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Southampton Canal Society Newsletter Southampton Canal Society Newsletter Issue 399 February 2006 Chairman’s Column Happy New Year had a number of interests, particularly vintage motor As this is our first Newsletter of 2006 it gives me cycles. Rob’s son, Richard, rang me to give me the sad great pleasure to send all our members my best news and I also spoke to Rob’s wife, Barbara. Robert wishes for the New Year. We are currently working to was a popular figure within the Society and will be complete our remaining programme for the year and sadly missed. An appropriate card was sent to it is anticipated that, once again, we will be enjoying Barbara and the family on behalf of the Society. another year of interesting talks and events, with one Spring Outing or two trips thrown in for good measure. As members will be aware, on Saturday 22 April 2006 February Meeting there will be a Society outing to Whitchurch Silk Mill We are delighted to welcome Reverend Peter Atwill to and Longbridge Mill. Full details were published in our February meeting who will be speaking to us the December Newsletter and these have been about ‘My work as Padre to the Inland Waterways’. repeated below, for your convenience. I understand from Maureen Greenham that there has been a lot of Robert Wolton support for this trip but it is not too late to put down I am very sorry to have to advise members that your name. Please contact Maureen as soon as Robert Wolton passed away suddenly in December. possible; her details are in the article. Rob had been a member of the Society for many years and regularly attended our monthly gatherings. He (Continued on page 4) SOCIETY OUTING TO WHITCHURCH SILK MILL AND LONGBRIDGE MILL There will be an outing to the above mills on method of food production. We intend to arrive at the Saturday 22nd April 2006. Mill at about 1.15pm where we will have lunch (extra Whitchurch Silk Mill was built initially as a woollen charge) and then have our tour of the mill. mill in 1800 and silk has been woven there since the Wholemeal flour may be purchased in the pub at a 1820/1830s. It is cost of £1.50 for 2kg. now a working The cost will be £6 to include tours of both mills. This museum which cost includes a donation to the Hampshire Mills now produces Group whose members have kindly agreed to work high quality the Mill on a silks to order for day when it is theatrical not usually costume, interior working. designers and Please add historic houses. your name to There will be a Whitchurch Mill the list if you guided tour of wish to join the mill and we will meet there at 10.30am. us on 22nd There has been a mill sited at Longbridge for many April. years. It was badly damaged by fire in 1991 and The list will restoration by the Chiltern partnership of millwrights be available was completed in 1997. The Mill is now a Brewers at all Society Longbridge Mill Fayre restaurant but the mill is working and milling meetings at Chilworth or by contacting the organizer takes place once a month. John Silman will give us a Maureen Greenham: telephone - 023 8040 6951 or conducted tour to explain the process of milling and email - [email protected]. the unusual machinery employed in this historical PAGE 2 NEWSLETTER ISSUE 399 December Meeting Annual Inter-Society Waterways Quiz, Auction and American Supper A good sized audience witnessed the annual battle of his stalwart efforts. Congratulations to Southampton wits between teams representing Southampton Canal Canal Society and many thanks to all those who took Society, IWA Salisbury Group and IWA Solent & Arun part, and particularly to the teams. Branch, for the coveted Inter-Society Waterways Quiz The 2006 Inter-Society Waterways Quiz will be Trophy. We are grateful to the two visiting teams for organised by our Society and will be held at Chilworth continuing to support this annual and enjoyable event. on Thursday 7 December. Whilst we are always pleased to see them it is somewhat surprising that, despite invitations being sent to every Following the Quiz we held an auction of the waterways Canal Society in the region, we don’t get more support prints and plate kindly donated by members, Paul & Viv from those other organisations. Taylor and Tony & Jackie Coles. In addition, on the night, Laura Sturrock & Peter Oates donated a further The quizmaster this year was our own Secretary, Eric print, a seasonal scene at Stoke Bruerne, whilst Lynn & Lewis, who decided to break new ground on this occasion Rogan Olding donated a large cuddly toy named, and devised a set of very taxing questions without the appropriately, ‘Butty’. Yours truly had the task of acting benefit of accompanying visuals on the big screen. I am as auctioneer and we were delighted that all items were only glad that I decided to sit this one out! There were sold, raising a magnificent sum of £150 for the Society’s questions to each team as a whole, as well as to funds. This was a fantastic effort by all concerned and individual team members. In addition, as has become the Society owes a great big ‘thank you’ to all the traditional, the audience was able to participate in its generous donors. As usual, when the Committee meets own competition. at the end of the financial year and reviews the The quiz winners were the team from Southampton anticipated outcome for the year, consideration will be Canal Society, comprising Laura Sturrock, Peter Oates, given to making donations to waterways ‘good causes’. Alan Rose and Chris Davey, followed by the Salisbury After the auction we all enjoyed the traditional Group and the Solent & Arun Branch. The trophy was American Supper which, as always, was both delicious awarded to Southampton’s team captain, Peter Oates. and plentiful. Many thanks to all those who generously In the audience there were a number of high scores with contributed food etc, and to all those helpers who two members, Anne Coleman and John Silman, having assisted with the layout of both halls, worked in the equal exceptional scores, which led to a tie-break kitchen and cleared away at the end of the evening. question, with Anne finally taking the prize of a bottle of Paul Herbert wine. The Society then made a presentation to Eric for January Meeting Members’ Slides, Prints, Digital Images and Photo Competition Evening As always at this popular annual event, we were other scenes including the new Millennium Concert entertained by a wealth of images covering a wide range Hall; of topics. For the first time we were able to extend our Interesting photo’s of the Sankey or St Helen’s Canal exhibition to include the display of digital images. This (the building of which pre-dated the Bridgwater year the following members exhibited their work: Brian Canal), now under restoration; Evans, Eric Lewis, Frank Stokes, Richard Chester- Brown and Peter Oates. We saw:- An illustrated tour of the route of the former Andover Canal, showing the few recognisable remains. Early photos of the Society’s work – its stand at the Southampton Show c.1969 and an early work party on Before the interval we ran the annual photo competition, the Kennet & Avon Canal, followed by scenes of a which attracted nine entries, including digital images. number of French waterways and shots of the few There was a wide range of exhibits and it was a close remaining built artefacts at Saddlers Mill in Romsey; run thing, but the winner was Rosemary Davis, with an unusual and charming photograph of a family of swans. Atmospheric ‘canals at night’ scenes in Birmingham Congratulations Rosemary and hope you enjoyed your City Centre and at Merry Hill; prize (a bottle of red wine). A wide range of photo’s of the River Taff/Cardiff Bay Thanks to all those members who participated in a very Barrage, showing the extent of the construction works interesting and enjoyable evening. and sluices and the redevelopment of that area, plus Paul Herbert Dan Dannan We are saddened to report that H. R. ('Dan') Dannan time commitment of nearly two weeks to the died just before Christmas. He, with wife Joan, was Association over 19 years. This enabled an IWA the manager for IWA’s stand at Southampton Boat presence at a major event that would not have been Show from 1973 to 1991 inclusive. Older Society feasible without him. He is survived by his wife and members will remember Dan through his annual full- daughter. ISSUE 399 NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 Whilst every effort is made to ensure the correctness of WATERWAYS DIARY this information, please check with the listed contact The following is a list of waterway events taking place who will be glad to supply further details of that event. within approximately 50 miles of Southampton. If YOU know of an event taking place that should be in Hopefully you can find something to interest you. this list then please contact the editor. Time Organiser Details Contact Thu 2 Feb 2006 Southampton “My work as Padre to the Inland Waterways” by Rev Peter Eric Lewis: 023 8086 0384 7.45pm CS Atwill. Chilworth Parish Hall, Chilworth, Southampton. Tue 14 Feb 2006 Kennet & Avon Robert Coles with some of the canal-related photographs that he has Michael Davis: 01225 448576 Email: 7.30pm CT taken over the past 45 years.
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