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  1. Liverpool was indeed in 1968 at the Stanley Docks branch. I was a volunteer at that event in the communications marquee, long days and short nights. Also attended the Marple one in 1966 as a member of the Peak Forest Canal Society doing bits and peices around the rally site. Don't remember any of the rally glasses although at that time the only glasses I was interested in contained beer.
  2. Not the best example to use. That is an official passing point on the Llangollen narrows
  3. Very similar to Chester where a welshman found within the walls after midnight can be shot with a bow and arrow
  4. If Cheshire West and Chester council are anything like Cheshire East, any application for planning within around a 1000 metres of the canal will involve the council planning to automatically inform CRT of the application and ask them for comments.
  5. A little bit of misinformation there. The pub is actually owned by the Stonegate Pub Group who are the largest pub group in the UK with around 4,500 pubs. The current (new) leaseholder is the Nomad Wine Company whose registered office is in Stoke on Trent. They also run a hospitality business and also own No.63 Cafe & Wine Bar alongside the canal in Market Drayton. Don't forget the pub has a manager as well and I would presume he would live in.
  6. Same goes for the Peak District National Park especially since the 1932 trespass protest
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  10. I have yet to be convinced that they are mass produced with grooves in them. I travel the Shroppie quite a lot during the course of a year and have never found two the same. Maybe some enterprising person could take a clear photo of each bridge as they pass them. Will consider that myself next year as I will do the length of the Shroppie from Barbridge to Autherley several times.
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    Marple Flight

    Latest news today from CRT is that Lock 7 is not expected to be opened until April 2024 at the earliest Update on 11/10/2023: Our teams are currently in the design phase for the repair to Lock 7, Marple Flight. Whilst we are currently unable to advise when the lock flight will re-open at this stage, it is unlikely that navigation will resume before Easter 2024. We appreciate this is disappointing news, the works to repair the lock are substantial, however our teams will endeavour to advance on this timeframe. In the meantime, our local team, with the help of our volunteers, have completed vegetation works along the lock flight and we are reviewing what further works we can do over the winter to make the most of the extended closure. We will continue to provide updates as soon as we know more.
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    BCN weed

    Don't worry I won't, although what a Cambridge pub has to do with the BCN I fail to realise.
  13. jam

    BCN weed

    Not so sure I would be entering a pub that uses plastic pots.
  14. Should be no reason not to wind after manual Lift Bridge 22, CRT notification for Bridge 24 does not state the winding holes available each side.
  15. Shroppie will never close because of lack of water unless the good folk of Wolverhampton stop using their toilets.
  16. The Graphic Boat does a wide range of numbers with the full range of logos from over the years, although they all appear to be stick on graphics. https://www.thegraphicsboat.co.uk/narrowboatgraphics/boat-index-numbers.html
  17. Announced today that the closing date has been delayed until 31st July. Hopefully it may be extended further.
  18. I like the Cheshire locks, going uphill they can be quite fierce for the unwary but nudging the cill works well (water leakage permitting). After a trip to Stone now on the downhill run to Middlewich and it is a pleasure.
  19. Update Today, does not bode well for the rest of Summer. As a result of the current and forecasted dry weather and the continuing repair works at Toddbrook Reservoir, we are implementing some further restrictions to support continued navigation across the Macclesfield & Peak Forest canals this summer. To help manage and ensure a sustained water supply for as long as possible, we need to further restrict the use of the lock flights from Monday 19 June 2023. Our teams of volunteers will be onsite to oversee passage and to help conserve as much water as possible. From Monday 19 June 2023, the following operating times will apply: Bosley Lock Flight – open Sundays and Thursdays Open from 8:30am to allow passage through the flight. Last boat entry to the flight will be at 1pm, and all boats must have exited the flight by 4pm. Marple Lock Flight – open Tuesdays and Saturdays Open from 8:30am to allow passage through the flight. Last boat entry to the flight will be at 12 noon, and all boats must have exited the flight by 4pm.
  20. Fortunately not 😄but there are a couple of faces I recognise and certainly the film did bring back good memories of the event.
  21. I have a number of generic plaques for waterways I have travelled (in a box somewhere on the boat) but the two that stand out to me are for attendance at Birmingham National Rally of Boats 1969 and Dudley Tunnel Reopening in 1973.
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  23. From the Bridgewater Canal Company T & C's you are not allowed to live aboard on any permanent moorings on the Bridgewater nor is it allowed to be sublet without their written permission. The exceptions appear to be Preston Brook Marina and Stretford Marina where an additional residential licence is required on top of marina fee's. With regard to End of Garden moorings there are further criteria. 1) The owner of the land must also be the owner of the boat that wishes to moor 2) There is a fee of £40 per metre + VAT (2017 prices), per annum, payable to the Bridgewater Canal Company 3) If a mooring is approved then a full Bridgewater Licence will be required. 4) No residential mooring without written permission and if allowed possibly subject to an additional fee.
  24. Just paid mine on th 24th, 6% increase on last year so cannot complain when you look at the general cost of living increase.
  25. Same with me , a full set of the old ones. Useful for seeing pubs which are no longer😒 Also a a full set of the current ones, some well worn. Just recently picked up 3 of the current ones from a charity shop at £5 each, unused.
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