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OUR ZOOM SPEAKER on Wed 25 August 2021 at 7:00pm will be
Roger Butler who will talk to us about:
Canal History and Heritage
Roger Butler is a landscape architect and an experienced writer, photographer and lecturer. He has a particular interest in the unique history, architecture and traditions of our canal network and worked on some of the UK’s major canal restoration projects. He has also acted as a consultant to bodies such as Waterways Ireland, Natural England and the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
He regularly contributes to waterway and heritage magazines and writes and provides images for a range of countryside and
outdoor titles. Roger is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. He lives near Stratford upon Avon and lectures to groups such as the National Trust, RSPB, U3A, history societies, etc. across the Midlands and further afield.
This lecture provides a colourful introduction to the secret world of our 2000-mile inland waterway network and looks at all aspects of their exceptional artistic, architectural and engineering vernacular.
Features range from sweeping aqueducts to tiny bollards; from colourful historic narrowboats to 'Roses and Castles' artwork; from grand World Heritage Sites to quirky listed buildings. A well-known architectural historian once described our canals as a 'poor man's art gallery'.
Want to find out more? For further information visit the Society’s website at www.theartssocietywindsor.org.uk, or email us at [email protected] to request a link to join us on zoom for one of our talks on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 1.30 or 7pm. We hope to meet again from September onwards on the 4th Wednesday at 1.30 pm in the Memorial Hall, Old Windsor, SL4 2RN, but should that not be possible, we will continue with zoom lectures instead. N.B. Please consult website re time of each lecture which we will update regularly.