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Don't blame BW

PEOPLE, businesses and even a councillor are blaming British Waterways for the litter along the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal through Nelson.
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Published: 19 April 2010

Anglers under fire

ANGLERS are under fire in the Forum at the moment, with boaters telling a few home truths.

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Published: 17 April 2010

Handy timber

THE many fences that are being erected around the system by British Waterways are providing handy timber.

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Published: 16 April 2010

Papering over the cracks

IT WAS good to see Ralph Freeman highlighting the lock next to the Dog & Doublet on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal as an example of how a gate can be made to fit, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 15 April 2010

More canals for anglers

PREVIOUSLY  unlicenced sections of the canal network have been made available to anglers by British Waterways.

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Published: 15 April 2010

Cromford Canal—SSSI or what?

MY DAILY commute takes me alongside the formerly restored stretch of the Cromford Canal between Ambergate and Cromford, and for the past three or four weeks, extensive works have been going on involving heavy diggers and other machinery, writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 14 April 2010

Money for Cromford

IT WAS the very well known actor Brian Blessed who accepted a cheque for £3,000 on behalf of Friends of Cromford Canal, towards its restoration.

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Published: 14 April 2010

All change—again

THE waterways museums at Gloucester and Stoke Bruerne are being re-named, which is to 'emphasise and strengthen their links with their local environment'.

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Published: 14 April 2010

New supermarket by the Staffs & Worcs

A NEW supermarket has just been opened  by the Staffs & Worcs Canal at Wombourne.

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Published: 14 April 2010

'Bodge job' getting worse

THE 'bodge job' on the towpath of the Grand Union in Loughborough that was featured in narrowboatworld earlier this month is getting more dangerous.

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Published: 12 April 2010

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