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Gifford to go to the IWA National Festival

This year the IWA national festival is to be held at ‘cut end’- Autherley Junction.  As this is one of the places where Gifford would have worked we have decided to attend this rally.  We will hopefully be pairing up with Stour for part of the weekend in order to recreate a Clayton pair working round the Wolverhampton area.

The Young family have kindly offered to tow us using Rudd, an ex Fellows Morton and Clayton motor still fitted with a Bolinder engine!  We will be boating with them from the Museum to the National and back again.  This is an excellent opportunity for members to get involved with pair boating and to learn and practice their skills.  In addition there will be opportunities to learn more about the operation of Bolinders.

The provisional timetable is as follows.  Please contact

August

Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th - Monday 18th (morning) Rudd from Bedford Basin to Ellesmere Port

Monday 18th (afternoon) Rudd and Gifford from Ellesmere Port to Christleton

Tuesday 19th Christleton to Audlem (Cox Bank)

Wednesday 20th Audlem to Brewood

Thursday 21st To mooring at the National

Friday 22nd - Saturday 23rd - Sunday 24th - at National

Monday 25th (late afternoon) to Brewood

Tuesday 26th Brewood to Audlem

Wednesday 27th Audlem to Christleton

Thursday 28th Christleton to Port and Rudd back to Chester

Friday 29th Rudd to Anderton

Saturday 30th Rudd back to Bedford Basin

Boat Museum Society meetings 2008-9

Advance Notice – September meeting

Friday 19th September 7.30pm

The first meeting of the BMS 2008 – 2009 season will be all about
the boatbuilding company, E.C.Jones (Brentford) Ltd.
The family, the boats, the bollards!

An illustrated talk by Cath Turpin.

They didn’t just build Bantam Tugs – find out more by coming to the meeting in
the Rolt Centre at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port (The Boat Museum).

Put it in your diary now!
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November

Saturday/Sunday November 22-23

BMS is arranging a weekend of craft courses at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port on

2-day fender making with Dave Walker (details here)
2-day bonnet making with Marry Parry (author of Boatwoman's Bonnet book)
1-day (23rd) crochet for beginners with members of the Waterways Craft Group
1-day (23rd) rag rugging with Jane Lane

For more information

Waterways Craft Group - Ellesmere Port

Craft demonstrations in 2008 by this expanding group will be on:
Friday 4th - Sunday 6th July - 'Boats'n'Blooms weekend
Sunday 20th July
Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th August - Steam weekend
Sunday 24th - Monday 25th August - Pirate weekend
Sunday 21st September
Sunday 19th October
Thursday 20th November - Museum open evening
Sunday 23rd November
Sunday 14th December

Events at National Waterways Museum,
Ellesmere Port - 2008

For more information about NWM, Ellesmere Port events contact here