Richard Drake, IWA's national Chairman (on the left with the microphone) opens the event.
Next to him is the Lord Mayor of Westminster, then Arthur Farrand Radley, a Vice-President of IWA London Region, and Robin Evans, Commercial Director of British Waterways. Then come Tony Harrison, Chairman of IWA Restoration Committee, Ron Bingham, Chairman of IWA London Region's Planning & Navigation Committee, and Ron's wife, Olive.