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Great interest in Crystal

THERE has been great interest in Crystal, the lock keeper at Foxton, since Victor wrote of her time at the locks.

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Published: 03 October 2019

Surely cannot be legal

SENDING out a Freedom of Information request with 90% blacked out surely cannot be legal, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 02 October 2019

Repairs are for visitors

I WAS not at all surprised to read of the choice of locks to be repaired on the Leicester Section writes James Henry.

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Published: 02 October 2019

Booking needed for Bingley Five Rise

FOR the winter period there will be no regular volunteer lock keepers on Bingley Five Rise lock flight.

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Published: 02 October 2019

CaRT 'cover-up' over Whaley Bridge

THE Canal & River Trust have released a report concerning the Whaley Bridge  Reservoir collapse but heavily censored.

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Published: 01 October 2019

Pillings Flood Lock now operational

THOUGH there are flood warnings for Loughborough issued this morning (Monday) Pillings Flood Lock has obviously been repaired and closed.

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Published: 29 September 2019

Victor: A hasty retreat

IT WAS a hasty retreat indeed from the Soar at the end of our cruise.

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Published: 29 September 2019

Volunteers are instructed differently

REGARDING Victor's comments about the volunteers at Foxton, I believe they are instructed differently from proper lock keepers, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 27 September 2019

Too much hassle

THE reason we no longer use the waterway from Foxton to Leicester is that it is too much hassle, writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 27 September 2019

Rochdale Nine closed

A BROKEN lock gate has closed the Rochdale Nine in Manchester.

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Published: 27 September 2019

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