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===Tbursday 12th May===
Our guest speaker for this occasion was Mike Curtis who will gave a presentation on “The 1737 New Cut of the River Dee”. The Dee estuary is unusual in that comparatively little water occupies such a large river basin. To improve access to the port of Chester, a new cut was, after several false starts, made through the Saltney Marshes towards Flint. However, the river diverted its course bringing unintended, irrevocable and unforeseen consequences over time and the shifting of the navigable portion to the Welsh coast. With the cessation of barge-transport of Airbus wings along the Dee there is now effectively no commercial shipping on the Dee.
===Tuesday 7th June===
The venue will be a unique one: St Peter's Church, Plemstall. Society member Peter Elliott will be giving a talk on "Plegmund and his Well". [[Plegmund]] was Archbishop of Canterbury under Alfred the Great and is generally believed to have lived and studied in the vicinity of Plemstall, which is his day would have been an island in the Gowy estuary. The well associated with him is close to the church, which has very interesting architecture and memorials. Peter gave a description of the life and times of Plegmund and events involving Chester from that period. He also discussed Plegmund's impact on English literature, as well as some new research, including into the very peculiar circumstances of the restoration of the well in 1908. Before the talk, society members had the opportunity to inspect the graveyard and the Church's unique interior.
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