July 2024
Recovering from health issues by the sea Jim Charnock was unable to make his annual visit to Bedford in July. His place was taken by Alan Moorhouse who up to his teens lived at Timperley within walking distance of Jim. They both enjoyed viewing ships on the Manchester Ship Canal at the same area but never meet in this period, not meeting until 1995 when Alan visited the Manchester branch. Alan structured his presentation on views of shipping they would have both seen on the canal in period of the 1970’s. Many thanks for Alan for stepping in for Jim and best wishes to Jim from Bedford for continued improvement in his health.