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Social Diary

At our last committee meeting just a few weeks ago we discussed resuming our social meetings in September at the Galleywood Heritage Centre. The hall is booked and I am now looking for speakers for September, October and November 2021. I have left this much later than usual due to the constantly changing situation. I am therefore unable to tell you, in time for this newsletter copy date what the talk is and who the speaker will be. My apologies for that but I am sure everyone will understand the reasons.

However please put the following dates in your diary and look out for further information on email and the IWA website.

Please check the information before you travel in case of last minute changes.

Thursday 9th September 2021

Thursday 14th October 2021

Thursday 11th November 2021

I would very much like some feedback for future social events so I am going to speak to Head Office to ask if they can arrange a short survey with no more than 10 questions which will come out by email. It would assist me greatly if you are able to answer this.

Spring talks on Zoom

The Chelmsford branch hosted two very interesting talks in April and May on Zoom. These were both attended by over 100 IWA members across the Country.

The first in April was Mike Kelley talking about the Cromford Canal and the many challenges of rescuing and maintaining this canal and running a horse drawn trip boat. This talk is now available on the IWA website under IWATV.

The second was Brian Margetson talking about Crossing the Severn Estuary, one of the most forbidding estuaries to cross in the UK. This was a particular favourite with IWA members from the Bristol area many of whom are visiting some of the sites that Brian highlighted in his talk. This talk is not available on IWATV unfortunately as there are copyright issues.

Both speakers had lots of interesting information and photographs to show us and I received many complimentary emails after the talks.

We hope to see you soon.

Rebecca Loader