Open weekend at Ellesmere Port

[Ray T]

16th-17th November, open 10:00am - 4:00pm

 

http://canalrivertrust.org.uk/national-waterways-museum/events/2013/11/16/open-weekend-at-the-national-waterways-museum-ellesmere-port

[Joseph]

Hello everyone

 

I'll be there, doing a talk about archives on the Sunday. Great if anyone from here can make it, and if so, maybe they can identify themselves!

 

Joseph

[Pluto]

Sorry, Joseph, but I will be at Wigan, staffing the L&LCS stand at the C&RT lock repair open weekend.

[Joseph]

No problem Pluto!

 

Noone attended at all - another day wasted, another great triumph for CRT! Oh dear.

 

Joseph

[Beaker]

No problem Pluto!

 

Noone attended at all - another day wasted, another great triumph for CRT! Oh dear.

 

Joseph

 

Did they publicise it, apart from on the website?

[PaddingtonBear]

Did anyone tell HNBC for instance.

[Pluto]

We weren't inundated at Wigan either, but the visitors we had to the L&LC Soc stand in the offices were all interested and asked intelligent questions, not something which happens at every event. I also got to chat with some of the CRT volunteers and staff, which was useful.

[Joseph]

Glad the event at Wigan went well. I think it was a mistake to hold so many events on the same day.

 

Beaker, over publicity, I was asked to provide details for a press release ("well-known waterways historian"), including a title "From archive to publication"; an announcement was made on the website, using the same link as that at the top of this page; subsequently, that page was (seemingly) amended to remove any reference to my talk. On the day, there were no signs up to direct any visitors to the archive, and I only saw two people visit the archives in the three hours that I sat there.

 

I spent a lot of time preparing for this event; I did not have a lecture prepared with the title titled "From archive to publication"; I do now!

 

I am a great supporter of the National Waterways Museum, but I found this very disappointing. It is no use asking people to volunteer and then failing to provide for them. I don't see how this can be conducive to goodwill.

 

Ah well, you can't win them all!

 

Joseph

[Pluto]

For the Wigan event, we had two opening times, either from 11 to 4 of from 10 to 2-30. The second were the actual times, so I suspect there was not sufficient discussion between the centre and the local office over what exactly was being arranged. Richard Parry was also supposed to be there, but I never saw him, which seems a bit unfortunate, though I'm not sure who for.

[BuckbyLocks]

Richard visited all three out of London sites on Sunday Mike, with Foxton being last in line. He arrived there after I had gone home.

[Pluto]

Richard visited all three out of London sites on Sunday Mike, with Foxton being last in line. He arrived there after I had gone home.

That explains it, as someone had just mentioned in passing that he was visiting Wigan.