Programme of Presentations to Macclesfield Canal Society
For 2025 we are trialling holding the January, February and March talks using Zoom. One reason for this is to prevent speakers and audiences having to travel in the difficult winter months. Another reason is that it allows us to get speakers who are not in easy travelling distance of Macclesfield.
| Date and time | Presenter | Subject | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 17 January, 2025 - 19:30 | Malcolm Bridge | Ampere in Ireland - Part 1 | The adventures of a couple who spent a year on an electric boat on Irish waters. This part describes the passage to Ireland, craing in at Sallins, cruising through Dublin to the newly restored Royal Canal, then onto the Shannon and over the Shanon-Erne Waterway to Ennislkilen. | via Zoom (link to be issued later) |
| Friday, 21 February, 2025 - 19:30 | Malcom Bridge | Ampere in Ireland - Part 2 | The adventures of a couple who spent a year on Irish waters continues. This part covers Lower Lough Erne, the return over the Shanon-Erne and then almost the complete length of the Shannon before returning to Sallins along the Grand Canal and a winter spent aboard. | via Zoom (link to be issued later) |
| Friday, 21 March, 2025 - 19:30 | Ian McCarthy | Canals Revisited | Ian will be using slides to revisit the 1960's and 1970's, including work parties, campaigns and rallies. | via Zoom (link to be issued later) |
| Friday, 25 April, 2025 - 19:30 | David Kitching | A Look at the Peak District Canal in old photos | The talk will look at the photographic record of the the Peak Forest Canal, its structures and trade during the period 1900 to the 1950's when it carried limestone coal and textiles. Note talk is a week later than normal because of Good Friday | Townley Hall |
| Friday, 16 May, 2025 - 19:30 | David Broome | Bring Boats back to Burslem | David will talk about the history of Burslem Branch Canal and it's demise in 1961 and then outline the ambitions they have for the future in detail. , | Townley Hall |