I was just about to sit down to eat a well-earned meal at about 19.10 hours (ten past seven in old money) yesterday evening (Friday) when my lady wife came in and informed me that some of the local ‘yooff' were digging up the footbridge opposite the yard and throwing the debris into the canal, writes Orph Mable.
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FOR the fourth time, Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal will be holding a Family Fun Day.
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WELL established as the busiest waterway in the country, and home to countless marinas and moorings, still another marina is planned for the Llangollen Canal.
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I have no television licence and have been getting reminders and threats of visits for over 25 years at the same address, most recently last week, but no visits.
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THERE is an ongoing dispute concerning boaters moored on the Regent's Canal whose boat engine and generator noise and fumes are making local residents' lives a misery.
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British Waterways had a very fine craft built by Dobson's of Shardlow named Telford.
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A MAN misjudged his position at Shiplake on the Thames whilst in his kayak, and drowned after being taken over the weir.
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WE HAVE just spent a week on the Forth & Clyde and Union canals, cruising from Falkirk to Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Glasgow and back to Falkirk.
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IN RESPONSE to the news that the new Chief Executive Officer, Richard Parry hired a narrowboat, the feeling amongst some boaters is that he should own one, with Mark Tizard writing:
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THE organisers of the this year's Chesterfield Canal Festival tell us it looks like being the best yet, with lots of things to see and do, including boat trips, with the added attraction of Steam Train rides at Barrow Hill.
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