalgic 'picnic' in the solitude of Tixall Wide, reminding us of happy times in Stafford living alongside the Staffs & Worcs at Radford Bank. It brought to an end our boating on Britain's unique canal system part of which was promoted and funded by my world famous ancestor. Now we'll be keeping in touch through our IWA Lichfield Branch. Maz & Adrian Wedgwood July 2021 A Quick Trip up The Chesterfield Canal
After managing not to get any time on our shared narrowboat in 2020 we decided to hire a boat for a week in June to alleviate the withdrawal symptoms. All reports seemed to say that the Midlands canals would be very busy so we chose the Chesterfield Canal. This is an area we had never visited before so a couple of weeks before our boat trip we drove up to have a look and to see which pubs had survived the lockdown. Most of them seemed to have so we made notes of the ones we
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fancied visiting. The canal is only connected to the rest of the system by the tidal River Trent so it doesn’t see all that many boats. There is a small resident population of boats but we didn’t see many moving whilst we were out. The only hire operation on the Chesterfield consists of two boats operating out of West Stockwith Basin at the junction with the River Trent. We opted for the 50ft Maid Marion. This was quite an old boat but comfortable and well equipped and handled well. We picked the boat up on Saturday afternoon but decided not to go anywhere that day as we had booked in the Waterfront pub for a meal. It was a very hot day and the pub was struggling to cope with the volume of customers sitting outside. We sat inside and enjoyed a good meal and the odd glass of wine. Sunday morning we headed off up the canal towards Retford and Worksop. Due to the lack of boat traffic and dredging the canal is very narrow, shallow and weedy in places, but also due to the lack of traffic the water is incredibly clear and we could look over the side and watch the shoals of fish. We had already decided this was going to be a lazy week and we had no plans to reach the tunnel entrance which is the limit of navigation. Visitor moorings are a bit thin on the Chesterfield but we managed to find one outside the Boat Inn at Hayton where we had another good meal although the pub was very quiet. The Hop Pole at East Retford had it’s own moorings with power and water so we stayed there a couple of nights with a trip into Retford in between. As we headed back towards base the weather continued to be very pleasant and we found a beautiful rural mooring with no houses or roads nearby. We could listen to the birdsong, enjoy the sunset and even spotted a Barn Owl. Unfortunately the last day of our trip turned out to be cold and wet and miserable but we made it back to base and had to turn the heating on to dry everything out. We finished off
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with another meal at the Waterfront Inn to end a very lazy and enjoyable week. Highly recommended! Pete & Sue Gurney June 2021 Planning Matters This report summarises the more notable of over 40 planning matters dealt with between mid-April and mid-July 2021. More details are available on request. Near to the Trent & Mersey Canal at Handsacre, the enlarged field access we objected to as obviously facilitating development has been refused. On the Coventry Canal at Fradley, the residential and care home development along Hay End Lane that was refused has now been granted on Appeal, subject to traffic signals on Gorse Lane canal bridge (New Bridge 91) and funding for towpath improvements which was previously agreed. At Kings Orchard Marina, Huddlesford a holiday park development of 10 wooden lodges, 18 glamping pods and 15 more caravans in the adjacent field around a new fishing lake would be screened from the canal. But we have some concerns about the cumulative increase in road traffic from this and a previously approved nearby development of 118 holiday lodges on the safety and heritage of the hump-back canal bridges at Huddlesford and Brookhay. At Whittington, 3 proposed three-storey houses in a garden next to the canal embankment over Whittington Brook would involve excavations at the toe of the 230 -year-old embankment which could threaten its stability where the freeboard already appears to be low due to settlement. On the Ashby Canal restoration section at Oakthorpe, the plans for a development of 4 houses to the rear of Springfield Farm off Chapel Street have now been amended to leave a 10-metre-wide corridor free of development for future reinstatement of the Ashby Canal. The original towpath remains as a public footpath here, and this will give sufficient space for the reinstated canal channel and access to construct it. An application for the former Measham Show Ground, between Bosworth Road and Gallows Lane, proposes an increase in the permitted number of car boot sales. Although the sales themselves are no problem, the road access from Bosworth Road crosses the protected restoration route for the Ashby Canal north of Illot Wharf, so the access should be relocated to be off Gallows Lane.
By the Daw End Branch of the Wyrley & Essington Canal at Aldridge, we are concerned that a proposed household waste recycling centre could result in windblown waste entering the canal if there is outside storage and transfer. On the Cannock Extension Canal at Pelsall, the formerly derelict Pelsall Stop Stables building was attractively rebuilt some years ago. But after sitting on the planning application for nearly 4 years, Walsall Council then refused consent and
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issued an Enforcement Pelsall Stop Stables Notice to undo all the good work. This is an important part of the canal heritage that will not survive without a viable new use and the security provided by residential use, and would have been totally lost but for the careful restoration work done by its owner. I attended the Appeal Inquiry, held online over several days, and gave verbal evidence in support of retaining the building repairs and changes for domestic use, subject to conditions on flues and lighting. In a major concession right at the start, Walsall MBC dropped their demand to remove the roof of the stables building and garage, partly demolish the walls, and ‘grub out’ all the brickwork pointing. However, they were still demanding removal of the windows and doors, the rear extension, new sections of wall and gates, block paving and other changes. The final outcome is still uncertain but I am hopeful that the Inspector will have more common sense than Walsall have displayed. For the Lichfield Canal restoration, plans have been produced showing how a new canal bridge at Cricket Lane can be built compatible with the road junction improvements needed for the housing site. Although this bridge is required by the Local Plan and Infrastructure Delivery Plan, its provision was resisted by the developer and the Council was about to give them Outline consent without its inclusion until threatened with legal action by Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust. After further negotiations, agreement has now been reached with Persimmon for them to fund and provide the bridge over the lowered section of canal channel, which is a major success for LHCRT and IWA’s persistence. With the 2 new canal bridges already built on the nearby St John’s housing site by Persimmon, it is hoped this may embarrass the Council and Taylor Wimpey to be more accommodating with the bridge needed at Claypit Lane. Also now resolved, after successful lobbying of councillors and officers by the Trust, is the reinsertion of the policy safeguarding the Lichfield Canal restoration route into the final Publication version of the Lichfield Local Plan 2040. This planning protection is essential to the long term success of the restoration project. On Phase 1 of the HS2 High Speed Rail project, I have responded to a consultation
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on the Oxford Canal viaduct near Wormleighton, and am following up on concerns about a threat to the water supply to the Wendover Arm and Grand Union Canal reservoirs from the Chilterns tunnel and cutting. For phase 2a, from Fradley to Crewe, which was subject to a last minute additional consultation, the summary report included IWA’s criticism of the consultation process, but no mention of our detailed concerns about construction traffic impacts on access to canals around the Fradley, Kings Bromley, Handsacre area and at Great Haywood. The review of Phase 2b as part of an Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands originally due to be published by the end of 2020 is still awaited. Phil Sharpe, Planning Officer Books and Guides Our branch has a selection of books, maps and guides for sale. These are a mixture of new and second hand. If you are interested in any of the items below please contact our Branch Sales Officer Helen Whitehouse on, her details are on the committee page on the last page of this magazine. The list below is a sample from a much larger list. Title
Author
Price
Date
Condition
A Pictorial History of Canals
D D Gladwin
£5.00
1986
As new
A Short History of the Narrowboat
Tom Chaplin
£1.25
1968
Used
Anderton for Orders
Tom Foxon
£3.50
1988
As new
Archive Issue 12
Lightmore Press £1.00
As new
Ashby Canal, Past Present Geoff Pursglove £9.95 and Future
2016
New
Being There
Sir Frank Price
£1.50
2002
Used
Birmingham and Black Country Canalside Industries (hardback)
Ray Shill
£16.99
2005
New
Birmingham Canal Navigations Map
Heron
£5.99
New
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Title
Author
Price
Date
Condition
Birmingham Greenways Map
Heron
£5.99
Britain’s Inland Waterways
Roger Wickson
£0.50
1968
Used
Britain’s Waterways, Cruising Rings and other Things
Brian Roberts
£9.95
2002
As new
British Canals
Charles Hadfield
£5.00
1979
Used
British Canals
Charles Hadfield
£3.50
1974
Used
Canal & Inland Cruising
John Gagg
£2.50
1989
Used
Canal & River Cruising Map
Heron
£3.99
Canal Enthusiasts Book 1970-71
David & Charles £1.00
1970
Used
Canal Mania (hardback)
Anthony Burton £18.99
1993
As new
Canal Recollections
Julian Holland
£2.00
The Canals of England
Eric de Mare
£5.00
1996
As new
Canals of England
Evans & Reichenfeld
£9.99
1994
As new
Charles Hadfield
Joseph Boughey
£15.00
1996
As new
Clegg’s Canal Time Map
Chris Clegg
£4.00
New
Colours of the Cut
Edward PagetTomlinson
£24.95
New
New
New
As new
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Title
Author
Price
Date
Condition
Cruising the Inland Waterways of Europe
J & S Kroll
£4.50
1979
Used
Exploring England by Canal
David Owen
£1.50
1986
Used
Four Counties Ring Guide Book
Pearson
£7.50
2007
New
Getaway with Murder (fiction)
Leo McNair
£1.50
2000
Used
Going it Alone
Colin Edmonson
£4.00
2008
New
Grey Lady (fiction)
Jenny Maxwell
£0.50
2002
Used
Guide to the Calder & Hebble Navigation & Huddersfield Broad Canal
IWA
£0.50
Hadfield’s British Canals
Joseph Boughey
£17.99
1994
Inland Cruising
Tom Willis
£1.50
1987
Inland Waterways of Great Britain L.A. Edwards
£3.50
1985
Inland Waterways Route Planner
Navigator
£0.50
Used
Lancashire Canal Carriers
J Monk & Sons
£3.50
As new
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Craft
G Wheat
£1.50
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Map (Liverpool to Keighley)
Heron
£5.99
Leontyne
Richard Goodwin
£8.50
Used
1972
As new
Used
Used New
1989
As new
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Title
Author
Price
Date
Condition
Life Skills (fiction)
Katie Fforde
£1.00
1999
Used
Living Afloat
RBOA
£5.95
2007
New
Map of the Inland Waterways of Great Britain
Imrays
£9.95
Montgomeryshire Canal
John Horsley Denton
£1.50
1984
Used
Narrowboats
Tom Chaplin
£4.00
1989
Used
No 1
Tom Foxon
£3.50
1991
As new
Northeast Waterways
Derek Bowskill
£1.50
1986
Used
Oxford & Grand Union Guide
Pearson
£7.50
2011
New
Severn, Avon & Birmingham Guide Nicholson (2014)
£11.50
2014
New
Severn, Avon & Birmingham Guide (1989)
Nicholson
£9.99
1989
As new
Simple Steps to Roses & Castles
Shirley Ginger
£3.50
1986
New
Staffordshire & The Black Country
Michael Raven
£1.00
Tales from the Old Inland Waterways
Euan Corrie
£5.00
1998
As new
Tales of the Cut
Carl Leckey
£1.00
2005
Used
The Architecture of Canals
Derek Pratt
£1.50
2005
Used
New
Used
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Editorial Notice Lichfield Lines is the newsletter of IWA Lichfield Branch, it is produced 4 times a year to keep members informed about our forthcoming public meetings, walks, work parties and other activities, to provide reports on recent meetings and events, and to include articles of general interest to our members. The editor, Peter Gurney, welcomes articles, letters or photographs of waterway activities in our Branch area which can be emailed to pete.gurney@waterways.org.uk (Please note there is a 35MB limit for emails with attachments sent via this address). The copy date for the next newsletter will be 15th October 2021, for publication in November. Advertising Lichfield Lines is posted or emailed to about 400 Branch members. It can also be read and downloaded by anyone from the Branch website pages. If you would like to publicise your waterway related business to our members, and others that read the newsletter online, we can offer advertising space at the following rates: Full Page - £20 plus VAT per issue
Half Page - £10 plus VAT per issue
Please contact the editor to discuss artwork and layout. By advertising you will help to sponsor IWA's charitable activities and reach potential customers who are all committed to the waterways. The IWA has a range of corporate members some of whom offer discounts to members. The discount details can be found on the IWA website at www.waterways.org.uk/support_us/corporates. Corporate members in our area are— Lichfield Cruising Club Longwood Boat Club Stafford Boat Club Ltd Ashby Canal Association Truman Enterprise Narrowboat Trust Tamworth Cruising Club Ashby Canal Trust Ash Tree Boat Club Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Countywide Cruisers (Brewood) Ltd Restoration Trust Elite Furnishings Canal Transport Services Ltd Birmingham and Midland Marine Services Waterways World Ltd River Canal Rescue Ltd Midland Chandlers Hargreaves Narrowboat Trust Glascote Basin Boatyard (Norton Canes Boatbuilders) Please mention the IWA when contacting any of these Corporate Members.
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Your Committee Chairman and Acting Secretary Tel: 01785 255101 Email: pete.gurney@waterways.org.uk
Pete Gurney
Treasurer Tel: 01785 255101 Email: sue.gurney@waterways.org.uk
Sue Gurney
Planning Tel: 01889 583330 Email: phil.sharpe@waterways.org.uk
Phil Sharpe
Newsletter and Website Editor Tel: 01785 255101 Email: pete.gurney@waterways.org.uk
Pete Gurney
Volunteer Coordinator & Membership Tel: 07808 846434 Email: neil.barnett@waterways.org.uk
Neil Barnett
Navigation Officer Tel: 07847 470112 Email: derek.beardsmore@waterways.org.uk
Derek Beardsmore
Publicity—Press & Magazines Tel: 07808 846434 Email: neil.barnett@waterways.org.uk
Neil Barnett
Social Secretary
Position vacant
Minutes Secretary Tel: 01283 713125 Email: adrian.wedgwood@waterways.org.uk
Adrian Wedgwood
Ex Officio: Region Chairman also Branch Sales and External Talks (noncommittee posts) Tel : 01543 491161 Email: helen.whitehouse@waterways.org.uk
Helen Whitehouse
Non-committee posts Walks Coordinator Tel: 07866 201873 Email: clive.walker@waterways.org.uk
Clive Walker
Branch Contact Address Email: lichfield@waterways.org.uk
IWA Lichfield Branch 5 Bracken Close Stafford ST16 1SG
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