Anglian Cuttings No 116

ANGLIAN CUTTINGS

PACKARD’S STEAM TUG ‘STOUR’AND BARGES CIRCA 1890—A PAINTING BY ROBERT GALLON

Ipswich Branch Newsletter Spring 2010 No. 116 The IWA may not agree with the opinions expressed in this publication. They are, however, published as a matter of interest to our members and readers.

Nothing printed can be construed as policy or an official announcement unless stated.

The IWA accepts no liability for any matter in this publication.

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IWA IPSWICH BRANCH YOUR COMMITTEE Chairman Chard Wadley chairman.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Secretary & Anglia Cuttings Editor Charles Stride secretary.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk editor.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Treasurer Spencer Greystrong treasurer.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Membership Clive Saville Membership.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Publicity Brian Holt pro.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Social Secretary Diana Holt socialsec.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk River Gipping Trust Lewis Tyler RGTRep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk River Stour Trust Sue Brown

RSTRep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Pickerel Project Brian Cornell pickerelrep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk Officer Gerry Creasey officer01.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

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EDITOR’S PONDERINGS

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Spring has Sprung and Summer is on the way! After last summers ‘B-B-Que’ forecast the Met. Office is no longer issuing long–term predictions, however the forecaster who last year did predict the wet summer is this year saying we should be in for a good one—well after a dry April with few showers and a cold beginning to May needing help from the central heating, we will have to see. Whatever the weather I hope you all have a good ‘Boating’ summer. concerns and needs of the waterways. We will again be rolling out the SOS Banner at Needham Lake on Sunday 4th July.

Our AGM was held in February at which we said farewell to Mick Carter as he formally stood down from the Committee, many thanks again Mick, and we welcomed on board an actual volunteer, no arm twisting required, in the shape of Gerry Creasy. We look forward to his input.

ANGLIAN CUTTINGS DISTRIBUTION Following on the letter sent to you all in April may I remind you that this edition is going to be distributed by mail, but all of you who have registered email addresses with IWA Head Office will also receive notification for access to the electronic copy on our website. Subject to a satisfactory result future editions of Anglian Cuttings for those who have registered e-mail addresses will NOT be distributed by hard copy mail—UNLESS YOU REQUEST OTHERWISE.

During the May Bank Holiday we took part in IWA‘s national SOS Day by having a combined event with the River Gipping Trust and the River S t o u r Trust at Sudbury, combined with the River Stour Trust‘s ‗Teddy Bear Boat Ride Day‘.

Despite the gusty wind trying to blow our marquee out of Suffolk into Essex we had a useful occasion spreading the message and adding some seventy plus

May we stress that we are not concerned about continuing to provide hard copy editions to our members, we are just trying to make some reduction in costs to those who can and are willing to receive the newsletter by email.

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signatures to the IWA petition.

Additionally the Election Candidates for the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Parties accepted an invitation to attend and we were able to educate them on the 3

Finally, may I also take this opportunity of thanking Diana and Brian for another very excellent annual outing. All their detailed planning and hard work has paid off again.

WELL DONE

CHAIRMANS’ JOTTINGS presentation to Mick Carter on his retirement from the Committee as Editor of this newsletter.

It has been an interesting time since my last report. Our annual dinner, planned for January, had to be cancelled as heavy snow made it impossible for most of us to reach the Compasses in Holbrook. This event finally took place in March. Our AGM was followed by an interesting talk and slide show by John Finch on a canal trip to Ripon. Our final speaker for the winter programme was Steve Hayward, some of you may remember him giving us a talk on a previous occasion; well this time the subject was Grumpy Old Boater and it was a very interesting talk covering many topics on boating. Steve is also the author of 3 books, his most memorable being ‗Fruit Flies like a Banana‘, and he sold several copies at the end of the meeting.

When you read this we will have been on another coach trip and the report on how the trip went is on page 13.

As I mentioned in the last Anglian Cuttings, Carolyn and I now have our own narrowboat ’Bruizer’ (see also page 14—Ed) and in April we finally brought her to Brinklow Marina from Stewponey Wharf in Staffordshire. We had a lovely trip and on the way we saw Carole and Dale Green on their boat so stopped for a chat. Pauline and Charles came by car to meet us at Hawkesbury Junction and we enjoyed a lovely meal in the Greyhound.

We are now looking forward to boating and perhaps seeing more of you along the cut.

My Chairman‘s Award was presented this year to Colin Turner in recognition of his achievements and dedication to the two WRG work camps held in 2009.

Chard.

This also recognizes all his hard work as restoration manager over many years. I was also delighted to be able to make a 4

OUR REGION CHAIRMAN REPORTS Each Easter the Peterborough Branch has a cruise on the Middle Level system, usually organised by myself as Chairman. The aim is usually to have a jolly but go to parts of the system not often cruised.

We try for far flung outposts of Empire such as Holme Fen, or Wood Walton, all of which the Commissioners do a good job of keeping accessible, despite getting no direct revenue from navigation.

However this year I decided we would use the time to highlight the difference between the Commissioners (No licence fees) and the E.A.( Large Licence fees) and we boated to Horseways Lock, on Horseways channel.

achieve locally, and had a response from BBC & Cambs Times. They both turned up, Cambs Times took some photos and background and did their own thing, but the BBC did a piece including shots of us pulling a boat into the lock, footage of the ML water and the reedy dereliction that EA were responsible for.

The piece was shown several times on Easter Monday and has generated a lot of interest and comment. Undoubtedly the E.A. didn‘t like it and it will be very interesting to see if their attitude c h a n g e s , particularly as we intend to try to keep the issue going.

For those of you who don‘t know, this lock and the approach to it are maintained by the MLC, immediately above the lock the channel, which leads to Welches Dam Lock, is the responsibility of the E.A. Four years ago the lock was closed ―temporarily‖ for repair and despite our best efforts remains closed. The channel is now a reed and weed filled ditch. The E.A. show no sign of wanting to actually do anything about it. We decided that rather than just take a few photos for our own use we would really try and get some attention for our protest cruise. I sent emails to a number of regional papers and both ITV Anglia and BBC look East.

I t w a s illuminating, talking to the 2 ‗media‘ people to learn that they almost expect us to do the job for them. Give them as much information as you can, a bit of ‗conflict‘ and a ‗bad guy‘ In this case the Environment Agency failing to do its job and they are interested enough to turn up. Boats, and waterways with boats on are very photogenic, and any publicity is good publicity.

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It will be very interesting to see how much coverage we as an organisation can generate for the National S.O.S. cruise.

Alastair Chambers

with stainless steel ties to the original core we found that the face of the wall was a 9‖ repair that had not been tied in to the original core of the wall and was separated from the core by a dirt filled gap that was too large for ties and too dirty for grout to be to be effective. When lock gates are fitted in the future the wooden quoin, forming part of the gate hinge, will bear against the end of this wall, there would be a possibility that the water pressure would cause the detached section of wall to move.

Restoration in Winter Following on from the success of the canal camps, and now with a sound base to work from, we extended our scaffolding along the length of the eastern wall and continued the demolition and rebuilding of the wall.

Solution Following separate visits by our engineer and the council‘s conservation officer and much correspondence between them we were granted a variation to our listed

Problem When we got to the point where the engineers report stated that, for heritage reasons, we should cease demolition and pin the hollow sounding existing wall 6

building consent to demolish the old repair and rebuild with original bricks and lime mortar tied in to the core brick work to match the rest of the wall.

can use it again.

Tree removal Whilst we have been unable to work in the lock, we have been removing trees, at the request of the Environment Agency, that are damaging the road bridge. However this work was also held up by high water levels and two work parties had to be called off as there was nothing that we could do.

Weather This work has almost been completed up to within two courses of the top of the wall but the frost and high water have delayed us for the last two months.

On one high water event a large tree crashed into our top stop plank and broke it, on two other occasions trees have obstructed the mill sluice causing increased water flow through the lock and additional work for us to remove them. The water has forced our scaffolding away from the lock side so it will need a complete rebuild before we

Since the better Spring weather has arrived the scaffolding has been rescued from the lock and the sorting of the rubble pile has been completed. A weeks internal Work Camp has been arranged for the 12th—19th July.

Colin

**************************************** Martin Bird, may be a newish name and a newish face to us but he is not new to the Inland Waterways—he hails from the outskirts of Birmingham and remembers Gas Street basin when access was through a hole in the wall next to the old Birmingham Canal carriers company offices. His first experience on the canals was as a student with a cruise over the New Year 1971 on the Trent and Mersey which became an annual event for a number of years.

MARTIN BIRD

Voluntary Housing became his occupation for most of his working life, firstly in the South West and he came to East Anglia in 2001 as Regional Director for Sanctuary Housing, his final post being involved with the provision of staff accommodation at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge.

It was in searching the Web that Martin came across the River Gipping Trust and there found a perfect opportunity to follow his interest in industrial archaeology, canals and wildlife and keep fit at the same time. He soon became an energetic member of the crew at Baylham and has now been ‗volunteered‘ to shadow Colin Turner and become the RGT Restoration Manager when Colin takes his very well deserved retirement.

We welcome Martin and wish him well!

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River Stour Trust Restoring and conserving the River Stour Navigation

TAKING THE WATERS (Part 1) I suspect most people who walk the meadows beside the River Stour between Dedham and Flatford delight in the timeless beauty of the riverscape John Constable loved and painted. But those paintings did not simply portray pretty scenery, they showed a working river with lighters and mills powered by waterwheels.

Parliament a scheme to take water from the River Stour at Langham and to build a new water treatment works there. From Langham it pumped water to South West Essex, but the granting of the powers for this scheme obliged them to offer water supplies to other areas of Essex. The Langham scheme gave the company the ability to abstract 12 million gallons of water per day from the river, which started in 1932, but they expected to again face deficiencies by 1940.

The lighters may have gone and the waterwheels no longer turn, but today the river still works for us - playing an important role in the supply of water to south Essex.

Stratford St Mary and Abberton Reservoir In 1935 the company obtained powers to construct a new abstraction point at Stratford St Mary to take a further 35 million gallons a day and pump it to a new storage reservoir at Abberton, along with the construction of a water

In 1861 the South Essex Waterworks Company was formed to supply water to East London from the river Thames as far north as Brentwood. The water they supplied came from wells and boreholes drilled into the chalk aquifer north of the River Thames, but during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the area was developed and the demand for water grew until, by the First World War, demand was outstripping supply.

Tunnelling under the River Colne

Langham Waterworks Along with the Southend Waterworks Company they looked for sources of water from further away and, in 1928, successfully promoted by Act of

treatment plant at Layer-de-la-Haye.

Construction of the 1210 acre reservoir in the valley of Layer Brook to hold 8

5,700 million gallons of water started in 1936 and continued until the war in 1939, while the pumping station at Stratford St Mary and the 11 miles of pipeline were also being constructed.

exposed after dry weather when the water was at its lowest level since the reservoir was filled. These were dealt with by the Army.

Hanningfield Reservoir After the war there was much rebuilding and development in Essex, further increasing the demand for water, and the South Essex Waterworks Company joined with the Southend Waterworks Company in 1950 to construct Hanningfield Reservoir and treatment works.

The 36 inch diameter pipeline was constructed by manual labour and passed under the River Colne through a 12 foot diameter tunnel at the Hythe, east of Colchester. Later the raw water pipeline was duplicated with an even larger pipe.

The reservoir construction was completed before the Second World War and the reservoir was full by the end of 1940. However, the Ministry of Defence felt it posed a risk as a landing site for invading seaplanes and, as a defence measure, 312 mines were laid across the reservoir. At the end of the war the majority of them were exploded by soldiers shooting them from the reservoir banks, but, in 1989-91, 22 mines were

Demand continued to grow and in 1964 shortages were again being anticipated.

In 1967 the problem was solved by the construction of he Ely-Ouse to Essex Transfer Scheme [EOETS] (continues next edition) Susan Brown

Stratford St Mary Lock Restoration After a very successful season last year when we completed the lower approach channel gabion wall, RST received a letter from the Environment Agency detailing concerns they have with the project.

Negotiations are ongoing to resolve these matters before we can continue work this summer.

Work parties have been busy all winter with maintenance tasks including enlarging the operating area around a gate beam at Cornard Lock, although the late winter floods prevented them dredging the lock entrance as planned.

Trusty received new batteries and cushions while Rosette starts the season with gleaming new blue paintwork and red anti-fouling, and a new canopy roof. The boats and tearoom are now working and we look forward to welcoming many visitors to the river this summer.

The Trust have a number of events planned for the Summer months. The major dates are listed in ‘Dates for your Diary’. For further details please see the Trust Website

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The Lee & Stort — A View from America Part 2 Continuing the story of our American friends, Dan & Sharon, voyage up the Lee & Stort last year. This year they are due back in May and a trip onto the Lancaster Canal is on the agenda. Hopefully I can persuade Sharon to do a further report.

Continuing up the Lee, we did stop at Waltham Abbey and walk around. Quite interesting. Seems that King Harold built the church (OK, would you believe, HAD it built?) in 1060 before he became king. He was crowned king in 1066 and then went off to the Battle of Hastings and was killed. This town, however, plays up King Harold big time. Rather fun! The church was VERY interesting and quite old. There's been a church there since around 700 AD. This one, though, is the one King Harold built. Later it had a very large abbey attached to it which, of course, Henry VIII had torn down. The townspeople, however, were clever enough to point out that the church was theirs so only the ab b e y p arts wer e d estr o yed .

We ended up mooring on lock bollards at dusk for the night as we couldn't get in anywhere else. They were either totally full (mostly "crap" boats permanently moored), too shallow for us to get in to the side, or too high for a narrowboat-the sides of the moorings came out over our gunwales and would have scratched our sign-writing! So...we kept going and moored after the lock. We got up extra early and left so that we wouldn't interfere with anyone who wanted to use the lock...not that we were too worried as there aren't a lot of boats moving up here.

They are all moored--rather permanently from the looks of them.

The River Stort is lovely. It meanders like a canal--with LOTS of curves which delight Dan. He seems to really like to steer the boat thru all these curves! The locks are 13' wide so will only take one narrowboat at a time. Several signs telling us things we might like to know were along the way beside the locks.

Otter poo is called "spraint"--who knew?? But then, who cares? However, we thought it was interesting that it had a

The rivers over here have been used for transportation of goods (and people) for 1000-2000 years depending upon who is telling the story. BW says 1000 years, everyone else over here (tourist info places, brochures, signs, etc.) all say 2000 years. Whatever, it's a LONG time! Dan says he wasn't born yet.

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"real" name! We've not seen any otters but they're nocturnal so we probably won't. They live 3-5 years; have 2-3 cubs per year; and eat fish, crayfish, as well as birds and frogs.

waterway. Not much else blooming although once in awhile we've seen a bright spot of yellow.

Dandelions, however, are still prolific in the grass around the locks. Surprisingly, we've seen very few birds other than coots and swans.

A few moorhens, a few cormorants and a few magpies. Not much else of ANY kind. Very few ducks and even the Canada geese are rather scarce. We've seen two herds of sheep--one on the "hill" on one side of the river and one huge herd that were ALL laying down. We've never seen EVERY sheep laying down before. And an unusual herd of cattle that even had some of the belted Galloways (look like giant Oreo cookies).

So...it's been interesting. I should also say that the back gardens (back yards) along the river have been VERY well tended--and most are quite lovely...a real pleasure to see as we float by.

Hay in one of the fields has been grown in that field for over 600 years--1 crop per year --with no chemicals.

Osier bed s were along o ne portion. These are small willows grown with the p ermissio n o f the king. Branches were broken off them to make baskets.

G (red hand) D signs were over a couple of the houses. A sign at one of the locks said the GD stands for George Duckett (originally George Jackson--didn't say why he changed his name, just that he did) who was the co-founder of the Stort navigation and the red hand stands for the Red Hand of Ulster (which supposedly denotes the Irish county of Ulster). The signs we saw always had dates in the late 1700's.

The Lee Navigation goes north out of Limehouse and forks left as the Lee and right as the River Stort. We chose to fork right first so will retrace our path tomorrow (14 miles/15 locks/7 hrs) and go over onto the rest of the Lee. That part of the Lee should take about 3 1/2 hrs in each direction--but we intend to do a little exploring so it will take slightly longer. And then we'll re-trace our path back down to the London area. Actually we're only 28 miles or 40 min. from London right now. Hard to believe we're that close when it's taken us so long to get here! -

David Beckham & Victoria (Posh Spice) have a small "place" in Sawbridgeworth they call "Beckingham Palace." We supposedly came by it, but because there are so many leaves on the trees, we apparently missed it. Anne Boleyn also had a place here given to her by Henry VIII...but they don't seem to tell where that was. Strange!

We've seen lots of red hemp nettle--It looks a lot like tiny orchids. Something we think is blue comfrey plus bind weed seem to be all up and down this

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North Walsham & Dilham Canal – Restoration Progress April 2010 Over the past eighteen months there has been considerable progress on the North Walsham & Dilham Canal (NW&DC) The lower Paterson Estate section is extensively used by canoeists from Bank Boats and for Canoe Trails. Following requests from frustrated canoeists the EAWA, in consultation with Mr A Paterson, has been clearing the section above Honing Lock to Dee Bridge to allow a further length to be used, and the North Walsham Canal Co are now allowing canoeists to travel upstream to the restored and dredged Honing Staithe Cut. The Canal Walk formed here as a diversion from Weavers Way is being well used and gained a ―Highly Commendable‖ certificate in the NNDC Worthwhile Projects Awards 2009.

Wood lock has been rebuilt by the company with work parties assisting with the removal of bricks (8.5 tonne on Sunday 11/4/10 alone) and further upstream they have been clearing the canal bed of trees and shrubs in the Royston Bridge area. Another thrust this year has been with the clearing of overhanging and bedded trees along the

Further upstream at Briggate, the undercutting of the eastern lock wall has made it too dangerous to work beside, so, on behalf of the NWCCo, work parties have concentrated on marking the boundaries of the former mill pond; clearing the choked pond of trees and reeds allowing dredging to start, with the aim of restoring water and pond life – to complement the proposed common land that the villagers are hoping to establish around the derelict mill itself.

stretch above Ebridge towards Bacton.

The OCC then bought the ex BW dredger ―Weasel‖ and launched her into the millpond at Ebridge, with the aim of dredging the ―tree cleared‖ channel up towards Bacton Lock.

Work parties are held twice a month on Sundays – and dates, reports and news will be found on the EAWA website at www.eawa.co.uk - or by phoning the work party organiser David Revill on 01603 738648.

However, the greatest thrust has occurred along the top 2 miles, for here the NWCCo have sold the canal to a new owner the ―Old Canal Company‖. The directors of the OCC aim to re-water the pound above Bacton Wood Lock to enable water to return to the restored mill. Towards this aim, much of Bacton

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Ipswich IWA Outing — May 2010 Yet again a wonderful weekend away organised by Dianna and Brian.

The holiday started at 8.00am on Saturday – well it did for me. Dale and Carol decided to pick up the coach at my house at 7.30am! We were away by 7.55 and collected the rest of our party from Colin‘s house around 8.30. After a brief stop at Cambridge Services we were soon on our way to Crich Tramway Museum. It‘s just as well Brian and Paul had done a bit of research beforehand – we had a coach that was 13feet 1inch high and two bridges that were only 12 foot 9 inches high between us and the Museum. That meant a long diversion through some pretty villages and narrow roads before we arrived.

The Museum has expanded dramatically since I was last there. Paul, our driver, said he could vaguely remember going there and I had to remind him that I took him when he was 10 years old. There must be over 30 trams now with examples from all over the world, although the majority are from the UK.

Back on the coach at 5 pm we made our way to the hotel. An excellent evening meal, a good night‘s sleep and a hearty breakfast left us ready for the next part of our adventure.

We arrived at the pier on the River Trent at 10.00 ready to board our boat for a trip

up the river. Our ride took us through the heart of the city of Nottingham, interrupting some dragon boat racing (twice) and cruising past the site of a previous IWA National Festival. The river corridor is heavily used by boaters, walkers and runners along with people just enjoying a stroll.

Back at the coach we headed off to Wollaton Hall on the outskirts of Nottingham. Due to poor map reading (mine) we managed to get lost but lots of advice from the back seat drivers eventually put us in the right direction.

Wollaton Hall, now owned by the City Council, was once one of the classic stately homes of England, built between 1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis Willoughby. The whole estate and house were taken over by the council in the 1920‘s and it is a very popular place for the locals to spend a day out. And we enjoyed it too.

A great weekend away – lookout for next years event.

Spencer

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE We gladly welcome all our new members From Norfolk: Mr. F. Muir, Mr. & Mrs. D. & L. Litson, Mr. & Mrs. C. & D. Wainwright, Mr. P & Mrs. J. Board.

From Suffolk: Mr. D. Soanes, Mrs. M. D. Bishop, Mr. A. R. Grapes, Mr. E. J. Geary From North Yorkshire: Ms C Falvey At the end of March we had 517 Members.

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Barry Green I am sad to report the death of Barry Green. Barry was the former Chairman of Norwich Branch and then became an Ipswich Branch member when Norwich joined with Ipswich. Barry was heavily involved in the IWA and especially with the National Waterways Festivals. Many of you who knew Barry will have seen him enjoying the canals on his narrowboat ‗Lily Maud‘.

I attended a memorial service for Barry in March, which was held in Norwich at the Colney Green Burial Site. It was a lovely service with many family, friends and colleagues in attendance. Our thoughts are with his Wife, Mary.

Barry will be sorely missed.

Chard Wadley, Chairman

What do these craft all have in common?

They are all named

‘BRUIZER’ Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named Bruizer, an old name for a boxer: The first was a 160 ton, 12 gun Gunboat launched in 1797. The second was a 12 gun Brig launched in 1804, the third a steam powered Gunboat launched in 1867, the fourth an Argent Class Destroyer launched in 1895. The last HMS Bruizer was a Landing Ship Tank (LST 3025) launched in 1947 and scrapped in 1959.

How many guns the latest ‗Bruizer‘ is carrying is not known, just be sure not to cross her bow if you meet out on the waterways!

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DATES for your DIARY

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BRANCH MEETINGS & EVENTS Branch Meetings held at the Community Centre, School St., Needham Market SUNDAY 4TH JULY 12 Noon Needham Market Raft Race & SOS Day—Needham Lake SATURDAY 12TH—SATURDAY 19TH JULY Baylham Lock Week Working Party FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER 1930 Talk by Richard Thomas—Friends of President FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 1930 Ivan Cane tells us about the North Walsham & Dilham Canal FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER Tba ADVANCE NOTICE—ANNUAL LUNCH Next year the Annual Meal will be held on the 11th March at the Compasses Holbrook, but this time, by popular request, we are going to meet at 12 Noon.

OTHER DATES SATURDAY 29TH —MONDAY 31ST MAY National Trailboat Festival/Welsh Waterway Festival, Newport Gwent SATURDAY 10TH—SUNDAY 11th JULY River Stour Trust Steam, Electric & Boating Festival, Sudbury SATURDAY 7TH AUGUST, Noon—5pm River Stour Trust Coracle Regatta. Bures SATURDAY 28TH – MONDAY 30TH AUGUST IWA National Festival. Beale Park Reading.

MONDAY 30TH AUGUST, 11am—4pm River Stour Trust Pirates on the Stour, The Granary, Sudbury SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER River Stour Trust 13th Anniversary Illuminated Boat Procession, Sudbury

WORKING PARTY DATES Working Parties are held by the River Gipping Trust at Baylham Lock from 0900 to 1700 every Wednesday and on the first Saturday of each month, unless that Saturday is a Bank Holiday in which case it will then be held on the second Saturday of that month.

For further information contact Colin Turner 01473 730586 .

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USEFUL WEBSITES IWA Head Office - http://www.waterways.org.uk Waterway Recovery Group - http://www.wrg.org.uk Save Our System - http://www.SOS2010.org.uk River Gipping Trust - http://rivergippingtrust.org.uk River Stour Trust - http://www.riverstourtrust.org East Anglian Waterways Association –http://www.eawa.co.uk The Broads Society - http://www.broads-society.org.uk The Australian Canal Society - http://www.auscanal.org.au/ British Waterways/Waterscape - http://www.waterscape.com Waterways Trust - http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk DEFRA Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - http://www.defra.gov.uk The Inland Waterways Association is a non-profit distribution company limited by guarantee.

Registered Office; Island House, Moor Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. HP5 1WA Tel: 01494 783453 Web: www.waterways.org.uk Registered in England No. 612245. Registered as a Charity No. 212342

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