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Alastair, father to
Elaine
John and
Anne, died in February, after a long period of declining health. He is survived by
Peggy; they were
married for over 63 years. Some pictures of Alastair
here and of a family remembrance in
Birkenhead in April.
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Canalling:
Our 112 days afloat and
1390 miles on
twelve boats included seven weeks boating (via Birmingham,
ShropshireUnion, Wigan and
Burnley) to
Sheffield around the
Yorkshire Canals and returning to the
Midlands via
Bugsworth. In October we were
pampered on the cruiseship
Lord of the Glens
on the
Caledonian
Canal, including
Loch Ness, to celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary. We introduced nbSapphire to
handspikes (
up and down), to
repainting
and a
new CRT engineer to the inside of
tunnels. Then there was a bit of
winter-lock-winding and some
rocking and more
rocking and
reflecting on it all.
Old-car : forced an upgrade by grinding to a halt inside a yellow-box-junction at 2.15am. Chimney : needed upgraded pot for new gas fire |
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Elaine:
Still busy as Ranmoor Tower Captain and Chairman of
WestRiding IWA
- lots of
organising-of-people-to-do-things,
helping a
lockkeeper
, helping
CRT engineering
and being chaperoned through Standedge Tunnel
... Maybe the 'next-year' we are always saying the spinning wheel can spin could be next year! - the year of the Bus Pass!. Tatting continues on all those journeys-to-meetings.
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Peter: Excellent to catch-up with family, and the 29-cousins' news at
Barry's barbecue in May (Thanks Barry). Still an IWA trustee (we are worrying about the closure on the
River Derwent) and on CRT
NorthEast's
Partnership. More CRT good works
here,
here,
here,
balanced by some
friendliness
and
trees at Brighouse preventing towing a boat. Still catching-up with pre-2001 photographs; five mins per slide and still only nine thousand more to go - which is the same number as last year!.
Ringing: Ranmoor's teaching technology still fun with nine bell-cameras to fiddle with the switches for, simulator, wall-screen; still lots of learners; up to twenty at practice. Ranmoor Dinner, Southampton University Guild's and the . Lots of steps to climb. Sometimes ring with Cathedral ringers. Training courses used some weekends. Unusually, wrote to Ringing World about the new peal rules allowing 5040 PlainBobDoubles on the front5 and a call change after each 120 on the back 5. For 5-bell variety this 240 of Grandsire is fun: (sppspbppbpsb)*2. That's my compositions for the year: you read them here first! |
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Iain joined us from Warrington for an happy afernoon working Wigan Locks in the rain: there's dedication to parents!. Some of 2014 - in pictures Online: Lest you missed 2013 or 2012 or 2011 or 2010 or 2009 or 2008 or 2007 or 2006 or 2005 or 2004 or 2003 or 2002 or 2001 or 2000 or 1999 or 1998 or 1997 or 1996 or 1995 or 1994 or 1993 Elaine's email: elaine@homescott.free-online.co.uk Peter's email: peter@homescott.free-online.co.uk To both p-e@homescott.free-online.co.uk |
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Picture:
Copperkins won the competition for the March picture in the 2015 IWA calendar.
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Other contacts:
0114 230 1870 (home) 07980 953880 (Elaine’s mobile) 07973 468126 (Peter’s mobile) 3 Moorbank Drive Sheffield S10 5TH |
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