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Titford Pump comes home

THE Titford Pump that served the Titford Canal is to be reinstated by its original home on the wharf by Titford Pumphouse at Engine Street in Oldbury.

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Published: 22 November 2010

Linton gates go in

AFTER 25 years the gates of Linton Lock were deemed past their 'sell-by' date, and have been replaced.

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Published: 22 November 2010

Will anything be done?

THE state of some of the facilities around the waterways has prompted a boater  to contact British Waterways, and she waits to see what reply she gets.

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Published: 22 November 2010

Took it literally!

WHEN a taxi driver accepted a fare to Aspley Basin in Huddersfield he took it literally—with his taxi ending in the basin itself!

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Published: 22 November 2010

Rethink on 'eyesore' pontoons

WITH complaints about the 'eyesore' pontoons and steel piles along Castle Mill Stream in Oxford, British Waterways is re-thinking its £90,000 scheme.

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Published: 22 November 2010

BW maintenance spend plummets

A RECENT press release from BW claims that this winter our waterways will benefit from 'a £50m vital makeover of dozens of historic locks, bridges and aqueducts, as well as the hanging of over 100 handcrafted oak lock gates', writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 19 November 2010

Harry gets his gong

LIFELONG waterways enthusiast, photographer and author Harry Arnold was presented with his MBE this month by the Queen.

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Published: 19 November 2010

One rescued but one not

ONE DOG was lucky in that he was rescued from a canal, but another was not, and was found dead.

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Published: 19 November 2010

Barton Marina closed-off

BARTON Marina on the Trent & Mersey canal is closed-off whilst work on the bywash around Barton Lock takes place.

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Published: 17 November 2010

Scottish canals could be cruising waterways

TWO Scottish canals could become cruising waterways should ministers be successful in their application.

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Published: 17 November 2010

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