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Newspaper Archives 2011
Top Projects gets NatWest funding

NatWestFunding-500Winners of the NatWest Community Force Project include Wilts & Berks Canal at Swindon

Swindon Advertiser December 3 2011
 
Digger Clearing at Royal Wootton Bassett

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Hardworking volunteers are giving a welcome facelift to a popular stretch of waterway on the edge of Royal Wootton Bassett

Swindon Advertiser17th & 18th Nov 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Canal enthusiasts get to grips with a thorny problem, stripping out the weeds from the strethch of a waterway miles from the rest of the canal network,

Western Daily Press 18 Nov 2011

 
 
Wichelstowe - Where's that? Canal Boat Magazine

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"Housing developers aren't the most obvious supporters of canals, but they are playing their part in tackling one of the great restoration challenges: getting the Wilts & Berks Canal back through Swindon"

Get your copy of Canal Boat  and read this 4 page article

www.canalboat.co.uk
 
Santa Trip on Swindon Canal

SwindonAdver-600Swindon volunteers will welcome a special guest on Saturday to support the restoration of a former waterway

 

Swindon Advertiser December 7 2011
 
Lock gate finds new home

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Historic remains found at waterway restoration. The remains were discovered during restoration work on the WBC at Moredon, where they had been buried when the canal was abandoned in the early 1900s

 

 

Swindon Advertiser

November 9 2011
 
Canal Takes Shape

CanalTakesShape_1000Volunteers are planning an ambitious project for the New Year, as part of their ongoing campaign to restore a former waterway through North Wiltshire

North Wiltshire Gazette & Herald   January 6 2011