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  • Hayes Canal Festival returns with day of fun

    Hayes Canal Festival returns with day of fun

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    Janet Richardson

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    A SUNDAY of fun on the canal is returning with the annual Hayes Canal Festival confirmed for Sunday June 23, 2024.  The event, run by the Canal & River Trust, has been made possible this year through the generous financial support from Colt Data Centre Services and building services company T Clarke. There will be…

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  • Museum launches new deaf character

    Museum launches new deaf character

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    Janet Richardson

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    VISITORS to Dudley’s Black Country Living Museum during half term will meet ‘David Smith’, a new historic character. He represents real people’s memories sharing the importance of the deaf community and how deaf clubs flourished during the 1960s, as well as the barriers in society that they have historically faced. David has been developed as…

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  • Derby Bustler Market makes Mercia Marina home for event

    Derby Bustler Market makes Mercia Marina home for event

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    Janet Richardson

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    GET ready for a sensational day of food, fun and family-friendly entertainment as Derby’s beloved Bustler Market brings its vibrant street food scene to Mercia Marina on Saturday June 1 from 11am to 6pm. Established in 2017, Bustler Market has become an award-winning street food event, known for its lively atmosphere and top-notch vendors. This…

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  • TV personality to open upgraded towpath

    TV personality to open upgraded towpath

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    Janet Richardson

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    CANAL Boat Diaries presenter Robbie Cumming is to officially open the upgraded canal towpath from Wendover to Halton. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at 1pm on Friday, June 28 at the entrance from the towpath to Walnut Tree Meadow, and a host of other activities are planned to take place from 10am to…

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  • Tripping across the border

    Tripping across the border

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    Janet Richardson

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    THE popular trip boat George Watson Buck based on the Montgomery Canal in Llanymynech is due to restart 30-minute trips between England and Wales on Sunday (May 5) following a successful survey of the boat. Based at the Llanymynech Wharf Visitor Centre in the Limeworks Heritage Area in Llanymynech, the boat trips are ideal for…

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  • ‘Weekend of Action’ call for Government support

    ‘Weekend of Action’ call for Government support

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    Janet Richardson

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    FUND Britain’s Waterways (FBW) is orchestrating a significant weekend of action for the early May bank holiday weekend (May 4-6). Events will be taking place across the country on waterways managed by different inland navigation authorities, with the aim of mobilising nationwide support and highlighting the crucial need for increased government funding for the maintenance…

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  • Pirate weekender launches NWM summer event programme

    Pirate weekender launches NWM summer event programme

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    Janet Richardson

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    PIRATES, shanty-singing sailors and Mermaid Aurora drop anchor at Ellesmere Port’s National Waterways Museum over the weekend of May 17-19, to launch the attraction’s summer events programme. Hosted by the Canal & River Trust, the Mutiny at the Port Pirate Weekender kicks off at 7pm on the Friday, with live music from the Old Time…

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  • Have a quacking time at Droitwich

    Have a quacking time at Droitwich

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    Janet Richardson

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    THE annual St Richard’s Canal Festival will be taking place in Vines Park, Droitwich Spa WR9 8LB, from the evening of Friday May 3 until late afternoon Bank Holiday Monday May 6. Now in its 12th year, attractions include daytime canal boat trips aboard Pamela May 2, and live entertainment, food stalls and children’s activities each…

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  • Conference to celebrate life of preservation pioneer

    Conference to celebrate life of preservation pioneer

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    Janet Richardson

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    TO MARK the 50th anniversary of the death of the writer and biographer L T C Rolt, the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has partnered with academics from Keele University to host a conference on Friday May 10. Celebrating his life and continuing legacy of his work. It will examine the full diversity of his written…

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  • Celebrating re-opening with free festival

    Celebrating re-opening with free festival

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    Janet Richardson

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    A FREE canalside neighbourhood festival will take place on Saturday May 18 at Middlewood Locks in Salford to celebrate the re-opening of parts of the Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal for the first time in 15 years. ‘Middlewood Locks Fest’ promises an action-packed fun day for all the family, including boats, music, art workshops, a…

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  • Folk for Folk at Gloucester waterways museum

    Folk for Folk at Gloucester waterways museum

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    Janet Richardson

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    THE National Waterways Museum Gloucester’s canal folk art collection brings together members of Gloucester’s community groups, young people and artists with a team of creatives to develop exciting new art. More than 50 people are contributing to the Folk for Folk project, with finished works including textiles, paintings, sculpture, digital art and photography. They will…

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  • Floating market comes to Foxton Locks this Easter

    Floating market comes to Foxton Locks this Easter

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    Janet Richardson

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    THE Canal & River Trust is inviting visitors to Foxton Locks to enjoy some retail therapy as a ‘floating market’ visits over the Easter weekend. Trading boats will be selling a wide variety of goods including prints, fabrics, wool and crafts, beers, wines and cider, photography, healing hands treatments such as massages, canal art, sweets…

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  • Vintage boats head to Chester for Good Friday spectacle

    Vintage boats head to Chester for Good Friday spectacle

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    Janet Richardson

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    DOZENS of colourful historic narrowboats will descend on Chester throughout this week, culminating in a spectacular gathering at Tower Wharf on Good Friday (8.30-9.30am). They will then travel eight miles along the Shropshire Union Canal to a large celebration at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port. The annual cruise, organised by members of the Historic…

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  • Nottingham canalside choir festival aids water-based charities

    Nottingham canalside choir festival aids water-based charities

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    Janet Richardson

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    TO CELEBRATE World Water Day, singers across the East Midlands are heading to Nottingham for a special canalside choir festival in aid of water-based charities. Taking place on Friday March 22, it will help to raise funds for the Canal & River Trust, RNLI West Bridgford and WaterAid. Members of the public are being invited…

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