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Tim Lewis

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  1. As an aside I recently went to the CRT event where they showed off the half million pound restoration of the next towpath bridge upstream of the roving bridge, the one that goes over the entrance to Dead Dog Tunnel. The rope matks on the parapet can be clearly seen.
  2. Stoke on Trent boat club at Endon crane boats out for the winter: Stoke on Trent Boat Club - Programme (stokeboatclub.co.uk)
  3. A better picture of the bakery from a recent book:
  4. https://www.devonlive.com/whats-on/food-drink/turf-exeter-destination-pub-open-8344882
  5. Looking forward to seeing you there. If you go on a Thursday, Friday or Sunday you can combine your visit with one of our short tunnel trips or even a longer trip: https://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/visit/boat-trips.htm
  6. This tractor is now on display at the London Canal Museum The Wickham Tractor (canalmuseum.org.uk)
  7. What a million pounds buys you on the Staffs & Worcs 4 bedroom detached house for sale in Botterham, Swindon, Dudley, DY3 (rightmove.co.uk)
  8. Saw it a couple of weeks ago! There is a Brum Tug Group on Facebook: BrumTug | Facebook
  9. Looks like Ombersley will not be ‘Poshest village in UK’ for much longer! https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/residents-poshest-uk-village-near-26679653.amp
  10. just spoken to a friend who has a canal boat rented out on Airbnb who says that she uses this company for insurance: https://www.knighthoodcorporate.com
  11. Are you in this: https://youtu.be/swLiXBtPUnk
  12. This is the only canalside Model Bakery that I could find: http://www.thepotteries.org/waterways/burslem_branch_4.htm
  13. Ernest Marples at Little Venice 1964
  14. Some of Fulbourne’s https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOv4XAPt29VWR1LKQHlfrc1q1KBtyC2Ny7DYFD0RkxeHE8fShnaVPiIxFvoQBW0xQ?key=ZXd1SmdVVFRPMFZ4V2tJM0MzZ3hrTnprMHJKcGx3
  15. One of the Locks on the River Lea, Ware, is an EA lock!
  16. At festivals we found that putting a folk singer on was the quickest way to clear a beer tent at kicking out time 😂
  17. From the first, September 1949, edition of the DIWE house magazine ‘Lock and Quay’
  18. https://m.facebook.com/groups/707309872616701/?ref=share
  19. most kids wouldn’t be seen dead on Facebook, they use much more instant methods. nearly all my friends are on Facebook with their average age I reckon to be well into the forties
  20. I’m guessing that many Marina companies do not own the land that they are situated on but lease them from the owner, in many cases this will be CRT
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  22. why should it, the challenge is people going boating, no land based event involved I don’t see anything in the document about being charged for going boating
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