Sinking and rusting away
FETED when new, commissioned by BW, but as it never functioned properly, left for years sinking and rusting away on the Grand Union at Bull's Bridge.
Boater arrested for manslaugter
THE boater involved in the mooring argument at Garstang on the Lancaster Canal earlier this year, as reported in narrowboatworld has been arrested, and remanded on bail to await trial.
Didn't need glasses
A DUCK has been discovered floundering in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Accrington, with a pair of glasses fast round its neck.
No licence increase
NO, IT'S not British Waterways who are pegging licence fees, but Essex Waterways, the subsidiary company of IWA which manages the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation.
Narrowboats brought to 'life'
NARROWBOATS have been brought to 'life' in a series of childrens' books, prompted by a child seeing their faces.
No objection to new marina
NEWCASTLE Borough Council's planning officers have no objection to the proposed new marina on the Shropshire Union Canal at Soudley near Market Drayton.
Arnonists fire narrowboat
A BOAT under restoration on the Aylesbury Arm has been fired by arsonists with most of the work destroyed.
Bid for Dudley tunnel centre
A BID has been made to Dudley Council for the construction of a visitor centre at the Dudley Tunnel, it was announced this week.
Narrowboat as getaway 'vehicle'
THIEVES used a narrowboat as a getaway 'vehicle' to make off with five tons of aluminium they had stolen from a Bloxwich company.
Doesn't please everybody
THOUGH there are many boaters looking forward to the opening of the new marina at Audlem, others are very much against it.