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Cover Photo Summit Lock. Pouring concrete reinforcement for the chamber walls (Vic Miller)
The Editorial notes the bringing together in the magazine of branch officers, reports and restoration news. Also noted the way the branches help each other as well as work on thir own projects.
2 Work Pictures: Seven Lock (Luke Walker) and Summit Lock (John Bower)
Chair Chat gives a number of interesting pieces of news, including highlights of branch activity, the change of Group name to the W&B Canal Trust, and a mention in the House of Commons
Around the Branches produces lively reports. Bath & Bristol are out and about helping work parties along the line. Melksham report begins with the news "When the highway engineers next come to Queenfield Farm they will have an uninterrupted view of the canal in water". Foxham & Lyneham have been awarded £6000 of Landfill Tax funding from Viridor Waste Management. Wootton Bassett speaks of significant progress at Summit Lock, with help from other branches and working groups. There are a number of exciting activities and plans at Cricklade including good progress at the River Key Aqueduct. At Swindon, developments in the Front Garden Housing Project should ensure that the canal will be restored as part of the initial site development works. At Moredon the first new canal bridge on the W&B has been completed. These reports together with those of the other branches make interesting reading.
The PR/Publicity Group reports on its various activities.
The Wiltshire Waterways Festival is to be held at Wootton Bassett in June 2002
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