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Stove causes narrowboat fire

A NEW narrowboat moored at British Waterways Marinas Ltd Glasson Dock caught fire, with the owner calling the fire brigade.

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Published: 12 April 2017

Not so 'wild'life on the Chesterfield

CYCLIST Ted Williamson was on his usual route home along the Chesterfield Canal towpath when he had a never-to-be repeated experience.

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Published: 10 April 2017

CaRT wants 'Boats in Bloom'

THE Canal & River Trust want you to make your boats to look pretty—and will give you a prize or a colourful certificate if you do so!

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Published: 10 April 2017

Are the Bargees right?

THE National Bargee Travellers Association is organising a demonstration at Westminster about the lack of moorings in London believing that Canal & River Trust is taking over existing moorings to rent out.

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Published: 10 April 2017

That boat that sank

BELOW is an article about a narrowboat that sank on the Lee, with the occupiers losing everything, but the story has a twist, as the boat was rented, with the occupiers getting a very poor deal indeed, that however seems common on the London waterways.

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Published: 10 April 2017

More Gloucester development

IT WAS way in the time of British Waterways when the last big development took place by the waterside on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal at Gloucester.

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Published: 10 April 2017

Trees for the Macc

THE Canal & River Trust, together with volunteers have planted 20 fruit trees along the side of the Macclesfield Canal below Sutton Reservoir.

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Published: 10 April 2017

Stratford bridge repaired

THE badly damaged Bishopton Bridge on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal has now been repaired.

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Published: 10 April 2017

Here it is...

 HERE it is—the new version of narrowboatworld, brought about as our Software Designer, Jason Crossley wrote, being migrated site to the latest version of our Content Management System software and that will enable us to keep up-to-date with security patches.

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Published: 10 April 2017

Victor—It won't wash John

SO THE revered (by Cart) John Dodwell has been attempting to qualify that ludicrous figure of 400,000,000—sorry, now 440,000,000—visitors to the 2,000 odd miles of our waterways again.

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Published: 09 April 2017

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