Come join us for this month’s Open Meeting on Monday 14th April, at 7.15 pm in the Castlefield Hotel.

Our final talk of the season “My Illustrious Namesake And the IWA…” by Peter Scott will be held on 14 April.

“That’s a famous name … ” said Mrs Wallbank to a 5-year-old Peter Scott in 1955. He was one of those moving figures on their 9″ Bush television, mainly talking about animals: but Peter’s classmates without televisions didn’t understand. And Peter didn’t understand, then, his namesake’s active involvement in the waterways was mostly over. And that was just a small part of his achievements.

Our speaker, Peter Scott, was IWA North East & Yorkshire Region Chairman and an IWA trustee from 2009 to 2019. He has about half-a-million photos, mainly of canals and many shelves with waterway books and magazines. He’s still boating (since 1971) so far totting up 616 trips; 3256 days afloat; 43,477 miles 30,654 locks. Mainly since 1992 aboard CopperkinsII, a 58′ modern-ish narrowboat, and Fulbourne – a 71′ GUCCC ex-working boat restored externally to working condition. He is a retired computist & enjoys bellringing on church and handbells, when not boating.