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ANGLIANANGLIAN

CUTTINGSCUTTINGS

Ipswich Branch Newsletter

Spring 2010 No. 116

The IWA may not agree with the opinions expressed in this publication. They are, however, published as

a matter of interest to our members and readers. Nothing printed can be construed as policy or an official announcement unless stated.

The IWA accepts no liability for any matter in this publication.

PACKARD’S STEAM TUG ‘STOUR’AND BARGES CIRCA 1890—A PAINTING BY ROBERT GALLON

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IWA IPSWICH BRANCH

YOUR COMMITTEE Chairman -

Chard Wadley

chairman.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Secretary & Anglia Cuttings Editor -

Charles Stride

secretary.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

editor.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Treasurer

Spencer Greystrong

treasurer.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Membership

Clive Saville

Membership.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Publicity

Brian Holt

pro.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Social Secretary

Diana Holt

socialsec.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

River Gipping Trust

Lewis Tyler

RGTRep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

River Stour Trust

Sue Brown

RSTRep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Pickerel Project

Brian Cornell

pickerelrep.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

Officer

Gerry Creasey

officer01.ipswichbranch@waterways.org.uk

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Ipswich/ipswich

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C H STRIDE

Our AGM was held in February at which

we said farewell to Mick Carter as he

formally stood down from the

Committee, many thanks again Mick,

and we welcomed on board an actual

volunteer, no arm twisting required, in

the shape of Gerry Creasy. We look

forward to his input.

During the May Bank Holiday we took

part in IWA‘s national SOS Day by

having a combined event with the River

G i p p i n g Trust and

the River S t o u r

Trust at Sudbury,

c o m b i n e d with the

River Stour T r u s t ‘ s

‗Teddy Bear Boat Ride Day‘.

Despite the gusty wind trying to blow

our marquee out of Suffolk into Essex

we had a useful occasion spreading the

message and adding some seventy plus

signatures to the IWA petition.

Additionally the Election Candidates for

the Liberal Democrats and the Labour

Parties accepted an invitation to attend

and we were able to educate them on the

EDITOR’S

PONDERINGS

Spring has Sprung and Summer is on the way! After last summers ‘B-B-Que’

forecast the Met. Office is no longer issuing long–term predictions, however the

forecaster who last year did predict the wet summer is this year saying we should be

in for a good one—well after a dry April with few showers and a cold beginning to

May needing help from the central heating, we will have to see. Whatever the

weather I hope you all have a good ‘Boating’ summer.

concerns and needs of the waterways. We

will again be rolling out the SOS Banner at

Needham Lake on Sunday 4th July.

ANGLIAN CUTTINGS

DISTRIBUTION

Following on the letter sent to you all in

April may I remind you that this edition is

going to be distributed by mail, but all of

you who have registered email addresses

with IWA Head Office will also receive

notification for access to the electronic

copy on our website. Subject to a

satisfactory result future editions of

Anglian Cuttings for those who have

registered e-mail addresses will NOT be

distributed by hard copy mail—UNLESS

YOU REQUEST OTHERWISE.

May we stress that we are not concerned

about continuing to provide hard copy

editions to our members, we are just trying

to make some reduction in costs to those

who can and are willing to receive the

newsletter by email.

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Finally, may I also take this opportunity of

thanking Diana and Brian for another very

excellent annual outing. All their detailed

planning and hard work has paid off again.

WELL DONE

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CHAIRMANS’ JOTTINGS

It has been an interesting time since

my last report. Our annual dinner,

planned for January, had to be cancelled

as heavy snow made it impossible for

most of us to reach the Compasses in

Holbrook. This event finally took place

in March. Our AGM was followed by

an interesting talk and slide show by

John Finch on a canal trip to Ripon. Our

final speaker for the winter programme

was Steve Hayward, some of you may

remember him giving us a talk on a

previous occasion; well this time the

subject was Grumpy Old Boater and it

was a very interesting talk covering

many topics on boating. Steve is also

the author of 3 books, his most

memorable being ‗Fruit Flies like a

Banana‘, and he sold several copies at

the end of the meeting.

My Chairman‘s Award was presented

this year to Colin Turner in recognition

of his achievements and dedication to the

two WRG work camps held in 2009.

This also recognizes all his hard work as

restoration manager over many years. I

was also delighted to be able to make a

presentation to Mick Carter on his

retirement from the Committee as Editor

of this newsletter.

When you read this we will have been on

another coach trip and the report on how

the trip went is on page 13.

As I mentioned in the last Anglian

Cuttings, Carolyn and I now have our

own narrowboat ’Bruizer’ (see also page

14—Ed) and in April we finally brought

her to Brinklow Marina from Stewponey

Wharf in Staffordshire. We had a lovely

trip and on the way we saw Carole and

Dale Green on their boat so stopped for a

chat. Pauline and Charles came by car to

meet us at Hawkesbury Junction and we

enjoyed a lovely meal in the Greyhound.

We are now

looking forward

to boating and

perhaps seeing

more of you

along the cut.

Chard.

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OUR REGION CHAIRMAN

REPORTS

We try for far flung outposts of Empire

such as Holme Fen, or Wood Walton, all

of which the Commissioners do a good

job of keeping accessible, despite getting

no direct revenue from navigation.

However this year I decided we would

use the time to highlight the difference

between the Commissioners (No licence

fees) and the E.A.( Large Licence fees)

and we boated to Horseways Lock, on

Horseways channel.

For those of you who don‘t know, this

lock and the approach to it are

maintained by the

MLC, immediately

above the lock the

channel, which leads

to Welches Dam

L o c k , i s t h e

responsibility of the

E.A. Four years ago

the lock was closed

―temporarily‖ for repair and despite our

best efforts remains closed. The channel

is now a reed and weed filled ditch. The

E.A. show no sign of wanting to actually

do anything about it. We decided that

rather than just take a few photos for our

own use we would really try and get

some attention for our protest cruise. I

sent emails to a number of regional

papers and both ITV Anglia and BBC

look East.

I gave them all an outline of what the

IWA is, and what we were trying to

achieve locally, and had a response from

BBC & Cambs Times. They both turned

up, Cambs Times took some photos and

background and did their own thing, but

the BBC did a piece including shots of

us pulling a boat into the lock, footage of

the ML water and the reedy dereliction

that EA were responsible for.

The piece was shown several times on

Easter Monday and has generated a lot

of interest and comment. Undoubtedly

the E.A. didn‘t like it and it will be very

interesting to see if their attitude

c h a n g e s ,

particularly as we

intend to try to

keep the issue

going.

I t w a s

i l l u m i n a t i n g ,

talking to the 2

‗media‘ people to learn that they almost

expect us to do the job for them. Give

them as much information as you can, a

bit of ‗conflict‘ and a ‗bad guy‘ In this

case the Environment Agency failing to

do its job and they are interested enough

to turn up. Boats, and waterways with

boats on are very photogenic, and any

publicity is good publicity.

It will be very interesting to see how

much coverage we as an organisation

can generate for the National S.O.S.

cruise.

Alastair Chambers

Each Easter the Peterborough Branch has a cruise on the Middle Level system,

usually organised by myself as Chairman. The aim is usually to have a jolly but go

to parts of the system not often cruised.

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with stainless steel ties to the original

core we found that the face of the wall

was a 9‖ repair that had not been tied in

to the original core of the wall and was

separated from the core by a dirt filled

gap that was too large for ties and too

dirty for grout to be to be effective. When

lock gates are fitted in the future the

wooden quoin, forming part of the gate

hinge, will bear against the end of this

wall, there would be a possibility that the

water pressure would cause the detached

section of wall to move.

Solution

Following separate visits by our engineer

and the council‘s conservation officer and

much correspondence between them we

were granted a variation to our listed

Restoration in Winter

Following on from the success of the

canal camps, and now with a sound base

to work from, we extended our

scaffolding along the length of the

eastern wall and continued the

demolition and rebuilding of the wall.

Problem

When we got to the point where the

engineers report stated that, for heritage

reasons, we should cease demolition and

pin the hollow sounding existing wall

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building consent to demolish the old

repair and rebuild with original bricks

and lime mortar tied in to the core brick

work to match the rest of the wall.

Weather

This work has almost been completed up

to within two courses of the top of the

wall but the frost and high water have

delayed us for the last two months.

On one high water event a large tree

crashed into our top stop plank and

broke it, on two other occasions trees

have obstructed the mill sluice causing

increased water flow through the lock

and additional work for us to remove

them. The water has forced our

scaffolding away from the lock side so it

will need a complete rebuild before we

can use it again.

Tree removal

Whilst we have been unable to work in

the lock, we have been removing trees,

at the request of the Environment

Agency, that are damaging the road

bridge. However this work was also held

up by high water levels and two work

parties had to be called off as there was

nothing that we could do.

Since the better Spring weather has

arrived the scaffolding has been rescued

from the lock and the sorting of the

rubble pile has been completed. A weeks

internal Work Camp has been arranged

for the 12th—19th July.

Colin

**************************************** Martin Bird, may be a newish name and a

newish face to us but he is not new to the

Inland Waterways—he hails from the

outskirts of Birmingham and remembers

Gas Street basin when access was through a

hole in the wall next to the old Birmingham

Canal carriers company offices. His first

experience on the canals was as a student

with a cruise over the New Year 1971 on the

Trent and Mersey which became an annual

event for a number of years.

Voluntary Housing became his occupation for most of his working life, firstly in the

South West and he came to East Anglia in 2001 as Regional Director for Sanctuary

Housing, his final post being involved with the provision of staff accommodation at

Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge.

It was in searching the Web that Martin came across the River Gipping Trust and there

found a perfect opportunity to follow his interest in industrial archaeology, canals and

wildlife and keep fit at the same time. He soon became an energetic member of the

crew at Baylham and has now been ‗volunteered‘ to shadow Colin Turner and become

the RGT Restoration Manager when Colin takes his very well deserved retirement.

We welcome Martin and wish him well! Lewis Tyler

MARTIN

BIRD

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River Stour Trust Restoring and conserving the River Stour Navigation

The lighters may have gone and the waterwheels no longer turn, but today the river still works for us - playing an important role in the supply of water to south Essex. In 1861 the South Essex Waterworks Company was formed to supply water to East London from the river Thames as far north as Brentwood. The water they supplied came from wells and boreholes drilled into the chalk aquifer north of the River Thames, but during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the area was developed and the demand for water grew until, by the First World War, demand was outstripping supply.

Langham Waterworks Along with the Southend Waterworks Company they looked for sources of water from further away and, in 1928, successfully promoted by Act of

Parliament a scheme to take water from the River Stour at Langham and to build a new water treatment works there. From Langham it pumped water to South West Essex, but the granting of the powers for this scheme obliged them to offer water supplies to other areas of Essex. The Langham scheme gave the company the ability to abstract 12 million gallons of water per day from the river, which started in 1932, but they expected to again face deficiencies by 1940. Stratford St Mary and Abberton Reservoir In 1935 the company obtained powers to construct a new abstraction point at Stratford St Mary to take a further 35 million gallons a day and pump it to a new storage reservoir at Abberton, along with the construction of a water

treatment plant at Layer-de-la-Haye. Construction of the 1210 acre reservoir in the valley of Layer Brook to hold

TAKING THE WATERS (Part 1)

I suspect most people who walk the meadows beside the River Stour between Dedham and Flatford delight in the timeless beauty of the riverscape John Constable loved and painted. But those paintings did not simply portray pretty scenery, they showed a working river with lighters and mills powered by waterwheels.

Tunnelling under the River

Colne

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5,700 million gallons of water started in 1936 and continued until the war in 1939, while the pumping station at Stratford St Mary and the 11 miles of pipeline were also being constructed. The 36 inch diameter pipeline was constructed by manual labour and passed under the River Colne through a 12 foot diameter tunnel at the Hythe, east of Colchester. Later the raw water pipeline was duplicated with an even larger pipe. The reservoir construction was completed before the Second World War and the reservoir was full by the end of 1940. However, the Ministry of Defence felt it posed a risk as a landing site for invading seaplanes and, as a defence measure, 312 mines were laid across the reservoir. At the end of the war the majority of them were exploded by soldiers shooting them from the reservoir banks, but, in 1989-91, 22 mines were

exposed after dry weather when the water was at its lowest level since the reservoir was filled. These were dealt with by the Army. Hanningfield Reservoir After the war there was much rebuilding and development in Essex, further increasing the demand for water, and the South Essex Waterworks Company joined with the Southend Waterworks Company in 1950 to construct Hanningfield Reservoir and treatment works. Demand continued to grow and in 1964 shortages were again being anticipated. In 1967 the problem was solved by the construction of he Ely-Ouse to Essex Transfer Scheme [EOETS]

(continues next edition)

Susan Brown

Stratford St Mary Lock Restoration

After a very successful season last year when we completed the lower approach

channel gabion wall, RST received a letter from the Environment Agency detailing

concerns they have with the project. Negotiations

are ongoing to resolve these matters before we

can continue work this summer.

Work parties have been busy all winter with

maintenance tasks including enlarging the

operating area around a gate beam at Cornard

Lock, although the late winter floods prevented

them dredging the lock entrance as planned.

Trusty received new batteries and cushions

while Rosette starts the season with gleaming new blue paintwork and red anti-fouling,

and a new canopy roof. The boats and tearoom are now working and we look forward

to welcoming many visitors to the river this summer.

The Trust have a number of events planned for the Summer months. The major dates

are listed in ‘Dates for your Diary’. For further details please see the Trust Website

http://www.riverstourtrust.org

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The Lee & Stort

—

A View from

America

Part 2

Continuing the story of our American friends, Dan & Sharon, voyage up the Lee &

Stort last year. This year they are due back in May and a trip onto the Lancaster

Canal is on the agenda. Hopefully I can persuade Sharon to do a further report.

Continuing up the Lee, we did stop at

Waltham Abbey and walk around. Quite

interesting. Seems that King Harold

built the church (OK, would you believe,

HAD it built?) in 1060 before he became

king. He was crowned king in 1066 and

then went off to the Battle of Hastings

and was killed. This town, however,

plays up King Harold big time. Rather

fun! The church was VERY interesting

and quite old. There's been a church

there since around 700 AD. This one,

though, is the one King Harold

built. Later it had a very large abbey

attached to it which, of course, Henry

VIII had torn down. The townspeople,

however, were clever enough to point

out that the church was theirs so only the

abbey par ts were destroyed.

The rivers over here have been used for

transportation of goods (and people) for

1000-2000 years depending upon who is

telling the story. BW says 1000 years,

everyone else over here (tourist info

places, brochures, signs, etc.) all say

2000 years. Whatever, it's a LONG

time! Dan says he wasn't born yet.

We ended up mooring on lock bollards

at dusk for the night as we couldn't get in

anywhere else. They were either totally

full (mostly "crap" boats permanently

moored), too shallow for us to get in to

the side, or too high for a narrowboat--

the sides of the moorings came out over

our gunwales and would have scratched

our sign-writing! So...we kept going and

moored after the lock. We got up extra

early and left so that we wouldn't

interfere with anyone who wanted to use

the lock...not that we were too worried as

there aren't a lot of boats moving up

here. They are all moored--rather

permanently from the looks of them.

The River Stort is lovely. It meanders

like a canal--with LOTS of curves which

delight Dan. He seems to really like to

steer the boat thru all these curves! The

locks are 13' wide so will only take one

narrowboat at a time. Several signs

telling us things we might like to know

were along the way beside the locks.

Otter poo is called "spraint"--who

knew?? But then, who cares? However,

we thought it was interesting that it had a

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"real" name! We've not seen any otters

but they're nocturnal so we probably

won't. They live 3-5 years; have 2-3

cubs per year; and eat fish, crayfish, as

well as birds and frogs.

Hay in one of the fields has been grown

in that field for over 600 years--1 crop

per year --with no chemicals.

Osier beds were along one

portion. These are small willows grown

with the permission of the

king. Branches were broken off them to

make baskets.

G (red hand) D signs were over a couple

of the houses. A sign at one of the locks

said the GD stands for George Duckett

(originally George Jackson--didn't say

why he changed his name, just that he

did) who was the co-founder of the Stort

navigation and the red hand stands for

the Red Hand of Ulster (which

supposedly denotes the Irish county of

Ulster). The signs we saw always had

dates in the late 1700's.

David Beckham & Victoria (Posh Spice)

have a small "place" in Sawbridgeworth

they call "Beckingham Palace." We

supposedly came by it, but because there

are so many leaves on the trees, we

apparently missed it. Anne Boleyn also

had a place here given to her by Henry

VIII...but they don't seem to tell where

that was. Strange!

We've seen lots of red hemp nettle--It

looks a lot like tiny orchids. Something

we think is blue comfrey plus bind weed

seem to be all up and down this

waterway. Not much else blooming

although once in awhile we've seen a

bright spot of yellow. Dandelions,

however, are still prolific in the grass

around the locks. Surprisingly, we've

seen very few birds other than coots and

swans. A few moorhens, a few

cormorants and a few magpies. Not

much else of ANY kind. Very few

ducks and even the Canada geese are

rather scarce. We've seen two herds of

sheep--one on the "hill" on one side of

the river and one huge herd that were

ALL laying down. We've never seen

EVERY sheep laying down before. And

an unusual herd of cattle that even had

some of the belted Galloways (look like

giant Oreo cookies). So...it's been

interesting. I should also say that the

back gardens (back yards) along the river

have been VERY well tended--and most

are quite lovely...a real pleasure to see as

we float by.

The Lee Navigation goes north out of

Limehouse and forks left as the Lee and

right as the River Stort. We chose to

fork right first so will retrace our path

tomorrow (14 miles/15 locks/7 hrs) and

go over onto the rest of the Lee. That

part of the Lee should take about 3 1/2

hrs in each direction--but we intend to do

a little exploring so it will take slightly

longer. And then we'll re-trace our path

back down to the London area. Actually

we're only 28 miles or 40 min. from

London right now. Hard to believe we're

that close when it's taken us so long to

get here! -

Sharon

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The lower Paterson Estate section is

extensively used by canoeists from Bank

Boats and for Canoe Trails. Following

requests from frustrated canoeists the

EAWA, in consultation with Mr A

Paterson, has been clearing the section

above Honing Lock to Dee Bridge to

allow a further length to be used, and the

North Walsham Canal Co are now

allowing canoeists to travel upstream to

the restored and dredged Honing Staithe

Cut. The Canal Walk formed here as a

diversion from Weavers Way is being

well used and gained a ―Highly

Commendable‖ certificate in the NNDC

Worthwhile Projects Awards 2009.

Further upstream at Briggate, the

undercutting of the eastern lock wall has

made it too dangerous to work beside,

so, on behalf of the NWCCo, work

parties have concentrated on marking the

boundaries of the former mill pond;

clearing the choked pond of trees and

reeds allowing dredging to start, with the

aim of restoring water and pond life – to

complement the proposed common land

that the villagers are hoping to establish

around the derelict mill itself.

However, the greatest thrust has

occurred along the top 2 miles, for here

the NWCCo have sold the canal to a new

owner the ―Old Canal Company‖. The

directors of the OCC aim to re-water the

pound above Bacton Wood Lock to

enable water to return to the restored

mill. Towards this aim, much of Bacton

Wood lock has been rebuilt by the

company with work parties assisting

with the removal of bricks (8.5 tonne on

Sunday 11/4/10 alone) and further

upstream they have been clearing the

canal bed of trees and shrubs in the

Royston Bridge area. Another thrust this

year has been with the clearing of

overhanging and bedded trees along the

stretch above Ebridge towards Bacton.

The OCC then bought the ex BW

dredger ―Weasel‖ and launched her into

the millpond at Ebridge, with the aim of

dredging the ―tree cleared‖ channel up

towards Bacton Lock.

Work parties are held twice a month on

Sundays – and dates, reports and news

will be found on the EAWA website at

www.eawa.co.uk - or by phoning the

work party organiser David Revill on

01603 738648.

Ivan Cane

North Walsham & Dilham

Canal – Restoration Progress April 2010

Over the past eighteen months there has been considerable progress on the North

Walsham & Dilham Canal (NW&DC)

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Ipswich IWA Outing — May 2010

The holiday started at 8.00am on

Saturday – well it did for me. Dale and

Carol decided to pick up the coach at my

house at 7.30am! We were away by 7.55

and collected the rest of our party from

Colin‘s house around 8.30. After a brief

stop at Cambridge Services we were

soon on our way to Crich Tramway

Museum. It‘s just as well Brian and Paul

had done a bit of research beforehand –

we had a coach that was 13feet 1inch

high and two bridges that were only 12

foot 9 inches high between us and the

Museum. That meant a long diversion

through some pretty villages and narrow

roads before we arrived.

The Museum has expanded dramatically

since I was last there. Paul, our driver,

said he could vaguely remember going

there and I had to remind him that I took

him when he was 10 years old. There

must be over 30 trams now with

examples from all over the world,

although the majority are from the UK.

Back on the coach at 5 pm we made our

way to the hotel. An excellent evening

meal, a good night‘s sleep and a hearty

breakfast left us ready for the next part

of our adventure.

We arrived at the pier on the River Trent

at 10.00 ready to board our boat for a trip

up the river. Our ride took us through the

heart of the city of Nottingham,

interrupting some dragon boat racing

(twice) and cruising past the site of a

previous IWA National Festival. The

river corridor is heavily used by boaters,

walkers and runners along with people

just enjoying a stroll.

Back at the coach we headed off to

Wollaton Hall on the outskirts of

Nottingham. Due to poor map reading

(mine) we managed to get lost but lots of

advice from the back seat drivers

eventually put us in the right direction.

Wollaton Hall, now owned by the City

Council, was once one of the classic

stately homes of England, built between

1580 and 1588 for Sir Francis

Willoughby. The whole estate and house

were taken over by the council in the

1920‘s and it is a very popular place for

the locals to spend a day out. And we

enjoyed it too.

A great weekend away – lookout for

next years event.

Spencer

Yet again a wonderful weekend away organised by Dianna and Brian.

A selection of Trip photographs should shortly be found on the Branch website—Ed.

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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE We gladly welcome all our new members

From Norfolk: Mr. F. Muir, Mr. & Mrs. D. & L. Litson, Mr. & Mrs. C.

& D. Wainwright, Mr. P & Mrs. J. Board.

From Suffolk: Mr. D. Soanes, Mrs. M. D. Bishop, Mr. A. R. Grapes,

Mr. E. J. Geary

From North Yorkshire: Ms C Falvey

At the end of March we had 517 Members.

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Obituary

Barry Green

I am sad to report the death of Barry Green. Barry was the former Chairman of

Norwich Branch and then became an Ipswich Branch member when Norwich joined

with Ipswich. Barry was heavily involved in the IWA and especially with the National

Waterways Festivals. Many of you who knew Barry will have seen him enjoying the

canals on his narrowboat ‗Lily Maud‘.

I attended a memorial service for Barry in March, which was held in Norwich at the

Colney Green Burial Site. It was a lovely service with many family, friends and

colleagues in attendance. Our thoughts are with his Wife, Mary.

Barry will be sorely missed.

Chard Wadley, Chairman

What do these craft all have in common?

They are all named

‘BRUIZER’ Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named Bruizer, an old name for a boxer:

The first was a 160 ton, 12 gun Gunboat launched in 1797. The second was a 12 gun

Brig launched in 1804, the third a steam powered Gunboat launched in 1867, the fourth

an Argent Class Destroyer launched in 1895. The last HMS Bruizer was a Landing Ship

Tank (LST 3025) launched in 1947 and scrapped in 1959.

How many guns the latest ‗Bruizer‘ is carrying is not known, just be sure not to cross her

bow if you meet out on the waterways!

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DATES

for your

DIARY

WORKING PARTY DATES Working Parties are held by the River Gipping Trust at Baylham Lock

from 0900 to 1700 every Wednesday and on the first Saturday of each

month, unless that Saturday is a Bank Holiday in which case it will then

be held on the second Saturday of that month.

For further information contact Colin Turner 01473 730586 .

1st

2nd

BRANCH MEETINGS & EVENTS

Branch Meetings held at the Community Centre, School St., Needham Market

SUNDAY 4TH JULY 12 Noon

Needham Market Raft Race & SOS Day—Needham Lake

SATURDAY 12TH—SATURDAY 19TH JULY

Baylham Lock Week Working Party

FRIDAY 8TH OCTOBER 1930

Talk by Richard Thomas—Friends of President

FRIDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 1930

Ivan Cane tells us about the North Walsham & Dilham Canal

FRIDAY 10TH DECEMBER

Tba

ADVANCE NOTICE—ANNUAL LUNCH

Next year the Annual Meal will be held on the 11th March at the Compasses

Holbrook, but this time, by popular request, we are going to meet at 12 Noon.

OTHER DATES

SATURDAY 29TH —MONDAY 31ST MAY

National Trailboat Festival/Welsh Waterway Festival, Newport Gwent

SATURDAY 10TH—SUNDAY 11th JULY

River Stour Trust Steam, Electric & Boating Festival, Sudbury

SATURDAY 7TH AUGUST, Noon—5pm

River Stour Trust Coracle Regatta. Bures

SATURDAY 28TH – MONDAY 30TH AUGUST

IWA National Festival. Beale Park Reading.

MONDAY 30TH AUGUST, 11am—4pm

River Stour Trust Pirates on the Stour, The Granary, Sudbury

SATURDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER

River Stour Trust 13th Anniversary Illuminated Boat Procession, Sudbury

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The Inland Waterways Association is a non-profit distribution company limited by guarantee.

Registered Office; Island House, Moor Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. HP5 1WA

Tel: 01494 783453 Web: www.waterways.org.uk

Registered in England No. 612245. Registered as a Charity No. 212342

USEFUL WEBSITES IWA Head Office - http://www.waterways.org.uk

Waterway Recovery Group - http://www.wrg.org.uk

Save Our System - http://www.SOS2010.org.uk

River Gipping Trust - http://rivergippingtrust.org.uk River Stour Trust - http://www.riverstourtrust.org

East Anglian Waterways Association –http://www.eawa.co.uk

The Broads Society - http://www.broads-society.org.uk The Australian Canal Society - http://www.auscanal.org.au/

British Waterways/Waterscape - http://www.waterscape.com

Waterways Trust - http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk DEFRA Dept. for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - http://www.defra.gov.uk