THE plan by Canal & River Trust to overcome the stoppage at Crofton Flight was to have volunteers assisting through the locks but it did not work out as no volunteers arrived.
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DURING just four days six men have been held up at knifepoint on the Lee towpath and not only robbed but beaten up.
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THERE is to be 'Summer Lift Off' concerts at Anderton Boat Lift this month featuring bands from the Eurovision Song Contest.
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MEMBERS of the Alvechurch Village Society have always shown interest in the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, so they were treated to a cruise on the waterway.
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THE hot weather has caused parts of the Lancaster Canal to turn into something resembling pea soup as it encourages the quick growth of duck weed.
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THERE is once again the 'normal' closure of the Crofton Flight due to lack of water on the summit pound, that is usually caused by the pumps being unable to cope.
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A SWAN injured by a narrowboat's propeller on the Trent & Mersey at Nantwich has caused the RSPCA tro warn boaters to take care.
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I DON'T know how they managed 50,000 visitors a year to Standedge Visitor Centre as there is nothing there of interest except a video about the canal and its restoration that lasts about 20 minutes, write Fabia Greaterex.
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A FENCE is being erected at the weir on the Trent by Beeston Marina after a boy drowned after entering the water.
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READING Victor's comments on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal brought to mind the information I had gathered at its restoration, which in hindsight shows again the use of statistics to achieve a goal, writes Archer Townrow.
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