Over the last six months you have advised/supported us who want to re-paint a British Waterways eyesore — Frodsham Swing Bridge, writes Tom Reynolds.
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ONCE again the emergency services had to risk their lives to rescue the crew of a narrowboat that had taken to the Avon in flood conditions with its boat stranded against a bridge.
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THE majority of the narrowboats destined to take part in the Queen's Jubilee Pageant made the trip, Evelyn McCann of Thames Link Marine Ltd tells us.
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THROUGHOUT the country events staged on the waterways yesterday (Sunday) proved a washout, with reports of very poor attendances as the constant rain kept people away.
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LACK of money for maintenance, and local waterway managers being starved of cash means that the waterways are consequently deteriorating rapidly.
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IT MUST seem to many people, myself included, when reading narrowboatworld just lately that there is only gloom to be seen in any article relating to Canal & River Trust (CART), writes Orph Mable.
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Just a few of the 100 narrowboats that arrived at West India Dock, Docklands today (Friday) for scrutineering before the Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames on Sunday.
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HIS Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester is to visit Crofton Engine House at Pewsey on the Kennet & Avon Canal during June.
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POLICE are scouring Salterhebble Basin on the Calder & Hebble Navigation for the body of a woman who disappeared nine years ago.
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A BOATER moored in Gloucester on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal had a shock when first a suspected burglar then the police chased across his moored narrowboat near Sainsbury's.
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