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Need a strong association

I READ the recent article and share James Henry's concern that we need a strong association to represent all boaters, write Mark Tizard, Vice Chairman of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO).

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Published: 10 October 2016

Car smashed Avon bridge

A HUGE part of the parapet of the bridge over the Avon ant Bradford-on Avon has been smashed by a car, with debris in the river.

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Published: 10 October 2016

Rochdale Canal fully open

THE damage caused by last year's Boxing Day floods has now been completely repaired, with the canal now re-opened.

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Published: 08 October 2016

Plank Lane open at last

THE Plank Lane Lift Bridge on the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been repaired and in now fully open to navigation.
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Published: 08 October 2016

Wanted—a strong association

IF ONLY we had a strong and outspoken boaters association looking after our interests perhaps the decline of the canals would cease, writes James Henry.

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Published: 07 October 2016

Would do it again

AROUND a year ago, we dreamed a plan of a fortnight's break on our boats from Loughborough to London, writes Ed Maltby.

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Published: 07 October 2016

Police want to interview boaters

THE police want to interview two boat owners whose boats were moored near Tesco at Whaley Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal concerning a 'heated dispute' between a man and a woman.

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Published: 07 October 2016

Stop blaming boaters

PICCADILLY Basin at the junction of the Rochdale and Aston canals has been drained again, and yet again boaters are being blamed.

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Published: 06 October 2016

Only time will tell

WHAT depressing reading! It does remind me of the saying 'what goes around comes around', writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 06 October 2016

Email: Rings true

That suggestion of Break It—Blame It—Sell It, when you think about the waterways certainly rings true.

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Published: 06 October 2016

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