Features

EXPLORING your canal ancestry

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December 9, 2024

In the latest in her family history series, Nicola Lisle looks at how you can trace ancestors who fell foul […]
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CANOE RIVER CLEANER Jim Elliot

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December 7, 2024

Lucy Wood reports… An environmental campaigner is on a one-man crusade to make his local waterways cleaner – and educate […]
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LIVING AND WORKING: Floating home & workspace

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October 22, 2024

Couple’s floating home is their workplace. Sally Clifford reports. IT WAS a chance find; the forlorn-looking narrowboat was lying against […]
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CRISIS! Cruisers urged to adopt as pet charities struggle

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October 19, 2024

Two of the UK’s largest pet rescue organisations have called for boaters to give desperately needed homes to dogs in […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Ken Norman, Flock Comedy

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October 18, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… IT WAS a school narrowboat trip back in 1977 that first piqued cartoonist Ken Norman’s interest in […]
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LEEDS & LIVERPOOL CANAL: History in Felt!

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September 21, 2024

The history of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is the focus of West Yorkshire felt artist Janine Jacques’ latest exhibition. […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: A narrowboat family

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September 11, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… WHEN Dawn Rooney and Ben Pearson’s first child, Willow, was born, the family were living happily in […]
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CANAL ANCESTRY: Friends of the canal families

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August 9, 2024

Nicola Lisle continues her family history series with a look at the canal boatmen’s missions, chapels and institutes, which offered […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Stuart Fenwick

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August 3, 2024

Alice Elgie caught up with Stuart aboard The Briarose… AFTER sofa surfing for a number of years, florist and fiddle […]
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River Canal Rescue releases engine alignment training ‘how to’ video

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July 26, 2024

RCR ‘how to…’ videos River Canal Rescue has released its second ‘how to…’ video on YouTube, giving engine alignment training. […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Paul & Anthony Smith-Storey

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July 24, 2024

Alice Elgie caught up with Paul & Anthony… AFTER 13 years of hiring a small day boat from Ellerbeck Narrowboats […]
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Assist Insurance Services Ltd win prestigious insurance award

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July 17, 2024

ASSIST Insurance Services Ltd were announced as the winner of the 2024 Customer Experience Award, one of the most prestigious […]
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RCR posts ‘how to…’ videos

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June 16, 2024

With longer and lighter days prompting more boaters to cruise the inland waterways, River Canal Rescue is posting ‘how to’ […]
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Volunteers’ Week spotlight on Wilts & Berks Canal

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June 10, 2024

A WILTSHIRE volunteer is supporting a national campaign that encourages people to get more involved in their communities. Howard Wilson, from Semington, […]
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