PAST EVENTS
2020
(Please look on the “News” page for photos from past events.)
IWA Online Open Talks or Webinars: Please click on the webinar title you wish to
view via YouTube.
Alternatively use this IWA YouTube Channel link.
Monday 14th December - “Managing Boats on London’s Busy Waterways”. Matthew Symonds.
Wednesday 9th December - “Mammals on the Waterways”. Paul Wilkinson.
Tuesday 8th December - “Innovations in CRT”. Neil Owen.
Thursday 26th November - “The Historic Docks of Liverpool”. Bill Froggatt.
Tuesday 24th November - “IWA at 75: Water, Camera, Action - the art of waterways
photography”. Margaret Beardsmore.
Monday 23rd November - “Cherishing the Tidal Thames”. A. J. McConville.
Thursday 19th November - “River Ouse Water Supply”. Lee Dance.
Wednesday 18th November - “The Stamford Canal - Lincolnshire’s forgotten waterway”.
Ken Otter.
Thursday 12th November - “Enhancing Chelmsford Waterways”. Roy Chandler.
Wednesday 11th November - “Restoration of the Bradley Arm”. Dave Pearson.
Thursday 29th October - “Bats on our Waterways”. Diane Rollin.
Monday 26th October - “Finding, Accessing and Restoring our Waterways with London
WRG”. Tim Lewis.
Tuesday 20th October - “IWA at 75 - three regional campaigns with national significance”.
Audrey Smith OBE.
Thursday 8th October - “Leading Canal & River Trust Back from Lockdown”. Richard
Parry and Daniel Greenhalgh.
Thursday 24th September - “Current Trends in Inland Boatbuilding and What the Future
may have in Store”. Mark Langley.
Wednesday 23rd September - “The UK’s Heritage Ports and Harbours initiative”. Brian
Corbett and Andrea Raiker.
Monday 21st September - “Hire Boat Holidays - will our holidays of the future be
a break from the past?” Sharon Mills, Carl Onens and Karen Wyatt.
Tuesday 11th August - “IWA at 75: A Waterway Revolution”. Kate Saffin.
Monday 27th July - “Canal Planning and Conservation in West London”. Ray Gill and
Roger Still.
Tuesday 21st July - “To Obscurity and Beyond - completing the Silver Propeller Challenge”.
Michael and Jo Morehouse.
Monday 22nd June - “A journey up the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation”. Roy Chandler.
Thursday 11th June - “Biodiversity Net Gain”. Alex Melson.
Tuesday 9th June - “Looking after the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation”. Roy Chandler.
Tuesday 2nd June - “Scottish Waterways - now and the future”. Jonathan Mosse.
Tuesday 26th May - “Sustainable Propulsion”. Bowman Bradley.
Thursday 21st May - “Invasive Species & Biosecurity”. Alex Melson.
Tuesday 19th May - “Canal Archaeology”. Ralph Mills.
Tuesday 12th May - “Boston to Peterborough Wetland Corridor - water transfer”. Chris
Howes.
Tuesday 5th May - “IWA - protecting waterways heritage”. Amy Tillson.
Tuesday 28th April - IWA Webinars:
“Changing the face of the Ashton Canal”. Maarja Kaaristo.
“IWA - bringing waterways to the attention of government”. Alison Smedley.
Monday 13th April - IWA Webinar - “Curiosities of the Fens”. Chris Howes.
Thursday 9th and Saturday 4th April - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. (Cancelled due to Coronavirus.)
Monday 6th April - IWA Open Talk - “Exploring Manchester’s Hidden Heritage”. Martin
Zero. (Cancelled due to Coronavirus.)
Friday 20th March to Monday 13th April - The GB Spring Clean Campaign. (Postponed
until 11-27 September due to Coronavirus. See website here.)
Saturday 14th and Thursday 12th March - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Monday 9th March - IWA Open Talk - “The Wooden Canal Boat Society”. Chris Leah.
Saturday 15th and Thursday 13th February - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Monday 10th February - IWA Open Talk - “The Lancaster Canal Northern Reaches”. Audrey
Smith OBE. (Unfortunately Audrey was unable to attend, so Phil gave an interesting
talk on his trip to the Antartica region.)
Monday 13th January - IWA Open Talk - “The Warrington Transporter Bridge”. Margaret
Ingham.
Saturday 11th and Thursday 9th January - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
2019
Saturday 14th and Thursday 12th December - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Monday 9th December - IWA Christmas Social and Jacob’s Feast.
Saturday 16th November - Broadstone Mill Fun Day, Broadstone Road, Reddish.
Saturday 16th and Thursday 14th November - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Monday 11th November - IWA Open Talk - “Archaeology at Worsley”. Dr. Mike Nevill.
Sunday 20th October - AGM at Stockport Labour Club, 2 Lloyd St., Heaton Norris, Stockport,
SK4 1QP. See minutes here.
Monday 14th October - IWA Open Talk - “Freight on Inland Waterways”. David Lowe.
Saturday 12th and Thursday 10th October - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Saturday 14th and Thursday 12th September - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Monday 16th September - IWA Manchester September Boat Cruise on the Emmeline Pankhurst.
Sunday 22nd September - Manchester Road Park Fun Day, Ash Grove, Heaton Chapel. (Unfortunately
this event was cancelled due to bad weather.)
Saturday 7th September - Openshaw Festival, Lime Square Retail Park, Ashton Old Road,
Openshaw.
Saturday 10th and Thursday 8th August - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Sunday 4th August - North Reddish Park Fun Day, Longford Road West, Reddish.
Friday 26th July - Broadstone Mill Outlet Cafe, Broadstone Road, Reddish.
Saturday 13th and Thursday 11th July - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Sunday 23rd June - Reddish Festival “Reddfest”, Houldsworth Square.
Saturday 15th and Thursday 13th June - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for report.
Sunday 19th May - IWA Day Trip to the Chesterfield Canal.
Saturday 18th May - Clayton Hall Open Day.
Saturday 11th and Thursday 9th May - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow Brick
Road). Please click here for report.
Sunday 28th April - Manchester Book Fair.
Saturday 13th and Thursday 11th April - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for a report of these events.
Monday 8th April - IWA Open Talk - “The Daniel Adamson”. Les Green and Bob Cannell
(The Danny Preservation Society).
Saturday 6th April - IWA North West Region Social.
Friday 22nd March to Tuesday 23rd April - The Keep Britain Tidy Spring 2019 Campaign.
Saturday 16th and Thursday 14th March - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for a report of these events.
Monday 11th March - IWA Open Talk - “Narrowboat Carrying in the Latter Days”. Paul
Monahan.
Saturday 16th and Thursday 14th February - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for a report of these events.
Monday 11th February - IWA Open Talk - “The Manchester Ship Canal - Orthopaedics,
Trauma and Ethiopia Links”. Tony Clayson.
Saturday 9th February - Gorton Aqueduct clean-up.
Monday 14th January - IWA Open Talk - “A Short History of Pleasure Boating on British
Canals”. Maarja Kaaristo.
Saturday 12th and Thursday 10th January - Monthly clean-up of the canal path (Yellow
Brick Road) and Fallowfield Loop. Please click here for a report of these events.
