Dear List,
Just a word to let you know that the Trevithick Society will be holding its
AGM and summer meeting in Tavistock, West Devon on the 12th to 14th May
(next weekend), celebrating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the
Tavistock Canal, on 24th June 1817.
There will be a guided walk around Tavistock's industrial buildings and
other features by Rod Martin of Tavistock Local History Society and Robert
Waterhouse, on Friday afternoon. Meet outside Tavistock Town Hall at 2pm.
There will be another guided walk along the Tavistock Canal on Saturday
afternoon, led by Robert Waterhouse, who has studied the Canal and its
mines in great detail over the last 15 years. Meet at Tavistock Wharf at
1pm, return by 5pm in time for the AGM.
Robert will also be giving an illustrated lecture on the Canal's history
and archaeology on the evening of Friday 12th May at 7pm in the Bedford
Hotel, Tavistock. His long-awaited book on the Tavistock Canal is to be
published by the Trevithick Society this summer.
Email: [log in to unmask] for more details.
Robert Waterhouse
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