LIKE many other events in that part of the country, the organisers of Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum's Annual Gala are hoping for rain, lots of it, before June, but tell us British Waterways will do its level best to get boats through despite lock restrictions, and to maintain water levels.
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IT WAS whilst cruising the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent that boaters Stuart and Maureen Emery lost their cat Mac. But the cat did come back—after six years!
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AROUND 50 boats from across the canal network are expected at the four day Boat Gathering at Ellesmere Port Museum.
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THE rather long passage of the Olympic Torch will be including Foxton Locks, as part of the Olympic Relay Route.
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A BOATER, living on a narrowboat at Barton was described as a 'gullible fool' after paying money from a fraud into his bank account.
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MAUREEN Shaw, who sadly died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 17th March, in her mid 70's will be known to many boaters by name and thousands more as the 'Lady of the Lock' having lived in the Lock Keeper's Cottage on Wardle Lock in Middlewich, writes David King.
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British Waterways is not the only one—Port of London Authority has played a major role in changing the way in which the Thames is used—making it very difficult for all those who want to make their home on the water as people have done down the centuries.
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I am saddened to report that Maureen passed away at the weekend, having suffered from ill health for some time, writes Vic Moses.
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AS RIDICULOUS as it may seem fuel for air ambulances is subject to tax, but there is a move to get it exempt by a government petition.
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THE first round in the fight to save the unique Northmoor Weir on the Thames has been won by the protesters.
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