| NEWS 2010 |
L&H CANAL ROUTES ON GOOGLE MAPS
Maps and pictures of the Lichfield Canal, Hatherton Canal and Lords Hayes Branch have been put on Nick's Canal Route Planner.
Go to the Lichfield Canal page or the Hatherton Canal page for the links to more detailed maps and to take a virtual tour.
If you have any photos email Steve Szulc who will be happy to upload them to the site as well as any comments or corrections.
GRAND PRIZE DRAW WINNERS 2010
Announced on Saturday 23rd October 2010
at Whittington Village Hall
Congratulations to all the lucky winners in the Grand Prize Draw for 2010 whose tickets were drawn out by the Sheriff of Lichfield during our Evening of Black Country Comedy and Music at Whittington Village Hall on 23rd October.
We give special thanks to all the donors of the prizes shown below, and to Bob Williams and George Simonczyk for all their hard work organising it.
The lucky winners were:-
No. | PRIZE | WINNER | Ticket No. |
1. | £500 CASH | Mr P Gardner, Weedon, Northants | 8493 |
2. | SPA DAY AT HOAR CROSS HALL with luxury transport by Fred Pritchard | Mr B Cartwright, Tamworth | 14282 |
3. | ONE-DAY BOAT HANDLING COURSE by Terry Robertson | Mr D Masters, Retford, Notts | 13165 |
4. | MARKS & SPENCERS VOUCHER for £50 | Mr G Chapman, Lichfield | 8955 |
5. | "SWEET MEMORIES" PHOTO FRAME | Mrs K Ainsworth, Birmingham | 13167 |
6. | NATIONAL TRUST BOOK: TOWN & COUNTRY BIRDS | Mr Randall, Lichfield | 733 |
7. | "MAMMA MIA" ABBA BOOK SET | Mrs P Gulvin, Chatham, Kent | 11624 |
8. | ROSES ADDRESSES, NOTEBOOK & PEN SET | Mr & Mrs K Humphreys, Hammerwich | 1639 |
9. | CHOICE OF VIDEO OR DVD from Laurence Hogg Productions | Mr S Vickery, Lichfield | 1566 |
We wish to thank everyone who bought and sold tickets again this year, raising £3,533 for Trust funds. The Prize Draw for 2011 will be launched in March and tickets will be offered to members with the Spring edition of “Cut Both Ways” due out in May.
DAVID SUCHET STARS IN ARTHUR MILLER'S "ALL MY SONS"
All My Sons - the first great success of Arthur Miller's supremely influential career -
is a compelling story of love, guilt and the corrupting power of greed.
Joe Keller (David Suchet) is alleged to have supplied World War II fighter planes with defective engines, leading to the deaths of innocent pilots - a crime for which his business partner took the fall. One of Keller's sons, himself a pilot, is thought to have been killed in action. But his mother (Zoe Wanamaker) can't accept his death and equally, can't accept that her dead son's fiancée has transferred her affections to her other son. The confrontations that ensue lead to the uncovering of a shameful family secret...
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Our 20th Annual General Meeting was held on Friday 18th June 2010 at 7.15pm
MICHAEL FABRICANT MP GETS IWA AWARD
Michael Fabricant was awarded Joint Parliamentarian of the Year 2010 by the Inland Waterways Association at a dinner in the House of Commons on Tuesday 2nd February 2010. Michael is a keen narrowboater, is Patron of the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, and has spoken in a number of Parliamentary Debates on matters concerning Britain's inland waterways. Retiring Labour MP, Bob Laxton, Chairman of the Waterways All Party Group, also received the award.
Michael says: "I am honoured and delighted to have been given this prestigious award. Our canals and rivers generate millions of pounds in revenue from tourism and are a natural sanctuary for wildlife. They need to be maintained and cherished. As I told those assembled: I shall plonk the award on the table when I next go narrowboating with a bunch of my rowdy friends. My next trip is round the Cheshire ring."
Guests at the dinner included Members of Parliament of all parties, regional chairmen and officers of the Inland Waterways Association, and the Chairman and Chief Executive of British Waterways.
Photograph shows Michael Fabricant receiving the Award from Clive Henderson, National Chairman of the Inland Waterways Association. |
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