DSWA Lancashire Branch News
The reason that we show the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane of the Battle of Britain Flight as our page heading here is because they have given us our own personal fly past during our course at Larkhill, Dobcross for the last two years……and this is them doing just that.
NEWSLETTERS & NOTES
Newsletter, November 2023
Newsletter, November 2023 I am writing this newsletter under false pretences as I am no longer the Chairman of the branch. I am very happy to say that since the recent AGM Kathy England will fill that role for the next two years with me as her assistant for a year. I...
Occasional update November 2022
Good morning everybody I don't see everyone during the year so I thought it was time to give a quick outline of whatthe branch has been doing in 2022. Ridge Farm Wallking, November 2022 Practice Meet Due to the terrible weather through January and February our year...
Lancashire Branch, Waller & Dyker Summer 2022
The Spring season opened in a moderate fashion with our first Practice Meet at Lark Hill Lane following two cancellations in February owing to un-wallable weather i.e blowing a hooley and persisting down. A fine turnout with sixteen members present and in the region...
HOWARD LUNN (1940 – 2022)
On a sad note we have to announce the passing of Howard Lunn, our friend, walling companion and branch member for 23 years. At 81 Howard was our oldest member and until recently very active and in the thick of it. He loved walling on our Pennine Hills where his...
Lancashire Branch, Waller & Dyker, March 2022
Well, the darkest of the Winter is at least now behind us and though here in Saddleworth the weather of late has turned decidedly wet and windy, we have for the most part been able to continue walling albeit with the loss of Practice Meets in January and February. Our...
Lancashire Branch post for Waller & Dyker, November 2021
After a prolonged period of Rest and Recuperation the Lancashire Battalion (DSWA) returned to active duty and in a remarkable Summer campaign completed four separate weekend training events across three venues and put over sixty novices through the rigours of our...
Lancashire Branch, 19th July 2021 Update
Pop the champagne, crack open the cava and pour the prosecco because the hills are alive with the singing of the hammers of our wallers once again. It has seemed an interminably long time since the Branch had been able to convene for a practice Meet but at last with a...
Branch Round Up – Lancashire Branch, July 2021
News from the Lancashire Branch is “thin” at this time. Sadly, the restrictions imposed have greatly reduced our walling activities this first half of the year. May saw the first Branch Practice meet of the year albeit with limited numbers and fortunately we were able...
Branch Round Up – Lancashire Branch, November 2020
Greetings from the Lancashire Baking Club. Well it might as well be as all our normal walling activities have been curtailed: no Practice Meets and no courses, and that strikes me as rather odd – building and repairing our glorious dry-stone walls must rank amongst...
Branch Round Up – Lancashire Branch, June 2020
So much has change d for us all since the last submissions to Waller & Dyker. There is, at least for now one constant, our beautiful Dry Stone Walls. These stout monuments in our countryside are reminders of where we came from and decorate our countryside like...