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VACANCIES FOR TRUSTEES
Here
at Sobriety we have a couple of vacancies for
Trustees to join
the Management Committee
We are seeking interested individuals
who can
commit at least 5 days a year to the organisation.
You
should be interested in the objectives of the Sobriety
Project
and wish to support us in delivering a quality service.
We are
particularly interested in individuals with a background
and or
interest in education or finance.
If you are interested please
provide your details to
Paul Cooper (Director) who will arrange
for Lorna Lester
(Chair) to speak to you.
Click here for further details.
The dates for our 2013 River
Humber trips
are now available for booking
8th
January 2013
This week the Museum is having it's photo voltaic panels fitted!
After
initial advice from CO2 Sense and funding from
Arts Council
England, by the end of the week the Museum should be generating
its own electricity!
The biomass boiler should be following
shortly ...
Museum
scoops GOLD
in
Yorkshire in Boom!
Museum
staff and volunteers are delighted with the
outcome of this
years application to the
Yorkshire in Bloom competition.
Judges
commented that
"the
whole site is well managed and excellent in
its presentation
to the visitor"
"The
Sobriety Project has to be applauded as the work undertaken
by
the project leaders and various children is excellent"
As
well as achieving Gold, the Museum was
was also given a discretionary
Community Involvement
Award for all the work with young people
and those
at risk of social exclusion, all of whom have helped
keep the site in tip top condition and looking
good all year
round.
Tickets
are now on sale for the
Dave
Burland
gig aboard
Room 58
Saturday, 20th October 2012
Tickets
£10 from Museum Reception
01405 768730
Check out this new blog!:
www.waterways-of-the-humber.blogspot.co.uk
Wheldale
and Sobriety return from
their Jubilee Adventures!
Sobriety was part of the Humber Pageant!
Wheldale on the Thames Pageant!
Wheldale
invited to take part in the
Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant!
Work
is now almost complete and Wheldale will be
setting off for The
Thames on Sunday 27th May.
Follow our progress on Facebook
and Twitter
and look out for us on the telly!
The
Yorkshire Waterways Museum would like to
thank our partners for sponsoring this venture:
Hull City Council
Goole Town Council
The
Museum would also like to thank for their
donations and support:
Kildale Marine,
Hull
Teal and Mackrill, Hull
Mr J. McGrory & Lincoln and
Hull Dry Dock
Dean's Tugs, Hull
Backhouse's, Airmyn
Alan
Pease, Goole
And
as always, a very big thank you to
all of the volunteers who
have made this trip possible
THANK YOU!!
On
Tuesday 15th November Matt Baker will be stopping off at
the
Museum on his Rickshaw Challenge, which is raising money
for
Children In Need. Our own charity has received
funding from
Children In Need, so we would love to see you at
the Museum
from 9:30am to help cheer Matt on!
NATIONAL AWARD FOR
MUSEUM
VOLUNTEERS!
On
19th October 2011 members of the Museum's
Wheldale crew
travelled to HMS Belfast, London
to hear the outcome of their
nomination for the
National Historic Ships 'Marsh Volunteer Award'.
At
the Awards ceremony, the crew narrowly missed out
on the top
prize, but were awarded one of two
'Highly Commended' certificates
in recognition of their
conservation work on the Museum's tug.
Our
very own 'Fleet Foot Fletcher' has completed the
Great North
Run, raising just over £1,000 for the Museum
and The Sobriety
Project. There is still time to
reward Bernard for his efforts
though, by visiting
http://www.justgiving.com/bernardfletcher
FolkSail Festival Round Up
Yorkshire
Waterways Museum would like to thank
all our volunteers and supporters
for making FolkSail 2011
a success!
Thanks
in particular to ISAMBARDE and
THE YOUNG'UNS for two fantastic
concerts, and to
PHYLLIS, TIEGAN and SOUTHCLIFFE for filling
our moorings
with masts and sails!
The
winning raffle ticket numbers were:
288 blue, 375 peach, 416
peach, 367 peach,
401 peach, 364 peach, 249 blue, 297 blue, 291
blue.
The date for FolkSail 2012 will be announced soon!
Tickets for our 'Folksail Festival' concerts are now on sale!
Friday
2nd September - ISAMBARDE
Saturday 3rd September - THE
YOUNG'UNS
Tickets
£10 each available from Museum Reception
(or phone 01405
768730 and we can post!)
Doors / bar open from 7:15pm for a 8:00pm
start
(We
do have a limit on tickets available,
so we recommend purchasing
in advance)
The
Humber Keel and Sloop Preservation Society
is holding a 40th
Anniversary Weekend on
Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th July 2011
10am
to 5pm both days
at
Ferriby Sluice, South Ferriby, DN18 6JD
(opposite Hope &
Anchor public house)
There
will be vessels open to board
trips on the Humber, presentations
videos,
photos and paintings
In
attendance will be:
Amy Howson
Comrade
Phyllis
Southcliffe
Spider
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Our
refurbishment is almost finished and we will be open
to visitors
again on Saturday 5th February 2011.
Everyone
is welcome to come and have a look
at what we have been up to!
We
have a new gift and book shop, boat trips
will be running at
£4/£3 per person, our refurbished
cafe will be open,
and there are new displays to see
including recently conserved
Reuben Chappell paintings.
See
you between 10:00am and 4:00pm!
(official opening at 10:30am)
We
are free entry as usual!
Thank
you to everyone for making our 2010
Christmas Fair a success!
The
winning Winter raffle ticket numbers were:
006, 419, 191, 187,
109, 656, 630
716, 081, 488, 459, 753, 198, 080
The
winning alcohol raffle ticket numbers were:
43, 76, 68, 22, 114,
42, 8, 36, 25
September
2010
Yorkshire Waterways Museum achieves
a
Silver Gilt Award for Yorkshire in Bloom
and is re-accredited
in the
'Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme'
Thursday
12th August 2010
Yorkshire Waterways Museum achieves
Museum
Accreditation
It's official - the certificate is on the wall!
The Museum has been awarded Accredited status because it meets nationally agreed standards on collection care, how to govern museum management and the provision of information and services to visitors
9th
August 2010 - Museum in White Rose Awards Final
After winning the Welcome to Yorkshire 'White Rose Award' for 'Access For All Tourism' in 2009, The Yorkshire Waterways Museum has again reached the finals for this Award.
We will find out how we have done at the awards ceremony on Monday 4th October 2010, at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate.
Congratulations on reaching the Finals, and fingers crossed everyone!
Family
and Local
History Day
Sunday
12th May 2013, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Featuring
the following groups:
Boothferry
Family and Local History Group
Goole First World War Research Group
Howdenshire History (Susan Butler)
Isle of Axholme Family History Society
Knottingley Mariners (Ron Gosney)
Medieval Trees
St Mary’s
Time Travel Restorations
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An
Inland Voyage
18th March
to 31st May 2013
The Yorkshire Waterways Museum is
delighted to host a
display of Robert Longden’s evocative photographs
of
working life on Britain’s inland waterways of the 1940s and 50s.
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Classic
Car Show
(East Yorkshire
Thoroughbred Car Club)
Saturday 27th July 2013, 10:00am to
4:00pm
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FolkSail
Weekend
7th and 8th
September 2013
(Photo of FolkSail 2012)(Photo by McGeachie)
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Winter Fair
Sunday
1st December 2013
10:00am to 4:00pm
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