Meetings

We meet at the Red Bull Hotel, Church Lawton, near Kidsgrove. It has a large car park and, as you can see from the photo below, it is alongside lock 43 of our canal. The full address is Congleton Road South, Church Lawton, ST7 3AJ Telephone: (01782) 782600 . See their own website for more details.

See our Diary of Events for meetings and events in the near future. For past events see our archive pages Reports of Talks, Reports of Socials and Reports of AGMs.

2024-25 Season

Talks are usually 7:45 for 8 pm start. but please check our Diary of Events for the start time for all events before attending.

 

A Virtual Journey from Barnton to Harecastle

October 18th

The history and the changing places of the Trent and Mersey canal between Preston Brook and Harecastle Tunnel. The journey compares the scene in the 1930s (a few views) and 1967-9, with 2023/4.

 

Ian Wilson

 

British Rail Southern Region 1948-1994

November 15th

The continued progress of the Southern Railway (the largest 650-750v DC 3rd-rail electrified railway in the world from Britain’s railway companies 1923 Amalgamation into the ‘Big Four’) following the Second World War, and Nationalisation.

 

Jon Honeysett MBE

 

December 6th

Our Christmas meal at Red Bull

 

 

Burslem Port

January 17th 2025

Past, Present and Future

 

Dave Broome

 

Historic Narrowboats

February 21st 2025

 

Alison & Rupert Smedley

 

Barton to River Aire

March 21st 2025

Film of a 1999 voyage to the River Aire via Barton, Wigan, Bingley and Leeds.

 

Alan Chetwyn

 

HS2 and Brindley

April 18th 2025

Comparing the now abandoned HS2 northern section passage through mid-Staffordshire with Brindley’s escapades there in the late 1700s.

 

Michael Priest