TPT April 2023

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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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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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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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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New lighting for middle Trent locks

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Mark Lancaster

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March 28, 2023

WORKS have been underway this winter to upgrade the lighting of the River Trent locks between Nottingham and Newark. “The current lighting has reached end of life as replacement bulbs are no longer available,” a workman said. Improvements at Stoke Lock have now been completed and in March work began on Hazelford Lock. When complete…
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