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Funding secured for next phase of ecology park

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Mark Lancaster

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April 27, 2023

LICHFIELD and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust has secured a £250,000 grant from Biffa Award for the next phase of its Darnford Moors Ecology Park project. It will restore the canal channel from Darnford Lane to the lift-bridge, providing habitat improvements with wetland margins and hedgerow corridors. LHCRT chairman Carole Mills said: “This is excellent news…
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Essential read: Managing lock cills

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April 26, 2023

Every year, lock cills catch boaters unaware, no matter how experienced they are. Once a vessel’s caught on a cill, it causes the rudder to pop out of the cup, which is quickly resolved. However, in many cases, it results in damage to the skeg, rudder and bearings, and the boat needs to be towed…
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Heritage Under The Hammer

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April 25, 2023

A cast iron registration plate and a guide to the Norfolk Broads dating back at least 100 years are two items that make the headlines in Geoff Courtney’s bi-monthly round-up of canalia sold at auction in recent months. THE registration plate was BCN1461, which sold for £70 in a live online Great Central Railwayana auction…
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Tall ship shipshape thanks to £1.8m grant

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Hugh Dougherty

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April 22, 2023

Words and photos: Hugh Dougherty GLASGOW’s tall ship, Glenlee, has been handed a lifeline with a £1.8 million grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund’s Covid-19 Response Fund. The cash will ensure that the 126-year-old Clyde-built cargo sailing ship faces a secure future after doubts were raised about the boat’s viability because of the need…
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Cheers for the beers!!!

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Arianne Davey

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April 21, 2023

Once Again LeeSan sponsors Crick Boat Show 2023 with Banners, Lanyards (Collectable) Mugs and BEER!
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Trust funds five benches for elderly and disabled

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April 21, 2023

THE Dulverton Trust Fund, managed by the Heart of England Community Foundation, has generously awarded a grant to fund benches for elderly and disabled people to sit and relax by water at Whitehouse Wharf in Selly Oak, in the West Midlands. An independent grant-making charity, it supports UK charities tackling a range of social issues,…
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Canal-bank seats for the passer-by

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April 20, 2023

Words and photos: Tim Coghlan TWO benches have been installed beside the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, to commemorate the lives of two of its well-known canal and community activists, David Blagrove (1937-2016) and Roy Sears (1945-2018). The funds to purchase the benches and pay for their installation came from the David Blagrove…
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IWA Lichfield Branch offside vegetation clearance

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April 18, 2023

IWA Lichfield Branch has been busy this winter, cutting back the offside vegetation in its area. Starting at Willington, members worked their way along the Trent & Mersey Canal to Fradley Junction and had a little time left over to do some ‘spot’ trimming on the northern reaches of the Coventry Canal. The offside vegetation…
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Training crews ready for a new season

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April 17, 2023

National Community Boats Association press officer Madhurika Walsh keeps us up to date with the latest training activities. WITH the new community boating season fast approaching, members of our senior training team are once again out on the water running instructor training courses for a variety of our projects. This will enable them to continue…
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New hand on the tiller at LCC

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April 14, 2023

FOLLOWING Lichfield Cruising Club’s recent annual meeting, club member Joan Surplice was elected as its new Commodore. Joan and her husband Les joined LCC in 2015 and, over the last five years, has served on the club’s board as secretary. Lichfield Cruising Club is based at Huddlesford just outside the city of Lichfield on the…
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Scotland’s canals to be celebrated with Red Wheels from the National Transport Trust

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April 13, 2023

Both Crinan and Caledonian Canals will be awarded a commemorative plaque this weekend. Two of Scotland’s canals will be celebrated by the National Transport Trust this weekend with the award of Red Wheels to the Crinan and Caledonian Canals. Red Wheels are awarded by the National Transport Trust, whose Transport Heritage programme commemorates Britain’s rich…
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Characters of the Cut: Ashley Woodward, The Boat Inn

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April 12, 2023

By Alice Griffin STANDING proud at top lock opposite the country’s first canal museum, The Boat Inn, Stoke Bruerne, is at the heart of the canal system. Independently owned and operated by the Woodward family since 1877, fifth-generation Ashley Woodward is rightly proud to be the current general manager. Originally rented from the Duke of…
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Urgent request for crew – Kildare

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April 8, 2023

Much work has been completed on Kildare and the plan is to take the boat to Braunston to be painted for the Boat Show in June. A crew is needed to move Kildare. The plan is to assemble at the Museum on Tuesday 11 April with a 5-6 day cruise to Braunston. This requires a…
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Weaver’s Triangle Visitor Centre Re-Opens

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April 7, 2023

The Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre on Manchester Road, Burnley reopens for the 2023 season at Easter. On Saturday, 8th April the Mayor of Burnley, Councillor Cosima Towneley, who has recently agreed to become Patron of the Weavers’ Triangle Trust, will inaugurate the season at 1.30p.m. The Visitor Centre will then be open on Saturdays and Sundays…
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