To add my little bit to the noisy 'traditional' engines, will someone please tell me why those with such noisy engines have to have both side doors wide open so we can hear their racket?
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MY COMPATRIOTS of the Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA) seem hell-bent on the Canal & River Trust taking over its waters from the Environment Agency, but it really is the last thing they want, writes Peter Ford.
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AN ENGINEER threw an apprentice into the 'Rochdale Nine' in Manchester when he refused to fetch him cigarettes at a works party at one of the Canal Street bars.
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WITH the death of two more people from carbon monoxide poisoning from petrol generators, comes a blunt warning from the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).
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THE Elsan facility at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal is once again out of order to boaters.
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SANTA started his rounds extra early this year when he arrived in Retford by Seth Ellis, one of the Chesterfield Canal Trust's trip boats.
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THERE has been, what can only be described as 'severe' vandalism on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal in recent days.
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THE Canal & River Trust has launched a long-term water resource strategy aimed at maintaining a reliable supply of water for the nation's canal network.
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LET me admit right from the start that I love the sound of a vintage engine in a narrowboat. But, putting this aside, there is a practical reason for liking these engines that benefits all canal boaters, writes Graham Booth.
THE Canal & River Trust advise that the Worcester & Birmingham Canal is closed at Tolladine Lock, North of Worcester.
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