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:

15^th March                   Transhipment Warehouse, Dobcross (Huddersfield Canal Society)

19^th July                       Crooklands Hotel, Milnthorpe (Lancaster Canal Trust)

4^th October                  Moira Miners’ Welfare Club, Swadlincote (Ashby Canal Association)

 1999:

28^th March                   West Felton Village Hall (Waterway Recovery Group – Montgomery Canal)

27^th June                     Market Tavern, Elsecar (Barnsley, Dearne & Dove Trust)

17^th October                The Ribble Link Centre, Preston Docks (Ribble Link Trust)

 2000:

26^th March                   Etruria Industrial Museum, Burslem Port (Caldon Canal Society & Burslem Port Project)

2^nd July                        Derby Canal walk with barbecue lunch provided en route (Derby & Sandiacre Canal Trust)

15^th October                National Watersports Centre, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham (Grantham Navigation Association & Grantham Canal Restoration Trust)

 2001:

8^th April                        British Waterways Board Regional Office, Fearns Wharf, Leeds (British Waterways Board)

15^th July                       Heritage Centre, Portland Basin, Ashton-under-Lyne (Huddersfield Canal Society)

14^th October                Moira Miners’ Welfare Club, Swadlincote (Ashby Canal Association/Ashby Canal Trust)

2002:

17^th March                   Gloucester House, Melton Mowbray (Melton & Oakham Waterways Society)

30^th June                     Village Hall, Melbourne (Pocklington Canal Amenity Society)

13^th October                Visitor Centre, Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough (British Waterways Board & the waterways Trust)

2003:

23^rd March                   The Institute, Ironville, Derbyshire (Friends of the Cromford Canal)

29^th June                     Sleaford Rugby Club, Sleaford (Sleaford Navigation Trust)

12^th October                The Anderton Lift Visitor Centre (organised by Huddersfield Canal Society & British Waterways Board staff)

2004:

28^th March                   Nags Head, Burntwood (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)

27^th June                     Royal Victoria Hotel, Newport (Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust)

3^rd October                  The Boat Museum, Ellesmere Port (The Waterways Trust)        

 2005:

20^th March                   The John Howarth Centre, Daisy Nook Country Park, Failsworth (Hollinwood Canal Society)

19^th June                     Playgoers’ Riverhead Theatre, Louth (Louth Navigation Trust)

2^nd October                  The Stables, Staveley Hall, Staveley, Chesterfield (Chesterfield Canal Trust)

2006:

19^th March                   Fiddlers Ferry Sailing Club, The Lock, Penketh, Warrington (Sankey Canal Restoration Society)

21^st May                      Mechanics Institute, Market Street, Whalley Bridge (Inland Waterways Protection Society)

8^th 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:

9^th March                        Denstone Village Hall, College Road, Denstone
Nr Uttoxeter (Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust)

27^th April                         Middlewood Locks, East Ordsall Lane, Salford. (: Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society and British Waterways Restoration Directorate)

5^th October                     CONKERS, Rawdon Road, Moira (Ashby Canal Association)

 2009:

8^th March                        Boston West Golf Club, Hubbert’s Bridge, Boston,              (Lincolnshire Waterways Partnership)

26^th April                         Wappenshall Junction Warehouse, Wappenshall (Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust)  

4^th October                     Pinxton Village Hall, Kirkstead Road, Pinxton (Friends of Cromford Canal)

2010:

7^th March                        Lubenham Village Hall, Laughton Road, Lubenham, Leicestershire (The Foxton Inclined Plane Trust)

25^th April                      East Cottingwith Village Hall, Church Lane, East Cottingwith, East Yorkshire (The Pocklington Canal Amenity Society)

2011:

6^th March                     The Cromford Community Centre, 9 Market Place, Cromford. (Friends of Cromford Canal)

17^th April                      Flowery Field Centre, Spring Gardens, Hyde, (Hollinwood Canal Society)

9^th 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)

30^th September           Stafford boat Club, Maplewood, Wildwood, Stafford (Stafford Riverway Link)

 2013:

10^Th March                  Heritage Skills Centre, Lincoln Castle, Castle Hill,  Lincoln ( Sleaford Navigation Trust)

28^th April                      Swingers Golf Centre / Darnford Moors Golf Club & Restaurant, Darnford Lane, Lichfield (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)

13^th October                Kirklees College, Waterfront Quarter, Manchester Road, Huddersfield, (Huddersfield Canal Society)

2014:

4^th March                     Junction Inn, Norbury Junction, Staffordshire (Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust)

27^th April                      Chellaston Club, 12  Derby Road, Chellaston, Derby (The Derby and Sandiacre Canal Society)

12^th   October              The Women’s Institute, 14C Lower Lane, Chinley, High Peak. (Bugsworth Basin Heritage Trust)

2015:

1^st March                     Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville (Friends of the Cromford Canal)

12^th April                      St Patricks Social Club, 111 Common Road, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside (Sankey Canal Restoration Society)

11^th 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:

19^th February               Lichfield Cruising Club, Canal Cottages, Huddlesford Junction,
Lichfield, (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust.)

1^st October                  Melbourne Village Hall, Main Street, Melbourne (Pocklington Canal Amenity Society.)

2018:

25^th February               Hollingwood Hub, Works Road, Brimington (Chesterfield Canal Trust)

 7^th 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)

 9^th October                  Hollingwood Hub, Works Road, Brimington (Chesterfield Canal Trust)

 2023:

12^th February               Wilkinson Primary School, Bradley, Bilston. (Bradley Canal Restoration Society)

 8^th October                  Outreach Centre, 35-37 Blackburn St, Radcliffe (Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society)

 2024:

17^th March                   Boley Park Community Hall, Ryknild St. Lichfield. (Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust)