PUBLIC MEETING Wed 28th May 2014, 7pm-9pm London Canal Museum. Meet fellow canal enthusiasts and learn about air quality matters and volunteering opportunities 12-13 New Wharf Road, N1 9RT (near King’s Cross)	The Friends of Regent's Canal is a diverse group of canal enthusiasts who promote and protect canal life with specific emphasis on the Regent's Canal. Here are some of our aims... To promote restoration and regular maintenance of the canal infrastructure. To promote water-borne freight. To protect the canal against encroachment and overshadowing. To strike a balance that enables different users to co-exist without impeding navigation. To publicly oppose anti-social behaviour on the canal and the towpaths. To manage expectations of cyclists, joggers and party-goers. To preserve the tranquillity of the canal and its environs. To mediate, wherever possible, between conflicting users. To facilitate free speech, through public meetings and online communications. To disseminate information to interested parties. To increase accessibility to the canal (on both sides) and to resist gated communities. For more information about the canal and our activities… Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fo_RegentsCanal Contact us at friendsregentscanal@gmail.com Visit our website - http://friendsofregentscanal.org Visit the London Canal Museum Visit the Regent’s Canal Information Centre near Camden Lock Market Read these books:-

'A unique piece of London, cradle of design talent, heartland of the capital’s music scene, multicultural melting pot, Camden Lock is the world’s most famous market. The Lock started life as a collection of craft units housed in Victorian horse stables in a run-down timber wharf on the banks of the Regent’s Canal. Today an industrial dead zone has been transformed into London’s second most popular free attraction after the British Museum.

The story of Camden Lock is one of dereliction and rejuvenation. Careers have started – and ended – at the Lock. Fortunes have been made, and lost, overnight. Craftspeople have become internationally known artists. Struggling stallholders have built up fashion empires. Caitlin Davies tells all these stories and more in an illustrated history full of personal memories and previously unpublished archive images.'

In terms of images, again how much space do you have? you can use any of nigel's modern images from the book, eg canal festival scenes

or if you want an archive canal pic I can ask Northside for permission

The book can be found in all bookshops - ie Waterstones, Daunts, WH Smith, Owl Bookshop, Foyles, also from Chain Reaction and Araucaria at Camden Lock, Map Gift Shop in Archway, Urban Outfitters. And from Frances Lincoln. Also online eg Amazon. And museums, the Tate etc

All the best
Caitlin

The Regent's Canal, the Limehouse Cut, the Hertford Union and the Lee Navigation collectively cut a swathe through north and east London. This 14 mile path, cycle and waterway is a journey full of intriguing contrasts.

Illustrator and author David Fathers offers a view of how the canals were formed and how they appear today, in a series of information-packed pages following a course from Little Venice to the River Thames at Limehouse, and on to the Olympic Park.

The use of canals has changed dramatically over the past fifty years from one of industrial transportation to waterfront living and leisure activities. The canals in this book have undergone major phases of rebirth with new developments at King's Cross, Limehouse and the Olympic Park in Newham.

Available from Waterstones, WH Smith, Daunts, Foyles, London Canal Museum and others.

Online at Amazon, Waterstones, Guardian et al.