NEW WATERWAYS’ HISTORY INITIATIVE


In the last issue of CUTTINGS, a preliminary notice was given of the "Waterways History Conference" planned for Manchester in October. Thanks once again to the Internet, and to Mike Clarke, we are able to give details of the proposed programme for that event.

DATE: October 11th, 1997

VENUE: The Manchester Conference Centre, UMIST,
Sackville Street, Manchester


COST: £18, including lunch and other refreshments.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

10.00: Registration, coffee and biscuits
10.20: Welcome and introduction
10.30: "The End of Waterways History?: Joseph Boughey.
11.05: "Out of the Archives and onto the Towpath" : Nick Billingham.
11.40: "Canal Warehouses - form, function, and survival": David George.
11.50: "Towards a Study of our Earliest Waterways - the Fossdyke Experience": Ray Carey.
Ray Carey. 12.25: "British Canals - a European Perspective": Mike Clarke.
13.00: Lunch.
14.00: "Oral History and Waterways History": Tony Lewery.
14.35: "British Waterways Archives": Gillian Moore.
15.10: "The River Weaver Project": Andrew Fielding.
15.25: Tea & Biscuits
15.45: Plenary Session - where do we go from here?

For a Programme and Booking Form, please write with an SAE to:
Paul Sillitoe, 2 Oaken Clough Terrace, Aston-under-Lyne, OL7 9NY.

(0161 343 6342)


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