The organisers of the Russell Newbery Rally have kindly invited WMS members to attend any of their talks which will be held as follows: Friday 15 June 10.30am. Restoration of the Poynton Cinema engine presented by Anson Engine Museum –…
Author: Steve Sunley
Waterways Journal Volume 20 is now available.
The articles are as varied as usual, spanning the timescale from the medieval River Dee, to the Nationalisation of the inland docks and waterways in 1948 and the involvement of British Waterways in the leisure industry from the 1950s to…
Web Site URL has changed
Following on from the Boat Museum Society changing its name to the Waterways Museum Society, the web site address has been changed to waterwaysmuseumsociety.org.uk. The old address boatmuseumsociety.co.uk is being mapped to the new one, but DNS hasn’t quite finished…
Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Friday 13th April at 7:30 pm.
An Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on Friday 13th April at 7:30 pm to discuss special business. Jeff our Chairman writes: – Over the past 18 months we have been looking at how we should take the society forward…
The March 2018 issue of RePort, Vol 220,
The March 2018 issue of RePort, Vol 220, is now available via the Members Only page
Friday 16th February – The Annual General Meeting followed by :-
“From Grave to Cradle – Bringing up the Boats” – a talk from Barry Green, Volunteer Project Manager Come and hear how the Arts Council England grant allowed the museum to secure the future preservation of the historic boat collection.…
Bells Ringing and People Singing
This was the sound of The Wirral Singers and Ringers on Saturday 9th December who gave a wonderful Christmas Concert in aid of The Boat Museum Society. Under the direction of Gill Brady and Ian Robertson accompanied by Rose MacPherson,…
Members’ Password
Now that the new membership cards have been distributed I shall change this password soon. New Year’s Day seems like a good time to make this change. So please continue to use the existing password this year, then the new…
Santa Cruises
The Christmas Cruises are on the 9th, 10th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th. Father Christmas will be taking to the water on Centaur and then onto his grotto where there will be storytelling and a present for the children.…
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