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No 6 Dragonfly Feb 1979

DF006_Feb79_1Secretary's Report Work continues at the B4000 bridge at Shrivenham; more work has been done at Kingshill. The survey walk from Bourton to East Challow has been carried out and much information gained and contacts made.

A Dragline Excavator is now owned by the group. It is to be used in work at Kingshill and later at Wootton Bassett. Volunteers are asked to do some work on the machine before it is brought into use.

News Dauntsey Lock Negotiations are taking place for a licence to carry out work on this lock over the next year.

Historial Records on W&BC from the Public Records Office have been collected by Neil Rumbol; Notes on William J Ainsworth, General Manager of the canal during it's last 25 years of operation have also been obtained and appear on Page 9.

An insert into this edition was a copy of the Constitution and rules of the Wilts & Berks Canal Amenity and is shown below.

 


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