Stunning waterway images by the Canal & River Trust’s first photographer in residence, Jonathan Goldberg, are being showcased in a special summer exhibition at the Trust’s National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port.
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Category: What’s On
Alarum Theatre Poetry Writing workshop with Heather Wastie
From di-Da di-Da to tiddley-pom, we will play with syllables and stresses to give our writing a sense of rhythm. After looking at examples in song lyrics and poetry, we will write our own poems, both individually and as a group.
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Brutal – just minutes from the Rochdale Canal
Brutal, the latest exhibition from The Saul Hay Gallery, which showcases regional, contemporary artists and is just minutes from Lock 92 on the Rochdale Canal, takes a new eye to the oft-maligned architectural style of Brutalism.
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Canal boat trips resume on the Wey & Arun Canal
Canal boat cruises are back on the Wey & Arun Canal, with trips set to run throughout the summer.
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Canal charities invite boaters to join those on the towpath in discovering the Walsall Canal
The Canal & River Trust is working in a partnership with volunteers from the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society, to encourage boaters from across England to discover and spend time along the Walsall Canal.
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Thames Archives Reveal 250 Years of the River’s History
A 1920s tragedy, the orders for the River Purification Service and the story of the Thames’s very own Dad’s Army are some of the things revealed in a new online exhibition created by the Berkshire Record Office.
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Be prepared to be surprised on a slow canal trail during May
A month-long `slow canal trail’ will take place during May to celebrate the beginning of the final stage of canal restoration which will connect the Stroudwater canal to the national inland waterways network.
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The John Bunyan Boat is back!
A short series of socially distanced cruises have been announced by the Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterways Trust to see in the summer on the John Bunyan boat!
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Thames Valley Boat Show to go ahead
Sponsored by TBS Boats, the Thames Valley Boat Show will take place at MDL’s Penton Hook Marina 9-11 July 2021, following its postponement early this year.
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Forth and Clyde canal showcase online exhibition during lockdown
The Forth and Clyde canal have released an online exhibition detailing the interesting history of this Scottish canal. The F&C online exhibition is detailed as
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