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Landslip closes Staffs & Worcs Canal

THERE has been a landslip at Wolverley on the Staffs and Worcs Canal that is likely to keep the canal closed for some time, writes Jimmey Lockwood.

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Published: 06 March 2019

We are powerless

REFERENCE Victor's recent article ref BW/CaRT purchases, writes Brian D Jarrett.

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Published: 06 March 2019

Shortage of volunteer lock keepers

THOUGH Canal & River Trust boasts of its many volunteers, it seems it cannot keep them.

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Published: 06 March 2019

Extending the Bridgewater into Runcorn

THERE have been quite a few schemes for extending the Bridgewater Canal up into Runcorn, and here comes another one.

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Published: 04 March 2019

L&L closed at Burnley until 8th May

MORE problems for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal as it will be closed at Burnley until the 8th May at least.

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Published: 04 March 2019

Police chase car into canal

A CAR in a police chase ended in the Grand Union Canal in Leicester.

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Published: 04 March 2019

Living in a dream world

ONCE again comes the call to use the canals to transport goods to save pulution from lorries that is little more than a dream world.

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Published: 04 March 2019

A new Rule of Operation?

REGARDING the weight restriction on a bridge at Leighton Buzzard, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 04 March 2019

Victor: Not so good

BETWEEN them, British Waterways and Canal & River Trust have not shown much aptitude in their choice of investments.

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Published: 03 March 2019

Chesterfield Canal talk at the Winding Wheel


WRITER and historian John Lower will be giving a talk at the Winding Wheel in Chesterfield about the History and Restoration of the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 01 March 2019

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