FEBRUARY 1-2 OPEN day, Stoke:
Bedford Street Locks, Caldon Canal, 10am to 3.30pm. This staircase flight of locks will be drained with visitors able to access the bottom of the lock where repairs are being undertaken at locks 1 and 2. In addition, CRT will be showcasing repairs to the lock’s 200-year-old brickwork.
THE 40th Carole Nash Bristol Classic Motorcycle Show:
Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QN. www.bristolclassicbikeshow.com
FEBRUARY 2 IWA Towpath Walks Society, London:
Regent’s Canal: King’s Cross – Granary Square – Camden. Meet by the taxi queue at King’s Cross, 2.30pm. Costs £10, £8 student/concs. Contact Roger Wilkinson 0203 612 9624.
FEBRUARY 4 WORCESTER, Birmingham & Droitwich Canals Society:
Railway-Canal Interchange Basins by Ian Pell. In the meeting room behind The Weighbridge, Alvechurch, B48 7SQ, 7.45pm.
FEBRUARY 8-9 OPEN day, Anderton Boat
RCR Baswich head office (by bridge 101 on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal). £200 (two days). Enquiries to enquiries@rivercanalrescue. co.uk or call 01785 785680.
THE 11th Footman James Great Western Classic Car Show:
Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 6QN. www.bristolclassiccarshows.com
FEBRUARY 11 IWA Northampton Branch:
Speaker Richard Thomas presents Story of the Panama. The Walnut Tree Inn, Blisworth, 8pm.
Talk by Liam Cooper, Midlands Region, Canal & River Trust, boating and customer services manager. At the cafe, Ellesmere Port Boat Museum, CH65 4FW, 7.45pm.
IWA Chester & Mersey Branch: FEBRUARY 14 IWA North Staffordshire & South Cheshire Branch:
Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH. www. classicdirtbikeshow.co.uk
FEBRUARY 16 IWA Towpath Walks Society, London:
Regent’s Canal: Mile End – Limehouse. Meet at Mile End tube station, 2.30pm. Costs £10, £8 student/concs. Contact Roger Wilkinson 0203 612 9624.
FEBRUARY 18 THE Rochdale Canal – From Trade to Tourism:
Talk with old photos by local historian Diana Monahan. Visitors welcome, £3. Todmorden Town Hall Court Room, 7.30pm.
CROFTON Beam Engines winter open day:
Visitors can see behind the scenes of this unique site. Guided tours. Free entry. 11am to 3pm. More details on 07879 492540 or email crofton.press@ katrust.org.uk
FEBRUARY 19 IWA Lichfield:
The Ribble Link and Lancaster Canal, illustrated talk by Neil Barnett. Martin Heath Hall, Christchurch Lane (off Walsall Road), WS13 8AY, 7.15pm for 7.30pm.
Jo Gosney presents 100 Years Under the Flightpath. Farnborough and the impact of aviation on the people, workplace and economy for over a century. The Parish Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Chobham, near
BASINGSTOKE Canal Society:
Woking, GU24 8AJ, 8pm.
FEBRUARY 20 IWA Milton Keynes branch:
AGM followed by Athina Beckett with an update on the Buckingham Canal. Milton Keynes Irish Centre, Manor Fields, Watling Street, Fenny Stratford, MK2 2HX, 7.45pm.
FEBRUARY 21 IWA East Yorkshire Branch:
500 Miles with a Few Diversions, a presentation about a waterway journey by Iain Campbell. Methodist Church Hall, Cottingham, HU16 4BD. 8pm. For further information contact Roger Bromley, 01482 845099, Roger.bromley@waterways. org.uk
TRENT & Mersey Canal Society:
Bill Walker presents Women and Children Living and Working on Canal Boats. The Red Bull Hotel, Church Lawton, ST7 3AJ, next to lock 43 on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Room open 7.30pm, talk starts 8pm.
FEBRUARY 22-23 RIVER Canal Rescue electrics course:
RCR Baswich head office (by bridge 101 on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal). £250 (two days). Enquiries to enquiries@ rivercanalrescue.co.uk or call 01785 785680.