As lockdown restrictions ease, we are delighted to able to offer our first face to face meeting in over a year. We can’t wait to see our members both old and new.
As part of our summer programme of outings, our first meeting of 2021 will be at the Underfall Yard. A survivor from a time when Bristol was a busy industrial port, Underfall Yard is a working boat yard and docks maintenance facility that has been in continual use since the 1880s. Join us for a tour of the site to explore the yard’s unique collection of Victorian buildings set in a stunning location on Bristol’s Harbourside. We will discover the elegant Georgian engineering that created the Floating Harbour and continues to perform an essential (and largely hidden) role in water management and flood prevention. A highlight of the tour is experiencing the yard’s Victorian machines in action to see how things were done in the days before computers and 3D printing and experience the heavy engineering that once powered Bristol Docks.
To kick off our first meeting, we would like to celebrate with welcome drinks before the tour. We will be meeting outside the Cottage Inn by the waterfront at 7pm and making our way to the outside seating area in front of the Underfall Yard café to enjoy a glass of bubbly. The tour will be from 7:30 to 8:30. The tour will take place inside and outside so you may need a coat.
After the tour, if people would like to join us, we will make out way to the Cottage or Nova Scotia for a drink. If you are driving, there is parking available either at the Cottage Inn or the SS Great Britain and Brunel Lock has parking which is only a short walk away.
There will be an opportunity for members to pay their subscriptions. Membership for returning members will be £22.40 and new members £44. Guests are also welcome at a cost of £5. We will be acceptable to accept cheque or cash payments.
As there is a restriction on numbers, it would be helpful if you could let us know if you plan to attend by Friday 21st May by emailing wearemalago@gmail.com.
It’s been a while since we have been able to get together so fingers crossed for dry weather!
As part of our summer programme of outings, our first meeting of 2021 will be at the Underfall Yard. A survivor from a time when Bristol was a busy industrial port, Underfall Yard is a working boat yard and docks maintenance facility that has been in continual use since the 1880s. Join us for a tour of the site to explore the yard’s unique collection of Victorian buildings set in a stunning location on Bristol’s Harbourside. We will discover the elegant Georgian engineering that created the Floating Harbour and continues to perform an essential (and largely hidden) role in water management and flood prevention. A highlight of the tour is experiencing the yard’s Victorian machines in action to see how things were done in the days before computers and 3D printing and experience the heavy engineering that once powered Bristol Docks.
To kick off our first meeting, we would like to celebrate with welcome drinks before the tour. We will be meeting outside the Cottage Inn by the waterfront at 7pm and making our way to the outside seating area in front of the Underfall Yard café to enjoy a glass of bubbly. The tour will be from 7:30 to 8:30. The tour will take place inside and outside so you may need a coat.
After the tour, if people would like to join us, we will make out way to the Cottage or Nova Scotia for a drink. If you are driving, there is parking available either at the Cottage Inn or the SS Great Britain and Brunel Lock has parking which is only a short walk away.
There will be an opportunity for members to pay their subscriptions. Membership for returning members will be £22.40 and new members £44. Guests are also welcome at a cost of £5. We will be acceptable to accept cheque or cash payments.
As there is a restriction on numbers, it would be helpful if you could let us know if you plan to attend by Friday 21st May by emailing wearemalago@gmail.com.
It’s been a while since we have been able to get together so fingers crossed for dry weather!
