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ANGLIANANGLIAN
CUTTINGSCUTTINGS
Ipswich Branch Newsletter
Summer 2014 No. 128
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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YOUR COMMITTEE
Chairman -
Chard Wadley
Secretary & Anglia Cuttings Editor -
Charles Stride
Treasurer
Spencer Greystrong
Membership
Clive Saville
Publicity
Brian Holt
Social Secretary
Diana Holt
River Gipping Trust
Lewis Tyler
Pickerel Project/River Stour Trust Brian Cornell
Officer
Gerry Crease
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IWA Ipswich - http://www.waterways.org.uk/ipswich
IWA IPSWICH BRANCH
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C H STRIDE
Regretfully I missed the AGM this
year as we were away in New Zealand
at the time.. However I did discover
that New Zealand does have purpose
built canals, the Tekapo, the Pukaki
and the Ohau for example; not for the
movement of boats but for the
movement of water for their Hydro-
electric schemes.
I also have to admit to disappointment
that despite all the publicity, letters and
items in Anglian Cuttings that we have
not managed to persuade anyone to come
forward to the Committee to ensure the
longer term future of the Branch. There
is still time, so please think about it.
EDITOR’S
PONDERINGS
The Branch has left its mark on our local
waterways over the last 40 years and we
do have much to celebrate so hopefully
we will see as many of you as possible at
our Anniversary Lunch where the IWA
National Chairman will be joining us
together with our Guest Speaker , Steve
Hayward, whom I am sure will be as
controversial as ever on
Waterway matters.
Another recent success was, that
after some three years of trying,
some of us managed to at last
make it through the Standedge
Tunnel on our ‘Chairmans Cruise’. This
is the highest, longest and deepest tunnel
on the Inland system and is it is situated
on a very attractive and interesting canal.
—well worth the visit. Thank you Chard
for all your efforts and arrangements and
thank you also to all the other halves who
let us go and even provided home baking
to sustain us.
Finally, thank you once again to all the
contributors, without whom this
Newsletter would be much thinner.
Charles Stride
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Tekapo-Pukaki canal
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CHAIRMAN’S JOTTINGS
The recent warm weather has enabled
members of Ipswich Branch and the
River Gipping Trust to get on with
clearing fallen trees at Pipps Ford which
came down during the wet and stormy
weather over the winter. With the trees
now cut up and removed we will be
concentrating on erecting the new bridge
over the by-wash. The bridge is now
complete and arrived on site on
Wednesday, 21st May. Once the bridge
is erected and we have opened up the by-
wash we will start repairing the wing
walls; so there is still plenty of work at
Pipps Ford to keep us and the Trust
busy.
Moving on to the 40th Anniversary the
celebrations are well underway starting
with the September Coach Trip and
following on with the October Lunch.
Should you wish to join us at the
Anniversary Lunch and have not put
your names forward then please let me
know as soon as possible and I will add
you to the list. The lunch is being held
at the Cedars Hotel, Stowmarket on
Saturday, 4th October 2014 at 12.30 for
1pm. It is to be a Carvery and will cost
£20 per head.
Normally at the AGM in February I
present the Chairman’s Tray to a person
in recognition their contribution to the
branch over the past year. The award
went to Trevor Chatting and as he was
not at the AGM the award was presented
on-site at Pipps Ford at a Wednesday
working party. Trevor has been a
constant member of the restoration group
for many years and is our ‘chief bonfire
lighter’.
On a more serious note, unfortunately,
we had no volunteers come forward at
the AGM in February to join the
committee. We have until February
2015 when I and other committee
members will be retiring but we are
willing to help anyone if they feel able to
take on any of the positions which are
becoming vacant. So please do not
hesitate to contact any one of the present
committee members.
I hope you all have a good summer
either on water or land and look forward
to seeing many of you at one of our 40th
Anniversary events.
Chard Wadley
40th ANNIVERSARY LUNCH
12.30 4TH OCTOBER 2014 GUEST SPEAKER
STEVE HAYWARD TICKETS £20
Available from Chard Wadley
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It is forty years since Ipswich Branch was founded and this next year we will be
celebrating our 40th Anniversary with two events to mark the occasion, details
elsewhere in this edition of Anglian Cuttings.
During this time the Branch has been very successful in looking after and
representing the IWA’s interests in the area. In particular it has, through its
many volunteer members past and present, done much practical work in the
maintenance and restoration of the River Gipping, Stowmarket Navigation, as
well as supporting other waterways in North Essex, Suffolk and more recently
Norfolk. In order for the Gipping restoration work to continue and, in
particular to allow a wider access to funds and donations, it was necessary to
set up a separate Trust to further this work, The River Gipping Trust is now
well established and is actively taking the restoration work forward.
There is still a major role for the Branch in supporting the River Gipping
Trust, and other River Trusts in the area, many of which are regularly
reported on in Anglian Cuttings, representing the IWA, protecting Waterway
interests, and providing contact and social events with our large and
widespread membership. To this end our winter social meetings continue to
have a good turnout with a range of interesting speakers, and our almost annual
outings are nearly always fully subscribed.
To run the Branch and these activities it does need input from a number of
willing Committee Members. Most of your present Committee have been in
place for an extended number of years, our Chairman is one of the longest
serving in the IWA with over 20 years in that position. Recent appeals at our
AGM’s for new members have not brought forward any volunteers, and the
recent letter sent out to all Branch Members did not bring any positive
response.
The present Committee meets about 6 times a year, usually over lunch, and
there is of course some background work and arrangements to make for any
events.
The present Committee is dedicated to marking the 40th Anniversary , but after
that many of them wish to pass on the baton to fresh minds and input.
It is essential therefore that new volunteer Committee Members come forward
over the next few months, or else it is probable that the Branch will have to close
and all the local activities will have to cease.
PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE CONTINUATION OF YOUR
BRANCH
IPSWICH BRANCH
THE FUTURE?
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As we are just about to hold our An-
nual General Meeting this article gives
us an ideal opportunity to review of
our activities over the last 12 months.
This year we have adopted a dual ap-
proach to the restoration of the canalised
River Gipping.
Firstly we have taken forward the Trust’s
long history of successful and skilful
restoration of the locks and bridges of
the original navigation with the two main
projects underway in the year. Our sec-
ond approach has been to widen the
scope of restoration activities to start a
project which we hope will see a limited
level of navigation over a substantial
length of river.
As well as these major projects we have
carried out a number of ad-hoc mainte-
nance projects to ensure our earlier
schemes are still working efficiently.
BAYLHAM SLUICE GATES
When the navigation was in use, the wa-
ter level above Baylham Lock and below
Pipps Ford was controlled by a set of
sluice gates located behind Baylham
Mill. These allowed the miller to control
the flow of water through the mill and
the water level in the pound between
Baylham and Pipps Ford lock. These
gates had deteriorated to the point where
only the frame remained in situ.
Funded by the Onians Trust, we con-
structed a new set of frame and gates
utilising locally sourced green oak and re
-using much of the original steelwork
lifting gear, salvaged from the site. The
gates were fabricated off site at White
House Farm, where workspace and pow-
er were kindly supplied by the owner.
The gates were installed in August, tak-
ing advantage of low river flow to mini-
mise disruption in the area.
PIPPS FORD
Previous repairs to the lock chamber
carried out in the late 20th Century had
blocked off the original river channel,
An open invitation to every Ipswich IWA branch
member.
The formal business of the meeting will be over quite quickly and this will be followed by a presentation from our guest speaker—Nigel
Crowe.
Nigel Crowe is Head of Heritage for the Canal & River Trust. He has over 25
years of experience working in the conservation, archaeology and interpretation
of historic buildings and places.
He is the author of the English Heritage Book of Canals.
His talk will describe the work of the C&RT in managing and conserving the
many and varied historic waterways that the Trust is responsible for.
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which had been used as the by-wash for
the lock, thus diverting the full stream
through the lock chamber.
Whilst repairing the overbridge at Pipps
Ford, we identified that further repairs
are required to the upstream chamber
walls, but, as there was no available by-
wash, there was nowhere we could use to
divert the flow and drain the chamber.
After consulting the landowner we decid-
ed the best approach would be to re-
instate the by-wash to its original func-
tion. This involves re-opening the up-
stream entrance to the by-wash and cre-
ating a new exit point downstream of the
lock chamber, the removal of a rubble
causeway blocking the by-wash and the
re-instatement of a bridge. As at April
2014 we had cleared the route of the by-
wash, constructed new brickwork abut-
ments for the bridge, constructed a new
bridge off site and obtained approval to
the removal of the causeway. The
bridge has been built using green oak
supplied from White House Farm and
has been constructed on their premises.
It is planned to install the bridge in June
this year
We are involved in further negotiations
with the Environment Agency over the
opening up of the by-wash channel itself
and anticipate work will start on this
element of the project in autumn 2014.
Once the channel is available, we will be
able to seal off the lock, drain the cham-
ber and complete the repair works.
The materials for the work to the by-
wash and the bridge construction have
been funded by the landowner, with the
owner of White House Farm again
providing power and working facilities.
THE FUTURE
As the built structures along the course
of the river from Needham Market to
Baylham are now either restored , or
under restoration, the Trust has identi-
fied that there is now an opportunity to
look forward to a limited level of navi-
gation along this stretch of waterway .
Such a proposals would open up educa-
tional access to a wider public and allow
the Trust to demonstrate how the canal
system was used in the past, as well as
providing an additional tourist attraction
An open invitation to every Ipswich IWA branch
member.
The formal business of the meeting will be over quite quickly and this will be followed by a presentation from our guest speaker—Nigel
Crowe.
Nigel Crowe is Head of Heritage for the Canal & River Trust. He has over 25
years of experience working in the conservation, archaeology and interpretation
of historic buildings and places.
He is the author of the English Heritage Book of Canals.
His talk will describe the work of the C&RT in managing and conserving the
many and varied historic waterways that the Trust is responsible for.
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for Mid Suffolk
Such a project will require substantial
funding and the co-operation of a num-
ber of third parties and we are still in the
early stages of developing this idea. As a
first step we have held exploratory meet-
ings with Mid Suffolk District council
and are seeking advice over the availa-
bility of Grant funding to undertake a
feasibility study for this proposal.
PIPPS FORD BRIDGE
DELIVERED
The new timber bridge for the bywash
at Pipps Ford was completed off-site at
White House Farm, Great Glemham in
time to take part in the Alde Valley Fes-
tival this April.
The bridge was displayed in Raymond
Hopkins’ workshop as an example of
using locally sourced materials in local
situations and drew a lot of interest both
for the bridge and for the Gipping Trust.
Raymond even had an offer to purchase
the bridge on the festival opening day, an
offer he had to refuse.
The question of how to transport the
bridge to site was solved by our chair-
man, Brian Annis, offering the use of his
two-axle trailer and yesterday, May 21st
the move was completed.
The main frames were loaded at the
farm by Mick the farm manager using a
forklift, under Ray’s careful eye. The
unloading was a less straightforward
business as we had to rely on muscle
power and some careful reversing by
the chairman.
However, by the end of the day we had
the main frame of the bridge in position
across the bywash and ready for con-
creting in position next week.
Once again Colin’s design (he said he
had made it easy for amateurs to build!)
and Raymond’s patient supervision
paid off and the bridge fitted just about
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WORKING PARTY DATES Working Parties are held by the River Gipping Trust 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 and to confirm dates contact Martin Bird
Tel: 01394 380765 Email: [email protected]
perfectly onto the brickwork abutments
on site.
Over the Summer we will be finishing
off the bridge installation, replacing cop-
ing stones and building up the bridge
approaches.
Our work for the Autumn, subject to fi-
nal agreement by the Environment Agen-
cy, will be to re-model the bywash chan-
nel itself and remove the old causeway
so that the bywash can once again func-
tion as an overflow for the lock as it was
originally intended.
As always, any volunteers are welcome
to join us at Pipps Ford every Wednes-
day and first Saturday of the month.
Martin Bird
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pushed, and it moved a yard. Nothing
else would work and pedestrians were
starting to queue, remarking that it al-
ways seemed to be happening. Then a
man came along, jumped over the gate,
crossed the bridge, jumped to the far
bank and proceeded to unlock the power
box. The bridge keeper had arrived, and
soon all was sorted and we were on our
way again. The S&K is a wide canal,
and the area fenlike, so the winds were
proving difficult at times. Little did we
appreciate that they would worsen as the
week progressed. As we went up Bram-
with Lock a keel turned from the New
Junction Canal – this was the first mov-
ing craft we had seen.
On the NJC, three men in a cruiser sped
past us, leaving us to operate the swing
For many years, as we passed through
Gargrave on the A65, crossing the
Leeds & Liverpool Canal, my wife, Ter-
ry, and I had said that we really must
“do” the L&L one day. Twice, on my
former school camping boat trips, Dar-
ren, Kev and I had planned to take the
narrowboat pair Collingwood & Ash
over the Rochdale Canal, but on both
occasions had been thwarted, the first
time by the collapsed Irk Aqueduct, and,
in 2006, by vandals emptying the canal.
So, for NAVI’s main trip in 2013, it was
decided to go “Up North” and combine
the two. Terry & I took NAVI across the
L&L, with Darren, Kev and I returning
via the Rochdale.
The very cold winter had prevented
some of the maintenance work on NAVI
being completed. One task was to have
the roof re-sheaved with glass fibre, and
that needed a minimum of 6oC. We did
not reach that temperature until early the
week before we left, leaving the hand-
rails, vents and everything else to be
refitted at the last moment.
On Sunday 7th April, 2013, we set off
trailing from Fakenham, across the A17
and up the A1 to the Blue Water Marina
at Thorne, on the Stainforth & Keadby
Canal. We slipped in easily, with the
help of Colin and Brian, two friends of
Eric Firth, and parked the Landy and
trailer. Stocking up at Sainsbury’s, we
spent the first night at the marina’s fuel-
ling wharf.
Next day was chilly, with a brisk wind.
We set off west and soon came to the
first swing bridge. Key inserted, buttons
Up North (Part 1) By
Ivan Cane
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bridges by ourselves. The bridges are
easy, all push button, but what was not
so easy was mooring to let me off to
operate the bridge, and, then, Terry hav-
ing taken NAVI through, moor the other
side to collect me –the wind was really
strong by now. At Sykehouse Lock, we
caught the cruiser up. The lock is about
70 m long, with a swing bridge in the
middle. The three men could not work
out the logistics; so we had caught them
up. The secret is, although there is a
manual footbridge in the middle, it has
to be open to navigation, and not traffic,
even though you only take up a little bit
of the lock. Soon, turning onto the Aire
& Calder, with waves following us in the
stiff wind, and a temperature of 5o, with
the engine threatening to pack up at any
moment and watching out for the big
sand barges – we wondered why we
were not at home in front of the fire!
That night, we moored below Whitley
Lock.
Next morning, 6.45, we awoke to NAVI
bouncing around – looking out of the
window we saw what appeared to be a
never ending sand barge passing. Later,
we came to Ferrybridge Flood Lock
which is enormous, you seem to walk a
quarter of a mile from one paddle to the
other, with hardly any rise. Whilst
stopped at Castleford for fuel and local
shop, the flood gates suddenly closed to
stop traffic, as the now empty Ferndale
was on her way back, and they didn’t
want anyone to meet her on the corner.
A strange thing happened at Bulholme
Lock. I was inserting my key to lift the
bottom paddles, when suddenly the ma-
chinery started to operate itself, and re-
sisted all my attempts by me to take con-
trol. It transpired that the lock-keeper had
arrived, and she had just taken over con-
trol from her cabin without warning. The
River Aire was quite bleak as there was
no sign of any greenery, with the river
low and the banks and trees full of de-
bris.
We moored in Clarence Dock overnight,
but Leeds Sanitary Station was closed
due to “drainage problems”, so no show-
ers then! The next day was bright, and
we visited the city and Armouries, moor-
ing that evening above Lock 2 on the
L&L. Here, on the non-towpath side, a
gate is closed by 7pm hence the very
secure city moorings. We arranged for an
early start with the neighbouring narrow
boat, so as to get through the bandit
country the next morning.
Although I’m usually happy sharing with
a metal narrow boat, this one had strange
ways of holding itself in locks, and on
one occasion had the centre line fixed as
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it rose, of course it started to heel over. I
was pleased when the lockie at Newlay 3
(all triple locks have a lock-keeper) said
he wouldn’t pass plastic and metal boats
together, as it gave us an excuse to travel
by ourselves. The lockies had horror sto-
ries of what occurs at their locks late in
the day, when the schools finish. I won-
dered why C&RT don’t do more to
“protect” their workers. However, when
you go through Newlay Bridge and the
character of the canal suddenly changes
back to normality. We moored at Rodley,
next to Sue Day with her horseboat El-
land. We also had John, at the boatyard,
and a renowned outboard specialist, to
look at the engine, which was continuing
to cut out. He performed the magic need-
ed.
L&L swing-bridges soon started to be a
regular occurrence the next day – at one I
counted thirty vehicles patiently queuing
for us. Each swing bridge is different, in
that some are fully manual, and some
only partially – you push a button, and
wait for it to open, only to find that the
button purely operates the lights and bar-
rier! Others are fully electronic with col-
oured LED screens. For just one, Dock
Swing Bridge, where I had walked
ahead, you need a windlass! You stand
on the bridge and wind it round. That
Friday night, we moored at Ashley Lane
visitor’s moorings, which are convenient
for Shipley’s shops, and to walk to Sal-
taire the next day, which also happened
to be their World Heritage Day. A day’s
exploration of Saltaire, including a trip
up the tramway (inclined plane) in the
company of “steampunks” and chatting
to alpacas. We stopped overnight at the
Bingley Three visitors mooring, having
visited Damart. Sadly, we were twice
disturbed by banging on the side of the
boat during the evening. Apparently a
better mooring would have been at the
pub a bit further downstream. I will add
that this was the only time we had prob-
lems overnight (or during the day) on the
whole month’s cruise.
The wind was so bad in the morning that
one kept away from the sides of the
locks. Soon, though we were up the
Three, and then to Bingley Five, where
Barry popped us up gently and smoothly
in 55 minutes. The café at the top pro-
vided welcome refreshments. So, a lock-
free length all the way to Skipton. We
looked forward to the gentle cruise to
that night’s venue. What I hadn’t taken
into account were the 16 swing bridges,
with each one competing to be the wind-
iest as you moored to alight, open
bridge, push off and boat through, Terry
then moored singled handed on the other
side, whilst I closed the bridge, and then
set off again! Bridge 192 was one I
couldn’t close at all, and was stuck until
another boat arrived. At Kildwick, we
decided that enough was enough and
called it a day. After six days, we were
at last back to a rural landscape – with
sheep!
Now a half day behind schedule, we
missed a planned morning’s walk around
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Skipton before friends arrived in the
afternoon. Instead, we were still heading
for the town, and, en route we were
called over by two C&RT men, who
wanted to know why we hadn’t a li-
cence, for their machine had us regis-
tered at Heron’s Nest, which was on the
B&A in 2010! I showed him my up-to-
date 30 licence in the window, and all
the supporting paperwork. Their comput-
ers can’t be updated with 30 day infor-
mation! We arrived at Skipton mid-
morning stocked up with food and petrol
from Morrisons. Then, after our friends
had arrived, we popped to the end of the
Springs Branch, in the sun! On the way
back I collected fresh pork pies from the
famous butcher by the bridge. We then
cruised up to Bridge 175, where we de-
cided to stay overnight. Next day was
sunny again, and we cruised to Gargrave
– only to find an empty pound. Two hire
craft then came and moored behind us,
and a wide hotel boat was waiting to
come down. We rang C&RT, but the
hotel boat was already letting water
down. Two hours later, I decided to try
and get through – all went well, until just
below the bridge, the prop hit something
hard and stalled the engine. Meanwhile,
the wind was rising, and so gusty that it
was rocking the boat, with waves hitting
over the top gates of Lock 33. Whilst we
were walking through the village, a
workman’s ladder was blown down in
front of us across the road! By the even-
ing, it had quietened down, and we
moved on and found a lovely mooring
by the Aire aqueduct (Br 168A).
The next evening saw us at Salterforth,
where we met friends for a pub meal at
the Anchor Inn – and lovely it was, too!
What wasn’t so good was a man, single-
handedly bowhauling a full ex L&L craft
past us. On Thursday, as the wind ap-
peared to have lessened, we set off on a
quiet journey until we emerged from
Foulridge Tunnel. Luckily, a friend had
rung to offer help on the locks, and we
were glad of his assistance, because, as
soon as you shut one bottom gate, and
walked to get to the other one, the wind
was blowing the first one open again. The
eventual methodology was to open the
top gates of the lock below, come back
and hold the bottom gates open. Terry
would then leave the lock above at top
speed, so as to reach the next lock before
the wind pushed her onto the bank, whilst
we walked alongside to fend off if neces-
sary! Luckily, after the bottom of Foul-
ridge Locks, the hills now offered some
shelter. We headed for the facilities at
Barden Mills, only to find they were non-
existent, so moored below bridge 134
instead. On Friday, changeover day, we
first stopped on the Burnley Embank-
ment, which is as impressive as
“advertised”. We then partook in a large
shop at the more mundane massive
Tesco. After lunch we cruised to the
C&RT visitors moorings at Rose Grove.
Here, our daughter collected Terry and
our dog, to take them back to civilisation
.
The first part of the Cruise completed..
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River Stour Trust Restoring and conserving the River Stour Navigation
MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
We gladly welcome all our new members
From Norfolk: Mr. & Mrs. J. Plummer; Mr. & Mrs. B.J. Kirton; Mr. T. Quantock;
Mr. R. Elton & Family
From Essex: Mr. R Baker & Ms. A. Hoy
Clive Saville
We have the following events coming up
Sat 3 Aug - Coracle Regatta at Bures Recreation Ground, 12pm-5pm
Watch the races or have a go!
Bank Holiday Mon 26 Aug - Pirates on the Stour at Granary Tea Room, 11am-4pm
Free boat trips for young pirates!
Sat 13 & Sun 14 Sep - S2C (Sudbury to the Sea) Weekend canoeing event, pre-booking is essential
MORE EVENTS INFORMATION – Call 01787 313199 or visit
www.riverstourtrust.org
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DATES
for your
DIARY
BRANCH MEETINGS & EVENTS 2014/2015
Branch Meetings held at the Community Centre, School St., Needham
Market
At 7.30, unless otherwise stated.
THURSDAY 12TH JUNE
River Gipping Trust AGM—7.30 pm
Speaker– Nigel Crowe
Head of Heritage C&RT
FRIDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER —SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER
Branch 40th Anniversary Outing
Fully Booked
SATURDAY 4TH OCTOBER
Branch 40th Anniversary Luncheon—Cedars Hotel Stowmarket
Guest Speaker
STEVE HAYWARD
Contact Chard Wadley for Bookings
FRIDAY 14TH NOVEMBER
Presentation by Geoff Doggett—Chairman River Waveney Trust
FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER
Members Evening—Fish & Chips
FRIDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2015
AGM
NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS REQUIRED
1st
2nd
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USEFUL WEBSITES
IWA Head Office - http://www.waterways.org.uk
Waterway Recovery Group - http://www.wrg.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
Aylsham Navigation - http://aylsham-navigation.norfolkparishes.gov.uk River Waveney Association -http://groupspaces.com/RiverWaveneyTrust/pages/our-aims
IWA Peterborough Branch - http://www.iwapeterborough.org.uk
The Broads Society - http://www.broads-society.org.uk
The Australian Canal Society - http://www.auscanal.org.au/
The Canal & River Trust - http://canalrivertrust.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
41ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the
AGM of the Ipswich Branch of the Inland Waterways
Association
will be held at the Needham Market Community Centre,
School Street, Needham Market at
8pm on Friday 13th February, 2015
AGENDA
1) Apologies for absence
2) Approval of the 2013 AGM Minutes
3) Matters arising from those minutes
4) Chairman’s report
5) Treasurer’s report and presentation of accounts
6) Adoption of the accounts
7) Election of Committee members
