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Report by Jon Green. Photos courtesy of Paul Tyers. Last Thursday a few brave souls fought through the snow and storm Emma to get to the club pool for rescue refresher training ready for this years diving. The refresher started with a recap on “Dr’s ABC” we then went into buddy pairs carried out buddy […]
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SPACES AVAILABLE Jon Green is running a Wreck Diving trip to Malta in August/September. Flying out on the 26th August and flying back on the 2nd September. We will be based on Malta, not on a boat so non divers welcome. Approximate costs:- Flights (Squeezie-jets) £170. Dive Pack £190. Hotel ? (Depends where you want
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This is the fourth installment in the series of articles from Alan Haywood, one of the clubs early members. You can see the full series of articles here. Chapter four, The Club Room and Air Supplies By Alan Heywood Our club room looked like something out of a Spielberg Movie! Built of Accrington
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A good night was had by all at the NAS talk. Photos courtesy of Paul, Vesta and Alison.
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This is the third installment in the series of articles from Alan Haywood, one of the clubs early members. You can see the full series of articles here. Chapter three, ECSAC, New Friends and Diver Training. The early days of ECSAC by Alan Heywood. My long association with ECSAC started in a Brewery! Cornbrook
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We are hosting a talk from the renowned author Chris Holden who will be coming to ECSAC to deliver a talk on the famous Royal Charter. In late October 1859 Royal Charter was returning to Liverpool from Melbourne. Her complement of about 371 passengers (with a crew of about 112 and some other company employees),
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This is the second installment in the series of articles from Alan Haywood, one of the clubs early members. You can see the full series of articles here. Chapter 2, 1954, Manchester High Street Baths. Free Diving & Bluebird By Alan Heywood. In 1952 I was “invited” to join His Majesties Armed Forces
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We had a fantastic night at the club’s awards dinner. A great turnout with 60 people enjoying what was a much improved venue and much better food than recent years. I hope we will be able to use the same venue again in the future and attract even more people along. Three main awards were
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This is the first installment in the series of articles from Alan Haywood, one of the clubs early members. You can see the full series of articles here. Chapter 1 – My Life in the Blue Stuff – how it all started by Alan Heywood Alan’s inspiration for diving came from the wartime exploits of
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