Horse Drawn Boat Press Articles

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Plea for canal crews

June 6, 2011 --

A GROUP dedicated to preserving the heritage of the horse-drawn canal boats needs help putting together a crew.

The practice of...

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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Tuning up for tunnel's 200th anniversary

March 1, 2011 --

WHEN he's not building boats, Malcolm Bergin is singing the praises of the men who constructed the Standedge canal tunnel.

He has...

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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Country's oldest canal boat sets sail for spring; Forty-five mile return journey under Pennines: What was actually happening at Standedge in 1810, some 200 years ago: and what is happening on May Monday Bank Holiday?

April 3, 2010 --

Byline: Express & Chronicle

BRITAIN'S oldest wooden narrowboat sets sail on horse-drawn journeys along the Huddersfield Narrow...

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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Leaking canal bed strands boaters

May 1, 2009 -- A LEAKING canal has left a historic horse drawn boat crew stranded.

A LEAKING canal has left a historic horse drawn boat crew stranded.

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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Light at end of tunnel as legging tradition revived

May 24, 2008 -- THE traditional art of legging was revived at the Standedge Canal Tunnel Festival earlier this month.

THE traditional art of legging was...

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Green Places - The changing role of inland waterways: restoration and regeneration: inland waterways were built for a specific purpose, one that is largely not reflected in how they are used today

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Waterways are remnants of the industrial revolution, from an era before cars and...

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Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) - Save canal cash call as massive cuts loom

December 2, 2006 -- Byline: Neil Atkinson ,

Byline: Neil Atkinson ,

restored The start of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal (left) with a horse-drawn boat on...

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