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Traditional skills revive tramway wharf

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December 1, 2023

IN A world stuffed with technology it’s great to see that traditional skills and methods are still being used to great effect. This is true at Grinshill Stone Quarry where masons are dressing large coping IN A world stuffed with technology it’s great to see that traditional skills and methods are still being used to…
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Fishing celebration brings global communities to UK canal

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October 20, 2023

On 21 October 2023, young people with ancestral connections to 39 countries will gather at Market Drayton on the Shropshire Union Canal to participate in a global angling event. Hosted by national charity Canal & River Trust, the Daiwa Global Communities Celebration brings together young people from all backgrounds. The communities represented include Bangladesh, China,…
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Monty’s Brewery step up to support the Monty Canal

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Phil Pickin

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July 4, 2023

Monty’s Brewery has launched Navigation Pale Ale to support the ongoing restoration of the Montgomery Canal, which recently celebrated the opening of another restored section to Crickheath Basin. At the same time, Schoolhouse Bridge, another 300 yds along the canal’s course, is currently being rebuilt – so it’s all going down on the cut. Russ…
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Towpath delight for Crickheath

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May 31, 2023

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers have been continuing the restoration of the Montgomery Canal south of Crickheath Bridge near Oswestry. Their effort in May was spread across various activities and experienced variable weather conditions, the one constant being the incredible output and progress made. Work commenced on the towpath improvements next to Crickheath Bridge which are…
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Busy opening session at new compound

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March 13, 2023

ANOTHER spectacularly productive work party saw Shropshire Union Canal Society volunteers able to settle into and enjoy their new compound south of Crickheath Bridge on the Montgomery Canal. A wide variety of preparatory tasks were completed ready for machine plant operations to start. Thanks to favourable weather conditions, vegetation clearance continued apace in the dry…
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Fire and tragedy on the Shropshire Union Canal

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February 27, 2023

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Paving the way for next phase of Monty project

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February 11, 2023

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers devoted their work party in December to preparing a new compound site south of Crickheath Bridge for the new Montgomery Canal restoration project in 2023. An electrical supply line was fitted to enable a sump pump to be fitted next to Crickheath Bridge to remove residual water entering the channel. The…
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First work boat on the Monty for decades

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December 10, 2022

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers saw the fruition of seven years of toil on arrival at the first work party in November. The Canal and River Trust had commissioned a dredger and barge which, after some very tight manoeuvres to get them on site, were eventually craned into the 600 metres of restored channel on the…
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IWA petitions against HS2 bill

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October 24, 2022

THE HS2 (Crewe– Manchester) Bill received a second reading on June 20 and was referred to an HS2 Select Committee to hear petitions from those directly and specially affected. This bill for Phase 2b West affects the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal, the Trent & Mersey Canal, and the Ashton and Rochdale canals…
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Towpath ‘ton-up boys’ and Crickheath South project starts

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September 23, 2022

THE second August work party was well attended by Shropshire Union Canal volunteers despite being in the middle of the holiday season. The weather again was very kind, which resulted in another very productive three days. Its principal aim was to develop as much of the towpath reconstruction as possible. The complete 330m length has…
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Shaping the channel ready for lining ‘sandwich’

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June 10, 2022

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers have continued the fortnightly restoration programme on the Montgomery Canal near Crickheath. Due to the amount of residual water collecting in the channel that is being restored, a recent task was to pump out the vast volumes of water to enable the shaping process to be continued. This task alone has…
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MP impressed with Montgomery Canal visit

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May 30, 2022

NORTH Shropshire MP Helen Morgan recently made a fact-finding visit to the area of the Montgomery Canal near Crickheath accompanied by Coun Roy Aldcroft of Shropshire Council. She was invited by Clive Robertson and Tom Fulda, both of whom are trustees of Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS) to look first hand at the current restoration…
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Machines move mountains

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Mark Lancaster

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December 3, 2021

SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers have been continuing with the restoration of the 330m dry section of the Montgomery Canal at Crickheath. The second work party in October was almost totally machine based with the major job being the continuation of reducing the width of a 70m section of the channel at the eastern end of…
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