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Lock fund going well

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust's appeal for funds to build a new lock at Staveley has topped £10,000, and with outstanding Gift Aid, it is nearly £12,000.

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Published: 27 April 2011

James has made it!

James Clifton has finished his epic cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats raising £2,145, including gift aid, for the Pepper Foundation.

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Published: 27 April 2011

Email: Beyond belief!

Beyond belief! Almost exactly a year ago we went through that self same lock [on Wigan Flight, pictured] with water pouring through the top of the top gates.

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Published: 27 April 2011

Lee mooring proposals discussed

IN ITS attempt to sort out the moorings on the Lee Navigation British Waterways have met with local groups.

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Published: 27 April 2011

MP lends a hand

MIDDLEWICH Local MP, Fiona Bruce, recently joined members of the Inland Waterways Association at its lockwind at Wardle Lock on the  Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 27 April 2011

British Waterways Pub Partnership goes bust

BRITISH Waterways' beleaguered pub partnership is now in administration, with Lloyds Banking Group appointing Price Waterhouse Coopers as administrators to the Waterside Pub Partnership.

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Published: 27 April 2011

Not only BW buying marinas

BRITISH Waterways is not the only company buying up marinas, as the company Lakeland Leisure is also snapping them up.

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Published: 27 April 2011

Hazards of the Thames

MANY boaters know of the hazards of coming out of Limehouse on the tidal Thames—especially with the water buses and ships creating their wakes.

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Published: 22 April 2011

Easter Fenland report

OVER one of the coldest winters on record, new moorings have been installed on the Old River Nene at West End Park in March., writes Kelvin Alexander-Duggan.

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Published: 22 April 2011

Pressure to reopen boaters' pub

WITH a very bad winter and little boat traffic, the landlord at the Nag's Head at Abingdon by the side of the Thames put up the shutters in January, but boaters want it open again.

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Published: 21 April 2011

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