West
Vale Branch |
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| 20 August
2007 - "Awards for All" Grant |
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| We have received generous grants totalling £5350 from Awards for All - the National Lottery-funded grants scheme for local communities, for which we are very grateful. The award comprised £2850 for restoration of Steppingstone Lane Bridge and £2500 for fencing. | |
| 2 April 2003 - Branch members win the Melksham quiz |
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| The Melksham Branch quiz was won by Branch members - Richard (the webmaster), Chris, Orph (Branch Projects Officer) and Jan. This continues West Vale's domination of all Branch competitions. The quiz was very well run - the venue was excellent and we even had refreshments waiters! A couple of the questions were a little suspect, but they were generally a very good selection. | |
| 14 March
2003 - West Vale Branch website moves |
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| The West Vale Branch website has moved to www.westvalecanal.org.uk. The site is provided free by www.contributions.org.uk - they provide the service to charities. | |
| 10 March
2003 - Branch members win the East Vale quiz |
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| The annual East Vale Branch quiz was won by Branch members - Richard (the webmaster), Chris, Orph (Branch Projects Officer) and Jan. The runners-up were also from the Branch: Alan (Chairman), Jean (Membership), Chris (Work Party Organiser) and Brenda (Secretary). The victory was decided by a tie-breaker but the sore losers had clearly forgotten the generosity of the winners on an earlier occasion. | |
| 19 October
2002 - Branch members elected to Trust Council of Management at AGM |
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| At the Trust's AGM on 19 October, Orph Mable, Branch Project Co-ordinator, was elected to the Trust's Council of Management. Our Branch Chairman, Alan Norris, was re-elected to the Council. Congratulations to both. | |
| 13 May 2002 - Branch Website Featured in "Waterways World" Magazine |
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| The Branch's website has been featured in the June 2002 edition of "Waterways World" magazine. (I've always thought it the best of the bunch!) Each month the "clicking.on.canals" column has a site of the month and gives brief reviews of several others - ours was one of these and a picture of the homepage was included. Thanks to Jim Shead - his useful website of canal-related items is at www.jim-shead.com. | |
| 13 October 2001 - AGM agrees to change the name of the Group |
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| At the Group's AGM on Saturday
13th October a motion was passed unanimously to change the name of the
Group from Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity Group to Wilts & Berks
Canal Trust. The former Trust has become a Partnership and for all intents
and purposes has ceased to exist. The new name will be adopted as soon as
legal and bureaucratic procedures allow. Not quite so popular (but not
voted on) was the announcement of a totally new logo for the renamed
Trust.
Before the AGM, held at Foxham, members had the opportunity to visit local canal sites and take a boat trip. Click here for a report and some pictures. |
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