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Issue 40 Summer 2022 www.waterways.org.uk/lichfield
Lichfield Lines
Happy Walkers at Salt Bridge (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 As I write this we have entered the “National Emergency” of 3 days of hot weather. It seems strange that the authorities panic over some hot weather but people fly to the Med for just that purpose—very strange! Anyway, to get back to canal matters, in May the Ashby Canal Association held the Moira Festival. We were unable to attend but by all accounts it was very successful, raising lots of money for the Ashby restoration. Also in May Stafford Riverway Link held a festival celebrating their 25th anniversary and (to the day) the 250th anniversary of the Staffs & Worcs Canal. Sue and I, plus Helen and Phil manned a stand for the weekend. The free festival was well attended by the public and there was plenty of stands and boats for everybody to admire. The festival raised a good amount of money for the SRL and we had a enjoyable weekend selling books and maps and also managed to recruit some new members for the Branch. Branch Stand at the SRL Festival Way out of our Branch area but Sue and I also attended the Crick Boat Show and helped to man (women?) the main IWA stand. As well as recruiting new members and selling Chesham stock we also sold a good amount of Branch stock which helps with the Branch funds. We are now looking forward to the IWA Festival of Water which is in our Branch area (see Page 11). This will be held over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Shobnall Fields in Burton upon Trent. This is a fantastic venue next to the Trent & Mersey Canal and it should be a great event. For more information about the event have a look at the Branch website at waterways.org.uk/Lichfield. The events team are looking for volunteers at the event so if you can help the information is also on the web page. Sad news was published in an IWA Bulletin recently about the passing of David Moore. Although David was heavily involved with IWA in the South East he later moved to Staffordshire and became a Lichfield member. See Page 12 For a tribute to his long
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involvement with IWA. I hope everybody received the notices about the significant changes going on at Chesham. Just after the publication of the last edition of Lichfield Lines it was announced that both the National Chairman, Paul Rodgers, and the CEO. Phil Hornsey had resigned. Temporary replacements were quickly put in place with IWA stalwarts Jonathan Smith taking on the CEO role and Les Etheridge the National Chairman role. Active recruitment is also taking place to replace other members of staff who have recently left and a new Marketing and Communications Officer will be in place in August. The lack of a Marketing team recently has left a bit of a vacuum at Chesham which has caused some problems. Our new season of walks and meetings will start in September (see below) and I hope to see you at some of these events. All the Best Pete Gurney 18th July 2022
Forthcoming Events Saturday/Sunday 20th-21st August 2022—Brownhills Canal Festival The Brownhills Canal Festival was restarted last year under the auspices of the Lichfield And Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust and proved a great success. This year is already looking like it will be the same with traders fully booked up and a good selection of historic boats to see. Saturday/Sunday/Monday 27th-29th August 2022—IWA Festival of Water The national IWA Festival of Water will take place at Burton upon Trent’s Shobnall Fields on the August Bank Holiday weekend. There will be an IWA Sales and Recruitment stand at the event and a Branch stand so if you can help at this event please contact Pete Gurney at pete.gurney@waterways.org.uk or 01785 255101. Thursday 8th September 2022—Walk—"The Ashby Canal Path between Snarestone and Measham." This is an easy 5½ mile walk with 3 stiles along footpaths, some rough ground, and on a pavement. The Canal Path is signposted throughout with a series of black and white
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signposts, which indicate the Measham Museum route of the canal restoration. We leave the car park by a sports field and pick up the towpath of the Ashby Canal at the northern portal of Snarestone tunnel. We follow the towpath to its terminus by bridge 62, from where we walk over rough ground towards Ilott Wharf. Here we cross a series of fields before entering the outskirts of Measham. On reaching the High Street we turn left to arrive at Measham Museum, formerly a train station on the Ashby & Nuneaton Joint Railway. Here we follow the line of the former railway for a while. At Measham Lodge we cross the road and follow the infilled line of the canal to Ilott Wharf, and from there back along the towpath to our starting point. Meet 10:15 for a 10:30 start on Thursday 8th September 2022 in the car park of The Globe Inn, 4 Main Street, Snarestone, Leicestershire DE12 7DB. Contact Clive Walker: clive.walker@waterways.org.uk Wednesday 21st September 2022—Meeting—Burton’s 18th century Waterways
This talk was originally scheduled in February but unfortunately our speaker, Branch member John Parry, caught Covid and was unable to attend. The talk is a continuation of the most enjoyable Zoom presentation John gave us last year. Meet at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, Off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY Wednesday 19th October 2022—Meeting—TBA Our speaker this month is Chris Fekeis of the Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust. His illustrated talk will be entitled “SNCT Vision for the future”. Meet at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, Off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY
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Thursday 10th November 2022—Walk—"Brownhills and the Wyrley & Essington Canal." This is an easy 5½ mile circular walk with no stiles along disused railway lines, footpaths, pavements, and the towpath. The McLean Way runs Becks Bridge alongside the car park of our starting point, and we follow this disused railway westwards as far as Beck’s bridge where we pick up the towpath. Leaving the canal by the disused Slough Arm, we proceed along a former mineral line to Brownhills Common. After safely crossing the A5, a footbridge soon takes us over the M6 toll and into Chasewater Country Park. We rejoin the canal at Anglesey Basin and follow this branch as far as the aqueduct over the former Walsall to Lichfield line, which we then walk along for a second time back to our starting point. Meet 10:15 for a 10:30 start on Thursday 10th November 2022 in the car park of The Smithy’s Forge pub, 7 Lichfield Road, Brownhills, West Midlands WS8 6HR. Contact Clive Walker: clive.walker@waterways.org.uk
Wednesday 16th November 2022—Meeting—Crossing the Severn Estuary
The Severn Estuary is BIG!
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Branch member Neil Barnett has been on his travels again and will give us an illustrated account of his battle with the Severn Estuary. Meet at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start at Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane, Off Walsall Road, Lichfield WS13 8AY Sunday 1st January 2023—Walk—"Atherstone and the Coventry Canal." This is an easy 4-mile circular walk with no stiles, on the towpath, a footpath, and pavements. From the front of the hotel, we turn left along Long Street and join the towpath by lock 5. We proceed up the flight of locks and beyond to the outskirts of Mancetter where we finally leave the canal. After crossing the railway line by a footbridge, we walk through leafy suburban streets back to our starting point. Meet 10:45 for a 11:00 start on Sunday 1st January 2023 in the car park* of The Atherstone Red Lion Hotel, 99 Long Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire, CV9 1BB. Contact Clive Walker on clive.walker@waterways.org.uk NB: The car park for the hotel is to the rear of the building, off South Street. Recent Activities Wednesday 20th April—Meeting—Signwriting Signwriter David Moore gave us a fascinating lesson in producing a panel covered in roses. The end result Starting with a blank board painted dark blue he slowly built up the
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components of the flowers, leaf by leaf and petal by petal and the result was brilliant. It was mesmerising to watch the skills of someone who is a master of his trade, the resulting panel was left with the branch and will be raffled at a future event. Thursday 19th May 2022—Walk—Weston and the Trent & Mersey Canal This walk has a bit of a backstory. First, the organiser had to move it from the 12th of May to 19th of May. Then, on rebooking our table at the newly refurbished Holly Bush Inn at Salt (which we were all looking forward to immensely), I was told that there was unfortunately “no room at the inn” on that day, but any other day in the week would have been fine! So, unable to reschedule the walk for a second time I booked us into the Dog & Doublet at nearby Sandon. That went fine until a few days later I received an email requesting a £5.00 deposit per head and an order for the meals at least two days in advance. That of course was impossible, and so we ended up at The Saracens Head in Weston for our lunch-time refreshment. A good restaurant, but it meant the walk had to start from Weston instead of Salt, and I thank Pete Gurney for notifying people of the change at short notice. The weather was overcast but dry as 14 walkers strolled along the towpath in the direction of Sandon Lock. After a group photo we left the canal at Salt bridge, an ornate bridge which had been gradually raised in layers to a level above the adjacent railway. We walked into Salt with meadows of wildflowers to either side. Shortly after passing The Holly Bush – we will go there one day, I promise – we climbed onto Hopton Heath. Behind us the view extended to Sandon Hall, and it was just possible to make out the column commemorating William Pitt the Younger through the treeline.
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After a well-earned drinks break, and with the climb behind us, we followed The Two Saints Way through coverts to Brick Kiln Lane. There are no signs of this industry anymore, just a few splendid large houses on this unmettalled track. Now came the hazardous section I had mentioned at the start of the walk. We had to cross the A518 on the brow of a hill; here there are two lanes of traffic going upwards towards Stafford, one downwards towards Weston, and no traffic islands. Ominously there are a couple of wooden crosses visible beside the road. There were still only two crosses after we had all traversed safely and we continued our walk beside the traffic, on a pavement. We soon passed Weston Hall, an upmarket hotel and wedding venue. The disused Uttoxeter to Stafford railway crossed at this point, and it is possible to follow the line on an OS map. Shortly thereafter we arrived back at The Saracens Head pub, where we enjoyed the meals, which we had booked prior to our departure that morning. Report by Clive Walker, photo by Margaret Beardsmore
Thursday 15th June 2022—Evening Walk—Alrewas and the Trent & Mersey Canal One of the ideas behind holding a walk in June is that you are more likely to get good weather. The BBC weather app suggested just a 1% chance of rain that day, and you’ve guessed it, there was a 99% probability that it should fall in that corner of Staffordshire at around 5 pm. However, by good fortune, it was only a very brief shower, and by the time the nine walkers set off from the car park of the William IV the rain had passed. Two substantial Bailey bridges took us across the river Trent and its man-made stream. John Parry was our guide for the walk, and he briefly explained some of the history of Alrewas Mill, which would have seen commercial traffic on this section of the river in its heyday. The meadows and tree plantations leading up to
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Wychnor Hall look like they have been there forever, but in fact they were planted around 20 years ago under the National Forest scheme. The warming sun poked through the clouds and the air was full of birdsong and the sounds of busy insects. At other times of the year this stretch of countryside can be muddy and hard going, and this was one reason why this route was especially suitable for June. Wychnor Hall dates to the 18th century and is now a country club administered by Diamond Resorts. After we had assembled for our group photo by the ha-ha, John explained the story behind the Wychnor flitch of bacon. A straight road took us to Wychnor itself and the site of its deserted mediaeval village next to St. Leonard’s Church, a prominent landmark on this section of the Trent & Mersey. There had been extensive clearance of dying ash trees where we crossed the stile onto the river section of the canal. This navigable reach is very picturesque, described in the Pearson Canal Companion as “a dreamlike sequence of metal footbridges (which) carries the towpath over a succession of reedy backwaters”. We were greeted soon after by several boaters, who were sitting on the towpath above Alrewas Lock as we walked the final few yards back to the pub. But the enjoyment of the walk was somewhat marred by what happened thereafter. We had booked our meals before departure as had been requested, and although the walk leader had phoned the innkeeper on route to give an update on our progress, we were kept waiting for up to an hour for our meals. Our frustration was further compounded, when we discovered that although we could pay for drinks by card, the food was to be invoiced separately and paid for in cash. However, when the food arrived it was very good, and we left the premises in a more upbeat mood. Report and photo by Clive Walker Where It All Began—Neil Barnett I suppose it was inevitable that I would fall in love with canals. As a child I grew up living close to one. Just across the field behind our house was the guillotine lock at Lifford, Kings Norton, on the Stratford on Avon Canal. I spent many happy hours playing alongside the lock, and although it was the early 60’s there were nevertheless a few boats passing through to watch. Nearby was Tunnel Lane Swing Bridge, made famous by IWA co-founder Tom Rolt’s exploits in his boat Cressy. Previously it had
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been a defunct lift bridge which, due to disrepair had been replaced by a fixed bridge which did not have sufficient clearance for a boat to pass under. Rolt won a famous battle with the owners GWR when, after insisting on his ‘right of passage’, they had to jack up the bridge to allow him through. After several repeats of this, GWR reluctantly installed a swing bridge. In those days, the swing bridge was kept locked in order to avoid miss-use, and to open it the key had to be obtained from the lock keeper who resided in the lock cottage half a mile along the towpath at Lifford guillotine lock, and returned to him afterwards, which was naturally an inconvenience to boaters. My friends and I knew the lock keeper well and he trusted us with the key, so we would spend our weekends and school holidays fishing next to the swing bridge, opening it for any boat that came along. Some showed their gratitude by tossing us a few coins for our trouble and occasionally they would let us on board for a short trip along the cut. Sadly the fine old lock keepers cottage was demolished in the 1980's as part of a bridge widening scheme, and the swing bridge removed completely a number of years later. Despite this early affinity with the canal I can’t remember in later years having a burning desire to go boating. But some part of it must have become embedded within me because in 1976 at the age of 22 after having consumed a few too many pints in a pub one night, I talked 4 mates into co-hiring a narrowboat for a week. We hired from Alvechurch Boat services in the days when that was their only base. The Neil at the boat was somewhat helm primitive and the canals were in rather a state of neglect, not helped by that year being the infamous ‘year of the drought’. Nevertheless we had a wonderful time and I was well and truly hooked. Continued on Page 12
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Shobnall Fields Burton upon Trent Come and enjoy the fun on the August Bank Holiday weekend
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Thankfully a few years later my wife Christine was persuaded to try it and loved it too, and during the following 30 years we enjoyed 19 hireboat holidays with friends and family. In 2009 I discovered the concept of boat sharing and we bought a 12th share in NB Cropredy which enabled us to have 4 weeks cruising a year at a fraction of the cost of hiring.
Our ambition had always been to eventually buy our own boat and live aboard it when we retired, and that dream was fulfilled when in 2013 we sold our part share of Nb Cropredy and bought a 62ft narrowboat ‘Hobo’ (now renamed Comfortably Numb). Moving from living in a 4 bedroom house into a 62ft ‘tube’ was a challenge, but getting rid of 35 years of accumulated belongings was actually quite liberating. More of a challenge was getting the house ready for renting out. In fact when this had been achieved the house looked better than it had for years! Now, 8 years on, we still love the liveaboard life and much prefer it to living ‘on the land’. We have a home mooring for the winter and spend the rest of the year cruising around the country. I am what is often described as ‘rather sad’ in that I have always meticulously kept a log of our travels, and to date we have travelled 5,759 miles of canals and rivers, and worked through 3,247 locks. Hopefully there will be many more to come! Article by Neil Barnett Dave Moore—A Tribute David Moore, who has died in July, aged 83, was chairman of IWA’s South East Region for nearly twelve years. Dave first went on a canal hire boat holiday in 1963, and enjoyed it enough to return for more of the same in 1965. Further hire boat holidays generated sufficient interest for Dave to visit the London Boat Show and join the Association. Within a couple of years he had volunteered to help on IWA’s stand at the boat show and continued to do so every year for many years. In 1975, Dave joined IWA Chelmsford Branch’s committee as sales officer, and by 1980 he had become chairman of IWA Chelmsford Branch. In October 1982 he was elevated to become chairman of South East Region, which in those days consisted of seven branches: Chelmsford, Guildford & Reading, Hertfordshire, Kent & East Sussex, London, Oxfordshire and Solent & Arun. During Dave’s time, all region chairmen were also ex-officio trustees of the Association. During his term as region chairman, and for many years beyond, Dave was a keen member of IWA’s sales team, travelling to help at stands at shows other than the London Boat Show. In 1986, he was chairman of IWA’s highly successful National
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Rally held at Brentford. He remained region chairman until standing down in 1991, but took up office again in January 1993 as his successor had to stand down when London Branch divided into three and became a region, as his successor was in the new region. Dave served as region chairman until April 1995. Having taken early retirement, he then stood in as (paid) temporary office supervisor at IWA’s then Regent’s Park Road office for the summer of 1995. Dave was a keen supporter of WRG, often working with London WRG at weekends. He was awarded a Richard Bird Medal in 2002 in recognition of his work for IWA over many years. He also set up and chaired the friends of the London Canal Museum. Throughout this period, Dave was ably supported by his wife Mavis, and daughters Judith and Alison, with the whole family providing wide-ranging support for the Association. Judith became a regular WRG Navvy, eventually marrying Mike Palmer (WRG chairman), and becoming an IWA trustee and national treasurer. Following Dave’s retirement, he and Mavis moved to Staffordshire and Dave became a keen supporter and marketing manager for Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust. He was also an active trustee for six years. In other interests, Dave was an avid collector of historical canal cards and a prominent figure in the Canal Card Collector’s Circle. He was also passionate about Thames Sailing Barges and volunteered with the Norfolk Wherry Albion in his time. Mavis predeceased Dave in 2018. Tribute by Neil Edwards
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Planning Matters This report summarises the more significant of nearly 50 planning matters dealt with between mid-April and mid-July 2022. Further details are available on request. The Trent & Mersey Canal between Shade House lock at Fradley Junction and Wood End is already affected by tree clearance work for the HS2 crossing, and there will be a materials stockpile area between two construction compounds for the Manchester Spur (main line) and Handsacre Link. But the construction contractor BBV wants to use an additional area HS2 Crossing Point Fencing at Fradley close to the canal for materials storage for up to 5 years without doing an Environmental Impact Assessment. We questioned the justification for this and asked that the additional noise impacts on canal users be properly assessed, but it has since been approved. At Branston a large derelict area between the canal and the Marley site on the A38 is proposed for development as a roof tile factory. Although a new office block nearest the canal is of attractive design, this would only partly screen the manufacturing building which is nearly 20 metres high with external bunkers, conveyors and silos and with extensive open materials storage. All this would be visually intrusive and likely to be noisy and dusty in operation so we have objected. But if accepted, we have asked that the manufacturing processes should be relocated further away from the canal and there should be a wide buffer zone of screen planting along the canal frontage.
On the Coventry Canal at Streethay, another additional storage area for excavated materials has been proposed by HS2’s contractors BBV on rising ground opposite Kings Orchard Marina. The HS2 Act already includes 3 large materials stockpile areas west of the HS2 route and we questioned why this is now not considered sufficient. This site could be particularly visible, noisy and dusty and we considered that an Environmental Assessment should be required to assess the impacts on the canal and
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the marina, which has 100 berths with about 14 being residential. However, it is being allowed to proceed without any planning conditions. Meanwhile, the application for glamping pods, wooden lodges and more caravans at the marina has now been approved, but the viability of this holiday development could be HS2 construction site opposite Kings Orchard Marina impacted by a noisy storage site. The Coventry Canal through Nuneaton will be affected by several site allocations in the Preferred Options version of the Borough Plan Review. These include: a housing site on the old Judkins Quarry at Tuttle Hill; the employment site at Faultlands where the requirements to set back development from the canal behind landscaping are not being followed by the current application for an extremely large warehouse building; an employment site at Coventry Road which includes support for the restoration of the Griff Arm Canal; an allocation for a cemetery close to Marston Junction; housing on the canalside Tomkinson Road Recreation Ground where we have asked for a buffer zone; and housing at Knebley Crescent Woodland where we objected to the loss of the canalside woodland. We have also commented on the Green & Blue Infrastructure Policy which supports upgraded towpaths, and on the Historic Environment Policy, requesting Conservation Area designation of the Coventry and Ashby canals within the Borough. With the agreement of Warwickshire Branch, who are currently without a planning officer, I also commented on 4 housing sites in their area affecting Bedworth, Charity Dock, Hawkesbury Golf Course and Hawkesbury Pump House. On the Wyrley & Essington Canal at Bloxwich the proposed siting of 3 steel storage containers behind a building on the offside of the canal is on raised ground with no space for reinstated screen planting. This would be very intrusive and a properly designed building extension would be more acceptable. Close to the Cannock Extension Canal at Wyrley Common, the application for a go-karting track which was refused in 2020 has been re-submitted. There are no
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changes to the plans and our concerns about the steep sides of the earth bunds have not yet been addressed. The noise assessment does now recognise the existence of nearby residential canal boats but its claims that the kart noise will be imperceptible are not credible, especially for the high pitched whine of two-stroke engines. On the Daw End Branch at Black Cock Bridge in Walsall Wood, CRT’s application to rebuild the bridge was granted and the excessively long Summer stoppage that we had objected to began in May. The requested arrangements have been made for pump -outs at Brownhills for the affected moorers on the Cannock Extension cut off from their normal visits to Aldridge Marina. Alongside the Ashby Canal at Elms Farm, south of the A5, the proposed solar farm on both sides of the canal was cut back even further with the nearest panels now more than 50 metres away and this has since been approved. At Pare’s Bridge 59 south of Snarestone, a former terrace of cottages, now one long house, is within the Ashby Canal Conservation Area. But proposed changes would fundamentally alter the building’s character and a Bridge House at Pare’s Bridge, Snarestone proposed modern extension is not sympathetic to its heritage value. The HS2 High Speed Rail project plans for Phase 2b West are to be amended by removal of the Golborne Link, even as the Bill is going through Parliament. This will remove crossings of the Bridgewater Canal and Manchester Ship Canal, although as with the eastern leg the route Safeguarding orders are being retained so the blight and uncertainty remains. Following the second reading in June a Select Committee will be appointed and IWA’s petition to them will reiterate our Environmental Statement submission concerning the need for noise fencing at viaduct crossings of the Middlewich Branch and Trent & Mersey Canal and at a construction compound adjacent to the Ashton Canal in Manchester. Phil Sharpe, Planning Officer
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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 2022, for publication in November. Advertising Lichfield Lines is posted or emailed to about 350 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 inc VAT per issue
Half Page - £10 inc 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 https://waterways.org.uk/support/ways-to-give/corporate-membership Corporate members in our area are— Lichfield Cruising Club 2000 Ltd Stafford Boat Club Ltd Truman Enterprise Narrowboat Trust Ashby Canal Trust Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Canal Transport Services Ltd Waterways World Ltd Midland Chandlers Norton Canes Boat Services Ltd Lakeland Leisure Estates Ltd
Longwood Boat Club Ashby Canal Association Tamworth Cruising Club Ash Tree Boat Club Countywide Cruisers (Brewood) Ltd Elite Furnishings Birmingham and Midland Marine Services River Canal Rescue Ltd Hargreaves Narrowboat Trust Stafford Riverway Link All Leisure Boating Ltd
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 or 07481259955 Email: neil.barnett@waterways.org.uk
Neil Barnett
Navigation Officer Tel: 07847 470112 Email: derek.beardsmore@waterways.org.uk
Derek Beardsmore
Publicity—Press & Magazines
Vacant
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 Email: clive.walker@waterways.org.uk
Clive Walker
Social Media Editor Email: Richard.curtis@waterways.org.uk
Richard Curtis
Branch Contact Address Email: lichfield@waterways.org.uk
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