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L&L repair reopens Monday

THE reopening of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal where the culvert failed at Rishton has been delayed again.

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Published: 21 November 2013

A real 'lockfull'

Whilst having a nosy around on a well know on-line auction site, I came across this postcard of the Boulter's Lock on the Thames, I assume taken in the early Edwardian period looking at the clothes being worn, writes Connie Dee.

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Published: 21 November 2013

BCN Explorer Cruises

AFTER the success of the two cruises last year it is the intention of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) to hold two cruises again in 2014 to encourage boaters to explore the Birmingham Canal Navigations, its Chairman Brenda Ward tells us.

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Published: 21 November 2013

Has a jinx struck CaRT again?

A YEAR ago the Co-operative Bank became a corporate partner of Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 21 November 2013

Continuous moorer—and caravan!

ONE boater is really pushing his luck too far by parking a great static caravan by his unofficial moorings on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Wigan.

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Published: 20 November 2013

CaRT consultation launched

THIS morning (Wednesday) a consultation was launched to strengthen Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Council elections.

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Published: 20 November 2013

The length of the visit

ONE of the aspects that makes comparisons [in visitor numbers] harder is the length of the visit, suggests Mike Todd.

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Published: 20 November 2013

Going the extra mile

I am in agreement with just a few of the comments about CaRT staff and their management so often made on these pages. However, I have always found that the staff on the ground, the 'Blue Shirt' boys and girls are made of much sterner stuff than their management, writes Bob Hallam.

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Published: 20 November 2013

NABO meets Richard Parry

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Chief Executive, Richard Parry, attended the 22nd Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) held on 16th November 2013, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 20 November 2013

Work on the Ashby

AFTER many months of meetings, deliberation and consultation, Stuart Collins, the C&RT area volunteer coordinator, with a mini digger and four Ashby Canal Association (ACA) volunteers with shovels and wheelbarrows led by Martyn Plant started preparation work on a very boggy length of towpath on Friday, writes Brian Holmes.

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Published: 20 November 2013

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