Towpath Talk

Canal charity appeal for new volunteers in Cheshire and Merseyside

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Mark Lancaster

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January 12, 2023

Volunteer Welcome Session at National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port on Wednesday 18 January The Canal & River Trust charity has launched a major appeal for new volunteers to join them in a range of roles from traditional lock keepers to leading walks on historic waterways across Cheshire and Merseyside. Anyone interested in finding out…
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The Roundhouse Birmingham

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January 10, 2023

Nicola Lisle discovers a new visitor centre in Birmingham in the latest in her museum series. ONE of Birmingham’s newest visitor attractions, having opened in July 2021, the Roundhouse in Birmingham is a lovely canalside gem in the heart of the city’s Ladywood district. The horseshoe-shaped building dates back to 1874 and was at the…
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Donation to steam narrowboat President honours renowned boatbuilder

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January 9, 2023

IWA Lichfield Branch has donated £2000 in memory of Malcolm Braine, founding member of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society. The donation to the Black Country Living Museum will support the current restoration work and design and installation of a new boiler for President – one of the world’s few surviving boats of its kind and…
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New CEO for the Inland Waterways Association

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January 4, 2023

Dave Pearce will join IWA as CEO from 3rd January 2023. Dave will be working 17 hours a week for the association, and his appointment effectively completes the work of Jonathan Smith as Interim CEO at IWA. Dave has worked in the charity world for over twenty years as a Chief Executive (older people, working…
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New land acquired for canal restoration

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January 2, 2023

A POPULAR stretch of restored canal between Chippenham and Lacock could be extended thanks to a new deal. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has already rebuilt more than a kilometre of the former waterway from Pewsham Locks to Double Bridge. It has now signed a lease with Wiltshire Council for an additional 500m stretch…
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IWA award prize money used to fund Buckingham Canal Society mosaic

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December 31, 2022

IN OCTOBER 2022, around 50 people attended the unveiling of a kingfisher mosaic on the restored bridge over the Buckingham Canal at Cosgrove. The mosaic was created by local artist Melanie Watts and funded by the Christopher Power Prize money awarded by IWA to Athina Beckett in 2020. The Christopher Power Prize is awarded to…
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New year brings fresh ideas and opportunities

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December 30, 2022

FOR many of us, the new year will see us set ourselves a series of resolutions that we don’t always keep up. This year set yourself one that you will enjoy continuing with, if you find the right setting, right people and right times for yourself. Let IWA help you find these and help you…
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Funding secured for next stage of Lichfield Canal restoration

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December 29, 2022

THE Lichfield Canal will move a step closer to restoration with funding of £116,200 secured for work at the Darnford Moors section of the canal. Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT) will use the money to create an ecology park. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is providing £41,200 of the grant, with match…
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Winter works at Wigan

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Colin Wareing

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December 28, 2022

EMERGENCY repairs have been taking place at Poolstock Lock No 2 on the Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Wigan in a bid to reduce water leakage. Pipework from the pumps used to pump water around the lock had to be removed, as was the safety fencing and then a fibre dam…
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Cotswold Canals book arrives by boat at launch party

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December 27, 2022

THE Cotswold Canals Trust recently held a launch with a difference when it transported a new book by boat from the printers along a restored stretch of canal. Celebrating the trust’s 50 years of restoring its canals, towpaths and environment, it is entitled Reviving the Cotswold Canals – A Golden Celebration; the Cotswold Canals Trust…
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Grotto delivers grub for food bank appeal

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December 24, 2022

Mercia Marina, Derbyshire’s destination marina was once again the go-to for Santa and his special marina grotto this year. Over the weekends in December leading up to Christmas, children could visit the grotto free of charge to see Santa and his elves, post a letter to the big man himself, and even receive a present.…
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Inside the January issue

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Arianne Davey

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December 23, 2022

Regularly topping 100 pages, Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.
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Canal towpath improvements to begin in Loughborough

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December 22, 2022

Works will give local people a clean, green route to feeling happier and healthier A project to revamp a section of canal towpath in Loughborough, making it easier for local people to feel the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time by the water, is set to begin. Waterways and wellbeing charity, the Canal &…
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SBS BoatLife Inland Zone is an exhibitor hotspot!

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Arianne Davey

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December 21, 2022

SBS BoatLife 2023 from 16 to 19 February at NEC Birmingham is shaping up to be an action-packed event in the boating community calendar.
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