£1 free to members Spring 2020 REBUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CANAL BETWEEN HEREFORD & GLOUCESTER Working together in the present to revive the past and secure a better future.© -W143 cover.indd 1 25/2/20 21:49:26 Working together in the present to revive the past and secure a better future.© Who does what? … To get in touch see “Contacts” see inside the back cover. Honorary Life President: Membership Services Janet Moult Secretary: Nigel Jefferies, Vice Presidents: Gift Aid: Janet Moult, Gordon Lowthian R.E. Barnes TD, Richard Graham MP, Rt Hon.Mark Press Liaison Ralph Barber Harper MP, Duff Hart-Davis, James Hervey-Bathurst Canal Sales & Promotion CBE DL, Sir John Lushington Bt, Rt Hon. Jesse Norman MP, Diana Organ, Bill Wiggin MP Hereford Roving Team: Janet Moult, Barbara Moses, Ray Moses, Penny Shetliffe, Board of Trustees Pat Skeet, Heather Worth Chairman: Ralph Barber Gloucester Roving Team: Ginny Birkett, Finance Trustee:Philip Marshall Operations Trustee: Tony Sellwood The Wharfinger Communications Trustee: Ralph Barber Editor: Ralph Barber Membership Trustee:Nigel Jefferies Fund Raising Trustee:Debbie Barber Proofreading: Janet Moult, Debbie Barber Strategy Chair: Ed Helps Advertising:Ginny Birkett Vaughan Welch Distribution: Janet Moult Digital Photo Library: Colin Dymott Company Secretary: Philip Marshall Website Web Master: Nick Dymott, Social Media Accounts Examiners:Griffiths Marshall, Gloucester Facebook: Debbie Barber, Nick Dymott Twitter: Debbie Barber YouTube: Ralph Barber Health & Safety Social Events Ed Helps Organiser: Janet Moult, Support: Nigel Hereford & Gloucester Construction Jefferies, Stephen and Gillian Chowns Safety Assoc. Talks and Walks Restoration & Maintenance Teams Co-ordinator: Nigel Jefferies , Hereford Roving Team: John Pritchard Dick Skeet Kymin East: Ralph Barber Yarkhill: Chris High Oxenhall: Brian Fox, Geoff Hopper The Wharf House Company Limited Over and Vineyard Hill: Andy Fowler Directors: Major Projects Teams Philip Marshall – Finance, Malswick Project: Paul Henshaw, Tony Sellwood Ed Helps, Ralph Barber, Eamonn McGurk, Accounts Examiners: Griffiths Marshall, Newent Station Project: Brian Fox, David Gloucester Gregory, Mike Harris, Tony Sellwood Those in italics are not Directors of the H&G CT Ltd or The Wharf House Company Ltd. 1 The Wharfinger Edition 141 Contents Working together in the present to revive the past and secure a better future.© Front Page Picture: Flowers along the Who does what? … canal in Kymin - Ralph Barber To get in touch see “Contacts” see inside the back cover. Honorary Life President: Membership Services Inside Front cover: Who does what Janet Moult Secretary: Nigel Jefferies, 24 January 2020 Social evening Gift Aid: Janet Moult, Gordon Lowthian Page 25 Help! Vice Presidents: 3 Trust Business 26 The River Severn in Flood Press Liaison Ralph Barber R.E. Barnes TD, Richard Graham MP, Rt Hon.Mark 5 Introducing a Trustee 27 Dates for your Diary 2020 Harper MP, Duff Hart-Davis, James Hervey-Bathurst Canal Sales & Promotion 6 Carolyn Pascall Remembered 27 Grand Holiday Draw CBE DL, Sir John Lushington Bt, Rt Hon. Jesse 8 Personnel Message from John 29 News from the Lock Keepers Norman MP, Diana Organ, Bill Wiggin MP Hereford Roving Team: Janet Moult, Barbara Moses, Ray Moses, Penny Shetliffe, 9 New Web Site 30 Social Evenings Board of Trustees Pat Skeet, Heather Worth 11 Site update - Kymin 32 Sailing4Disabled Chairman: Ralph Barber Gloucester Roving Team: Ginny Birkett, 12 Site update - Oxenhall 33 Gloucester and District Model Boat Finance Trustee:Philip Marshall 13 Tales from the Workshop Club Operations Trustee: Tony Sellwood The Wharfinger 14 Site update - Malswick 34 Donations Communications Trustee: Ralph Barber Editor: Ralph Barber Membership Trustee:Nigel Jefferies 18 Site update - Over 34 Membership Matters Proofreading: Janet Moult, Debbie Barber Fund Raising Trustee:Debbie Barber 20 Mr. Maysey 35 The Wealth of Coal Strategy Chair: Ed Helps Advertising:Ginny Birkett Vaughan Welch Distribution: Janet Moult 22 Heritage Boats 36 Advertising in The Wharfinger Digital Photo Library: Colin Dymott 23 Site Days Inside back cover Contact details Company Secretary: Philip Marshall 23 Stamps Membership details and Rates Website Web Master: Nick Dymott, Social Media Accounts Examiners:Griffiths Marshall, Gloucester Facebook: Debbie Barber, Nick Dymott Twitter: Debbie Barber YouTube: Ralph Barber Health & Safety Social Events Ed Helps Organiser: Janet Moult, Support: Nigel Hereford & Gloucester Construction Jefferies, Stephen and Gillian Chowns Safety Assoc. Talks and Walks Restoration & Maintenance Teams Co-ordinator: Nigel Jefferies , Hereford Roving Team: John Pritchard Dick Skeet Kymin East: Ralph Barber Yarkhill: Chris High Oxenhall: Brian Fox, Geoff Hopper The Wharf House Company Limited Over and Vineyard Hill: Andy Fowler Directors: Major Projects Teams Philip Marshall – Finance, Malswick Project: Paul Henshaw, Tony Sellwood Ed Helps, Ralph Barber, Eamonn McGurk, Accounts Examiners: Griffiths Marshall, Newent Station Project: Brian Fox, David Gloucester Gregory, Mike Harris, Tony Sellwood Those in italics are not Directors of the H&G CT Ltd or The Wharf House Company Ltd. 11 The Wharfinger Edition 143141 H Trust Business C A G N AL TRUST Your needs . 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As with all our activities any help on the restoration sites or with promoting the canal is very welcome. News also on the new web site and our Facebook and Twitter accounts. We now have a YouTube page that doesn’t require you to log into an account - details can be found within this edition. Any pictures of the canal or videos can now be published on all platforms to help share in the Trust’s work. Should you have something that you would like to share, please contact me via email ([email protected]) and we can get them posted. Even if it is a large video we can transfer using other programmes to get it posted. Keeping you informed about people involved with the Trust. Vaughan introduces himself; news of the sad loss of Carolyn Pascall; and one of our Trustees moving on. We also had another first this year of an open evening to get views on the direction and strategy of the Trust going forward from members. Some very clear comments came out of the evening and the Board will be reviewing them and seeing what actions can be done to move things forward. I personnally had a very interesting discussion with one of the volunteers about the boats and hope that the discussions we had can be developed into some solid plans goiing forward once we have developed more canal with water in it for the boats to operate. A big thank you to all who have supplied items for this edition and should you wish to have a say in the Wharfinger, please submit an item to the editor. A ALL SEASONS A S Delicatessen and Licensed Café S independent and family owned Nestled in the centre of the historic market town of Newent you will find a carefully chosen range of quality foods. Artisan cheeses, Hampers, Afternoon Teas and much more….. Pop in and browse. 10 Church Street , Newent 01531 822940 Gloucestershire GL18 1PP www.allseasonsdeli.co.uk 34 The Wharfinger EditionEdition 114341 4 Edition 143 Introducing a Trustee Vaughan Welch Married for more than thirty five years to Suzanne and living on the southern tip of Birmingham, my nearest canal being the Worcester Birmingham some 60 feet below ground in Wasthill Tunnel. A retired Engineering Buyer and Contracts Manager working for a major utility, where knowledge of the commercial world, and good communication skills, remain the key elements to success in parallel to looking after the public’s interest both in terms of them being customers in parallel to ensuring that work is done which minimizes disruption. A significant part of the role involved evaluating potential contractor’s adherence to Health and Safety Law as part of the prequalification process and then putting a value on that assessment when considering their tenders. I have more than fifty years boating experience and indeed still own a boat. I served as an Inland Waterways Association Trustee and chaired its Restoration Committee for nearly fifteen years. I was a volunteer and Trustee on the Droitwich Canals Trust, serving as its Chairman during its final years of existence that included their reopening in 2011, and represented the Trust on the local restoration Partnership from its inception.