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THE SALAMANDER Newsletter No 1
Saturday 5th August 2023
Event: ‘Murky Clerky’, Clerkenwell Walk with qualified Clerkenwell Guide Steve Bates.
Time: 10:30 Starting outside the ‘Magpie & Stump’, 18 Old Bailey, EC4M 7EP https://www.magpieandstump.com/
Cost: Payment for a tour is to the guide and is best with cash. Do not send money to Company account. Event Contact: The Master-Elect, Graham Woodhouse. Master@wcoff.org
Groups can be from minimum of 5 to 25 maximum.
Thursday 24th August 2023
Event: ‘Pie & a Pint’ Informal social gathering in a City pub, yet to be decided.
Time: TBC
Cost: Self-funded Do not send money to Company account.
Event Contact: Please book through the Master-Elect, Graham Woodhouse. Master@wcoff.org Payment for a tour is to the guide and is best with cash.
Saturday 26th August 2023 & Wednesday 30th August 2023 Event: ‘Massey Shaw’ is moored in the South Dock, West India Quay, Canary Wharf. E14 3NU https://masseyshaw.org/
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Cost: £10 donation to the charity that maintains this amazing boat.
Event Contact: Liveryman Dave Rogers directly at masseyshaw@hotmail.co.uk
The Events Committee are pleased to announce that 2 visits to the Historic L.F.B. Fireboat, thanks to Court Assistant Dave Rogers. ‘Massey’ was commissioned and launched in 1935 and served with the L.F.B. throughout the Second World War & The Blitz. She was also part of the flotilla of ‘Little Ships’ that took part in the evacuation of Dunkirk.
Visits are limited to groups of 12 people and have been arranged to accommodate those members who are still working. The dates of the visits are &.Payment for a tour is to the guide and is best with cash. Do not send money to Company account.
Saturday 16th September 2023
Event: ‘Ashes to Ashes’, Lambeth Walk with qualified Lambeth Guide Dave Cannell.
Time: 10:00 Main concourse of Waterloo Station, under the clock (very romantic), SE1 8SW. https://www.networkrail.co.uk/communities/passengers/our-stations/london-waterloo/
Finish at The Hercules Pub, 2 Kennington Rd, SE1 7BL https://www.thehercules.co.uk/
Event Contact: Please book through the Master-Elect, Graham Woodhouse.Master@wcoff.org
Cost £10 lunch & refreshments self funded.
Groups can be from a minimum of 5 to 25 maximum.
Payment for a tour is to the guide and is best with cash. Do not send money to the Company account.
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