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	Humber Keel & Sloop Preservation Society


	The Waters Edge Exhibition

Friday 27th to Sunday28th October

		After some months of talks & debate, the society had its first exhibition at the Waters Edge Nature Park at Barton on Humber. Ann & Steve Cowling have been in discussion, along with members of our council to develop mutual interests & methods of display that portrayed the work of the society along with the local areas that the Waters Edge Park represented, The ecology of sail power over road transport is the obvious example, natural fibre rope produced on the nearby site of the Ropery was something else that our ships could draw on to show that a once thriving industry had given way to a more modern, man made alternative.

Our Brian had put together lots of photo’s from our archives in folders that created constant interest from the visitors & Rodney was on hand to answer the more technical questions that were being asked about the ships, it seemed that everyone had a grand farther or more distant family member who owned or worked a keel or sloop. Barton was once a key port on the Humber & a base for the like of Barraclough & Stamp who were companies that owned a large number of the sloops on the river. Keels would also visit the many creeks along the Humber banks to load tiles, bricks, cement & phosphates that were shipped through Hull & to smaller inland ports like Gainsborough & Howden Dyke.

Interest was shown in the two models that we were displaying, these had been kindly loaned to us by Steve Smith from Burton Stather & provided a full time job keeping small eager fingers from dismantling them. Although not true scale models, they gave a representation of the differently rigged vessels that we sail.

We were given valuable help by Lesley Everatt who gave her permission to use prints of two original paintings by her of Comrade & Amy Howson to be sold by the society, Lesley’s husband Dave also lent his expert background in photography to advise us on new display boards (pop ups) that looked very professional & are now ours to take were we wish, other items were on loan from Val & Mal Nicholson (Spider T) who were keen to attend on Sunday.


	Part of the display at the Waters Edge.


	The “pop ups” that have been made spacificly for our use, we will make good use of them at future events & exibitions.


	We would like to thank Margret Price for her work between HKSPS, Barton Town Council & The Waters Edge to make the event possible. Its hoped that we can make this an anual event, & thanks to all who attended

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