TPT August 2022

Exploring your canal ancestry: canal boat registers

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August 23, 2022

In the latest in her family history series, Nicola Lisle looks at canal boat registers and how they can help your research. SO FAR this series has explored the family history basics, such as census returns, parish registers and so on. Now it’s time to start looking at records that relate specifically to the canals.…
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Rolling on the river

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August 22, 2022

Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. AS WRITER and researcher for the Nicholson Waterway Guides, bumping along what passes for a towpath on the lower Trent astride a bicycle, checking for changes to the navigation, could easily be numbered at the bottom end of the job’s attractions. By…
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Heritage under the hammer..

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August 13, 2022

Towpath Talk contributor Geoff Courtney reports on three auctions that saw canalia go under the hammer, including 18th century paperwork, Thames Conservancy boat registration plates and a collection of colour slides. AUCTIONS deliver the past in abundance and the quarterly email and postal sale held by transport paperwork specialist Paperchase in May was no exception,…
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New mooring rings for Loughborough

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August 12, 2022

IWA Leicestershire Branch has supported Canal & River Trust to secure £885,000 funding from Charnwood Borough Council for new towpath upgrades and moorings with rings on the River Soar through Loughborough. The moorings will be just before the T-junction and bridge at Schwabisch Hall Way. There will be 16 mooring rings interspaced with fishing pegs.…
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Canal cruise a hit with Ukrainian scout group

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August 9, 2022

ANGEL Community Canal Boat Trust, a charity based in Islington, has been providing day and residential boat trips for community groups on its boat Angel II of Islington for more than 40 years. Recently it provided free trips for an especially deserving group. After hearing of their work in raising funds to supply trauma kits…
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The sun’s been shining on lock painting team

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August 2, 2022

THE Uppermill Community Action Network (UCAN) volunteers were all feeling rather blessed at their recent activity morning thanks to the glorious sunny weather which made it ideal to continue painting at Wade Lock. Working with the Canal & River Trust (CRT), the group likes to think this important asset really does contribute to the beauty…
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Characters of the Cut! Lena Rodriguez, Infinity Boat Covers

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July 30, 2022

Alice Griffin catches up with Lena Rodriguez of Infinity Boat Covers.. ORIGINALLY hailing from the Spanish Atlantic coast, Lena Rodriguez grew up in a culture very much entwined with boats and the sea. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that she has spent the past nine years as a continuous cruiser aboard her 40ft narrowboat,…
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Historic Narrow Boat Club celebrates capital success

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July 29, 2022

LONDON’s Limehouse Cut had a slightly different look to it at the end of May when 31 historic boats came together for one of the Historic Narrow Boat Club’s ‘campaigning’ gatherings. Like Brownhills and Hebden Bridge in previous years, the London event had the dual purpose of shining a light on a less frequently boated…
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Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk

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July 28, 2022

Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk, friends climb back in the pedalo for canal fundraiser; Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways; and around 50 parliamentarians (MPs and peers) joined the Canal & River Trust at a reception at the Houses of Parliament ahead of the charity’s 10th…
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