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Doubts over Ware Festival

WITH the dates for the restrictions of boat movements on the Lee due to the Olympics, there is doubt about boaters being able to reach the Ware Festival next year on the 12th July.

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Published: 14 July 2011

Giving their time

A VOLUNTEERING programme for young people in the North West—Waterways Action Squad—has celebrated the achievements of over 900 young people who have given their time as part of the two years waterway volunteering project.

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Published: 14 July 2011

Heritage training for BW staff

AS PART of British Waterways' need to protect and maintain the waterways, supervisors and operational staff have received training from Heritage Craft Alliance, covering the maintaining of brickwork, masonry and lime mortar.

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Published: 14 July 2011

No Montgomery Marina

A DEVELOPMENT company has been refused funding for a marina on the Montgomery Canal.

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Published: 14 July 2011

A nice little earner

GLOUCESTER County County has made £900,000 in fines from motorists crossing Llanthony Bridge over the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal.

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Published: 13 July 2011

'Folk' raises £3,000

THE Folk on the Water festival has raised around £3,000 for its two charities with its festivities.

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Published: 13 July 2011

Four years without water

WE ALL know that nowadays British Waterways seem to have little interest in boaters' facilities, and have read of sanitary stations and the like being non-operational or even closed down.

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Published: 13 July 2011

Dangerous sign

SUCH is the addiction to warning signs these days, that the signs themselves are becoming dangerous, as the one on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is proving.

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Published: 13 July 2011

Another lock for Chesterfield Canal

WORK has started on Staveley Town Lock on the Chesterfield Canal, with two week-long work camps.

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Published: 13 July 2011

Trial of water buses

A TRIAL will start this week of water buses for use at the Olympics, ferrying people from Limehouse Basin to the western entrance of the Olympic Park at Old Ford Lock on the Lee Navigation.

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Published: 11 July 2011

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