Previous Meetings
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Canals Association meetings chaired by Keith Gibson:
1991:
23rd June Marsden Conservative Club, (on the route of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Organised with help of Huddersfield Canal Society staff – Frank Smith, Bob Gough, Steve Whitby)
1st December Radcliffe British Legion Club (Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society)
1992:
22nd March Hebden Bridge Tourist Information Centre (Rochdale Canal Society)
19th September Carnforth Ex Servicemen’s Club (Lancaster Canal Trust)
29th November Tapton Golf Club (Chesterfield Canal Society)
1993:
18th April Market Hotel, Elsecar (Barnsley Canal Group)
5th September Bell Hotel, Driffield (Driffield Navigation Ltd.)
28th November Mechanics Institute, Whalley Bridge (Inland Waterways Protection Society)
1994:
27th March New Technology College, St Helens (Sankey Canal Restoration Society)
19th June Transhipment Warehouse, Dobcross (Huddersfield Canal Society)
6th November Village Hall, Hickling & the Rutland Arms, Woolsthorpe (Grantham Canal Restoration Society)
1995:
5th March Elvaston Castle, Derby (Derby & Sandiacre Canal Society)
18th June West Felton Village Hall (Waterway Recovery Group – Montgomery Canal)
1st October On board MV ‘Weaver Sovereign’, Northwich (Trent & Mersey Canal Society for the Anderton Lift Trust)
1996:
24th March Shireoaks Village Hall (Chesterfield Canal Society)
2nd June Solo Club, Sleaford (Sleaford Navigation Society & IWA Lincolnshire & Humberside Branch)
13th October Carpenters Arms, Lichfield (Lichfield & Hatherton Canal Society
1997:
23rd March Transhipment Warehouse, Dobcross (Huddersfield Canal Society)
22nd June Melbourne (Pocklington Canal Amenity Association)
5th October Foxton Village Gall & Shoulder of Mutton public house (Foxton Inclined Plane Trust
1998:
15th March Transhipment Warehouse, Dobcross (Huddersfield Canal Society)
19th July Crooklands Hotel, Milnthorpe (Lancaster Canal Trust)
4th October Moira Miners’ Welfare Club, Swadlincote (Ashby Canal Association)
1999:
28th March West Felton Village Hall (Waterway Recovery Group – Montgomery Canal)
27th June Market Tavern, Elsecar (Barnsley, Dearne & Dove Trust)
17th October The Ribble Link Centre, Preston Docks (Ribble Link Trust)
2000:
26th March Etruria Industrial Museum, Burslem Port (Caldon Canal Society & Burslem Port Project)
2nd July Derby Canal walk with barbecue lunch provided en route (Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust)
15th October National Watersports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham (Grantham Navigation Association & Grantham Canal Restoration Trust)
2001:
8th April British Waterways Board Regional Office, Fearns Wharf, Leeds (British Waterways Board)
15th July Heritage Centre, Portland Basin, Ashton-under-Lyne (Huddersfield Canal Society)
14th October Moira Miners’ Welfare Club, Swadlincote (Ashby Canal Association/Ashby Canal Trust)
2002:
17th March Gloucester House, Melton Mowbray (Melton & Oakham Waterways Society)
30th June Village Hall, Melbourne (Pocklington Canal Amenity Society)
13th October Visitor Centre, Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough (British Waterways Board & the waterways Trust)
2003:
23rd March The Institute, Ironville, Derbyshire (Friends of the Cromford Canal)
29th June Sleaford Rugby Club, Sleaford (Sleaford Navigation Trust)
12th October The Anderton Lift Visitor Centre (organised by Huddersfield Canal Society & British Waterways Board staff)
2004:
28th March Nags Head, Burntwood (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)
27th June Royal Victoria Hotel, Newport (Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust)
3rd October The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port (The Waterways Trust)
2005:
20th March The John Howarth Centre, Daisy Nook Country Park, Failsworth (Hollinwood Canal Society)
19th June Playgoers’ Riverhead Theatre, Louth (Louth Navigation Trust)
2nd October The Stables, Staveley Hall, Staveley, Chesterfield (Chesterfield Canal Trust)
2006:
19th March Fiddlers Ferry Sailing Club, The Lock, Penketh, Warrington (Sankey Canal Restoration Society)
21st May Mechanics Institute, Market Street, Whalley Bridge (Inland Waterways Protection Society)
8th October St Olav’s Church Hall, Marygate, York (River Foss Society)
Northern Canals Association meetings chaired by Chris Hayes
2007:
11th March The Chequers Inn, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Lincs (Grantham Canal Society).
20th May Denstone Village Hall, College Road, Denstone, Nr Uttoxeter (Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust)
7th October The Guildhall, Bore Street, Lichfield (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)
2008:
9th March Denstone Village Hall, College Road, Denstone
Nr Uttoxeter (Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust)
27th April Middlewood Locks, East Ordsall Lane, Salford. (: Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society and British Waterways Restoration Directorate)
5th October CONKERS, Rawdon Road, Moira (Ashby Canal Association)
2009:
8th March Boston West Golf Club, Hubbert’s Bridge, Boston, (Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership)
26th April Wappenshall Junction Warehouse, Wappenshall (Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust)
4th October Pinxton Village Hall, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton (Friends of Cromford Canal)
2010:
7th March Lubenham Village Hall, Laughton Road, Lubenham, Leicestershire (The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust)
25th April East Cottingwith Village Hall, Church Lane, East Cottingwith, East Yorkshire (The Pocklington Canal Amenity Society)
2011:
6th March The Cromford Community Centre, 9 Market Place, Cromford. (Friends of Cromford Canal)
17th April Flowery Field Centre, Spring Gardens, Hyde, (Hollinwood Canal Society)
9th October Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (Burslem Port Trust)
2012:
4th March Hollingwood Hub, Works Road, Brimington (Chesterfield Canal Trust)
22nd April Whitefield Garrick Theatre, Bank Street, Whitefield, Bury (Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society)
30th September Stafford boat Club, Maplewood, Wildwood, Stafford (Stafford Riverway Link)
2013:
10Th March Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill, Lincoln ( Sleaford Navigation Trust)
28th April Swingers Golf Centre / Darnford Moors Golf Club & Restaurant, Darnford Lane, Lichfield (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)
13th October Kirklees College, Waterfront Quarter, Manchester Road, Huddersfield, (Huddersfield Canal Society)
2014:
4th March Junction Inn, Norbury Junction, Staffordshire (Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust)
27th April Chellaston Club, 12 Derby Road, Chellaston, Derby (The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society)
12th October The Women’s Institute, 14C Lower Lane, Chinley, High Peak. (Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust)
2015:
1st March Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville (Friends of the Cromford Canal)
12th April St Patricks Social Club, 111 Common Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside (Sankey Canal Restoration Society)
11th October Moira Miners’ Welfare Club, Bath Lane, Moira (Ashby Canal Trust)
2016:
25th September The Canal Depot, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Grantham, Lincs., (Grantham Canal Society)
2017:
19th February Lichfield Cruising Club, Canal Cottages, Huddlesford Junction,
Lichfield, (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust.)
1st October Melbourne Village Hall, Main Street, Melbourne (Pocklington Canal Amenity Society.)
2018:
25th February Hollingwood Hub, Works Road, Brimington (Chesterfield Canal Trust)
7th October Denstone Village Hall, College Road, Denstone (Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust)
Northern Canals Association meetings chaired by Ivan Cane
2022:
24th April Canal Cottages Café, Hopwell Road, Draycott, Derbyshire (Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust)
9th October Hollingwood Hub, Works Road, Brimington (Chesterfield Canal Trust)
2023:
12th February Wilkinson Primary School, Bradley, Bilston. (Bradley Canal Restoration Society)
8th October Outreach Centre, 35-37 Blackburn St, Radcliffe (Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society)
2024:
17th March Boley Park Community Hall, Ryknild St. Lichfield. (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)