then please send in to Head Office, Island House, Moor Road, Chesham, HP5 1WA, anonymously if you prefer. If you have the padlock for the key please send that in too, or pass it on at an event.
Navvies News Leaders Training Day 2017
Pump needing a good home
Many thanks to everyone involved in this year’s Leaders Training Day – over 40 people took part and we had a number of productive discussions about a wide range of topics. Particular thanks to Jude and the catering team for keeping us fed all day and to all the people who volunteered to present. One of the main points that came out of the day was that good communication is key. This includes elements from letting your volunteers know what the plan is that day to staying in touch with the local society during the planning phase. It does seem to be the one thing that helps a camp run well and keeps your volunteers happy and coming back. Permissions to work also led to a lot of useful discussion; they always seem to take much longer to get than you think and the late arrival of permissions has led to a number of camp cancellations over the years. If you missed the day and would like any further information or a copy of the slides then please let Head Office know. If you’re interested in becoming a leader or are just curious about what it involves there will be another leaders training day next year. Have a great summer’s camps! Ed Walker
Another in the ongoing series of shifting some of the older WRG plant to good retirement homes. Sykes Univac 4" pump FREE to a good home. This was originally on a ‘fast tow’ chassis, though before being towed on the road again it would need some serious work (including a new axle). The engine (a Lister HA2) was stripped and partially rebuilt around 10 - 15 years ago. It had reconditioned bores, rings, big end shells etc. All the parts are present to finish the re-assembly of the engine. The pump is a self priming unit and looks to be complete, though the aluminium threads into which the steel studs screw need some attention. All this is currently situated in a small village just north of Chippenham, Wiltshire. We may be able to arrange transport depending on where and when you want it. For more details, please contact bungle@wrg.org.uk.
This is for all you people who may have a WRG padlock key and will have almost no chance of ever needing to use it again. We know there are hundreds of them out there, as every year for many years, more keys were cut and given out, but almost none returned at the end of the event that they were used at. Most of these keys were given out at festivals to both WRG and IWA people. We are asking for those keys to be returned to save any more ever needing to be cut in the future. As the numbers of people that now attend an event, at which WRG padlocks are used has diminished, so has the number of people that have a use for the keys. So, if you have a WRG padlock key that you know you will never have real need for,
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Key amnesty
Free to a good home - see above