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IWA June work parties

HERE are the dates of the work parties for June, organised by the various branches of the Inland Waterways Association.

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Published: 09 May 2013

Looked in vain

WHILST I welcome a new face on the Bridge (or should that be hand on the Helm?), I looked in vain for a relationship Richard [Parry] may have had with a charity, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 09 May 2013

Email: IWA seats

Regarding Robert Hawkins' email, by the looks of it, did not read my comment thoroughly.

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Published: 09 May 2013

Email: Electing members

I read with interest the comment that the IWA should relinquish the seats of its members who were elected to the [CaRT] council.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Narrowboat stolen

EX HIRE narrowboat, 60ft Samshiba, was stolen from its moorings at Kegworth on the Soar—it's thought in the early hours of last Monday morning, writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 08 May 2013

CaRT at work

WE ARE getting reports of work being doing on removing vegetation from the sides of the waterways, and many in a better condition after winter work.

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Published: 08 May 2013

New jobs for volunteers

IN ADDITION to their main tasks of helping boaters through locks and litter picking, volunteers along the Calder & Hebble Navigation have a new task.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Opportunities for Scottish Canals

WITH  the renaming of British Waterways to Scottish Canals in Scottland, the transport minister there believes their revival will offer 'real opportunities, not only for recreation and regeneration, but for the wider economy as well'.

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Published: 08 May 2013

Sponsor for Middlewich show

THIS year's Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival has been secured by the help of the local supermarket.

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Published: 08 May 2013

'Out in the sticks' thieves

IT IS not only in the towns and cities where boats are being broken into, but on rural waterways 'out in the sticks'.

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Published: 08 May 2013

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