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TPT December 2022

  • Characters Of The Cut: Michelle Martin, Art On Board

    Characters Of The Cut: Michelle Martin, Art On Board

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    Pet portraits painted with love- Alice Griffin reports… A CHANCE sighting of an ex-hire boat at Longport Wharf, Stoke-on-Trent, one day in 2004 was to change the course of artist and musician Michelle Martin’s life. “I had been working at Moorcroft Pottery but had just received my redundancy papers. It was a sad day and…

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  • Braunston war memorial receives a welcome makeover

    Braunston war memorial receives a welcome makeover

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    IN THE two weeks before this year’s Remembrance Sunday, Braunston village’s war memorial received a welcome makeover – thanks again to generous sponsorship from Braunston Marina.  Tim Coghlan, owner of the marina and co-author with Jenny Coy of the booklet Braunston’s Roll of Honour in World War 1, said: “We are proud to play our…

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  • Tanat Feeder dredging under way

    Tanat Feeder dredging under way

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    Phil Pickin

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    THE Tanat Feeder, an important source of water for the Montgomery Canal which brings in water from the River Tanat above the locks at Carreghofa, is undergoing some major dredging work. This is being carried out as part of the Levelling Up Fund [LUF] works being undertaken on the Montgomery Canal. The hope, expressed by…

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  • First work boat on the Monty for decades

    First work boat on the Monty for decades

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    SHROPSHIRE Union Canal volunteers saw the fruition of seven years of toil on arrival at the first work party in November. The Canal and River Trust had commissioned a dredger and barge which, after some very tight manoeuvres to get them on site, were eventually craned into the 600 metres of restored channel on the…

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  • Is this waterpoint keeping your drinking water safe?

    Is this waterpoint keeping your drinking water safe?

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    From Towpath Talk reader Kevin Roberts, and a reply from the Environment Agency! NEW technology never seen before? No, it’s a new take on an Elizabethan toilet system! Between the years 1584 and 1591, Sir John Harrington, godson of Elizabeth I, invented a water closet with a raised cistern and a small downpipe through which…

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