TPT December 2022

Characters Of The Cut: Michelle Martin, Art On Board

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December 14, 2022

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

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December 13, 2022

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

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December 12, 2022

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

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December 10, 2022

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?

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November 23, 2022

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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