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Paying our way

Peter Ponting makes good points. We hired for years, then owned a share in the same Ownerships boat as Allan and Chris Richards, finally blowing most of our life savings on a rusty old boat seven years ago, writes John Bamford.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Getting too close

A CAPITAL Radio newsreader was really too close to her job when she was reporting on the weather affecting the waterways—she fell in!

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Published: 21 January 2013

No more please

IT SEEMS that many of you have forgotten that the subject of continuous cruisers/moorers has been banned from narrowboatworld.

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Published: 21 January 2013

Email: Workable plan wanted

I seem to be seeing a lot of anti CaRT rhetoric around. It's about time that we boaters got our act straight. There are those (and I'm one) who would like to see something done about over stayers.

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Published: 20 January 2013

Oxley Marine fire

IT WAS in the early hours of yesterday morning (Saturday) that Jan Mable at Oxley Marine raised the alarm when she see saw smoke and flames coming from a building used for storage of stock—beer and engineering—Orph Mable writes.

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Published: 20 January 2013

CaRT using spies!

WE CAN now reveal that Canal & River Trust is encouraging its volunteers to spy on boaters, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 19 January 2013

Boaters' meetings

I THOUGHT I would just update you on the progress of the series of Boaters Meetings we have had so far with Canal & River Trust, three have taken place so far and the next one is taking place in Birmingham next month, writes John Sloan.

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Published: 18 January 2013

Grand Western repair

THE Grand Western Canal that breached in November last year after torrential rainfall, is to be repaired.
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Published: 18 January 2013

Email: Hirers do pay

Having read both of Sheila Halsall's articles, published recently in narrowboatworld, I feel compelled to reply.

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Published: 18 January 2013

Getting rid of 'The Four'

Now I have read Allan's article it all becomes crystal clear! There is one man that could be at the root of virtually all the problems Canal & River Trust has suffered since its inception, and that is Vaughan Welch, writes Martin Brooks.

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Published: 18 January 2013

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