IMPORTANT NOTICE |

Our venue is the Pavilion in the Recreation Ground in Station Road, Chobham,
on the THIRD Wednesday in the month.
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The new talks season will
restart in October and will continue as usual until Spring 2013. The venue will be
as usual at Chobham
Parish Pavilion, Recreation Ground, Station Road, Chobham,
near Woking.
Meetings start at 8pm
on the third Wednesday of the month, except January and February 2013 that will be in the forth week due to a venue conflict (see
link above for exact location). Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available
during the interval. Non members and friends are very welcome to come along.
There is sufficient, and safe, parking alongside the hall.
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Winter Season 2012/2013
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Please come along and support these social evenings where we like to see new faces. Everyone is welcome so bring along your friends as well.
Here are the dates and details of the current season -
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A short history of the talks, compiled by Peter Coxhead ----
The Group was formed in the mid-1970s in those enterprising early muddy days of restoration. A small band of enthusiastic characters used to sit on the floor of members' houses planning programmes that would keep the momentum going.
The first actual public meetings when interesting speakers whetted our appetites for what we should aim for, took place in the long-since-demolished Centre Halls in Woking. Our compere was Mike Grist. We then moved to the old Christ Church Hall (now Barclays Bank) and for a time Peter Coxhead presented the evenings.
Then followed a period at the Methodist Church Hall and surely all who came there will remember the 'ex-sergeant-major' caretaker! Our next venue was St Johns Memorial Hall. Ginny Millard took over from Peter during this period.
For the last few years, our meeting place has been at the Westgate Centre again in the heart of Woking. Arthur Dungate was now our 'master of ceremonies' and all who came will remember the wonderful variety of interesting speakers.
Now, subject to receiving approval of a lottery bid, Woking Galleries will almost certainly be building a state-of-the-art 21st century Museum and Art Centre on the site of the old Westgate building.
Finding a hall suitable for both availability and price is not easy. However Peter Coxhead has come to an arrangement with Chobham Parish Council to rent its Pavilion in the Recreation Ground in Station Road, Chobham. The hall is large enough for our meetings, there is sufficient car parking space and a kitchen is available for those very important 'half time' breaks.
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NOVEMBER - Wednesday
21st
November, 2012 - 8pm
Murray Jones - 'History of Dragon Boat Racing' (First Half)
Kathryn Dodington - 'The Jubilee Thames River Pagent 2012' (Second Half)
Murray Jones is an international official of the
Dragon Boat Racing Association and will decribe the facinating history of this
unique sport and it's competitions. Kathryn Dodington (a committe member) will
talk about her participation in her narrow boat 'Leo No.2' in the Jubilee Thames
River Pageant this year.
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DECEMBER - Wednesday
19st December, 2012 - 8pm
Roger Squires BEM - 'Passage to Astrakhan'
One of our popular speakers Roger will be returning to describe
the 4702 km cruise he made alomg the waterways from the Baltic to the Caspian Sea and then
on to the Black Sea. This epic 3 week voyage on the Baltic Volga Canal,the River Volga and
the Volga Black Sea Canal took him through the heart of Russia,stopping at some of the formerly
'closed' towns en route.
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JANUARY - Wednesday
23rd
January, 2013 - 8pm (a week later than usual due to a venue conflict)
Peter Halman - 'Thames from Oxford to Windsor'
The River Thames has many stories from the past to the present to
be told and Peter will be visiting us to share his knowledge of the history of this beautiful
waterway through the centuries.
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FEBRUARY - Wednesday
27th
February, 2013 - 8pm (a week later than usual due to a venue conflict)
Ron and Myra Glover - 'Down the Rhine and Up the Neckar'
Having explored the waterways of western Europe,Ron and Myra decided
to venture further east. One barrier they had to cross was the mighty River Rhine and for their
boat 'Elsa' this meant "going with the flow". For this reason they joined the Rhine near the top
in France and travelled downstream venturing into the rivers joining on the German side. The first
is the Neckar.
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MARCH - Wednesday
20th
March, 2013 - 8pm
David Saady - 'The Ribble Link and the Lancaster Canal'
David will be visiting us to describe the history of the Ribble Link
and the Lancaster Canal and recount his cruise along the waterways, including the seven mile
crossing between the two,one of the riskiest water crossings for narrow boats in the country.
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APRIL - Wednesday
17th
April, 2013 - 8pm
Ray Orth - ' The Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal'
Ray is the Assistant Restoration Director of the Wendover Arm Trust and will present an illustrated talk on the history of the Trust and the Wendover Arm,why the Arm was built and the story of the restoration to date and the Trust's longer term aims.
Note:
If you have any ideas for interesting future talks, the Talks Organiser
will be pleased to hear from you! Please contact:
David Millett (01252 617364) or Peter Coxhead (01932 344564). -
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Last updated: May 2013 |