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Barton Marina pub refurbishment

BARTON Marina ​Waterfront pub has had a major refurbishment yet still maintains its top marks in its hygiene inspection.
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Published: 27 March 2017

Tavistock Canal recognised

THOUGH now derelict, the Tavistock Canal in Devon has been recognised by an exhibition in Tavistock Museum that opened for the season on Saturday.

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Published: 27 March 2017

Lengthy closures

Your correspondent, who criticises CaRT over Brick Lock, highlights the observation that there have been days when nothing is happening, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 27 March 2017

Curly Whirly closed until end of May

THOUGH the repairs to Pinfold Bridge at Wolverhampton were due to be completed by the end of this month, they will not be until the end of May, closing the circular route.

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Published: 27 March 2017

Stort stoppage longer still

THE failure of Brick Lock (14) on the Stort and the inability of a quick repair means that boats moored above the stoppage on the river will not have easy access through the lock.

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Published: 27 March 2017

Open Day on the Chesterfield

IT WAS way back in the 60s that the Retford & Worksop Boat Club was formed and tirelessly worked to prevent the closing of the Chesterfield Canal and then making sure it was kept in working condition.

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Published: 27 March 2017

The transfer 'bubbles' again

IT LOOKS like the proposal to transfer of EA waterways has bubbled to the surface in parliament again. However, this time, the wording suggests all of the Environment Agency's navigable inland waterways, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 23 March 2017

CaRT not wanted

IN 2014 I attended a meeting chaired by the Chairman of the Basingstoke Canal Society, writes Ken Churchill.

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Published: 23 March 2017

Disillusioned and disgusted

ALTHOUGH I am no longer a regular columnist for narrowboatworld, I do still take a great interest in all things canal related; after all my livelihood still depends on them. However the more I see and hear of today's canal society and infrastructure in general, the more depressed it makes me, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 23 March 2017

Still another T&M marina

DURING that period when the then British Waterways were persuading people to construct marinas, three massive ones were built on the eastern section of the Trent & Mersey Canal—then the boating industry went into decline.

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Published: 23 March 2017

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