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Kidsgrove Towpath Tidy

There is a BW Towpath Tidy between Harecastle Tunnel and Red Bull on 16th March 10am-4pm. There is a range of tasks and all are welcome. Contact Cassie Weaver, Volunteer Coordinator, 07717 421467 for details.

Kidsgrove Clean Up

Please note that the clean-up in Kidsgrove on 2nd December has been cancelled for safety reasons, because of continuing snow and ice. It will be rescheduled in the near future. Please contact Kate on 07825960208 if you would like to be kept informed about this or other volunteering activities.

Project update November 2010

We met with BW representatives some while ago. BW had drawn up a list of tasks which included details of the locks that are listed, and demonstrating that the proposed work is outside BW’s core responsibility and therefore eligible for HLF funding. There were also things for us to action in terms of looking at the details of the work to be done along the line.

Portfolio of Evidence presented to Fiona Bruce MP

On June 19th /20th 2010, the IWA Stoke-on-Trent Branch had a sales stand at the Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival. Meanwhile, the Trent & Mersey Canal Society were doing a ‘Lock Wind’ at the Big Lock. The previous day, whilst finalising the petition, we discovered that we were about 100 short of a thousand signatures, so the T&M team were tasked with making good the shortfall, which they did during Saturday. On Sunday morning, these were added to the petition spreadsheet so that the whole Portfolio of Evidence could be presented to Fiona Bruce MP after she had attended the Church Service in the marquee. Alison Smedley MBE (IWA Stoke Branch Secretary) accompanied Fiona to the Branch Stand where she was presented with the Portfolio in one of the branch Friendship Bags.

Waterway Community May Day at Church Lawton

The Stoke on Trent branch of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) invite you to a WATERWAY COMMUNITY DAY at Church Lawton on Saturday 1 May 2010, from 10.00 to 5.00pm

Find us by Lock 51, Trent & Mersey Canal, Church Lawton: East of where the A50 crosses the canal at bridge 138. Cherry Tree Avenue is parallel to the locks; the public footpath from outside the old school leads to Lock 51.  (Postcode: ST7 3EL) (Grid Reference: SJ 814 562)