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Why can't we all be friends?

I'VE ONLY been living afloat for a short while, but the canals have been in my blood since I can remember. I used to think of them as a place where class, money, social mobility and all of the other 'trappings' of a capitalist system didn't reach' writes  Gareth Haines.

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Published: 03 September 2015

Those broken locks

THE repair to Lock 8W on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal has now been completed and is open.

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Published: 03 September 2015

First ever Leigh Canal Festival

THE first ever Leigh Canal Festival is to be held on the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 03 September 2015

Now it's 59,000 defects!

THERE are growing concerns about the perilous state of the waterways under Canal & River Trust, with stoppages reaching a number never even approached in past years, with not just single closures, but at the moment three stoppages on two separate canals.

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Published: 02 September 2015

If ever proof was needed...

FROM all accounts it was chaotic at Buckby Locks on the Grand Union Canal when the broken lock was finally repaired enough to allow boats through after being closed for days.

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Published: 02 September 2015

Now it's three closures on the 'Narrow'

HARD on the heels of the notice of the two lock failures on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, we are told that another has suffered a broken cill and is now closed.

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Published: 02 September 2015

Email: Wide locks

Why oh why do some people insist in calling wide locks 'double' locks?
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Published: 02 September 2015

Email: Not always heavy

Buckby Locks may always have been deep double locks, but they have not always been heavy.
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Published: 31 August 2015

Two locks fail on the 'Narrow'

TWO locks are out of action on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal—Lock 10W and Lock 26W, with the latter serious.

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Published: 31 August 2015

Emails: Damage to locks

While there are hire boats there will be novice crews, booze cruises, stag parties etc.

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Published: 31 August 2015

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