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British Waterways Press Release

9 July 2010

Visitors to the Chesterfield Canal Festival will be able to get the full canal experience as a newly refurbished towpath is opened leading them directly to the festival site.

 
Emergency appeal successful
Ten weeks ago we made an emergency appeal for £5,500 to pay our part of the cost of the base pad for the new Staveley Town Lock. We sent out an E-Newsletter to our members and put it in the June edition of our magazine Cuckoo.
Today we have met our target!
 
Opening of new Sleaford slipway

On Saturday 3rd July, the new slipway at Sleaford was opened. The Chesterfield Canal Trust was represented by our promotional trailer the James Brindley which got a lot of interest as usual.

 
Python spotted in Kiveton Park

12th June 2010

Chesterfield Canal Trust’s historic Learning Boat, called Python, reached Kiveton Park on Friday 11th June. It got to the Norwood Tunnel which is sealed up and so is the current Head of Navigation of the canal. It was accompanied by Phoenix, another narrowboat owned by Trust member Mick Cheshire.

 
Fresh support from DEMOS report

The national politics and power think-tank Demos has just released a new report, Resilient Places, which reinforces everything that the Chesterfield Canal Trust has been saying about the social and economic advantages of completing the restoration of the whole canal from West Stockwith to Chesterfield.

 
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Tweets from the Trust

Forthcoming events

Wed Sep 08 @20:00 -
Supporters' Group Meeting
Thu Sep 09
Boats & Boots
Thu Sep 09
Work Party
Fri Sep 10
Python to Chequers
Sat Sep 11
JB at Rotherham
Sat Sep 11
SE & Python at Retford Heritage Day
Sun Sep 12
JV at Tapton Lock
Sun Sep 12
Python's travels
Sun Sep 12
Work Party
Tue Sep 14
Restoration Meeting