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Facelift to attract tenants

THE unusual canal warehouse at the terminus of the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation is to get a facelift to attract more tenants.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Boating knowledge not needed

THE Canal & River Trust is looking for a volunteer to assist in boat marketing and communications work, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Kings Orchard opens in June

THE first phase of Kings Orchard Marina on the Coventry Canal is set to open in June this year, with 40 berths being available.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Not representative

Having read the negative remarks regarding Inland Waterways Association on various web sites, and with dwindling membership numbers, it must be interesting to be an IWA member at the Canal & River Trust committee meetings, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Netherton maintenance

A FOUR months project has begun to carry out essential maintenance to Netherton Tunnel, that is the link between the northern and southern Birmingham Canal Navigations.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Another target

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust has set itself another target to extend the waterway, this time to the Sussex/Surrey border.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Breach appeal scrapped

CANAL & RIVER TRUST has removed its £1.5m appeal to repair the breach of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Dutton Hollow, near Preston Brook, from the main donation page of its website, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 28 January 2013

Clearing the landslip

WALKING along Woodseaves Cutting  [Shropshire Union Canal.] on Wednesday I was impressed that both the canal and the towpath were pretty clear of the landslip debris described earlier, writes  Sheila Halsall.

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Published: 27 January 2013

Reducing the whitewash

IN RESPONSE to Graham Phillips' warning about a possible Inland Waterways Association whitewash, if lots of non-IWA boaters go to www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/consultations and respond, then the impact of any attempted whitewash will be reduced, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 27 January 2013

Untenable position

BOATERS are concerned about Vaughan Welch's suitability as a boaters representative on the Canal & River Trust council, in view of the furor concerning his 'spying' activities, with one, Graham Phillips, writing:

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Published: 26 January 2013

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