THE police have told that the man who was pulled from the River Great Ouse at Bedford was 39 years old Zbigien Lasocki.
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IT WAS exactly 30 years ago that Princess Alexandra launched a narrowboat for the Lyneal Trust at Ellesmere, and last week returned to launched its new one.
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THE locks up to Turnerwood are currently closed on the Chesterfield Canal through lack of water.
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Victor asks 'I just wonder what next? Someone will think up something'. What about 'the straightest length of canal award' or 'the windiest length of canal award'. Now here's a better one 'the most visited length of canal award'.
Bill Ridgeway
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I WONDER if the waterway locks, after 200 odd years of use have about reached the end of their tether, as many seem to be shrinking.
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YOU stated that allowing canoeists into canals tunnels was a bad decision, and it certainly is as I discovered in Foulridge Tunnel, writes Francis Barnet.
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AS I understand it, the main objective (in short) of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is to look after the interests of its members, writes Bill Ridgeway.
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I was pleased to see that those moorers at the moorings at Tonbridge have finally been moved on, so now perhaps honest boaters will be able to get moorings.
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THE reason for the stoppage on the Walsall Canal this time is vandalism, that has closed the locks 1 to 8. .
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OWING to the lack of water the Rochdale summit pound is to be selectively closed to navigation during the week to conserve supplies.
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