Another WM Hardy book - Wave Action of Our Coast

We are putting together a facsimile of William Masters Hardy's book Wave Action on our Coast, published in 1911. Some items in this book refer to events he recorded in his memoirs, which we included in our last Blurb book.

The extract below includes WMH's views on towns that discharged raw sewage directly into the sea.

"....I think that my readers will agree with me when I say that the

inhabitants of a city, borough, or town that discharges crude

sewage into the sea around our coast, especially in bays like

Studland, Swanage, Durlston, and Chapman's Pool, are

guilty of a crime, a public wrong against the sea and the land,

against humanity, and the fish in the sea. Therefore, it is

essential for the benefit and prosperity of any town situated

on the coast, that the sea and foreshore should be kept

absolutely pure."

The facsimile will be able to be purchased online through Blurb by late March.

Brunner Guildhall - Winsford, Cheshire

We have been providing the Town Clerk to Winsford Town Council with advice and support for the council's desire to restore, adapt and revitalise the currently unoccupied Brunner Guildhall located in the High Street in the centre of Winsford.

The building was donated to the town after Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations by Sir John Thomlinson Brunner MP, owner of the chemical giant Brunner Mond. The announcement of the gift is recorded by the then town clerk, John Cooke in his record of the celebrations and the Brunner Guildhall was opened in 1899. See our book John Henry Cooke 'a very worthy gentleman' published in 2015 - http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/6539089-jh-cooke-1848-1928

The Brunner Guildhall is a Grade 2 listed building

A public meeting is being organised for Tuesday 13th February, 2018.
More details to follow.

New information boards have been erected at Ecomuseu Marinha da Troncalhada, Aveiro, Portugal.

Andrew and Annelise, working through Ecosal-UK were pleased to have been asked to help with the English language translation.

http://mca.cm-aveiro.pt/rede-de-museus/ecomuseu-marinha-da-troncalhada/