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Glastonbury—lock gates graveyard

IF YOU have ever wondered what happens to old discarded lock gates, the answer is they end up as part of Glastonbury Festival.

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Published: 07 April 2011

See lock gates being made

A HISTORIC lock gate workshop in Bilston is giving the public a rare opportunity to see first-hand the work that goes into making and repairing canal lock gates.

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Published: 07 April 2011

£648,000 for cycle route

BOATERS on the extremely popular Llangollen Canal would be well advised to keep a look-out when using the towpath near Trevor in the near future.

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Published: 07 April 2011

Better moorings at Hebden Bridge

THE moorings at Hebden Bridge on the Rochdale Canal have been repaired, and are now much safer.

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Published: 07 April 2011

Chairmen appointed for partnerships

TWO more Local Waterway Partnerships chairmen have been appointed by British Waterways, for the West and North Midlands.

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Published: 07 April 2011

More Caen Hill fish go

ONCE again fish have been removed from Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes as they are eating damsel flies and aquatic plants.

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Published: 06 April 2011

Adjacent landowners responsibility

I would like to see if there is support by your readers for a campaign to include in the forthcoming legislation re-structuring British Waterways a requirement on adjacent landowners to keep the navigation and towpath clear of vegetation—or indeed anything else, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 06 April 2011

Money for rowing club

THE Waterways Trust has given a grant—its second—to a Thames rowing club.

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Published: 06 April 2011

BW came out worse in cancellation

IT HAS just been confirmed that British Waterways came out worse when the Liverpool Boat Show was cancelled, paying much more than Liverpool City Council.

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Published: 04 April 2011

Breakthrough for NABO

IT WAS the narrowboatworld article, Ultra Vires, some three months ago that alerted the public to the significance of the British Waterways vs Davies case (a continuous cruiser that moved very little).

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Published: 04 April 2011

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