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NO MYSTERY: The new face of the Avon Navigation Trust

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December 23, 2024

CHART star and actress Toyah Willcox is the new patron of Avon Navigation Trust, with part of her role to […]
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WATERWAYS: Cash needed or closure risked

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December 20, 2024

A PRESSURE group has called on the Government to give more cash to maintain the UK’s waterways – warning a […]
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VOTED: UK’s best marina

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December 19, 2024

A CHESHIRE marina is the best in the UK – according to members of The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA). Overwater […]
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January 2025

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December 19, 2024

Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.
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POEM & ARTWORK inspired by canal

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December 18, 2024

Lucy Wood investigates… THE Canal & River Trust charity and The Poetry Society have announced details of a new collaborative […]
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CANAL NETWORK: Education for kids

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December 16, 2024

A NEW website aims to educate children and adults alike about the UK’s waterways. The Explorers programme provides a range […]
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GREY HAIR: Too much on the canal?

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December 14, 2024

Phil Pickin poses a question that many groups associated with the waterways grapple with… what to do to overcome an […]
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FESTIVE SPIRIT: Safe Anchor Trust

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December 13, 2024

Sally Clifford meets the family helping to bring the festive spirit to the Safe Anchor Trust. CHRISTMAS comes but once […]
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CRUISE with Claus

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December 12, 2024

CHILDREN and adults can cruise with Santa Claus from four different locations on the Chesterfield Canal this Christmas. For just […]
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VITAL WORK stops canal and river merging

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December 11, 2024

EMERGENCY repair work to the UK’s longest canal and adjacent river has prevented the two waterways from merging. Recent heavy […]
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FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS on inland waterways

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December 10, 2024

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight development on the inland waterways. IT IS my unshakeable belief that the fact that […]
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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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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Paddy Screech

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December 6, 2024

Paddy Screech – Word on the Water, The London Bookbarge By Alice Elgie WHEN Paddy Screech and his friend, Jon […]
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