The following is a list of meetings that have been held by the Society since
the beginning of 1990. Where an account of the meeting is held in the
Newsletter Archive, links to the right of the meeting will lead to the HTML
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advertised.
| Date |
Meeting |
Speaker |
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| 7 Jan 1990 |
Update on the Restoration of the Basingstoke Canal |
Peter Oates |
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| 1 Feb 1990 |
Waterways in the South of France |
Hugh McKnight |
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| 1 Mar 1990 |
A Night of Nostalgia |
Ken Gibbons |
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| 5 Apr 1990 |
Kennet and Avon Canal, yours to enjoy |
Martin Brown |
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| 3 May 1990 |
Talk and 16mm cine film on the job of a coastguard |
Mike O'Brien |
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| 7 Jun 1990 |
AGM followed by 16mm film 'The Sea Port' from Shell Library |
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| 5 Jul 1990 |
The History and Restoration of the Mid Hants Railway |
John Adams |
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| 2 Aug 1990 |
Members' Slides |
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| 6 Sep 1990 |
Tour Round English/Welsh Waterways |
David Laing |
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| 4 Oct 1990 |
(???)Waterways Recovery Group |
(???)Chris Davey |
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| 1 Nov 1990 |
Kennet and Avon boat builder |
Peter Brougham |
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| 6 Dec 1990 |
Boat Decoration followed by American Supper |
Les Osborn |
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| 3 Jan 1991 |
The Crofton Pumping Station |
Peter Hirons |
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| 7 Feb 1991 |
The Chichester Canal |
John Cooper |
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| 7 Mar 1991 |
Lister/Petter Marine |
Mike Beacham |
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| 4 Apr 1991 |
Bristol or Bust |
Jon Sims |
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| 2 May 1991 |
Film and Video Night - Thames Barrier, tunnel under Hong Kong harbour and 'On The Cut' |
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| 6 Jun 1991 |
AGM followed by video on changing face of British Waterways |
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| 4 Jul 1991 |
HMS Warrior 1860 |
George Haysom |
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| 1 Aug 1991 |
Members Slide and Film Night |
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| 5 Sep 1991 |
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal |
Paul Tullett |
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| 3 Oct 1991 |
The Boat Museum at Ellesmere Port |
Tony Hirst |
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| 7 Nov 1991 |
AVONBAY from Strasbourg to Berlin and Brussells |
Hugh McKnight |
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| 5 Dec 1991 |
Old Farm Tool Quiz followed by American Supper |
Peter Armitage |
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| 2 Jan 1992 |
Southampton and Salisbury Canal |
Mike Smetham |
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| 6 Feb 1992 |
Paint your Narrowboat |
Peter Bennett (International Paints) |
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| 5 Mar 1992 |
History of Wind and Water Mills |
John Silman |
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| 2 Apr 1992 |
My Latest Waterways Slides |
Brian Evans |
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| 7 May 1992 |
Threats to the Waterways |
David Stevenson (Chairman IWA) |
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| 4 Jun 1992 |
(???)AGM + Film Night |
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| 2 Jul 1992 |
History and Preservation of the Ffestiniog Railway |
David Meek and Bob Smith |
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| 6 Aug 1992 |
(???)Members' Slides |
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| 3 Sep 1992 |
Big Digs and Little Digs |
Jon Sims |
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| 1 Oct 1992 |
The Chichester Canal Society |
John Cooper |
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| 5 Nov 1992 |
(???)Canal Lifts in Belgium and Rhine-Main-Danube Canal |
(???)Hugh McKnight |
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| 3 Dec 1992 |
Talk on Owls followed by American Supper |
Peter Berry |
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| 7 Jan 1993 |
BW Boat Standards |
George Gibson |
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| 4 Feb 1993 |
Historic Portsmouth |
George Haysom |
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| 4 Mar 1993 |
The Wey Navigation |
Bob Nicholls |
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| 1 Apr 1993 |
(???) "No job for a gentleman" - History of submarines |
(???) Commander Compton-Hall |
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| 6 May 1993 |
The Burgundy Ring |
Ron & Myra Glover |
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| 3 Jun 1993 |
AGM and Film Night - Joshua Jones, A Bridge in Time and The Water Highway |
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| 1 Jul 1993 |
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway - Past Present and Future |
Jim Loe |
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| 5 Aug 1993 |
Members' Slide and Film Night |
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| 2 Sep 1993 |
Wey South - Progress by the Wey and Arun Canal Trust |
John Wood |
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| 7 Oct 1993 |
The History and Preservation of the Steam Narrowboat 'President' |
Richard Thomas |
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| 4 Nov 1993 |
An artist's view of waterways |
Harley Crossley |
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| 2 Dec 1993 |
Audio/visual Presentation plus American Supper and Mini Exhibition |
Gill & Paul Herbert |
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| 6 Jan 1994 |
Another Three Men in a Boat |
Roger Hardy |
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| 3 Feb 1994 |
(???) Rhine-Main-Danube - 16mm colour film |
(???) Hugh McKnight |
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| 3 Mar 1994 |
My View of the River Thames |
Dieter Jebens |
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| 7 Apr 1994 |
Return to Lock 19, Basingstoke Canal |
Jon Sims |
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| 5 May 1994 |
Canal Dead Ends and Canal de Nivernais |
Eric Lewis & Brian Evans |
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| 2 Jun 1994 |
AGM and film night |
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| 7 Jul 1994 |
(???) The Last Days of Steam on British Rail |
(???) David Meek |
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| 4 Aug 1994 |
Members' Slides |
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| 1 Sep 1994 |
Small Steam Launches on Canals and Rivers |
Dr Roger Calvert |
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| 6 Oct 1994 |
The Publication of Canal & Riverboat Magazine |
Norman Alborough |
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| 3 Nov 1994 |
Our Waterways Heritage |
Mrs Frances Hart |
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| 1 Dec 1994 |
EGM, (???) American Supper & 'A Christmas Toast' - the production of Champagne |
Martin Cripps |
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| 5 Jan 1995 |
The Kennet & Avon Canal and its Appeal |
Terry Kemp |
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| 2 Feb 1995 |
The Grand Union Canal 1793-1993 & Todays Engineering |
Chris Mitchell |
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| 2 Mar 1995 |
Early Inland Navigation in Hampshire |
Peter Boyce |
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| 6 Apr 1995 |
New Forest Gunpowder Works |
Tony Yoward |
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| 4 May 1995 |
The History of Waterways and Gloucester Docks |
Tony Conder |
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| 1 Jun 1995 |
30 Years of Fighting Rust in the Preservation of Transport |
Ian Dean |
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| 6 Jul 1995 |
Annual General Meeting followed by canal videos |
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| 3 Aug 1995 |
Members Slides |
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| 7 Sep 1995 |
Architecture In Transport |
Dean Clark |
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| 5 Oct 1995 |
The BCN Waterways in Birmingham & the Black Country |
Ron Cousens |
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| 2 Nov 1995 |
Vessels on London's Rivers in the 1930s |
Dr Edwin Course |
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| 7 Dec 1995 |
Inter-Society Waterway Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Peter Oates |
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| 4 Jan 1996 |
DIG95 and the Waterway Recovery Group |
Chris Davey |
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| 1 Feb 1996 |
Waterways of China |
Frank Stokes |
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| 7 Mar 1996 |
The History of Postcards Featuring Hampshire and Canals |
John Silman |
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| 4 Apr 1996 |
The River Lea |
Richard Thomas |
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| 2 May 1996 |
The National Association of Boat Owners |
Peter Sterry |
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| 6 Jun 1996 |
AGM followed by Waterway Videos |
Eric Lewis |
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| 4 Jul 1996 |
A Lazy Summer |
Paul Herbert |
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| 1 Aug 1996 |
Members' slides - Far and Wide |
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| 5 Sep 1996 |
In Cressy's Wake |
Tony Conder |
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| 3 Oct 1996 |
The Cotswold Canals Trust |
Bruce Hall |
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| 7 Nov 1996 |
Programme of Waterways Films |
Ordnance Survey Cine Club |
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| 5 Dec 1996 |
Annual Inter-Society Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Chris Davey |
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| 2 Jan 1997 |
Further Visits to French Waterways |
Brian Evans |
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| 6 Feb 1997 |
Canalside Camera |
Jon Sims |
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| 6 Mar 1997 |
Talk by IWA Chairman |
Audrey Smith |
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| 3 Apr 1997 |
BW Customer Relations |
Jim Kelly |
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| 1 May 1997 |
Paddle Steamers of the South Coast |
Alfred Taylor |
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| 5 Jun 1997 |
30th Birthday Party including play - Something in the Water |
Day-Star Theatre Company |
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| 3 Jul 1997 |
AGM plus Video - 'Painted Boats' |
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| 7 Aug 1997 |
Members' Slides |
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| 4 Sep 1997 |
Shared Ownership of Narrow Boats |
Alan Matthews |
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| 2 Oct 1997 |
Bristol to Sharpness - Talk with video |
Alan Padwick |
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| 6 Nov 1997 |
Bugsworth Basin and the IWPS |
Ian Edgar |
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| 4 Dec 1997 |
Annual Inter-Society Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Eric Lewis |
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| 1 Jan 1998 |
Paris to Switzerland |
Ron and Myra Glover |
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| 5 Feb 1998 |
BT Global Challenge |
Tom White |
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| 5 Mar 1998 |
Somersetshire Coal Canal |
Roger Halse |
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| 2 Apr 1998 |
Lots to do at the Soo - A look at North American Waterways |
Colin Ward |
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| 7 May 1998 |
River Lea (Part 2) - Bow Back Rivers |
Richard Thomas |
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| 4 Jun 1998 |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 2 Jul 1998 |
AGM and Waterways Videos |
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| 6 Aug 1998 |
Members' Slides and video - 'The Canal Carrier' |
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| 3 Sep 1998 |
An Evening with our Chairman |
Brian Evans |
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| 1 Oct 1998 |
Black Country Waterways |
Ron Cousens |
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| 5 Nov 1998 |
A Small Boat on Local Waterways |
Peter Glover |
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| 4 Dec 1998 |
Annual Inter-Society Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Jon Sims |
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| 7 Jan 1999 |
The History of Water Mills and Windmills |
John Silman |
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| 4 Feb 1999 |
The Ups and Downs of Belgian Waterways |
Ron and Myra Glover |
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| 4 Mar 1999 |
Members' Slides Evening |
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| 1 Apr 1999 |
Wilts & Berks Canal Restoration |
Clem Barnett |
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| 6 May 1999 |
The Water Flows On |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 3 Jun 1999 |
AGM followed by Waterway Video |
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| 1 Jul 1999 |
Eastleigh Railway Preservation Society |
Neil Kearns |
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| 5 Aug 1999 |
Demonstrating Canal Crafts |
Ray Brooks |
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| 2 Sep 1999 |
Waterway videos |
Hugh Gough |
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| 7 Oct 1999 |
Commercial Narrow Boat Operators Association |
Trevor Thornton |
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| 4 Nov 1999 |
The Chesterfield Canal |
Laura Sturrock & Peter Oates |
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| 2 Dec 1999 |
"Here, there, but not quite everywhere" followed by American Supper |
Brian Evans |
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| 6 Jan 2000 |
BCN Marathon Challenge |
Chris and Helen Davey |
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| 3 Feb 2000 |
Jubilee Sailing Trust |
Pam Taylor |
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| 2 Mar 2000 |
Canals of South West England |
Bob Dukes |
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| 6 Apr 2000 |
Members' Slides / Prints and Photo Competition |
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| 4 May 2000 |
The Anderton Boat Lift |
Richard Drake |
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| 1 Jun 2000 |
Annual General Meeting followed by more waterway videos |
Hugh Gough |
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| 6 Jul 2000 |
The Last Run |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 3 Aug 2000 |
Southern China |
Brian Evans |
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| 7 Sep 2000 |
Archaeology on the River Itchen |
Dr Andrew Russel |
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| 5 Oct 2000 |
Projekt 17 in Germany and Shannon-Erne Waterway in Ireland |
Frank Stokes |
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| 2 Nov 2000 |
Navigating where others cannot reach |
Chris Coburn |
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| 7 Dec 2000 |
Annual Inter-Society Waterways Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Peter Oates |
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| 4 Jan 2001 |
Southampton Canal Society and St John's Ambulance Hall |
Peter Oates |
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| 1 Feb 2001 |
"Bullion Run, 1825" and restoration on the Wey & Arun Canal |
Tony Pratt |
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| 1 Mar 2001 |
The Friends of Raymond |
Alan Palmer |
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| 5 Apr 2001 |
Last of the Narrowboat Families |
Terry Putnam |
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| 26 Apr 2001 |
The Hero of Sandy Edge |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 24 May 2001 |
Escargot and other DIY Boats |
Jon Sims and Colin Jones |
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| 5 Jul 2001 |
AGM followed by Buying a Boat |
Laura Sturrock & Peter Oates |
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| 2 Aug 2001 |
Pot Pourri - 2001 BCN Marathon Challenge & Caledonian Canal |
Peter Oates & Brian Evans |
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| 6 Sep 2001 |
Association of Waterways Cruising Clubs |
Dick Elder |
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| 4 Oct 2001 |
The Waterways Trust |
Roger Hanbury |
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| 1 Nov 2001 |
Members' Slides / Prints Evening and Photo Competition |
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| 6 Dec 2001 |
Inter-Society Waterways Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Eric Lewis |
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| 3 Jan 2002 |
The Bankrupt Canal |
Peter Oates |
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| 7 Feb 2002 |
Cruising from Napton |
Sue and Eric Lewis |
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| 7 Mar 2002 |
"Elsa" leaves France and travels to Holland |
Ron & Myra Glover |
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| 4 Apr 2002 |
The History of the Postcard |
John Silman |
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| 9 May 2002 |
Society Auction |
Auctioneer: Linda Pearce |
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| 6 Jun 2002 |
Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line) |
Don Bradnam |
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| 4 Jul 2002 |
The Dorset & Somerset Canal - Friends, Families, Feuds, Finance, Failure and Future |
Derrick Hunt |
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| 25 Jul 2002 |
Annual General Meeting followed by video 'The Impossible Dream' |
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| 5 Sep 2002 |
Heritage Lottery Fund restoration of the K&A |
John Laverick |
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| 3 Oct 2002 |
The Moon on the Water |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 7 Nov 2002 |
Restoration of the Stroudwater and the Thames & Severn Canals |
Bruce Hall |
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| 5 Dec 2002 |
Inter-Society Waterways Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Mike Laishley |
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| 2 Jan 2003 |
Members' Slides, Prints and Photo Competition Evening |
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| 6 Feb 2003 |
Wildlife on the Itchen |
Dennis Bright |
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| 6 Mar 2003 |
'Trip Boats on the Basingstoke Canal' |
Tony Haynes |
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| 3 Apr 2003 |
Transport Films |
Frank Banfield |
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| 8 May 2003 |
Residential Boat Owners Association |
John Ross |
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| 5 June 2003 |
Annual General Meeting followed by video 'The Lost Wey to the Sea' |
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| 3 Jul 2003 |
The Talyllyn Railway |
Peter Kent Mason |
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| 31 Jul 2003 |
Working narrow boats / Itchen Navigation |
Peter Oates & Laura Sturrock |
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| 4 Sep 2003 |
The Macclesfield Canal and Adjoining Waterways |
Tim Boddington |
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| 2 Oct 2003 |
Another Fine Day |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 6 Nov 2003 |
Talk by the IWA National Chairman |
John Fletcher |
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| 4 Dec 2003 |
Annual Inter-Society Waterways Quiz & American Supper |
Quizmaster: Jon Sims |
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| 8 Jan 2004 |
Members' Slides, Prints and Photo Competition Evening |
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| 5 Feb 2004 |
Building New Canals: Finding New Funding |
Andrew Stumpf |
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| 3 Mar 2004 |
'Around Britain by Canal in the 70s' |
Eric and Sue Lewis |
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| 4 Apr 2004 |
Ipswich & Stowmarket Navigation |
John Finch |
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| 29 Apr 2004 |
A Haven for Wildlife - Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve |
Dennis Bright |
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| 3 Jun 2004 |
The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust |
Peter Crawford |
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| 1 Jul 2004 |
The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust |
Peter Smith |
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| 29 Jul 2004 |
Annual General Meeting followed by video 'The Caldon Canal in December 2003' |
Tony Fry |
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| 2 Sep 2004 |
The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway and Wisbech Canal |
Andrew Ingram |
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| 7 Oct 2004 |
Taking a Chance |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 4 Nov 2004 |
The Thames Creeks |
David Pearce |
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| 2 Dec 2004 |
Inter-Society Waterways Quiz and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Chris Davey |
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| 6 Jan 2005 |
Members' Slides, Prints and Photo Competition Evening |
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| 3 Feb 2005 |
Down the Rhine and up the Neckar |
Ron & Myra Glover |
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| 3 Mar 2005 |
Little & Large in the North West |
Sue & Eric Lewis |
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| 7 Apr 2005 |
The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal |
Cliff Penny |
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| 12 May 2005 |
Valley of the Barn Owls |
Dennis Bright |
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| 2 Jun 2005 |
A Day in the Life of a Thames Tug |
Richard Thomas |
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| 7 Jul 2005 |
The Itchen Navigation Project |
Leah Mathias |
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| 4 Aug 2005 |
Annual General Meeting followed by DVD on Lichfield & Hatherton Canals |
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| 1 Sep 2005 |
The Work of the Upper Severn Trust |
Jeremy Coles |
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| 13 Oct 2005 |
So you think you know about Industrial Archaeology? |
John Silman and Tony Yoward |
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| 3 Nov 2005 |
South Coast Circular Cruise |
James Griffin |
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| 1 Dec 2005 |
Annual Inter-Society Waterways Quiz, Auction and American Supper |
Quizmaster: Eric Lewis |
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| 5 Jan 2006 |
Members' Slides, Prints, Digital Images and Photo Competition Evening |
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| 2 Feb 2006 |
My work as Padre to the Inland Waterways |
Reverend Peter Atwill |
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| 2 Mar 2006 |
Odds and Ends but not what you think! |
David and Margaret James |
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| 6 Apr 2006 |
The BCN Then and Now - early 1970's and 2005 |
Eric and Sue Lewis |
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| 27 Apr 2006 |
The History of the Royal Naval Cordite Works at Poole |
Bob Dukes |
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| 1 Jun 2006 |
Idle Women |
Runnalls Davis |
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| 6 Jul 2006 |
Waterways at War |
George Fleming |
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| 27 Jul 2006 |
Annual General Meeting followed by DVD on Working Boats |
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| 7 Sep 2006 |
Early Canalling Days on Standard 8 Cine |
Brian Evans |
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| 5 Oct 2006 |
A Calendar of British Wildlife |
Dennis Bright |
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| 2 Nov 2006 |
London's Waterways |
Chris Cove-Smith |
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| 7 Dec 2006 |
Inter-society Waterways Quiz and American Supper. |
Quizmaster: Chris Davey |
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| 4 Jan 2007 |
Members' Slides, Prints and Photo Competition |
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| 1 Feb 2007 |
The Royal Military Canal |
George Fleming |
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| 1 Mar 2007 |
Exploits on the rivers of Southern Germany |
Ron and Myra Glover |
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| 5 Apr 2007 |
'The Moving Meadow' and my boats |
Peter Boyce |
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| 26 Apr 2007 |
'The River Douro' |
Roger Squires |
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| 7 Jun 2007 |
'Lots to do at the Soo' |
Colin Ward |
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| 5 Jul 2007 |
Talk on the Basingstoke Canal |
Roger Cansdale |
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| 26 Jul 2007 |
Annual General Meeting followed by DVD 'By Canal in the '50s'. |
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| 6 Sep 2007 |
'Reflections on the '50s' |
Colin Scrivener |
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| 4 Oct 2007 |
What's all the fuss about? |
Day-Star Theatre |
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| 1 Nov 2007 |
Adventures of the Tuesday Night Club |
Neil Arlidge |
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| 6 Dec 2007 |
Inter-Society Waterways Quiz and American Supper. |
Quizmaster: Peter Oates |
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| 3 Jan 2008 |
Members' Photographic Evening and Competition |
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| 7 Feb 2008 |
The Changing Face of the Waterways |
Harry Arnold |
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| 6 Mar 2008 |
The Highland Canals |
Richard Thomas |
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| 3 Apr 2008 |
Fruit Flies Like a Banana |
Steve Haywood |
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| 24 Apr 2008 |
Narrowboats to Norway |
Clive Field |
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| 5 Jun 2008 |
Silk: Myth and Mystery |
Bob Dukes |
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| 3 Jul 2008 |
Wild West Wales |
Dennis Bright |
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