The Friends of Friar Gate Bridge AGM took place in January in the Greyhound Inn (and we thank the Greyhound for making us welcome). The meeting was attended by a good company of members, including one who had come all the way from March in Cambridgeshire. They included links by shared membership with the Derby Civic Society, the Railway and Canal Historical Society, the Great Northern Railway Historical Society and the Victorian Society. After the presentation of the trustees’ report and financial report there was a lively discussion about the future of the Bridge and its relationship with the adjoining Goods Yard and Warehouse site.
Elizabeth Heaton, Malcolm Holden and Howard Thomas were re-elected as trustees, and Mandy Coons made a welcome return as a trustee. One of our priorities in the coming months is to increase the number of trustees, especially adding to the skills needed to run a heritage restoration project.
The meeting ended with Peter Mosley’s informative and entertaining illustrated talk on Friar Gate Bridge. It’s very good – so let us know if you have a group you would like Peter to come and speak to.
Annual General Meeting 22nd January 2018
Published in AGM Reports
