IN GEORGE Orwell's 1984, there is a passage where Winston Smith is in a beauty spot and a voice on a loudspeaker admonishes him, writes Stuart Field.
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REALISING there were many more moored boats than the last time we cruised up the Shroppie we decided on a count of them coming back from Market Drayton.
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IT WAS seven years ago when we last did the Four Counties and the Shropshire Union, but what a difference.
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IT'S OUR boating time again, but this time somewhat apprehensive.
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FOLLOWING the two closures last month on the Kennet & Avon Canal, this month starts with two more.
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WITH the Macclesfield Bosley Flight closed through lack of water the opportunity has been taken to undertake repairs.
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WITH hundreds of millions of pounds being spent on contractors will our waterways be at last maintained? Asks T. Lang.
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THE Severn still remains closed at Upper Lode Lock at Tewkesbury.
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IT SEEMS the Canal & River Trust has at last realised the shocking state of its waterways as it has awarded £300m for seven more contractors to maintain its waterways, Roger Fox reports.
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