Date and Time:	Monday 6th July 2015, 7pm to 8:30pm
Location:	Studio 7, Holborn Studios, Eagle Wharf Road.
Chair:	Ian Shacklock

1. Present

Lorraine Fox	The Sandwich Barge
Saoirse Fox
Alex Mungo	Islington resident
Tony Price
Zach Miles
Carolyn Clark
Michael Rosenbaum
Del Brenner	Regents Network. London Waterways Commission; Regents Canal CAAC
Gordon Meen	Reachview Resident
Garrie Naden	Resident (Wenlock Basin)
John Bryant	Resident
Steve Ballard	Resident. CRT volunteer
Philip Smith
Jean Roberts	Resident
Linda Shaughnessy	Angel Association
Beverley Dean	Angel Association
Kevin Dean	Angel Association
Meg Lee	London boater. National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA)
Helen Brice	Boater. National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA)
Ed Harty
Bob Philpotts	Resident of Tower Hamlets
John White	Friends of Mile End Park; Lower Regents Coalition
Molly Gadenz	Volunteer, Lower Regents Coalition
Jonathan Engels
Mike McCartney	Holborn Studios
Vincent McCartney	Holborn Studios. Eagle Wharf Marina
Ernest Jegorovas	Islington Green Party
Jasper Baird-Murray	Canalside Studios resident
Hugh Miller	Volunteer lock keeper
Caroline Neller	Canals in Hackney User Group (CHUG)
Kate Saffin
Katrin Boehm	Canalside Studios resident
James Tregaskis	Resident, Sturt's Lock
Martin Reading	Arlington Association
Ian Shacklock	Friends of Regent's Canal
Eric Sorensen	Angel Association

2. Apologies

Jim Armstrong
Ron Gooding
Fiona MacLean
Denise Walker
Nic Shore
Cllr Barry Buitekant
Cllr Martin Klute
Paul Strudwick
George Theo
Malcolm Tucker
Richard Elkan
Dave Bedford
David Fathers 
Ruth Aplin
Roger Squires
Beryl Windsor
Fiona Cullen
Lucy Rogers
Christine Kemp

3. Introductions

3.1 At the start of the meeting, all the attendees introduced themselves.

4. Tower Hamlets Heritage Project

4.1 Carolyn Clark talked about the 'East End Canal Heritage' project with Laburnum Boat Club, which follows on from the Regent's Canal Heritage project in Shoreditch last year. She showed some of the original material which emerged in Shoreditch. The project focuses on the Regent's Canal from Bethnal Green to Limehouse along with the Hertford Union Canal. The project was still at the research stage, including archival searches with volunteers and interviewing people about their memories. There will be workshops with community groups and 'Now and Then' photography workshops with young people.

4.2 Anyone interested in getting involved in the project should talk to Carolyn on 07773-784517 or send an e-mail to mail@shoreditchtales.com.

5. Changes along the canal

5.1 London - the city that ate itself.

Prior to the meeting the chair had circulated the following article (by Rowan Moore) that had been published in the Observer.

London the city that ate itself.

It included the following reference to the Regent's Canal.

According to Vince McCartney of Holborn Studios, "there will be a corridor of steel and glass from King's Cross to Limehouse" - a distance of about five miles along the Regent's Canal - as waterside spaces are made into flats. This could include his studios, a centre of photography that Helmut Newton described as the "Abbey Road" of the art. Its buildings, arranged around a sociable courtyard and a slice of towpath, also nourish a community of businesses that sustain between 250 and 300 jobs, all of which could go if the site's new owner, Galliard Homes, has its way. "The whole thing is greed-driven," says McCartney. "It's time to say enough. How much development can it stand?"

5.2 Presentation by Ian Shacklock.

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5.3 Response from Vince McCartney.

Vince McCartney, founder of Holborn Studios, had created a large image showing all the sites between Islington and Limehouse that had been developed beyond recognition. A reduced copy is available here in PDF format.

5.4 Response from John Bryant.

John Bryant, a local resident, had written to the Friends of the Regent's Canal on a number of occasions to express support for development along the canal. He addressed the meeting with his thoughts and a copy of his earlier e-mail is available here.

5.5 Comments from the floor.

The meeting ended with a general discussion on over-development along the canal.