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The Magazine of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust The Magazine of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust Issue No. 75 - Spring 2013 High Sheriff of Staffordshire, Mrs Sarah Elsom DL, accompanied by Cllr Ken Humphreys, Chairman of Lichfield District Council ceremonially plant a Swedish Birch tree in Darnford Park, as a tribute to the volunteers past and present (3-April-2013). HAY WHAR EET F L TR LICHFIELD TD S Heart of the Coventry Canal . TEL:01543 414808 MOBILE:0782 4848444 FAX:01543 414770 www.streethaywharf.co.uk 7-DAY CALL OUT SERVICE GEN SETS FITTED DIESEL AND SOLID FUEL STOVES FITTED BOTTOM BLACKING REPAINTING AND SIGNWRITING NEW BOATS FULL & PART FIT-OUT SUPPLIED ALL MECHANICAL / ELECTRICAL WORK FULL CHANDLERY STRETCHING AND REBOTTOMING GAS SAFE. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE ALL STEEL WORK AND TANKS Support the boat yard on the “Lichfield Ring” Boat Transport, England, Europe Cranage Arranged Site Surveys Complete Service for DIY Repairs Boat Hire Boat Fitting Diesel Pump Out Mooring Boat Sales Laundry Trent & Mersey Canal V.A.T No. 133609427 CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN Y H Membership of the Staffordshire Waterways Group opens up L&H to a considerable THA W ARF range of information about our fellow canal restorers. We are certainly not alone EE L in the county in undertaking a multi-million pound restoration project. We can now R T share our expertise and experiences bringing the realisation that we have so much T D in common. L&H is a senior player in this waterways team as we approach our silver S . anniversary but in every case the scenario is the same. We have the engineering solutions and know how to get our waterways back into the national network but we lack just a few vital ingredients. We need to merge our organisations into much wider partnerships (call them what we will) and above all we need the money. It is, of course, this need to find major funding which makes it far more difficult than it once was to draw together the major players we need to form a dynamic restoration consortium. We look back to major successes of the past such as the Rochdale, the Huddersfield Narrow and the Droitwich where the magic ingredients were found and schemes which had languished for decades suddenly burgeoned into active life and a quick reopening. The volunteers were gently elbowed aside and the professionals took over. The amateurs had learnt how to do it but the professionals also had learnt to be wary of the skilful blandishments which drew them in. We live in vastly straitened financial circumstances and local authorities in particular struggle to meet their obligations to their electorate without contemplating ambitious canal restorations. It is a problem which is not unique to the waterways. An obvious parallel lies in the world of heritage railways. Many have been reopened and others struggle patiently on towards completion. They have the added complication of running public services and the need to balance the books in a major business. They too are feeling their share of the national economic pain. Some have to finance major and unexpected repairs, largely weather-related, which place heavy burdens on their resources which have to be bolstered by considerable fund-raising appeals. In this respect, they tend to be fishing in the same financial pool as the waterways restorers. Some are being forced into reductions to their services, shortening their operating season and generally retrenchment. One operation which has run heritage electric locomotives on the main line has stopped doing so and is restricting itself to limited maintenance of its fleet. It has stated that it is now much more difficult to raise voluntary funding 3 Cut Both Ways Spring 2013 CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN for heritage activities. This could be seen as a form of “donation fatigue” where there are just too many calls on the diminishing funds of enthusiasts. As you will read elsewhere in this magazine, our restoration work especially in Lichfield, continues with some exciting progress to report. In Darnford Park, and across the A51 at our more mature Tamworth Road site, much has been done and we are poised to do more. Our engineers could move towards early completion if only we could source the funds. Our finance team does all it can to find the money we need but the results lack the many noughts on the figures which we so desperately need. There is a serious prospect of returning the section from Lock 24 to the A51 to water in a matter of months. The will is there but the finance cannot be assured. If we can deal with this and finish building the two lock staircase in Darnford Park then we will look seriously at burrowing under the A51 and the A38. These are practical realities which can and must be undertaken soon. Only by setting such targets can we ever hope to achieve them. There are other essential background issues to tackle involving the local authorities and the Environment Agency which can be dealt with through patient discussion and a degree of give and take. Now all this is familiar stuff and these are themes I have returned to several times over the past nearly thirteen years. It is the slow chewing away at the difficulties which tests the resolve of the active membership, especially the Trust Council. Major advances are very rare – we have seen only one “aqueduct moment” in over a decade. Most progress is measured in the notes of yet another meeting or the completion of another section of towpath wall. All are absolutely vital but few will set the world ablaze and galvanise potential funders. We also need to sell ourselves anew to the people who live and work near our canals. Populations change, people move on and, let’s face it, die. Unless we draw in new generations of the wider public we will never create the required groundswell of opinion. A decade ago, with the invaluable support of David Suchet, we attracted two audiences of more than 400 people to hear us set out our plans. It is more than time for us to attempt something similar. Meanwhile we fill in the forms and make the approaches to likely funding bodies. We have learnt the need for caution as we do this. We have to stress the great benefits a restored canal will bring to the whole community and not just to what are perceived as wealthy and transient middle-class boat owners. We are advocating a heritage trail along the whole length of the Lichfield Canal which will open it up to everyone well ahead of the return of the boats. How many of us had realised that a waterway is a “linear gym” which will promote health among walkers, cyclists, anglers and ornithologists. The buzz word is “holistic”. The wider the appeal the greater the prospect of funding. All Photos in this issue are by Bob Williams except where credited otherwise. 4 Cut Both Ways Spring 2013 CHAIRMAN’S COLUMN It is interesting to note that the Inland Waterways Association is placing more emphasis on the needs of boaters than has been the case in probably twenty years. The still new CRT has stated its support for canal restoration which is most welcome considering the pressure on its own funding. L&H is not yet recruiting any “fat ladies” to sing when it heads for oblivion with its work done. That work is most certainly not done and needs all the drive behind it that the whole membership must now give it. Brian Kingshott(chairman) All Correspondence should be addressed to :- Trust Secretary, Sue Williams, Norfolk House, 29 Hall Lane, Hammerwich, WS7 0JP To restore the Lichfield Canal and the Hatherton Canal to re-open waterway links between Staffordshire and the West Midlands, for the benefit of the environment, amenity and prosperity of the people of the region and to enhance the nation’s inland waterway system. 5 Cut Both Ways Spring 2013 Donations to the Trust We gratefully acknowledge the following donations for amounts over £20 from 1st January to 31st March 2013. Name ( in order of receipt ) Trust & Sponsor Restoration Marketing Appeal Appeals IWA Lichfield Branch; New Year’s Day walk collection 30.00 anonymous 200.00 West Midlands Transport Circle (talk) 50.00 Mr R T Willis (private fees) 75.00 Renaissance Ladies Group, Rugeley 50.00 Mr P J Smith (with sub.) 44.00 Mr B R Humphreys (with sub.) 38.00 Mr G J Kennison (with sub.) 50.00 Mr C E Ricketts (with sub.) 44.00 Miss D M Skilbeck MBE 100.00 Mr & Mrs J K W Pearse 25.00 IWA Lichfield Branch, Audrey Smith fee 30.00 Mr D A Tarrant 30.00 Derby & Sandiacre Canal Society (talk) 50.00 anonymous 250.00 The Fundraising Co. Ltd (recycling) 49.18 Mr O F G Butler 80.00 Mr M Wolyniec (with sub.) 35.00 Mrs K M Stanier (with sub.) 24.00 Mr David Stanistreet 90.00 Terry Brown’s Walk, sum of donations 493.00 and pledges so far up to £20 + Gift Aid. - Mr J W Farren 25.00 - Mr & Mrs S Clive 30.00 - Mr J C S Ford 25.00 - Mr & Mrs D S Beardsmore 30.00 Mr J Moody (returned property rent) 150.00 Returned expenses by Trust Directors:- - Mr B Kingshott 339.30 - Mr D Dixon 70.80 - Mr R O Williams 98.45 Regular donors to appeals + G.A. tax 1391.25 Sum of donations below £20 each +GA 1373.03 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the 23rd.
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