Grand Union Canal

Christmas Floating Markets, Nantwich and Blisworth

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Janet Richardson

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November 9, 2021

The Roving Canal Traders Association are excited to announce they are holding a Christmas floating market on the embankment of the Shropshire Union Canal in Nantwich Cheshire East CW5 and on the towpath of the Grand Union Canal opposite Blisworth Narrowboats NN7 3BN between bridges 50 & 51, West Northamptonshire. Both markets are starting at…
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Winter warmer on the water

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Janet Richardson

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October 25, 2021

What better way to spend the run-up to Christmas than enjoying a “Coffee and Cake” cruise with friends on Electra, gliding quietly along the Grand Union Canal. The volunteer Electra team has just released its autumn programme of cruises. For the first three weeks of November, this will include morning “Coffee & Cake” cruises. Lead…
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Escaping the rent trap – Millie, Dale and Ralph!

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Mark Lancaster

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August 15, 2021

Emergency Services worker Dale and Teaching Assistant Millie (both 26) were fed up working hard to pay someone else’s mortgage – ‘stuck in the rent trap’ Millie puts it. It wasn’t just the high rent that made this young couple seriously consider life on the cut, it was also not being able to decorate their…
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