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The 'green men'

YOUR mention of the 'green men' brought back memories of those days when the canals were at their best, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 17 June 2020

Obstruction removed from Rochdale Nine

THE obstruction preventing a lock from being operated on the Rochdale Nine has been removed.

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Published: 17 June 2020

Cannot blame CaRT

I can understand Sheila Hawkins’ concern about the ‘pushers’ on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 17 June 2020

Who is kidding who?

The picture [of the damaged lock gate at Watford Flight]  shows clearly the failure of the timber around the collar of the gate in question, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 16 June 2020

Deathly silence

WITH all the publicity surrounding those women being pushed into the Worcester & Birmingham Canal why not any response from Canal & River Trust asks Sheila Hawkins?

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Published: 15 June 2020

Another warning about the Soar

AND still they come—warnings about that sand bank on the Soar.

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Published: 15 June 2020

Yobs have time on their hands

I NOTICED that the gang indulging in the pastime of pushing young women into the canal are judged to be between 14 and 17 writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 15 June 2020

More women pushed into canal

FOLLOWING on our report of two women pushed into a canal, the police are investigating a total of five in one evening.

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Published: 15 June 2020

Is it another body?

AN INQUEST into a drowning last year in the Rochdale Nine heard that it was the 28th in the waterway.

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Published: 15 June 2020

Victor: Not so much 'wellbeing'

THERE is certainly not so much of the often acclaimed 'wellbeing' on the towpaths these days.

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Published: 14 June 2020

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