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January 2025 Newsletter

The January newsletter contains articles on:
+ Our February meeting – Bridgescapes – an illustrated journey celebrating Scotland’s bridge-building heritage;
+ the membership fees for 2025 are now due and remain at £15 per year;
+ The Future of LHG – Our Secretary and Treasurer are both retiring at our AGM in February. We urgently need volunteers to take on these roles to ensure the LHG continues supporting the local community;
Annual Membership Fees – £15 per per person are now due;
Raffle – this is now being discontinued, except on special occasions, eg Christmas and Quiz nights.
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Bridgescapes – 11th February 2025

Bridgescapes - L Bruce Keith

We extend a warm welcome to Bruce Keith who will take us on a personal illustrated journey through history celebrating Scotland’s bridge-building heritage. For us a bridge can consist of a simple plank of wood over a stream, or more complex structures from stone arched bridges to civil engineering marvels such as the Forth Bridge or more recent concrete and stainless-steel reinforced structures, such as the Skye Bridge. Click on the image to see more Scottish bridges. <<Return to meetings contents

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A Canal-side Winter – December 10th

On Tuesday 10th December, our canal-side friend and member Mary Matts, together with John Butlin, Bernard Rice, Phil and Deborah, provided a stunning meeting. They created an engaging presentation, which covered the trials and tribulations of living on the canals during the winter. The talk provided some wonderful images of canal life in winter and was coupled with a seasonal illustrated celebration of stories, along with music and songs. To see most of the images captured from Foxton and its surrounds,

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Membership Fees – 2024

The Committee met recently to review the situation and, in the light of increasing costs, especially speakers’ fees, we have recommended that the charge for membership in 2024 will be £15 pa. The entry fee to meetings for Members remains at £1.50 per meeting but has increased to £3.50 for non-members. This is the first rise for many years and we hope you understand the reasons for our decision.  

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