The Friends of Williamson’s Tunnels hold regular monthly meetings online using Zoom, where members and Non-Members alike, can get together to chat and get updates on our progress. We normally have a guest speaker, talk to us on varied local & general history topics.

Our FoWT Monthly Meetings take place on the First Monday of each Month at 7pm (19.00pm).

All members and non-members are very welcome to take part, come online, meet some of the team and find out up to date news of the Tunnels.

If you would like to attend our monthly meetings, complete this contact form to be added to our Zoom meeting e-mail list

Notes

• Once you are on our FoWT monthly meeting mailing list, you will receive a email monthly, containing a link and details to join each months meeting.
• Members will get priority over non-members depending on capacity.
• We ask that on logging into the Zoom Meeting, you do so using your Full Name and not an alias.

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Talks and Presentations for 2026

Date (2026)	Guest Speaker	Subject
Monday 5th January	Mike Royden	“Dr. Duncan Medical Officer of Health”
Monday 2nd February	David Hearn	“Battle of the Atlantic”
Monday 2nd March	The Daniel Adamson Society	“The building of the Manchester Ship Canal”
Monday 13th April	Dominga Devitt	“Historic Hillbark – The House That Moved”
Monday 4th May	Brian Anderson	“The Mersey – Culture and History of this Iconic River”
Monday 1st June	Iain Betson	“The BBC and the Bomb”
Monday 6th July	Gerard Gilligan	“William Lassell 1799-1880; Telescopes, Planets and Drinking Beer”
Monday 3th August	Laurence Scales	“Behind and Beyond Sir Joseph Bazalgette and his London Sewers”.
Monday 7th September	David Barrie	“The Goodluck Mine”
Monday 5th October	Keith Edwards	“The secret life of an amateur film-maker”
Monday 2nd November	Richard Coackley	“Thomas Brassey – Victorian Railway Builder”
Monday 7th December	Peter Elson	“The Rise and Fall of the White Star Line”

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Zoom, How to…

Joining on a desktop computer or laptop?

• You don’t need to download or install anything – you can dial in to the meeting with your normal web browser, just like visiting a web site.
• But if you want all the features (to be able so see other people on the call, etc.) you’ll need to download Zoom.
• On the day:
  • open the invitation e-mail we sent you
  • click on the link
  • when Zoom starts, you may be asked for a meeting ID or password: they’re both in our e-mail
  • when prompted, type your name in and ‘Join’

Joining on your smartphone?

• You’ll need to download the Zoom app
• On the day:
  • open the invitation e-mail we sent you
  • click on the link
  • when Zoom starts, you may be asked for a meeting ID or password: they’re both in our e-mail
  • when prompted, type your name in and ‘Join’ 🙂