SAVE OUR WATERWAYS

[Bernie]

All over the country a 'Day of Action' is being held to try to help save our waterways.

There is one in Middlewich on Nov 25th.

I have scanned and copied the leaflet so you can all read and decide if you wish to attend.

 

SAVE OUR

WATERWAYS

day of Action

In order to pay a heavy fee imposed upon it for failing to pay the farmers their due, the

government is taking away from British waterways funds for running the inland

Waterways. Worse still, BW's grant in the year to come will shrink even further.

Already 10% of BW's staff have been made redundant amid fears that the number of

redundancies will increase.

Spending on restoration and regeneration will have to be reduced as will spending on

repairs and maintenance

As the waterways decline there is the prospect that some of them will close hitting

businesses and jobs.

All waterway users - walkers, anglers boaters heritage enthusiasts, nature lovers and the

public at large will be adversley affected

Supporters of the waterways are protesting nationally against these unfair cuts and are

intent on getting for British Waterways a fair and secure grant settlement

MP's have been bombarded with letters and the weekend of November 25th/26th has been

declared a national day of protest rallies will take place all over the country

Your Help is Vital

The canal junction in:--

MIDDLEWICH has been selected as the site for one of these rallies which will take place on

 

Saturday November 25

 

If you have a boat, please bring it to the rally. If not, come in person with your family and

friends to demonstrate your support for the waterways

[MartinClark]

The details of this and the other events are on the Save Our Waterways website

www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/

 

Click "Index to this site" then "What can I do?" then "Take part in Campaign Events planned".

 

Or just click here: http://snipurl.com/sow_events

[Bernie]

I put this one up for all to see since I do know a few who moor not far from Middlewich and we actually are at the junction, but thank you for the link.

Edited November 19, 2006 by Bernie