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Boaters raise money

THE generous boaters at Lemonroyd Marina near Castleford on the Aire & Calder Navigation recently raised £117 for Cancer Research UK.

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Published: 02 June 2016

Onley marina going ahead

MY EARLIER update on the [Onley on the Oxford Canal] marina would seem to have been ill informed! It seems that though the pegs have been removed, the marina plan is still on and exhibited at Crick under the name Dunchurch Pools Marina, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 02 June 2016

Email: Learn from history

So CaRT will be using bog mats and dumper trucks to access the work area. This begs the question how much greater volumes of spoil were moved out and building material moved in when canals were constructed?

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Published: 02 June 2016

Email: Visitors the only concern

I feel that the Trust has only one major concern and that is visitors, hence all the notices that Keith Gudgin showed.

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Published: 01 June 2016

Wasting money again

IT'S BANK Holiday Monday and this morning two CaRT workers came along and fitted a sign onto the gate here at Fradley, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 01 June 2016

Good support for club's event

THE 51st rally of the Federation of Bridgewater Cruising Clubs was hosted by the Bridgewater Motor Boat Club this year and had good support and attendance, writes Hilary Foster.

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Published: 01 June 2016

Macclesfield will be closed for weeks

DISCOVERING that the bed of the Macclesfield Canal will also require repairs as well as the actual breach, has resulted in an announcement from Canal & River Trust that the repairs will take longer than first expected.
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Published: 01 June 2016

Which marina?

I HAVE been fascinated by the recent—no it's being going on for months—correspondence regarding the merits of Sawley and Mercia marinas, writes, Mike Stone.

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Published: 01 June 2016

You are satisfied

THE Canal & River Trust have produced statistics showing that boaters are more and more satisfied with the way it is looking after the waterways!

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Published: 30 May 2016

Highly toxic chemical being used

CONTRACTORS to Canal & River Trust, we have discovered, are using the highly toxic chemical, Monsanto's Roundup to spray around locks.

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Published: 30 May 2016

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