Chairman’s New Year message.
As we enter a new decade, our thoughts turn from how we can lose that weight put on over the Christmas celebrations to how can we make a difference to […]
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News from Canal and River Trust regarding the museum dated 10th December 2019
A couple of weeks ago we shared news about Mark Evans being appointed as Director, Wales & South West and there are a few changes to reporting lines being made […]
» Read moreChristmas Concert raises funds to support museum projects
The Christmas concert held at the museum on Friday 13th December raised net proceeds of £530 which will be put towards projects at the museum. A huge thank you to […]
» Read moreRe:Port – December Issue
The December issue of Re:Port has now been published, you can find a link to it in PDF form on the Members’ page. In it you can read about among […]
» Read moreThe Christmas Social – 20th December
The December meeting of the WMS will be on Friday 20th. It will be the Christmas Social as usual with our ever popular evening of short talks by Society members. […]
» Read moreThe construction of the replica carriage on the Slipway.
At the 15th November meeting of the Waterways Museum Society, Brian Spencer gave us a talk about the construction of the replica carriage which is now on display on the […]
» Read moreLiving Waterways Awards 2019
One of our members, Nigel Carpenter, was part of the team that were commended for their contribution to Skills for Young Curators project undertaken at the National Waterways Museum Ellesmere […]
» Read moreUpdate on Festival de Loire d’Orleans.
The team are now back home again after five fantastic days at the Festival de Loire d’Orleans. Working in partnership with the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society, we estimate that […]
» Read moreGreetings from Festival de Loire d’Orleans.
Please find at the bottom of this post a link to the YouTube video which includes Di explaining her costume. You will hear how her french has improved since she […]
» Read moreIWA Raises Climate Change Concerns with Waterways Minister.
Following the damage to the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir as a result of torrential rain on 1st August, the subsequent evacuation of Whaley Bridge and the operation to reduce the […]
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