Monthly Archives: September 2019

heritage tracker

iwa word on the waterways

autumn 2019

The year is flying by and it really makes us think about time and the passing of the ages. This year, The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has launched its new Heritage Campaign, which is celebrating all that is unique about our waterways, especially the canals with their industrial past.

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spook of strensham lock

the spook of strensham lock

a waterways ghost story by Michael Nye

“Like father, like son.” is one of those phrases that gets pushed around when you are young. I’d guess that my love of canals does, at least in part, come from my dad Charlie Nye who had a few adventures on the water long before I was born. He was the one that suggested a waterways holiday in 1964, telling my mum that we’d either love it or hate it. We all loved it and both my brother and I were infected with the strange virus that gives you a lifelong interest in rivers and canals.

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tv on board

tv on board

with cello electronics - the only uk manfacturer of tvs

Cello Electronics have a proud tradition of UK TV manufacturing and have been pioneers in the development of low voltage, well specified 12 volt TV’s. More recently they have re- introduced the Ferguson Brand on TV’s and remain the only UK manufacturer of TV’s.

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spike island area

inter tidal zone

4: spike island area

Last time the Intertidal topic was all about a true intertidal zone in the North West of England, with Canal and River and walk and cycling and an historic Pub! Accessible from the River Mersey and PART of the Sankey Canal and road and Trans Pennine Trail. This time we Go West! That is to say, further west along both the ‘interrupted’ lovely canal and further downstream of the River Mersey.Sankey Canal & Trans Pennine Way:

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mad hatter

roving canal traders

lorraine stevenson - the mad hatter

lorraine stevenson - mad hatterI first started boating in 2003 when I sold my house for a killing, bought my first boat and went boating as a single handed woman.

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all white?

dawncraft chronicles

all white?

First the news, and for the first time in Ten years or more we are dry. Suspiciously dry inside given the spate of recent thunderstorms one of which is happening as I write. Ok I have kept the water channels in the windows clear of moss and even drilled the drain holes out a little and the odd squirt of eco washing up liquid helps but there are not the usual drips from the vents or roof lining something that I have spent far too much time and expensive mastic on to no avail. So, what did I do so very different?

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