Robert Fordyce Aickman was an English writer and conservationist. As a conservationist, he co-founded the Inland Waterways Association, a group which has preserved from destruction and restored England's inland canal system. As a writer, he is best known for his supernatural fiction, which he described as "strange stories".
Robert Aickman
Plaque at 11 Gower Street, London
Inland Waterways Association
The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom which was formed in 1946 to campaign for the conservation, use, maintenance, restoration and sensitive development of British canals and river navigations.
Peak Forest Canal, Whaley Bridge
Working boats
Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation
IWA Rally at Beale Park, 2006