Winter Meetings 2010/11

Ipswich Branch Winter meetings are all held in the Community Centre, School Street, Needham Market, IP6 8BB. Click here for a map link.

Our meetings are normally held on the second Friday of the month but this may sometimes have to change if the room we use has been pre-booked by another organisation.

All meetings start at 7-30pm unless otherwise stated and non-members are more than welcome.

There is no charge for attending the meetings but we hold a raffle to offset the room hire costs

We are now starting to organise the next round of Winter talks. Check back on this page for updates.

Friday 8th October 2010   Richard Thomas from 'Friends of President', the group that assists with the preservation of the historic steam powered narrowboat.

Friday 12th November 2010   Ivan Cane, Company Secretary of the East Anglian Waterways Association will tell us about The North Walsham & Dilham Canal 1825-2025.

Friday 10th December 2010     The 'Lydia Eva' and 'Mincarlo' Trust

A talk by a member of the Lydia Eva and Mincarlo Trust about  The Lydia Eva . The Lydia Eva is the worlds last remaining steam powered Herring Drifter and has been restored back to fully working order. In May 2010 she sailed from Lowestoft to Great Yarmouth under her own power where she is now a floating museum.

Friday 14th January 2011

An evening of chat, sausage rolls and mince pies. An opportunity to talk to your committee, your friends and anyone else you can think of! Perhaps you could invite a friend along and get them to join our branch.

Friday 11th February 2011 Ipswich Branch AGM

The AGM will be followed by an illustrated talk by a Branch member 

Friday 11th March 2011 Branch Annual Dinner.
The Compasses, Holbrook.  Tickets must be booked in advance. There will be NO evening meeting.

This year the dinner has been moved to March in the hope that the weather will have improved from the depths of winter. Also the meal will be at lunch time on the Friday to avoid members having to travel after dark. Tickets must be booked by the 11 February with Chard Wadley.