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Grant for narrowboat

THERE will soon be boat trips on the Cromford Canal due to a grant of £28,000 to purchase a narrowboat.

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Published: 08 March 2013

Narrowboater's detective story

READERS of Faith Martin's detective series will no doubt be aware she lives on a narrowboat, as all her previous books have been so based.

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Published: 08 March 2013

CaRT sells more boats

THE latest batch of boats belonging to Canal & River Trust going under the hammer are five Dutch barges.

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Published: 08 March 2013

CaRT under fire on hydro schemes

THE Angling Trust has expressed concern that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has earmarked 45 sites on 14 rivers for the commercial development of hydro-power which they claim could cause great damage to fish stocks and other aquatic wildlife, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 08 March 2013

Crane out at last

AFTER four weeks, and a completely closed waterway, Canal & River Trust has at last managed to remove the crane that toppled into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Apperley Bridge.

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Published: 08 March 2013

Driven out by ever increasing costs

AFTER the end of this month there will be no Jerome and Chris serving meals at the Chandlery Restaurant at Sawley Marina.

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Published: 07 March 2013

Volunteers keep museum open

THOUGH there have been doubts about the viability of the small canal museum at Brentford Lock, people have volunteered to open it every Friday.

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Published: 07 March 2013

Society pulls out of festival

THE organisers of Ellesmere Boat Festival admit that it will not be the attraction it has been in previous years, as the Shropshire Union Canal Society has pulled out of the event.

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Published: 07 March 2013

Opportunity for Chesterfield restoration

I can understand the worry and frustration expressed by those who have put so much into opening the Chesterfield Canal to navigation, with more to follow, that the HS2 proposed development might prevent, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 06 March 2013

Another lock sinking

A NARROWBOAT sank in Batchworth Lock on the Grand Union Canal on Monday afternoon, when its tiller became caught on the lock gate, Roger Fox tells us.

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Published: 06 March 2013

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