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Let’s make it “The event of the year” June 30 – 1 July 2012

January 2012 West Riding Branch

People who help run the Branch 2011 / 2012 Chairman (CM) Elaine Scott 3 Moorbank Drive Sheffield S10 5TH 0114 230 1870 07980 953880 elaine.scott@waterways.org.uk

Secretary (CM) Ian Moore 2 Eric Street, Bramley Leeds LS13 1ET 07989 112581 westriding@waterways.org.uk

Treasurer (CM) William Jowitt 35, Lowfield Crescent Silsden BD20 0QE 01535 657256

Minutes Secretary (CM) Liz Pinder 152 High Street Yeadon Leeds LS19 7AB 01132 509371

NE&Yorks Region (CM) Peter Scott 3 Moorbank Drive Sheffield S10 5TH 0114 230 1870 peter.scott@waterways.org.uk

Membership Secretary (CM) Chris Pinder 152 High Street Yeadon Leeds LS19 7AB 01132 509371

Committee Member Mike Tucknott 4 Royds Avenue Birkenshaw Bradford BD11 2LD 07885 951099

Speaker Finders Katie & Alastair Sayles 32 Pymont Drive, Woodlesford, Leeds LS26 8WA. 0113 393 4517 kandal@btinternet.com

Telephone Contact Alastair Furniss 0113 253 9401

Badge, Stamps & Raffle Ellen & Ailsa Sayles

The views expressed in this publication are published as being of interest to our members and readers and are not necessarily those of The Inland Waterways Association or of its West Riding Branch.

The Inland Waterways Association Registered in England no 612245 Registered as a Charity No 212342 Registered Office: Island House, Moor Road, Chesham, HP5 1WA Tel: 01494 783453 http://www.waterways.org.uk The Inland Waterways Association campaigns for the Conservation, Use, Maintenance, Restoration and Development of the Inland Waterways, which are part of our heritage, and are there for the benefit of everyone.

Front cover picture: Thwaite Mills mooring as is and with decorated boats thanks to digital enhancement.

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Chairman’s thoughts Happy 2012 to you all. I hope you had a good break over Christmas and New Year. As you may have noticed, there are some pictures below to remind you, it was sightly warmer. We managed to go boating as opposed to being stuck in the ice. Much better.

So what have we got to look forward to in 2012? Well quite a lot really.

There are several special events :- the main waterways ones being the formation of Canal & River Trust, the 100 years since the sinking of the Titanic, the Queen’s Thames Pagent (Fulbourne should be there) and the most important one for us, the Thwaite Mills Boat Gathering (see later article). Things are moving apace on this – to book your mooring send the booking form to William as soon as you can.

Mike Tucknott attended the committee meeting in September, and has agreed to be co-opted. Do you fancy trying it? Or helping out with any of the jobs in the branch? Just let me know.

I would encourage you to attend the AGM in April, if you possibly can.

Jon Horsfall, who will by then be representing the new waterways charity, has agreed to come and talk with us. This will be a good time to ask all those questions about how the Chartity will work.

If you can’t attend the meetings, do come and see us at other times when we are out and about with the stand. We will be at Skipton and Thwaite Mills during the year. If you know of any event we could come to let us know and we will do our best to be there.

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Elaine Scott, Branch Chairman 3

Read the MilePost in Glorious Technicolor – for those not already on line!

Confession time – although a committee member I had not read the MilePost on line being happy to read the one that popped though the letterbox. In September though, while overseas, I received an email telling me the latest MilePost was on line so I clicked on the link. There I found the latest, plus previous copies of, MilePost in a very easy to read format and in colour. Boats and the canals are in the main, very colourful and this addition of colour certainly added to the experience in reading the magazine. I would therefore, encourage you to take a look .

Go to http://www.waterways.org.uk/ then select North East & Yorkshire Region, West Riding Branch and Newsletter – MilePost.

When you have had a look please consider receiving the magazine in this format in the future. It is, unfortunately, too expensive to produce the magazine in colour but this is easy to do online and therefore enhances the experience of reading the MilePost.

Now with my Treasurer’s hat on - the current paper black and white version of the magazine costs 80p per copy, half being the cost of post, and so for everyone who receives the online version it would save the IWA £2.40 a year. You may think this is not a lot, but multiply that by 100 we then have £240 to spend on the canals and over 4 years this amount is close to £1000 which is all very welcome in these difficult times. It would, in addition, be a much greener option by saving paper, energy and the natural resources associated with the magazines manufacture and distribution.

I would ask you therefore to please take a look and if you are happy to read the magazine on line in future please send an email to Elaine as MilePost editor at elaine.scott@waterways.org.uk

William Jowitt

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The Boaters' Elections – Episode 9 Please Support Me In the Election

By Marking A Number

1 Alongside Peter Scott.

Best to say that first, and try to explain why and how and who - for anyone reading this far.

Episodes one to eight: Canal and River Trust – CRT - , the new Waterways Charity, is to take over from British Waterways on 1 April 2012, and with it: all of the staff and duties of British Waterways; control of five hundred million pounds of property investments; a contract with the Government for about ten years to provide some (but not enough) money; and the expectations of the Government in making successful one of its dequangoising-and-localism initiatives – all of which will start the new era for our Waterways with a major financial headache. ... … and a completely new and completely untried method of Governance. The BW executive directors – Robin Evans and the other salaried directors - move across as paid directors of Canal and River Trust. Replacing the BW Board of Directors, we have (unpaid, volunteer) transitional Trustees, chaired by Tony Hales - who is also currently chairman of the BW board. The trustees were selected by an Appointments Committee which was itself appointed directly by the Government: hence the term 'transitional'. .. … because the trustees are to be accountable - they can be hired and fired by – the Council of the Canal and River Trust. Which is itself made up of about thirtyfive unpaid volunteers representing all of the interests which support our waterways. 'Support' here meaning making-use-of, gaining-enjoyment-from, and even more important, maybe bringing money or volunteer-effort in the future to help with that funding headache above.

CRT does not have 'members'; its Council is intended to stand in place of the members - of a paying-for-membership charity such as The National Trust - and also of the Public - for whose perpetual benefit the Waterways are being held in trust. Each of the Chairmen of the eleven Waterways Partnerships around the country will be on the Council, together with people nominated by Local Government, the Ramblers Association, the Angling Trust, Sustrans, Country Land and Business Association, Institute of Historic Building Conservation, Railway and Canal Historic Society, Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, British Canoe Union and Society for the Environment. Where it can find an electorate, the Government wants people to be elected: to start with, that's just boater-licenceholders, boating-businesses and CRT employees.

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IWA will no longer be invited to nominate people to, for example, the BW Advisory Forum, which will cease to exist, but we will need to find out how popular we are amongst boat-licence holders. Like all elections, it could be fun, exhausting, democratic, … or maybe a lot off effort for an ineffectual body. Nobody knows, yet.

I think that once elected, the boaters on the Council can balance a numerical inferiority (six – including the boating businesses - compared with twenty-nine others) with a democratic legitimacy of having been elected to the job.

That's why I would like to do it, and licence holders will be sent a few words by way of a manifesto: Council will “help to shape policy”: I want policies that • •

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keep our waterways open and measure open-ness from one year to the next: persuade Management to improve availability; and understand they're needlessly restricting navigating the system - eg eleven day May closure for Oxford Canal bridge demolition; four-days-per week closure at Standedge Tunnel. get more boats, more moving boats, on our underused waterways persuade non-navigation majority of Council that while their interests could be served by a series of disconnected duckponds, we all need open, used, connected, navigations encourage all of the new CRT to 'get it right first time': in these difficult economic times we hardly have enough money to do it once, and certainly insufficient to have to do it again.

As well as being chairman of IWA Northeast and Yorkshire we fit in a thousand boating miles each year, across the whole of the connected system. There are more thoughts at http://tinyurl.com/scott-yorks Boaters in the Region may have read bits-and-pieces of what-I-think about issues: let's use the election to emphasise keeping the waterways open: a new enthusiasm from CRT to resist the Creeping Closure that have been too easy for their predecessors.

It's a Single Transferrable Vote election – the advantages and disadvantages of which could be another ten chapters - each boat-licence-holder has just ONE vote and to have maximum effect on ther result, the ballot needs to be be marked in order, 1, 2, 3, … until each candidate has a number – and of which the number 1 probably has most effect!

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Our Local Restoration:

the Barnsley and Dearne and Dove Canal – part 2 Progress with restoration.

• Extensive works at Elsecar have been carried out (the Elsecar Heritage Centre is located at the head of the arm and includes a pumping engine, steam trains and cottages). These include the partial restoration of the top lock and clearing of the basin. The work was organised by Trust with the support of the Council and many volunteers. The Probation Service now provides regular maintenance of the landscaped area around the basin, which is used by the local angling club. Funding is also available for some further minor work.

• At Worsborough, the canal side been restored.

• Trust representations have helped to ensure that the possibility of a ‘temporary’ infilling has been avoided at Clay Royds footbridge near Haw Park Woods in Wakefield, and a replacement bridge provided. This work was financed by Wakefield MDC. • In the section just south of Cold Hiendley Common Lane (the road that goes past Haw Park Woods), the owners - UK Coal identified possible flooding issues and were concerned about the stability of the embankments on the north side of the canal where it crosses open land at quite a high level. There was an initial indication that UK Coal might try and fill the canal in this area.

However, following discussions and being aware that Wakefield Council planned to include the restoration line of the canal in their LDF, UK Coal installed overflow works that have resolved their concerns.

• On the Walton colliery restoration site near Wakefield, a short section on the original line has been created.

• Provision has been made in the recently opened Cudworth bypass for the restored line of the Barnsley Canal as part of generous provision for the Trans-Pennine Trail.

Recent Progress.

The financial crisis has affected developments along the Barnsley and Dearne and Dove Canals just like all other sites, and little appears to be happening on the ground, and development sites are on hold.

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However, most importantly City of Wakefield Council has included the line proposed by the Atkins study, in their Local Development Framework (LDF - the ‘local plans’ by another name). It is now up to the Trust to work with the council to ensure that during the period of the plan - the next fifteen years or so - satisfactory progress towards restoration is made.

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Following representation that the Trust made at this year’s inquiry into the Barnsley LDF Core Strategy document, the inspector has asked the council to amend its Core Strategy to read “The Development Sites and Places Development Plan Document (DPD) will consider the possibility of restoring the canals and safeguarding routes, where proven deliverable, particularly of the Barnsley Canal.” This will mean that the council will have to consider in some detail the proposals for restoring the canal, and make decisions about showing them in their plan. It seems likely that getting acceptance of improvements to the Dearne and Dove Canal - which conflict with the council’s own proposals for new rail links - will be more difficult compared to proposals for the restoration of the Barnsley Canal, which must now take into account the more positive approach which Wakefield - the adjacent council on the line - has adopted.

The Ninelakes Country Park. Major landowners in the Featherstone Nostell - Walton - Newmillerdam area have formed a grouping to promote the development of a country park that would be a potential destination for those seeking to undertake outdoor activities in a unique and safe environment. Some activities will be water-based and the use of the restored section of the Barnsley Canal between Walton top lock and Cold Hiendley reservoir is included in the scheme - although it will not be an initial priority. Wakefield Council is supportive and as owners of the canal and other land in the vicinity, their involvement will be essential. A grant application has been made for funding and it is hoped that in due course progress can be made on the restoration of this section. The Trust is represented on the working group and has played an active role in the initial stages.

Willow Bank Community Partnership. The Partnership is attempting to restore local parks, but is also keen to improve access to the nearby countryside by upgrading footpaths etc. and it sees the nearby section of the Barnsley Canal - still significantly ‘in water’ - which has been neglected for many years as something it supports. Some improvements have been made to the towpath and it is hoped that the relatively straightforward clearance of vegetation from the canal can follow.

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Next steps.

The most important task to progress at the moment is working with Barnsley Council to establish the council’s position on the restoration of the canals within its boundaries.

However, the position of Rotherham Council now needs to be clarified.

The Swinton end of the canal - which is still owned by BW and used by Waddington’s boatyard in part - has been enhanced through the efforts of the Swinton Action Group. However, linking that section to the Barnsley Canal requires a radical engineering solution, and alternative approaches and different alignments may have to be explored.

At the Wakefield end, the old Wakefield power station site has planning permission for housing development. In discussions with the developer, the possibility of a development that is integrated more closely with its waterside location has been raised and is thought to be possible. The possibility of the river lock and the first section of the canal away from the River Calder being provided, could pave the way for a marina based development, especially with the restoration line now in the LDF. The Trust will continue discussions with the developer.

With many of the ‘impossible’ restorations now completed in the Yorkshire region, the Trust thinks that now is the right time to tackle this important and possibly final one!

The Barnsley, Dearne and Dove Canal Trust’s website is www.bddct.org.uk. From there you can access a wide range of information and photographs.

Mike Silk, Director, Barnesley, Dearne & Dove Canal Trust Mike will be coming to tell us about the Trust in February 10

www.mikron.org.uk Mikron are proud to be touring the inland waterways for 41st year of touring.

For full details of our productions for 2012, see our website or call 01484 843701 to receive the tour details.

Losing the Plot Love, Life and Allotments.

The gardeners of Thistledale Allotments are a rag-bag bunch of diggers and dreamers. Strong personalities frequently clash over the best treatment for mealy bugs, and the annual 'Heaviest and Longest' competition is always a time when old feuds and new flirtations threaten to undermine the fragile peace.

Told with a rollicking mix of old music hall tunes and brand new songs, Losing The Plot is a story of love - between people and the land; between people and people; and between people and their giant vegetables.

Can You Keep and Secret?

The rise and fall of the Yorkshire Luddites Riots in our city streets, the worst economic crisis for decades, a long war fought abroad with no sign of progress.

Sound familiar? Welcome to England 1812.

In the bicentennial year of the Luddite risings, which took place around Marsden West Yorkshire, who better to illuminate their story than fellow Marsdeners, Mikron – with their unique blend of humour, history and harmonic arrangements!

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Branch Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the West Riding Branch of the Inland Waterways Association will take place on Friday 13 April 2012 at 8.00pm, in the clubhouse of the South Pennine Boat Club, Wood Lane, Mirfield WF14 0ED.

Agenda 1. Apologies for absence 2. Approval of minutes of the 2011 AGM as published on page 4 of the May 2011 edition of MilePost 3. Matters arising from the minutes 4. Chairman’s report 5. Secretary’s report 6. Treasurer’s report 7. Election of Committee members - Nominations for the Branch Committee may be made at the meeting 8. Any other business This year Jon Horsfall, Waterways Manager, BW North East, who by then should be working for the Canal & River Trust, is to join us and will be available to discuss issues

North East Region AGM The Annual General Meeting of the IWA North East and Yorkshire Region will be held at 8pm on Friday 16 March 2012 at Cottingham Methodist Church Hall Cottingham HU16 4BD (alongside the AGM of the East Yorkshire Branch).

The agenda will be on the website in February http://www.waterways.org.uk/regions_branches/north_east_yorkshire/north_east_yorkshire 12

BW Open Days A chance to see more of the mechanics behind the waterways. These are the ones in our area. See www.waterways.com for full details Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 24 January and 20 February » There will be the chance to see inside the drained lock, watch British Waterways staff at work and chat to BW experts about how this skilled operation takes place.

24 January Lock 40E, 29 February Lock 31W Bingley Five Rise Locks, 28-29 January » There will be the chance to take a tour deep inside into the locks as well as chat to British Waterways’ experts about how this skilled operation takes place.

Stanley Ferry, 11 February » Visitors will be able to take a ‘behind the scenes’ tour of the historic lock gate workshops on the Aire & Calder Navigation

New Editorial Team Required -could you do something to help?

We aim to produce three copies of Milepost a year.

To do this we need several jobs doing – if you feel you could help, please let us know.

Some possible jobs: Advertising editor – contact potential advertisers Contributors – contribute articles, pictures etc.

Editor – assemble available material Event co-ordinator – list interesting events Meeting Reporter – provide breif report of meetings 13

Just in case you missed it - a summary of our meetings October – Pocklington Canal The meeting on the 14 October was the first one at the South Pennine Boat Club. It was well attended and a superb venue. Our speaker for the evening – Paul Waddington, Chairman of the Pocklington Canal Amenity Society.

Paul treated us to a journey along the canal both by narrative and with slides. The Society was one of the first to be formed in 1969 and has now restored navigation to the Melbourne Arm. Over the years the Society has kept the enthusiasm and interest for the canal alive. The relationship with British Waterways has been key to the progress of restoration. Currently the Society is pushing for navigation to be extended to the Bielby Arm – another 2 miles. The locks have been restored.

This will leave 3 miles and 5 locks to Canal Head.

Paul touched on the work of the late Bernard Jessop and his cruises with Buccaneer. Bernard was a tireless worker for the canals in the north east and was well remembered by many of those present as an active campaigner for the Calder and Hebble as well as for the Pocklington and other restoration projects.

Bernard has been the only person to navigate the restored Thornton lock.

The meeting closed with questions to Paul. Several bags of aluminium foil were given to Paul for the PCAS. Peter Scott, a Trustee of the IWA, updated the meeting with current events regarding the creation of the new Waterways Charity. He showed the proposed new logo for the Trust and asked for comments. Concern was expressed at the cost of re-naming all British Waterways’ signs etc. He said the Trust had considered this aspect but thought it essential to have a fresh start with a new image although he did concede it would take many years for all the current signage to be replaced.

Cynthia & Roger Womersley

November – nb Fulbourne Members attending the November meeting were entertained by an interesting account of the history of the Narrow Boat Fulbourne given by one of the present owners, David Mack, who is also a member of our branch.

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Built in coronation year 1937 at North Woolwich by Harland & Wolfe for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company, Fulbourne was named after a village in Cambridgeshire and carried cargoes of stone, coal, wood pulp, grain and beer, generally with a butty, until the end of her working life in the late nineteen fifties.

In 1963 she was bought and converted for use as a pleasure boat and served as home to a young family for several years before being sold to owners interested in pleasure cruising on the canal system.

After some years of inactivity Fulbourne was to be given a new lease of life in 1985 when a group of canal enthusiasts bought her and undertook much-needed restoration work.

Many slides followed to illustrate the converted working boat's interesting story and the adventures of its owners with useful compass direction for those not familiar with the detail of canal geography.

Peggy Furniss

December – Christmas Social A Happy Christmas Evening Our December meeting gave us a good start to the Christmas season.

A challenging quiz from our region chairman was interspersed with a presentation about their recent canal holiday from our two youngest members Ellen and Ailsa, beautifully dressed in their canal bonnets, and a presentation from Diane Richardson, BW volunteer, enthusiast and Sowerby Bridge resident about volunteer work to clear the towpaths in Sowerby Bridge.

We also shared a tasty supper, as usual all brought by members.

All the above made for a most enjoyable and interesting evening, in the pleasant and welcoming environment of the South Pennine Boat Club.

Liz Pinder As an additional treat the quiz pictures are available on line at tinyurl.com/wrxmasquizz The answers will be available at the end of January.

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IWA Thwaite Mills Boat Gathering 2012 We have the moorings, a booking form, a webpage, some market stalls and a great site.

We now need lots of boats, canal related stall holders, people to help and good weather.

It would be good to make the gathering an annual event as popular with both boaters and visitors as Cavalcade in Little Venice.

To make it work we will need help in various ways. One of the most useful is spreading the word. Let your friends know, put up an advert in your local shop or library, tell all your friends on Facebook, talk about it during coffee break.

Of course, we would be very happy if you could help with the event itself by manning the stand, running a children’s activity or turning up to say hello.

There will be a vintage bus giving free rides between Thwaite Mills and Clarence Dock during the day on both Saturday and Sunday Details are to be found on the Branch website: http://www.waterways.org.uk/ Follow the organisers on:

@LeedsWFFestival

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‘The Story of a River Bargeman – 50 years on the River Ouse.’

Book Review by Alastair Sayles

When I first saw this book reviewed in the December edition of Waterways World it didn’t immediately jump out of the page at me. However when looking for possible speakers at our meetings we went back to the review and it was clear that in Laurie Dews there was a man who clearly had stories to tell about his time as a bargeman on the Ouse. David Lewis, who compiled the book from Laurie’s stories as a “ghostwriter” kindly sent us a copy to read and review.

The book is essentially a compilation of anecdotes from Laurie’s time growing up on the river; how he learned the trade from other bargemen and how he finally had his own vessel. It details the journeys he made from Hull to Selby and elsewhere. There is fascinating reading about his wartime experiences and how he sadly lost his barge which was burnt out as a result of bombing. He and a friend tried to save her but were unable to do so. As they emerged from the bombed area the police were amazed that anyone had survived!

The publication contains a range of black and white and colour photographs as well as clear maps. For those, like myself, who do not know the Ouse and Humber well, the maps provided a real aid in helping me understand the challenges of the journeys that Laurie made; dodging sandbanks and currents in the Humber, not to mention all the other shipping.

For those who want more than just a good read the book also contains details of OCO/BOCM’s Selby fleet and information from Laurie’s father’s log. We enjoyed the book so much we decided to buy it and pass it to Katy’s father to read - but it would be nice to have it back to read again!

The book was produced as part of Selby’s “Hidden Heritage” project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, and sold on behalf of the Selebians, an organisation of Selby working men, who work for the good of the town.

Laurie Dews – the “Bargeman” of the title - is a past President.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy then please contact David directly at 32 Church End, Cawood, Selby, YO8 3SN dglewis49@btinternet.com.

Copies cost £5.50 including postage and packing and cheques should be made payable to “D Lewis”.

David will be coming to our February meeting in 2013 to give a talk based on Laurie’s book entitled ‘Barge traffic on the Yorkshire Ouse: 1937 - 87’.

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Explore the CALDON CANAL and the CHURNET VALLEY in the STAFFORDSHIRE PEAK DISTRICT Hazelhurst Holidays Self Catering Cottage & Day Boat Hire Hazelhurst Cottage, Denford, nr Leek, Staffordshire ST13 7JT 01538 385388 stable@hazelhurstcottage.co.uk

The Stable - fully equipped self catering cottage with one bedroom, sleeping 2/3 (double bed + single bed). On the edge of the Peak District and close to the market town of Leek, ideally situated for visiting steam railways, canals and potteries. Pub in easy walking distance. Occupants get discount on day boat hire. From £240 for full week.

Short breaks also available.

NB Joshua - day boat hire – 35ft ft day hire narrow boat which takes up to 10 people for self drive day trips. £80 to £100 weekdays, £100 to £120 weekends/bank hols.

Talks We would be pleased to give a presentation to your group during the day or in the evening, on any day of the week. Any size of audience is fine.

We can bring our own projection equipment.

Our talks are based on projected slides and a talk. They can be adapted to suit the audience. We do not charge a specific fee, a donation to one of the charities we support is most welcome.

Peter & Elaine Scott 0114 230 1870(home) 07980 953 880(mobile) p-e@homescott.free-online.co.uk

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Directions to South Pennine Boat Club – information from the web site http://www.southpennineboatclub.co.uk/

By Road: Follow the A644 from Junction 25 of the M62 towards Dewsbury and Wakefield. Just before the Pear Tree Inn, turn right over the bridge labelled Battyford Toll bridge. The SPBC is on the left, through the gates before the second Bridge Buses: The 278 from Wakefield, Dewsbury and Mirfield for Brighouse & Halifax, stops outside the Pear Tree Inn. The 278 Bus from Halifax and Brighouse for Mirfield, Dewsbury & Wakefield stops across the road from the Pear Tree Inn. Buses to Leeds & Huddersfield (203) or Bradford (253) run from Mirfield town centre.

Trains: Mirfield Station is about 1 mile from the club on the Huddersfield Line. It provides direct connections to Manchester, Huddersfield, Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge, Hebden Bridge, Leeds, Dewsbury and Wakefield.

By Water: The SPBC is on the Calder & Hebble navigation by Battyeford Lock Taxi: Station Cars Tel 01924 490 444 Mirfield Cars Tel 01924 490 999 Central Cars Tel 01924 490 000 19

Programme of Events for 2011- 2012 All meetings take place at 8pm on the second Friday of the month.

Tea & coffee available from 7:30 In the clubhouse of the South Pennine Boat Club, Wood Lane, Mirfield WF14 0ED. Please note change of meeting subjects We hope John Fletcher will be able to join us at a later date.

2012 Friday 13th January

World of Knots Ken Nelson

(re-arranged)

Friday 10th February

The Barnsley, Dearne and Dove Canal Society Mike Silk

Friday 9th March

Mikron Theatre Peter Toon, General Manager

Friday 13th April

AGM - Jon Horsfall, Waterways Manager, BW

North East, who by then should be working for C&RT, will attend to discuss the new charity Talks arranged by Alastair and Katy Sayles, 32 Pymont Drive, Woodlesford, Leeds LS26 8WA. Tel: 0113 393 4517 email: kandal@btinternet.com All the meetings organised by the West Riding Branch are Open and everyone is invited. We are delighted to welcome any member of the general public and members are encouraged to bring their friends. To find out more about the waterways or the IWA come and join us at one of our meetings or visit the website http://www.waterways.org.uk

Date for articles and adverts for the May issue 20 April 2012 Contributions to elaine@waterways.org.uk 20