Volunteers constructing a stone wall at Crickheath Wharf, Montgomery Canal in 2009. CREDIT: WRG 40 years of Waterway Recovery
THE Waterway Recovery Group is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2010. It is a time to reflect on what has been achieved, and in these uncertain times, an opportune time to look forward and perhaps imagine what might be achieved in the next 40 years…
The WRG’s origins of course go back much further; canal restoration did not suddenly start in 1970 and some of the people still involved now were already up to their knees in such projects in the 1960s...
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The author at West StockwithTowpath Tales:
Time and Tide
In the first of a two-part feature, Tony Jones recounts an eventful first journey on his narrowboat The Watchman.
My boat was about as ready as it could be for the arduous journey from Derby to Leeds; I stood on the towpath running through a mental checklist, studying her closely. She’s an old boat, built in 1985 by Stoke-on-Trent boatbuilders and I’m lucky to have her. I’d enlisted the help of a knowledgeable friend to babysit me while looking for a boat and he was immediately taken by her. He commented on her 'beautiful lines' and 'interesting fit out' with an enthusiasm that was lost on me at the time. As a rank amateur I had no concept of boat styling, but trusted his discerning eye, and since then I have come to appreciate his guidance as my boat is certainly pretty, if a little rough around the edges. I like to think that we have at least this in common...
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Dawn over the Trent and Mersey Canal at Beeston in South Derbyshire. CREDIT: ROB FALCONER Towpath History:
Timewarp: The Industrial Revolution
In the first of a new series, Christopher Fisher explores the towpaths that connect you to the past. This month Christopher uncovers the coal trail that became a gateway to the Industrial Revolution.
The industrial age began in the mid-18th century in Britain, bringing a time of change to UK industry; UK canal systems were key to the country’s development in a period described by many as a time of change...
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Editorial - Brian Sharpe
The arctic conditions still show no sign of releasing their grip on Britain, with frozen waterways bringing much of the system to a standstill and perhaps rather more seriously, slowing down essential maintenance works during the ‘stoppage season’. Nevertheless, summer is coming and we can look forward to warmer conditions, when we can enjoy the waterways with their waters flowing again, and workers and volunteers can get on with their jobs of maintaining and restoring their chosen parts of the system...
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TalkBack: LEICESTER WATERWAYS ARE NOT SO BAD!
Dear Sir,
Whilst it is regrettable that Ian and Lesley Lauder experienced problems with the depth of water in Leicester (January Talkback) their rant in your columns is regrettable and unhelpful...
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