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Email: Shroppie moorings

I must agree with Richard's whinge about moorings. I too have recently spit tacks at sitting for an hour and a half at tick-over passing a line of moored craft two miles long on the off-side on the run North into Chester.

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Published: 23 June 2012

Metal thefts rife

IT WOULD seem that metal thefts from boats is getting rife, with another boater telling of brass taken from his narrowboat.

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Published: 22 June 2012

H&S kills boating event

A BOATING event that has been run for nearly 30 years has been killed by draconian health and safety regulations.

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Published: 22 June 2012

Bridge parapet sorted

THE parapet railing on the Loxwood Bridge over the Wey & Arun Canal on the B2133 Loxwood High Street has now been removed to reveal the new, but more traditional-looking brick and rail parapets to replace the previous steel barriers.

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Published: 21 June 2012

Julia Bradbury is 1,000th member

TELEVISION'S Countryfile presenter, Julia Bradbury has become the 1,000th member of the Shrewsbury & Newport Canals Trust.

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Published: 21 June 2012

A little helper

NARROWBOAT owner Nick Wolfe wanted a bit of company and a bit of assistance with his boat, so being moored by the towpath at Crick Show put a notice out advertising for a 'little helper'.

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Published: 21 June 2012

Saved boat from sinking

FIRE FIGHTERS saved a narrowboat from sinking, as it filled with water whilst moored on the Staffs & Worcs Canal in Stourport.

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Published: 20 June 2012

Metal thefts from boats

IT SEEMS the occurrences of theft from boats at canal-side moorings is rife, with in some cases thieves targeting brass fittings, as Audrey Brewer writes.

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Published: 20 June 2012

Increase in metal thefts

THE Inland Waterways Association is warning its groups and others of the increase in metal thefts, with insurers, boat clubs, local authorities, historic building owners and a wide range of waterways organisations reporting an increase.

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Published: 20 June 2012

Google to include waterways

IT WAS announced yesterday (Tuesday) that Google is to include waterways, and show towpaths, locks and bridges on its Google Maps.

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Published: 20 June 2012

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