THE boss of Abingdon Access Scaffolding, Alan Joyce, is well revered by boaters on the Thames at Abingdon, as he has saved many boats from either being grounded or being washed downstream in the floods.
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THE Canal & River Trust trustee, John Dodwell, will be attending a meeting of Midlands boaters in Birmingham on Thursday 14th February, but it is already oversubscribed, so a second meeting is being arranged to accommodate those wishing to attend, writes Allan Richards.
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ANGLERS on the Severn around Worcester were so alarmed at the number of fish 'Keith the Seal' was devouring that they wanted to shoot it to protect their stocks.
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THE new high speed rail line between Birmingham and Leeds will greatly affect the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal, intersecting it in five places.
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THE problem with repairing waterway tunnels is for the workers getting to the work place and back, but there has been an unusual solution for the workers in Netherton Tunnel.
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THE National Association of Boat Owners realises that the Canal & River Trust mooring consultation document may disadvantage boat owners (Boaters petition against mooring proposals—7/2/2013), and believes there are many questions unanswered.
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THE replacement of the lock gates at Dobson Locks at Apperley Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal certainly did not go according to plan—the crane fell into the canal.
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THE official unveiling of the ‘Maureen Shaw Panel' commemorating the help and assistance to boaters by Maureen at Wardle Lock, will take place on Saturday 23rd March at 2.00 pm at the lock at Middlewich.
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THERE has been much speculation on the towpath as to why the finger pontoons, adjacent to the water point below Junction Lock at Fradley Junction, have been removed, writes Ralph Freeman.
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