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MARPLE LOCKS FESTIVAL July 5th 2009
The festival starts at 10.00am, there will be a cafe at the mooring and a stall in the park.
At the mooring we will be:
• Selling Bric a Brac, Books, NH souvenirs etc
• Holding a Raffle
• Selling Refreshments
• Guess the Birthday
• Collecting signatures for the petition
At the stall in the In the Park will be
• Tombola
• Guess the Birthday
• Petition
• Shop
• Games
We hope to see you there.
MARPLE CARNIVAL
20/06/09 . . .
This year's carnival was well attended despite mixed weather.Volunteers manned a stall in the
Memorial Park and others showed people around New Horizons and collected signatures for a petition
to allow the present mooring in Marple to be retained.
We've just heard that almost £400 was raised at the Carnival yesterday. This is due to the efforts of all in helping in the park, with the boat and in providing prizes.
We also got a lot of signatures in support of the boat and some new potential volunteers.
The next big push is Sunday the 5th of July when we will be opening the biannual 'New Horizons Cafe' at the mooring and having a tombola in the park,as part of the Marple Locks Festival.
I know some of you are already committed to other things that day but it goes with out saying that the more people we have around, the more we can do to support the running of the boat and the 'lighter' the work it is. We hope to see as many of you as possible on the 5th - further details will follow.
Photos by Bill Beard
For a full report of the Carnival and many more pictures,
visit the Marple website.
The Whaley Bridge Water Weekend raised over £1,000, a great result
for a great effort!
Photos by Skipper James May
07/06/09 . . .
Whaley Water Weekend 13th / 14th June 2009,
Thanks to those of you who have offered to help at the Whaley Water Weekend 13th /14th of June 2009.
The Festival starts at 10 am each day. The boat will be there setting up between 8.30am and 9.00am dependant on traffic getting round from Bugsworth. Please join us when you can.
We will be:
• Offering trips, we are the ‘Heritage Boat’ this year so we need to ensure that the commentary is done on the trip – there is a script.
All trips are free to passengers – the hire of NH is being picked up by W3.
• Running a Tombola on both days
• Selling Canal bits .
• Selling Souvenirs .
If you have any Prizes for the Tombola, please leave them on the boat by Thursday night, get them
to 64 Glossop Road, Marple Bridge or bring them with you.
WE ARE PROVIDING THE SKIPPER AND CREW FOR ONE OF THE OTHER TRIP BOATS ON SUNDAY PM WE WILL ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS.
03/06/09 . . . Festival and Carnival Visits 2009
New Horizons will be visiting the following local festivals this year;
Do come along and pay us a visit or volunteer to help if you are able.
Whaley Bridge Water Weekend 13th and 14th June 2009
offering heritage trips. There will be a fundraising stall including Tombola.
Marple Carnival 20th June 2009
New Horizons will be on Display at Possett Bridge and there will be a
fundraising and Tombola stall in the Park.
Marple Locks Festival 5th July 2009
New Horizons souvenirs,tombola and refreshments
will be for sale at the mooring.
Marple Food and Drink Festival
September 2009
New Horizons will be doing trips.
There will be a stall offering food and drink and a bottle tombola in the town centre .
02/05/09 . . . FROM THE SPRING 2009 NEWSLETTER
The 2009 season started on schedule on the 1st of April.
Over the winter there has been a considerable
amount of work done on the boat to improve both safety and facilities for passengers.
The boat has had a full rewire, with new lighting and fuse panels being fitted. An electric fridge
has been put on board, which is available for passenger use.
Part of the rewiring of the boat included
fitting an integrated music / public announcement system. This will allow the Skipper to personalise
the announcement at the beginning of the trip, and to talk to passengers during the course of
the cruise.
The cruising season has been extended to the end of October this year and NH is
offering evening trips in June and July for the first time.
The Annual Mayors trip
took place on the 15th of April, the Trust was represented by the treasurer
Stuart Hodgson who said: - “On the morning of Wednesday 15th April we were pleased to welcome the Mayor
of Stockport, Councillor Pam King, on board New Horizons. The Mayor joined a number of 'Friends'
together with volunteer crew at Marple for a two-hour trip to Higher Poynton where she disembarked
to go to another engagement. Although there was quite a fresh wind the morning remained fine & everybody
appeared to enjoy the trip. The Mayor was aware of the fact that we have been given 'notice to quit'
the Marple mooring site by British Waterways & was interested to hear about any developments
in this respect.”
Community Trips 2009
In order to accommodate people who do not belong to organised groups NH will be offering community trips on June 21st 2009, July 18th 2009 and August 16th 2009 in the afternoons and on the 8th of July in the evening.
The trip on the 18th of July has been sponsored by Glenys Daniels who donated the free trip she won as part of the Float the Boat scheme back to the charity
Charity Number: 1075844
WANTED!
- NEW MOORING.
The Trustees are actively seeking a new mooring for New Horizons – there as been considerable
activity since the notification form BW. Meetings have been held both in the locality and with
BW at their Wigan base to try to resolve the mooring problem as it stands there is no definite
option being discussed.
Volunteers and those with other interests in the boat will be kept informed of the progress
towards finding a new mooring via the web site, through newsletters and updates which will be
posted on the boat.
Float the Boat Scheme
In 2008 we launched the ‘Float the Boat’ Sponsorship Scheme’. So far we have 22 sponsors through this scheme. Sponsors are asked to donate through the ‘Giftaid’ Scheme, which allows us to claim back £2.80 for every £10 donated. Please consider sponsoring New Horizons in this way as it allows us to maximise your donations. The draw for the free trip under the scheme will be made at the AGM. For those people who do not sponsor NH via direct debit the 2009 sponsorship is now due.
18/04/09 . . . FUNDRAISING QUIZ NIGHTS
There will be two more fundraising quiz nights at the 'RING 'O BELLS' (Church Lane, Marple),
later this year.
These will be held on the 23rd & 30th September
March 2009 . . . Bookings
Print out your 2009 booking form on-line .
16/03/09 . . . Cruising Season
New Horizons will be available for cruises until the end of
October this year and in addition, evening cruises will be available between the 31st May and
the
31st of July.
This year's cruising season will start on the first of April.
Any individual , groups of disabled people or families with
at least one disabled member are eligible to book. Certain dates will be kept free
for individuals to take trips .
Dates for these trips in 2009 are as follows; the afternoons of June 21st., July 18th. and Aug 16th.
. . . and the evening of July 8th., 7pm to 9pm .
FUNDRAISING . . from Sue Woodgate
Many thanks to those of you who came to the Ring O'Bells Quiz Nights- the
two nights together raised over £200, thanks to Ken Hume for organising this.
More volunteers are always welcome to assist in particular at the various open events listed below.
Whaley Bridge Water Weekend 13th and 14th June 2009 At Whaley Bridge doing Heritage trips. Fundraising stall including Tombola. Boat Drivers.
Stall Setting up / Helpers.
Tombola Prizes
Marple Carnival 20th June 2009 On Display at Possett Bridge . Tombola / Fundraising in Park. Boat Movers.
Stall Setting up / Helpers.
Tombola Prizes
Locks Festival 5th July 2009 On Mooring. Mooring set up to sell NH souvenirs and do ‘café’ style refreshments . Team to set up on mooring.
Team to set up at Park.
Tombola Prizes
Marple Food Fair
September 2009 Tripping. Food / Drink / Bottle Tombola plus fundraising and cakes . Stall Setting up / Helpers.
Tombola Prizes
From the experience of the 2008 year, in order to get the most out of these events we need a lot of prizes both on the stalls initially and in the background for refilling.
To do this I intend to do both the initial Tombola and a refill Tombola for each day this way we should keep the stalls looking busy all the time.
As well as looking for donations we will be making some purchases on an invest to make basis.
Don’t forget that if you do make purchases to donate, if you sign a gift aid form and give Stuart Hodgson (Treasurer) the receipts we can claim the gift aid tax on them.
General Help Needed
Tombola Organisation – if anyone can give a couple of hours the week before an event to help prepare that would be great.
Jars – last year I had loads of fruit and not enough jars.
Soft Fruit – if anyone has soft fruit / knows anyone who has soft fruit and does not use it or have the time to pick in early autumn I have the capacity to process it; this is particularly key for the Food Fair.
Cakes/preserves/pickles – particularly for the Food Fair are very welcome
Boat Sales
The souvenirs on the Boat as standard will be the:
• Mugs,
• Pens,
• Tea Towels,
• Aprons
• Bags.
Any other contributions e.g. the cards we had last year will add to the range.
Float the Boat Sponsorship will be available, as will envelopes to allow people giving gratuities to gift aid them.
Crew Kit
Last year we were asked several times about sweatshirts and jackets with a New Horizons Logo on them.
We will be organising some 2009 versions.
• The Fleece Jackets will be £17.50 all sizes.
• The sweatshirts will be £12.50 all sizes.
These will be ordered from the suppliers on demand.
Please send the information required (below) to either
James Dunlop, jamesdunlop@tiscali.co.uk,
or Sue Woodgate, sue.woodgate@tesco.net. (64 Glossop Rd, Marple Bridge, SK6 5EL)
Payment by either cash or cheque on delivery. Cheques payable to Stockport Canal Boat Trust.
Name ____________________________________________
Fleece Jacket / s size _________________
Sweatshirt / s size __________________
Delivery address or date you are on the boat.
Signed ______________________________
ERIC EVANS M.B.E.
A statue has recently been erected at Aldwinians R.U.F.C. in honour of the late Eric Evans M.B.E., a former
Trustee of The Stockport Canalboat Trust. Eric was the captain of the first England XV to win the "Grand Slam" after WW2 and well known for
his charity work for children with disabilities.
Photos by Ruth Hargreaves and Bill Beard
Back row: Cooper, Lingard, Clegg, Smith, Turner, Moss, Draper, Whaling, Davies, Hough, Stansfield
Front Row: Bailey, Pringle, Hadfield, Whaller, Lamb(Captain), Wilde, Cherry, Stoddard, Evans
Photos courtesy of Brian Stansfield
Visit ALDWINIANS R.U.F.C. own website for further details and photos.
12/01/09 . . . Bookings
Print out your 2009 booking form on-line .
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