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MEETINGS are on the following dates in 2025 - 26
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Meetings are on the third Thursday of each month from October to March with our AGM in April.
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October 16th
At our first meeting of the new season we had a very informative talk from Alex Husselbee, CRT Project Manager and Adam Higginson, Lead Engineer who oversaw the rebuild of the top lock at Wilmcote earlier this year.
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November 20th
Phil Clayton joined us again, always popular with his tales from around the network.
This time it was something different with his story about the breach on the new main line.
"I regret to have to report"...The Rattlechain Brickworks Breach : 9.9.'99
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​December 18th
Our Christmas meal was well attended and we were all grateful to the excellent meal provide by Amie.
As well as the meal, our Christmas raffle and an auction of some artwork, John and Rachel Brookes provided some musical entertainment.
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Meetings and Events
January 15th
Richard Saunders gave us an interesting presentation of his visits to the Fenland drains showing us the challenges he had navigating these drainage ditches.
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February 19th
Nigel Bishop - Member of the RHS, who spent most of his working in the public sector parks service. Nigel gave us an excellent talk about the garden that he and his father created for retirement.
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March 19th
Jim Seaton from the Severn Valley Railway is coming to talk to us about the line, with a bit about it's history, a virtual trip down the line and some information about the trials and tribulations of running the line.
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April 16th
The SonACS AGM, this will be followed by a talk by Tim Winnett (Operations at CRT) about the Canal and Rivers Trust and update us on upcoming future works.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETINGS
Our home for meetings is: -
Amie's Tearoom at Castle Nurseries, Birmingham Road, Mappleborough Green, Studley, B80 7DF.
We assemble for lunch, (if you want) from about 12 o'clock, food served at 12:30, with the meeting to start at 2.00 pm prompt.
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To help cover speaker's expenses we have a £1 per ticket raffle at the meetings, with the prize of a bottle of wine.