The next meeting of the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire IWA Branch will be on Thursday1 Feb at 19:30.
Derrick Hunt will be talking on: "The Dorset & Somerset Canal - the unfinished canal... " The D&SC was dubbed "The canal that never was" by Robin Atthill, author of the classic book "Old Mendip". Derrick Hunt, Chairman of the Dorset & Somerset Canal Society will introduce the canal and some of the characters involved in the first part of the talk entitled "Friends, foes, families, feuds, finance & failure". Part two will describe the excavations of the world's first boat lift or balance lock as designed by James Fussell in 1798. Artefacts discovered at the trial site will be on display and an interpretation offered for comment, discussion or even argument Both members and non-members are welcome. Free entry. Enquiries to 01453 860133 or 07913 261030. The meeting starts at 19:30 at the Gloucester Yacht Club, Gloucester Docks, GL1 2EH (near the regimental museum). Enquiries: 01452 889026 The following meeting will be the Branch AGM on Thursday 1 March, with a talk by Graham Ettles on "The Millennium Link". All welcome. -- Martin E Phillips http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk Homebrewing, black pudding, boats, morris dancing, ham radio and more! The Gloucester-Sharpness canal web page http://www.glos-sharpness.org.uk
