OK, are you sitting watching rain at the window and yet more animated animals on the telly? Why not make a New Year’s Resolution to help the Wooden Canal Boat Society? If you live near Ashton under Lyne please consider volunteering for us……….as a starter, come and meet us on
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GENERAL MEETING
We would like to invite all members to the General Meeting to be held at 7pm on Wednesday 11th October in the shop at 173 Stamford Street, Ashton under Lyne. Please let us know if you intend to come as we need numbers for seating. Obviously at this time the
Continue readingInvitation to all Hazel Sponsors
Here’s a boat trip invite to all Hazel Sponsors We are running a special weekend of boat trips as a big THANK YOU to all of our Hazel Sponsors for their continued support. The Hazel team have been busy recruiting and training crew and getting the boat looking fantastic to start running Wellbeing trips
Continue readingGuinea Pig Boat Trips
‘What ??’ I hear you cry !!! Do not panic. No animals will be harmed during these trips !! The guinea pigs will be our members, sponsors, funders and volunteers who have been invited to come along as a Thank You on one of Hazel’s first public trips. Our volunteer
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CAN YOU HELP -as a volunteer restorer, skipper, crew member, finance person or trustee? Restoring and using historic wooden boats takes lots of time and dedication. Our wonderful team of volunteers, under the expert guidance of Hazel our volunteer co-ordinator, are working non-stop on the last tiny details on Hazel-the-boat
Continue readingHazel at Marple Locks festival
Last week Hazel enjoyed a trip along the Peak Forest canal to Marple for their Locks Festival. It was a great outing and another wonderful opportunity for some of the potential crew trainees to find out about the work involved – especially as her final destination was at lock number
Continue readingHazel leaves the boatyard !!
Hazel is at last where she belongs, on the canal !! The photos show our long-time volunteer, Maxine, repainting Hazel’s old name and adding her new. Then Hazel sets off to the Peak Forest canal towed by ForgetMeNot for a little filming. This trip’s a great opportunity for the new
Continue readingSummer events – can you help Hazel?
We’ve got a couple of great events lined up this summer and really need the help of as many volunteers as possible. The events will help the society but they’ll be a great opportunity for volunteers to learn more about handling Hazel and about the canals in general. Sat 27th and
Continue readingWe have volunteer opportunities for Crew Members and Skipper for ‘Hazel’: The Well-being boat
A little background to this – Hazel is a wooden-hulled, narrow canal boat with a heritage that dates back to 1914, and we are seeking volunteers to crew and skipper her. This website charts Hazel’s early history as a working boat, carrying coal and other goods for the salt and chemical
Continue readingVolunteers update and urgent call-out
Every year at this time we have to produce an annual report in time for the upcoming A.G.M. Hazel Mayow, our Volunteer Co-ordinator, has written this – The main priorities for volunteering in the last year have been progressing the rebuild of Hazel and keeping Forget-me-Not and Southam in suitable
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