Please accept our apologies for not updating the website… we are a very small team with very limited time.

We will report on our year’s limited activities at the AGM, in the meantime plans are afoot to completely overhaul the Business Plan and in the process determine our strategy going forward.

Barry Thompson
Chairman

Notices will be issued soon and hopefully we can meet on the barge, watch this space.

Just about 50 tons of beauty in one lift !

Your Chairman is exploring our website, practising how to update you all!

12th December was an uplifting day to say the least. At pretty short notice our good friend ‘Tink’ Hutchinson tried out his new 120 ton crane.

Les Reid made sure we had a good record in pictures and videos the  after meticulous preparations she was lifted about one o clock.

She will remain at the Whitehouse Wharf for a week or two then move close to the Weavers.

The committee will meet early in January to determine a strategy for internal refurbishment.

The AGM of the Newark Heritage Barge C.I.O. will be held on the 1st December 2015 at a time and venue to announced shortly, please take note of the date. No need to remind members of the opportunity to review the last year and catch up with friends who share our common interest, The Leicester Trader. We look forward to seeing as many of our members as possible.

Thanks to a further generous award by the Arts & Humanities Research
Council, under its Connected Communities Programme, to the
Department of History at The University of Nottingham, the University
and Newark Heritage Barge are pleased to present a Waterways
Heritage Day on Saturday 27 June 2015. This will showcase some of the
historical research and practical conservation currently in progress on
the rivers and canals of the East Midlands.
The day school forms part of the AHRC’s Connected Communities
Festival, a national programme of events intended to strengthen links
between universities and local communities.
After a series of talks in the morning, there will be a guided walk along
the river in the afternoon. This will mark the launch of Newark Heritage
Barge’s new ‘Trail’, intended to bring out for both local people and
visitors the rich waterside heritage of the town.
Alongside the talks and the walk, all the waterways heritage
organisations in the East Midlands and neighbouring regions are being
invited to bring along displays of their work and publications to sell, so
there will be an opportunity to see what is going on over a large area of
eastern England.
Anyone interested in waterways history, or the local history of Trentside
or canalside communities, is very welcome to come to this event, which
will be held at Staythorpe Electricity Sports & Social Club, King’s Road,
Newark NG24 1EW. The club is in the centre of Newark, within walking
distance of the bus station, both railway stations, and the main carparks.
There is limited waiting outside the club to unload display
material, but not longer-term parking.
There is no charge for the day school, but we do need to know how
many people are coming. Please see over for details of how to enrol.

All enquiries to: Philip Riden (email philip.riden@nottingham.ac.uk; or
telephone (evenings) 01246 554026.

It is important to register as soon as possible and further details on the event plus the registration form are available by following the link below, please click on the link and then click again to download the forms.

Heritage Day programme final PDF

Our grateful thanks for the donation made towards the purchase of the barge from the Lincolnshire Branch of the Inland Waterways Association. Photo from L to R Association Treasurer Andy Martin, Association Chairman Dave Carnell and Les Reid accepting the substantive contribution.

L to R Barry, Les and Paul at Paul’s introduction to the Leicester Trader

Our new Chairman Barry now has two successful meetings under his belt, and we welcome Paul Strudwick as our New Treasurer. Paul succeeds the capable Dorothy Britton.Our thanks and appreciation Dorothy for your efforts and contributions over the years.

This Year’s Christmas Tree displays in the St Mary Magdalene Church in Newark town center are well worth the visit, especially to see our own tree so capably assembled by Margi. Once again the Church has opened it’s facilities to all charities and organisations both business and pleasure,and a wander around will add to the Christmas spirit. Our own display centers around our activity this year, which has been the complete refurbishment of the hull, also referred to as “the bottom”. This is also a big  thank you to all the persons involved and of course our kind benefactors who have made this all possible to date. Our compliments of the season and best wishes for 2015, we look forward to a successful New Year with your continued support and a return to the water and our other “normal” activities!

A laid back Father Christmas!