SCULPTOR Tony Darlington has a keen interest in boats, and so accepted a challenge from a friend to make a model of his narrowboat, but not just the shell, but everything inside it.
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I SUPPORT everyone who condemns the programme makers who are portraying canal boating as a glorified dodgem car ride, writes Kevin McNiff.
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THOUGH the old Gravesend & Rochester Canal is now mainly a railway track, the first narrowboat in 80 years was launched at the end of March.
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I FIND myself in total agreement with John Wallace and Paul Dowler re: The Timothy and Pru crashing around the waterways television show, writes Rob Dennis.
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YOUR correspondent, Pam Pickett, whilst defending Timothy West makes many assumptions about me which cannot go unchallenged, writes John Wallace.
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TODAY'S level of journalism leaves a great deal to be desired, with ridiculous stories being published, but one last Friday by Topix Hertfordshire is amongst the worst.
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THE closure of the Rufford Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was caused by the collapse of a culvert beneath the waterway.
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THE heavy rain that is at present falling all over the county has caused all the flood gates on the Aire & Calder Navigation to be closed.
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I CANNOT allow the article by John Wallace, 'Timothy and Pru a danger' to go unchallenged, writes Pam Pickett.
Having just watched the latest offering from this often entertaining series, [Timothy and Pru West] I am beginning to agree with those that wish to ban these two from the inland waterways.
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